The Nursery and Child’s Hospital opened in 1854 and was originally named the Nursery for the Children of Poor Women. In 1910, it merged with the New York Infant Asylum to form New York Nursery and Child’s Hospital. This collection includes admission registers from both the Lexington Avenue and Staten Island locations, 1859-1906, autopsy results, 1891-1895, 1907-1910, and a medical casebook, circa 1872-1890.

The Nursery and Child’s Hospital opened in 1854 and was originally named the Nursery for the Children of Poor Women. In 1910, it merged with the New York Infant Asylum to form New York Nursery and Child’s Hospital. The records include the Board of Managers minutes, the Medical Board minutes, annual reports, adoption records, constitution and by-laws, printed rules for staff and the Medical Board, materials on the country branch in Staten Island, and scrapbooks.