BLACKWELL FAMILY ALICE STONE BLACKWELL GENERAL CORRESPONDENCE BOSTON EVENING CLINIC AND HOSPITAL BIRTHDAY GREETING by WESTERN UNION BAE110 11 1 EXTRA=BOSTON MASS 14 NFT MISS ALICE STONE BLACKWELL= DELIVER 1010 MASS AVE CA= GOOD WISHES. JOYOUS BIRTHDAY. GOOD HEALTH. MANY OTHERS TO COME= TRUSTEES BOSTON EVENING CLINIC AND HOSPITAL PITT W DANFORTH PRESIDENT.Boston Evening Clinic and Hospital 452 Beacon Street, Boston. Chartered June 23, 1933 MR. PITT W. DANFORTH President MISS ALICE STONE BLACKWELL Vice-President MRS. CATHERINE GARDNER MAYES Vice-President MR. EDWARD E. WHITING Vice-President M.A. COHEN, M.D. Medical Director BASIL S. COLLINS VICE-PRESIDENT OLD COLONY TRUST CO. 17 COURT ST. Treasurer GENERAL CAMPAIGN COMMITTEE HENRY I. HARRIMAN Honorary Chairman ELIZA TAYLOR RANSOM, M.D. Chairman's Women's Division MRS. FRANK FORD HILL Vice-Chairman SETH K. ARNOLD, M.D. MRS. J. OLIVER BEEBE REV. ALFRED BLISS HARRIS BOORAS JOSEPH G. BRIN REV. C. GORDON BROWNSVILLE REV. RAYMOND CALKINS M.A. COHEN, M.D. HON. FREDERICK W. COOK L.R.G. CRANDON, M.D. HON. J.M. CURLEY HON. ERNEST J. DEAN HON. PAUL A. DEVER REV. GEORGE HIBBERT DRIVER FLORENCE DUCKERING, M.D. HON. JOHN I. FITZGERALD HARRY P. GRAGES MRS. ALVAN T. FULLER MYRON J. HAHN, M.D. MRS. MARY LOVERING HOLMAN REV. L.R. HOWARD MRS. NELSON W. HOWARD WESLEY G. HUBER, M.D. SAMUEL KALESKY, ESQ. HARVEY F. KAZMIER WILLIAM J. KENNEDY MRS. FRANCIS S. KERSHAW HON. WILLIAM A. JONES JOHN W. LANE, M.D. HARRY L. LAVINE REV. ASHLEY D. LEAVITT RABBI HARRY LEVI SAMUEL W. LIPTON, D.M.D. LEROY ATWOOD LUCE, M.D. HON. JAMES D. LYNCH JOHN J. MCGRATH EDWARD L. MARR, M.D. VERNON W. MARR MRS. LUMAN W. MARSH MRS. CLIFTON MEYERS EVELYN G. MITCHELL, M.D. MRS. MARY V. MURPHY MRS. MARTIN W. NEWMAN DAVID K. NILES REV. GEORGE L. PAINE COUNTESS ELSA DE PERRIFEU ARTHUR L. RACE HERBERT S. ROBBINS JAMES ROOSEVELT JUDGE DAVID A. ROSE MRS. OREN CHENEY SANBORN OLIVER SARTWELL, M.D. MRS. FRANK SAWYER WILLIAM SAWYER ALONZO K. SHADMAN, M.D. RABBI JOSEPH G. SHUBOW MRS. FREDERIC E. SNOW MISS EDNA LAWRENCE SPENCER REV. RUSSELL HENRY STAFFORD BARONESS MARIE DE STERNECK REV. WILLIAM L. STIDGER MRS. MARY THOMPSON HON. JOSEPH F. TIMILTY HON. JOSEPH E. WARNER ROBERT J. WATT HON. SAMUEL H. WRAGG KENMORE 5807 AND 5808 November 4, 1937. Miss Alice Stone Blackwell, 1010 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge, Massachusetts. My dear Miss Blackwell: There will be a regular meeting of the Board of Directors, Wednesday, November 10, 1937, at 4:30 p.m., at the Clinic. Very truly yours, (signed) Harvey B. Slauson N.M. Harvey B. Slauson Secretary to the Board of Directors HBS:HM "BLESSED IS HE THAT CONSIDERETH THE SICK" Boston Evening Clinic Meeting Nov 10 4:30 P.M. "Keeping The Pride of Men" GENERAL CAMPAIGN COMMITTEE BOSTON EVENING CLINIC 452 BEACON STREET, BOSTON KENMORE 5807 HENRY I. HARRIMAN, HONORARY CHAIRMAN HON. ALFRED ROLFE SHRIGLEY, GENERAL CHAIRMAN JOSEPH LEE, VICE-CHAIRMAN JOEL W. EASTMAN, VICE-CHAIRMAN ELIZA TAYLOR RANSOM, M.D., CHAIRMAN WOMEN'S DIVISON BASIL S. COLLINS, TREASURER November 27, 1937 Dear Fellow Worker: I am looking forward to the pleasure of seeing you at our opening luncheon at the Chamber of Commerce Building at 12.30 Monday. It is gratifying the enthusiastic way that everyone is taking hold. In any campaign, questions arise and workers like to make intelligent answers. May I call your attention to the enclosed pledge card used in the campaign. On the back, Facts about the Clinic which will be helpful to the workers, can be found. Relative to the history of the Boston Evening Clinic, it was started ten