University of Virginia Medical Center records
Dates
- Creation: 1857-2024
Conditions Governing Access
All materials in this collection are available for public access unless otherwise noted. Restrictions on access are made in accordance with the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA), the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act of 1974 (FERPA), the Virginia Freedom of Information Act, and any related policies or regulations.
Conditions Governing Use
Unless otherwise noted, the University of Virginia owns the copyright to the materials in this collection that have not yet entered the public domain. You are free to use collection materials in any way that is permitted by the copyright and related rights legislation that applies to your use. For other uses you need to obtain permission from the rights-holder(s).
Biographical / Historical
A Brief History of UVA Health
In the spring of 1901, UVA dedicated its first hospital: a 25-bed building with three operating rooms. By 1916, there had been three new additions to the hospital, bringing the total beds to 200. By 1941, rising patient volume had required another four additions to the hospital and brought inpatient capacity to 485.
In 1960, the cluster of old buildings and additions saw its final expansion with the completion of a modern, eight-story, 400-bed structure that planners called the multistory hospital and which the public dubbed the "new hospital." The new facility was air-conditioned, spacious and equipped with the best technology available at the time.
Another 29 years passed before UVA opened a new hospital building. A certificate of need was approved by the Virginia General Assembly in April 1984. Groundbreaking for the new hospital was held on November 7, 1984, and excavations began the following summer. The total project, including the University Hospital, a 642-space parking garage and a heater/chiller plant, is the largest capital project in the state's history aside from highway construction. It had a budget of $230 million, including $24 million from the state.
Information taken from "A Brief History of the UVA Medical Center": https://uvahealth.com/about/history
Full Extent
20 Linear Feet
Language of Materials
English
Physical Location
Note: Oversize materials are located on Row 19, located behind Row 1.
Processing Information
RG-17-2 includes records from legacy collections held by the Claude Moore Health Sciences Library, including the UVA Health System Marketing Communications collection (MS-68). RG-17-2 also includes materials previously cataloged as separate items in Virgo (such as journals, newsletters, and reports) and from semi-processed legacy accessions held by the Claude Moore Health Sciences Library.
Topical
- Title
- University of Virginia Medical Center records, RG-17-2
- Status
- Completed
- Author
- Claude Moore Health Sciences Library
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- Undetermined
- Script of description
- Code for undetermined script
- Language of description note
- English
Repository Details
Part of the Claude Moore Health Sciences Library Repository
Claude Moore Health Sciences Library
1300 Jefferson Park Avenue
P.O. Box 800722
Charlottesville Virginia 22908-0722 United States
mailto:hsl-historical@virginia.edu