TWIN CITIES MEDICAL SOCIETY (MINNEAPOLIS, MINN.):

An Inventory of Its Records at the Minnesota Historical Society

Manuscripts Collection

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Creator: Twin Cities Medical Society (Minneapolis, Minn.), creator.
Title:Twin Cities Medical Society records.
Dates:1869-2011.
Language:Materials in English.
Abstract: Organizational records of the Twin Cities Medical Society. Includes records created by the Society's preceding organizations: the Ramsey County Medical Society, the Hennepin County Medical Society, the West Metro Medical Society, the East Metro Medical Society, and related auxiliary groups. Includes newsletters, meeting minutes, annual reports, organizational bylaws, officers' and committee files, scrapbooks, and other administrative records.
Quantity:22.50 cubic feet (26 boxes).
Location: See Detailed Description for shelf locations.

Expand/CollapseHISTORICAL NOTE

The Twin Cities Medical Society was created with the merger of the East Metro Medical Society (EMMS) and the West Metro Medical Society (WMMS) on January 1, 2010.

The East Metro Medical Society (EMMS) origins begin with the creation of the Ramsey County Medical Society in 1870. It was later renamed the Ramsey Medical Society to reflect it's geographic representation of East Metro of the Twin Cities Region, which included representation from Ramsey, Eastern Dakota, and Washington Counties. Fundraising and programming of the Society was supported by various iterations of auxiliary groups, including the Woman's Auxiliary to the Ramsey Medical Society, the Ramsey County Medical Society Auxiliary, and the Ramsey County Medical Society Alliance.

The West Metro Medical Society (WMMS) was originally chartered as the St. Anthony and Minneapolis Union Medical Society in 1855. The Society's name changed numerous times, including the Hennepin County Medical Society, Hennepin Medical Society, and West Metro Medical Society. The Society represented physicians living in Anoka, Carver, Western Dakota, Hennepin and Scott Counties in Minnesota. Auxiliary groups supporting the Society included the Woman's Auxiliary to the Hennepin County Medical Society, Hennepin County Medical Society Auxiliary, Hennepin Medical Society Alliance, and the West Metro Medical Society Alliance.


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Expand/CollapseARRANGEMENT

These papers are organized into the following sections:

Hennepin County and West Metro
Ramsey County and East Metro


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Expand/CollapseADMINISTRATIVE INFORMATION

Availability:

The collection is open for research use.

Preferred Citation:

[Indicate the cited item and/or series here]. Twin Cities Medical Society Records. Minnesota Historical Society.

See the Chicago Manual of Style for additional examples.

Accession Information:

Accession number: 16,588; 16,617; 17,800

Processing Information:

Processed by: David Peterson, December 2011; Leif Kopietz, May 2021.

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Processing and cataloging of this collection was supported with a Basic Project grant awarded by the National Historical Publications and Records Commission (NHPRC).