years ago by Dr. Morris A. Cohen and several associates. Beginning in what was virtually a single room, it has developed to where it occupies its own building at 452 Beacon Street. Three years ago chartered by the Commonwealth of Massachusetts as a philanthropic institution. Conveniently located on Beacon Street at center of Boston's population, near Massachusetts Avenue, the El and Cambridge Bridge. A place where low waged workers may secure competent medical treatment in the evenings at a low cost or free. Maximum fee charged is fifty cents but a person is permitted to pay a part. Last year the average paid was twenty-three cents for a service which cost an average of $1.20. (Computed on operating cost of Clinic, no fee to doctors) No patient has ever been turned away because of inability to pay. When started ten years ago, called the "Reconstruction Clinic". Its work is reconstructing people broken in body. An alarming number of men and women, particularly those past middle life, neglect their health because while conscious of bodily ills, dare not take time off from their work to attend a day clinic and cannot afford to visit private physicians. Here are two typical cases: 1. Mrs. A., a widow, suffering from Bursitis, working on a low wage, first went to a day clinic but had to stop as she could not take further time from her job. This woman was thrifty, with commendable pride, and refused to quit her job and go on "welfare" because of the example to her children. She attended Clinic for two months without entirely giving up work and was restored in health so that she could work efficiently on full time. -2- 2. Mr. B., an engineer, who previously earned a good salary, when he came to Clinic, was suffering from infectious arthritis and was living in one basemnt room of a building where he served as janitor at $8.00 a week. So crippled, he had to hold the shovel in the crook of his elbow but insisted on working and refused to be admitted to Clinic as a free patient and paid his twenty-five cents for every treatment. Given medication, vaccine injections and electric treatments. After five months, able to resume his regular work as a skilled mechanic at better pay. PRESENT FINANCIAL SITUATION After ten years of service and rapid growth, the institution requires permanent financial assistance to continue its work. The Clinic rehabilitates men physically; it must be rehabilitated financially. The detailed campaign budget will be found on the back of the pledge card. Paramount is to pay its bills which now amount to $7,000. Sick people cannot climb five floors. This requires the installation of an elevator so that the two upper floors may be used. These floors are urgently needed to meet the increased demands. Last year the Clinic gave 10,098 treatments. This year, it will approximate 15,000. To install an elevator will cost $7,000. We cannot treat people without adequate equipment. To equip these unoccupied floors will cost $2,000. General repairs amount to $1,000. Total $10,000. Considerable of the Clinic's general equipment is outworn and needs replacement. A new XRay machine. . . . . . . . . . . . .$3,000 XRay laboratory equipment. . . . . . . .1,000 Physical Therapy Equipment . . . . . . .1,000 General Supplies. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2,000 Dental Supplies. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1,000 $8,000 Among new facilities there is needed an emergency operating room, a general laboratory, a drug department and equipment for a children's department amounting to $5,000. The other items making up the budgetary requirements are a building addition for the physical therapy department, the operating costs for one year, and a reserve. These total $20,000. From the above, it appears: Here is an institution where the doctors give service without pay and where worthy people who want to work, who need medical attention, who must be treated in the evenings, who cannot pay a full fee but want to pay a little, are knocking at its doors. This institution needs $50,000 to go forward. Yours very sincerely, General Chairman Boston Evening ClinicBoston Evening Clinic and Hospital 452 Beacon Street, Boston Chartered June 23, 1933 Dedicated by the Founders for the purpose of conducting an Evening Clinic for the low-waged worker, who must receive treatment after working hours at low cost or free if necessary. KENmore 5807 and 5808 Mr. Pitt W. Danforth, President Mr. Harry L. Lavine, Treasurer Mr. Harvey B. Slauson, Secretary Vice-Presidents Miss Alice Stone Blackwell Mrs. Catharine Gardner Mayes Mr. Edward E. Whiting December 3, 1937 Miss Alice Stone Blackwell 1010 Massachusetts Avenue Cambridge, Massachusetts My dear Miss Blackwell: In talking over with some members of the Board relative to our regular montly meeting, which comes on the second Wednesday of each month, because of the activities of the campaign now in progress, it was thought best to delay this monthly meeting to the last Wednesday of this month, December 29th. You will receive due notice. Another reason for the delay of this regular Board meeting to the last Wednesday of the month, is because we expect to have the nearly final returns of the campaign on that day, so that they may be presented to the Board at its then final meeting of the year. A suggestion was made that the Board consider this regular meeting day as a day of meeting all the captains of various business and industry at the next luncheon meeting, which will be held Wednesday, December 9th, at the Chamber of Commerce, at 12:15 p.m. It is hoped that the entire membership of the Board of Directors will be present at this grand meeting, when progress to date will be reported to the Board members. Sincerely yours, (signed) Harvey B. Slauson Harvey B. Slauson Secretary to the Board of Directors P.S. Enclosed is a notice that was sent out by Mr. A.R. Shrigley to the captains of various industry when he met with them Monday, November 29th. This copy is enclosed so that you may keep informed of the work being carried on during the campaign to date. "Keeping The Pride of Men" GENERAL CAMPAIGN COMMITTEE BOSTON EVENING CLINIC 452 BEACON STREET, BOSTON KENMORE 5807 HENRY I. HARRIMAN, HONORARY CHAIRMAN HON. ALFRED ROLFE SHRIGLEY, GENERAL CHAIRMAN JOSEPH LEE, VICE-CHAIRMAN JOEL W. EASTMAN, VICE-CHAIRMAN ELIZA TAYLOR RANSOM, M.D., CHAIRMAN WOMEN'S DIVISION BASIL S. COLLINS, TREASURER December 6, 1937 PLEASE GIVE CAREFUL ATTENTION Dear Fellow Worker: Report luncheon Wednesday, December 8th, Chamber of Commerce Restaurant, 13th floor - 12.30 sharp. This is a most important meeting. We have purposely not come together since last week in order to give all the divisions an opportunity to get in some work. We want everybody present Wednesday. I know that you are interested. I know that you are busy working. However, it is vital that we need and have a report. There is enthusiasm in numbers. Your presence will inpsire others. Don't fail to be on hand Wednesday. I will appreciate it. Yours very sincerely, (signed) A.R. Shrigley General Chairman ARS:LM Boston Evening Clinic and Hospital 452 Beacon Street, Boston Chartered June 