Catalog ID number: 990074586490104294


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DETAILED DESCRIPTION

Expand/CollapseHENNEPIN COUNTY AND THE WEST METRO

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129.E.4.5B1History: Woman's Auxiliary to the Hennepin County Medical Society, 1910-1949.
Includes typescript of organizational meetings (1910), lists of charter members and officers, and copies of president's annual reports (1911-1949).
Woman's Auxiliary of Hennepin County Medical Society minutes, October 1910-February 1973. 8 volumes.
The minutes may include both regular membership meetings and board meetings and occasionally include reports of officers.
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130.A.17.1B16Woman's Auxiliary of Hennepin County Medical Society minutes, February 1973-1988. 2 volumes.
Woman's Auxiliary of Hennepin County Medical Society minutes, 1975-1976.
Not entirely duplicated in above.
Woman's Auxiliary of Hennepin County Medical Society Member Treasurer income book, 1955-1964. 1 volume.
Woman's Auxiliary of Hennepin County Medical Society account books, 1949-1968. 4 volumes.
Woman's Auxiliary of Hennepin County Medical Society yearbooks, 1920-1968. 3 folders.
Hennepin County Medical Society Auxiliary, Inc. yearbooks, 1981-1993.
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130.A.17.2F17Hennepin County Medical Society, Board of Directors minutes, 1938-1973. 7 folders.
Society minutes, 1909-1931.
Hennepin County Medical Society minutes, 1947-1990. 8 folders.
Includes minutes of numerous committees, task forces, and special programs of the Hennepin County Medical Society.
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130.A.17.8F26Hennepin County Medical Society minutes, 1990-1994. 4 folders.
Joint Hennepin County Medical Society and the Ramsey County Medical Society, various committees, and special initiatives meeting minutes, 1998-2001.
Hennepin County Medical Society Membership meeting minutes, 1957-1974. 2 folders.
Hennepin County Medical Society Executive Committee meeting minutes, 1927-1937, 1978-1988. 4 folders.
Hennepin County Medical Society Ethics Committee meeting minutes, 1941-1988.
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130.A.17.3B18Hennepin County Medical Society Board of Trustees meeting minutes, 1947-1957.
Hennepin County Medical Society Board of Censors meeting minutes, 1929-1949. 2 folders.
Minneapolis Metropolitan Pediatric Society minutes, approximately 1975-1988.
Hennepin County Medical Society Board of Directors meeting minutes, 1974-1991. 7 folders.
Scott-Carver District Medical Society minutes, 1981-1986.
Hennepin County Medical Society Alliance, Inc. yearbooks, 1993-2003.
Hennepin County Medical Society Auxiliary and Hennepin County Medical Society Alliance constitution, articles of incorporation, and bylaws, 1985, 1994.
Hennepin County Medical Society Alliance Board agenda, minutes, and reports, 1991-1994, 1997-2003. 5 folders.
Hennepin County Medical Society Auxiliary: President's binder, 1985-1992. 2 folders.
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130.A.17.4F19Hennepin County Medical Society Alliance Archives binder, 1990s.
Hennepin County Medical Society Alliance Board meeting minutes, 1988-1991. 2 folders.
Hennepin County Medical Society Auxiliary annual reports, 1960-1980.
Hennepin County Medical Society Auxiliary reports, 1978-1980.
Hennepin County Medical Society Auxiliary/Hennepin Medical Society Alliance annual reports, 1984-2000. 2 folders.
Hennepin County Medical Society Auxiliary annual report, 1988-1989.
Hennepin County Medical Society Auxiliary/Hennepin Medical Society Alliance minutes, correspondence, and reports, 1975-2000. 25 folders.
Hennepin County Medical Society Auxiliary/Hennepin Medical Society Alliance articles of incorporation and bylaws, 1981, 1985, 1993-1994, 1997.
Philanthropic money, 1968-1989.
Fundraisers, 1989-1990.
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130.A.17.5B20Combined meeting: Hennepin County Medical Society Woman's Auxiliary and Ramsey County Medical Society Woman's Auxiliary photographs, November 6, 1983.
Hennepin County Medical Society Alliance HIV/AIDS Education Folder Project, 1997-2002.
HIV/AIDS funding, 1999-2000.
Hennepin Medical Society Alliance Treasurer's reports, May 2000-September 2001.
Hennepin Medical Society Auxiliary Philanthropic Treasurer's reports, 1969-1992. 3 folders.
West Metro Medical Society Alliance photographs, 1990s-2002. 2 folders.
Miscellaneous auxiliary conference materials and publications, 1966, 1978, 1985, 1989, 1991-1992.
Hennepin County Medical Society Auxiliary/Hennepin Medical Society Alliance archives, 1990s.
Miscellaneous Board minutes, agenda, reports, and event invitations, 1996-2000. 2 folders.
Hennepin Medical Society Alliance Nominating Committee, 2002-2003.
Mini-confluence: Leadership, fellowship, and fun, September 14, 1991.
Hennepin County Medical Society Auxiliary position descriptions, undated.
Doctor's Day, 1991-1992.
Hennepin County Medical Society Auxiliary Philanthropic Health Projects annual reports, 1989-1990.
Communications and public relations, 1989-1991.
Hennepin County Medical Society Auxiliary, Inc., Telephone Committee, 1987-1989.
Hennepin County Medical Society Auxiliary, Inc., American Heart Association, Minnesota Affiliate, Inc., and Hennepin Division annual reports, 1987-1989.
Hennepin County Medical Society Auxiliary, Research and Review Committee, 1981-1993.