23, 1933 KENMORE 5807 and 5808 MR. PITT W. DANFORTH President MISS ALICE STONE BLACKWELL Vice-President MRS. CATHERINE GARDNER MAYES Vice-President MR. EDWARD E. WHITING Vice-President M.A. COHEN, M.D. Medical Director BASIL S. COLLINS VICE-PRESIDENT OLD COLONY TRUST CO. 17 COURT ST. Treasurer GENERAL CAMPAIGN COMMITTEE HENRY I. HARRIMAN Honorary Chairman ELIZA TAYLOR RANSOM, M.D. Chairman Women's Division MRS. FRANK FORD HILL Vice-Chairman SETH K. ARNOLD, M.D. MRS. J. OLIVER BEEBE REV. ALFRED BLISS HARRIS BOORAS JOSEPH G. BRIN REV. C. GORDON BROWNVILLE REV. RAYMOND CALKINS M.A. COHEN, M.D. HON. FREDERICK W. COOK L.R.G. CRANDON, M.D. HON. J.M. CURLEY HON. ERNEST J. DEAN HON. PAUL A. DEVER REV. GEORGE HIBBERT DRIVER FLORENCE DUCKERING, M.D. HON. JOHN I. FITZGERALD HARRY P. GRAGES MRS. ALVAN T. FULLER MYRON J. HAHN, M.D. MRS. MARY LOVERING HOLMAN REV. L.R. HOWARD MRS. NELSON W. HOWARD WESLEY G. HUBER, M.D. SAMUEL KALESKY, ESQ. HARVEY F. KAZMIER WILLIAM J. KENNEDY MRS. FRANCIS S. KERSHAW HON. WILLIAM A. JONES JOHN W. LANE, M.D. HARRY L. LAVINE REV. ASHLEY D. LEAVITT RABBI HARRY LEVI SAMUEL W. LIPTON, D.M.D. LEROY ATWOOD LUCE, M.D. HON. JAMES D. LYNCH JOHN J. MCGRATH EDWARD L. MARR, M.D. VERNON W. MARR MRS. LUMAN W. MARSH MRS. CLIFTON MEYERS EVELYN G. MITCHELL, M.D. MRS. MARY V. MURPHY MRS. MARTIN W. NEWMAN DAVID K. NILES REV. GEORGE L. PAINE COUNTESS ELSA DE PERRIFEU ARTHUR L. RACE HERBERT S. ROBBINS JAMES ROOSEVELT JUDGE DAVID A. ROSE MRS. OREN CHENEY SANBORN OLIVER SARTWELL, M.D. MRS. FRANK SAWYER WILLIAM SAWYER ALONZO K. SHADMAN, M.D. RABBI JOSEPH G. SHUBOW MRS. FREDERIC E. SNOW MISS EDNA LAWRENCE SPENCER REV. RUSSELL HENRY STAFFORD BARONESS MARIE DE STERNECK REV. WILLIAM L. STIDGER MRS. MARY THOMPSON HON. JOSEPH F. TIMILTY HON. JOSEPH E. WARNER ROBERT J. WATT HON. SAMUEL H. WRAGG January 31, 1938. Miss Alice Stone Blackwell 1010 Massachusetts Avenue Cambridge, Massachusetts My dear Miss Blackwell: The annual meeting which was to be held on Tuesday, January 25th, by order of the President, Mr. Pitt W. Danforth, has been adjourned until Wednesday, February 9, 1938, at 4:00 o'clock in the afternoon, at the Clinic. This step was necessary because of the importance of this particular meeting and also the desire to have a greater number of members of the Board present. The annual report of 1937 of the Clinic will again be presented. The campaign activities and results will also be presented. There will be the election of the officers of the Board of Directors. The incorporation of the permanent Auxiliary must be discussed and acted upon at this meeting. Ways and means and policy of the future work of the Clinic will also be discussed. This is a postponed meeting because of its importance and the wish of the President and those members of the Board present that a greater number be present to pass upon the matters in question, especially election. Will you please mark this date upon your calendar so that you may be sure to be reminded to attend. The meeting will start promptly at 4:00 o'clock. Please try to be on time. Sincerely yours, (signed) Harvey B. Slauson Harvey B. Slauson Secretary to the Board of Directors "BLESSED IS HE THAT CONSIDERETH THE SICK" "Keeping The Pride of Men" GENERAL CAMPAIGN COMMITTEE BOSTON EVENING CLINIC 452 BEACON STREET, BOSTON KENMORE 5807 HENRY I. HARRIMAN, HONORARY CHAIRMAN HON. ALFRED ROLFE SHRIGLEY, GENERAL CHAIRMAN JOSEPH LEE, VICE-CHAIRMAN JOEL W. EASTMAN, VICE-CHAIRMAN ELIZA TAYLOR RANSOM, M.D., CHAIRMAN WOMEN'S DIVISION BASIL S. COLLINS, TREASURER February 10, 1938 Miss Alice Stone Blackwell 1010 Massachusetts Avenue Cambridge, Massachusetts Dear Miss Blackwell: At our Annual Meeting held at the Clinic on Wednesday, February 9, the enclosed were elected as officers and trustees for the ensuing year. We are sending you this information, as we know that you are interested in the activities of the institution. We are at this time having weekly adjourned meetings of the Annual Meeting until such time when we have completed necessary revision of by laws and formation of various active committees that would carry out the work in a more active and complete way. This next adjourn meeting will take place next Wednesday. At this meeting many members of the Board expressed their sorrow at your absence at the meetings and their hopes that your health will improve and that you possibly become able to continue a little more active than at present. In this direction I am happy to inform you that a resolution was passed at this meeting in conjunction with the above statement, and I am for the members of the Board expressing good wishes for good health and hopes that some time soon to see you again present at our meetings. Sincerely yours (signed) Harvey B. Slauson Harvey B. Slauson Secretary HBS/B Boston Evening Clinic and Hospital 452 Beacon Street, Boston Charted June 23, 1933 KENMORE 5807 AND 5808 HON. ALFRED ROLFE SHRIGLEY President MR. EDWARD E. WHITING Vice-President MISS ALICE STONE BLACKWELL Vice-President MR. BASIL S. COLLINS Treasurer BOARD OF TRUSTEES HON. ALFRED ROLFE SHRIGLEY EDWARD E. WHITING MISS ALICE STONE BLACKWELL BASIL S. COLLINS HARVEY B. SLAUSON SETH F. ARNOLD, M.D. JOSEPH G. BRIN M.A. COHEN, M.D. PITT W. DANFORTH JOEL W. EASTMAN ERNEST A. JOHNSON HON. WILLIAM A. JONES HARRY L. LAVINE JOSEPH LEE, JR. E.G. MITCHELL, M.D. MISS EDNA LAWRENCE SPENCER HON. JOSEPH E. WARNER HARVEY B. SLAUSON Secretary April 27, 1938 Miss Alice Stone Blackwell 1010 Massachusetts Ave. Cambridge, Mass. My dear Miss Blackwell: A special meeting of the Board of Trustees will be held at the Clinic on Wednesday, May 4th, at 4:30 p.m. Because of new duties assumed by Mr. Basil S. Collins, he has found it impossible to continue as Treasurer, therefore, a new Treasurer will be elected at this meeting. Other matters of imporatnce relative to the work of the Clinic will be discussed and acted upon. Please try to be present. Sincerely yours, (signed) Harvey B. Slauson, N.M. Harvey B. Slauson Secretary to the Board of Directors Boston Evening Clinic Meeting May 4BOARD OF TRUSTEES--BOSTON EVENING CLINIC President-Alfred R. Shrigley 53 State Street, Boston V. President-Alice Stone Blackwell 1010 Massachusetts Ave., Cambridge V. President - Edward E. Whiting Boston Elevated, Park Squ. Bldg. Treasurer-Basil S. Collins Old Colony Trust Co., 17 Court St. Secretary-Harvey S. [?l?]uson 340 Lake St., Belmont Pitt W. Danforth 989 Commonwealth Ave., Boston Harry L. Levine 11 Brent St., Dorcheseter Dr. M. A. Cohen 452 Beacon St., Boston Dr. Evelyn G. Mitchell 687 Boyleton St., Boston Miss Edna Lawrence Spencer 9 Pleasant St., Cambridge Joseph G. Brin 1 Court St., Boston Joel W. Eastman 53 State St., Boston Hon. William A. Jones Hotel Westminster, Boston E. A. Johnson 528 Commonwealth Ave. (Building and Construction Trades Council) Joseph Lee, Jr. 3 Joy Street, Boston Joseph E. Warner 11 Beacon St., Boston"Keeping The Pride of Men" GENERAL CAMPAIGN COMMITTEE BOSTON EVENING CLINIC 452 BEACON STREET, BOSTON KENMORE 5807 HENRY I. HARRIMAN, HONORARY CHAIRMAN HON. ALFRED ROLFE SHRIGLEY, GENERAL CHAIRMAN JOSEPH LEE, VICE-CHAIRMAN JOEL W. EASTMAN, VICE-CHAIRMAN ELIZA TAYLOR RANSOM, M.D., CHAIRMAN WOMEN'S DIVISION BASIL S. COLLINS, TREASURER Boston Evening Clinic and Hospital 452 Beacon Street, Boston Chartered June 23, 1933 KENMORE 5807 AND 5808 HON. ALFRED ROLFE SHRIGLEY President MR. EDWARD E. WHITING Vice-President MISS ALICE STONE BLACKWELL Vice-President MR. BASIL S. COLLINS Treasurer BOARD OF TRUSTEES HON. ALFRED ROLFE SHRIGLEY EDWARD E. WHITING MISS ALICE STONE BLACKWELL BASIL S. COLLINS HARVEY B. SLAUSON SETH F. ARNOLD, M.D. JOSEPH G. BRIN M.A. COHEN, M.D. PITT W. DANFORTH JOEL W. EASTMAN ERNEST A. JOHNSON HON. WILLIAM A. JONES HARRY L. LAVINE JOSEPH LEE, JR. E.G. MITCHELL, M.D. MISS EDNA LAWRENCE SPENCER HON. JOSEPH E. WARNER HARVEY B. SLAUSON Secretary April 14, 1938 Miss Alice Stone Blackwell 1010 Massachusetts Avenue Cambridge, Massachusetts My dear Miss Blackwell: May Easter Day be a pleasant one for you and bring contentment of all well done. To aid the pleasant memories I am sure you are happy to know that since occupying the building three years ago, the Clinic has increased its work over 100% and is still increasing, and to also know that no poor sick in need of care was ever turned away for inability to pay. Probably of particular interest to you is the fact that a great many widows and self-supporting women, oftentimes supporting dependents, are through the aid of the Clinic, able to remain respectable wage earners by being able to come to the Clinic repeatedly for medical aid while still able to work during the day, thus saving many of them from becoming welfare charges. Is it not time to call to your attention, in your long life fight for women's rights, that this Clinic, which you so greatly helped in its founding and are still continuing to do so, caters to a group of self-reliant individuals, of whom more than half are independent working women, who, in these trying times and even feeling stress and pain of sickness, come to the Clinic for aid? May these self-evident bearing facts aid to your contentment on Easter Day. Wishing you good health to a maximum possibility under the circumstances, Your sincere friend, (signed) M.A. Cohen M.A. Cohen, M.D. MAC:HMDr. May Cohen "Keeping The Pride of Men" GENERAL CAMPAIGN COMMITTEE BOSTON EVENING CLINIC 452 BEACON STREET, BOSTON KENMORE 5807 HENRY I. HARRIMAN, HONORARY CHAIRMAN HON. ALFRED ROLFE SHRIGLEY, GENERAL CHAIRMAN JOSEPH LEE, VICE-CHAIRMAN JOEL W. EASTMAN, VICE-CHAIRMAN ELIZA TAYLOR RANSOM, M.D., CHAIRMAN WOMEN'S DIVISION BASIL S. COLLINS, TREASURER November 26, 1937 TO ALL WORKERS IN THE CAMPAIGN Dear Fellow Worker: Opening Luncheon of the Campaign at the Chamber of Commerce Building Restaurant - 13th floor, Room F and G - Monday, November 29th at 12.30 sharp. It is very necessary that everyone connected with the campaign be present. Let us get off to a good start. If you are a member of the general committee, we want you there without fail. All Division leaders of industrial groups including insurance, textiles, hotels, clothing, lawyers, physicians and professionals are urged to bring those associated with them to this "opening gun" of the Campaign. Please phone not later than Saturday morning advising reservations required for yourself, workers in your division and guests. We must advise the restaurant by 10 o'clock Monday morning. This must be a short, snappy campaign to get out of the way before Christmas. You know how worthy the cause is and how compelling the need. If all of us will just give a little of our time NOW in a concerted effort - it can be DONE. Sincerely, (signed) Alfred R. Shrigley - General ChairmanBoston Evening Clinic