Hennepin County Historian, 1910, 1970s-1990s.
International Health, 1990-2000.
Hennepin County Medical Society Alliance archives, 1980s-2001.
Hennepin County Medical Society Alliance Board agenda and minutes, 1998-2000.
Women's Auxiliary to the Hennepin County Medical Society event brochures, undated, 1963, 1968.
Minnesota Medical Association Alliance, West Metro District Advisor, annual report, 1987-1988, 1992-1995.
Hennepin County Medical Society Alliance archives, 1989-1992, 1999-2002.
Hennepin County Medical Society Auxiliary annual reports, 1978-1991. 2 folders.
Hennepin County Medical Society Alliance annual reports, 1996-1997.
Hennepin County Medical Society Board and Executive minutes, 1992-1997. 2 folders.
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130.A.17.6F21Hennepin County Medical Society Board and Executive minutes, 1998-2005.
Hennepin Medical Society miscellaneous minutes, 1994-1997. 3 folders.
Hennepin Medical Society minutes, 1998-2002.
Hennepin Medical Foundation minutes, 1981-2006.
History of Hennepin County Medical Society Elected Committees and Board of Directors.
Hennepin County Medical Society constitution, bylaws, and roster, 1909, 1918, 1942.
The Bulletin: 125 years of service: A history of the Hennepin County Medical Society, June 1980.
Hennepin County Medical Society historical information, 1869-1980s. 2 folders.
Hennepin County Medical Foundation articles of incorporation, bylaws, tax exemption, and affidavit of publication, 1964, 1969, 1971.
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129.E.4.6F2Hennepin County Medical Society Alliance annual reports of officers and programs, 2007-2009.
Woman's Auxiliary to the Hennepin County Medical Society Board guidelines, 1968.
Woman's Auxiliary to the Hennepin County Medical Society constitution and bylaws, undated, 1931, 1936, 1957, 1968.
Hennepin County Medical Society Alliance job descriptions, 2003.
Woman's Auxiliary to the Hennepin County Medical Society membership record, 1920-1921.
Woman's Auxiliary to the Hennepin County Medical Society, Hennepin Medical Society Auxiliary, Inc., and Hennepin Medical Society Alliance directories, 1972-1990, 2001-2005. 3 folders.
Pulsations (newsletter), 1990-2001, 2009-2010.
Secretary of State filings: Hennepin County Medical Society and West Metro Medical Society, 2003-2009.
Officer and Committee files:
Reports, duties, and activities of officers, representatives to other organizations, and committees.
American Lung Association representative, 1961-1978.
American Medical Association Education and Research Foundation representative, 1956-1976.
Archives chairman, 1948-1967.
Archives condensed reports, 1974-1975.
Area coffee parties, 1973-1977.
Cerebral palsy board representative, 1961-1978.
Community health, education, and volunteers, 1943-1976.
Corresponding secretary, 1945-1977.
Disaster preparedness, 1953-1975.
Health Careers Committee, 1952-1978.
Hennepin County international health, 1972-1978.
Historian's annual report, 1958-1978.
Hospitality Committee, 1949-1978.
Minnesota Mental Health Association representative, 1964-1976.
Minnesota Society for Crippled Children and Adults representative, 1961-1978.
Nominating Committee, 1956-1979.
Philanthropic and Education Re-evaluation Committee, 1964-1978.
President, 1966-1978.
President, outdated Committees-responsibilities, 1910-1940s.
Publicity, 1972-1989.
Public Relations Committee, 1944-1970.
Recording secretary, 1972-1976.
Revisions to Constitution and Bylaws Committee, 1971-1978.
Senior citizens project, 1957-1971.
Social Committee, 1956-1966.
Telephone Committee, 1948-1978.
Volunteer services, 1954-1977.
War Memorial Blood Bank representative, 1972-1978.
Body Works project, 1983-2004. 2 folders.
Centennial anniversary celebration, 2010.
Includes list and printouts of slides used in the centennial slide show.
Dissolution letters: West Metro Medical Society Alliance, 2010-2011.
Medical marriages (Sotile) seminar, 2003-2006.
Minnesota Medical Association Alliance: 75th anniversary history, 1997.
STI/HIV/AIDS education project, 2007-2010. 2 folders.
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130.A.17.7B22Minneapolis Metropolitan Pediatric Society activities, 1985-1987. 2 folders.
Minneapolis Metropolitan Pediatric Society Executive Board minutes, 1986.
Early Learning Committees, 1986.
Early Physicians Health Plan (PHP) Executive Committee minutes, 1977-1980. 3 folders.
Physicians Health Plan marketing agreement, administrative services agreement, senior promissory note, 1974-1975.
Physicians Health Plan correspondence, reports, and miscellaneous documents, 1976-1979, 1981-1986. 10 folders.
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129.F.3.8F-23Scrapbooks:
Includes historians' reports, printed rosters, photographs, newsletters, news clippings, and fliers.
Historian's scrapbook, 1931, 1949, 1953-1962. 3 volumes.
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129.F.4.1B-14Historian's scrapbook, 1962-1978. 3 volumes.
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129.F.4.1B-25Historian's scrapbook, 1978-1994. 2 volumes.
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129.F.4.2F-16Historian's scrapbook, 1992-1999, 2001-2002. 2 volumes.
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129.F.4.2F-27Historian's scrapbook, 2003-2010. 1 volume.
Health Day scrapbook, 1969-1971. 1 volume.
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129.F.4.3B-18Body Works scrapbook, 1982-2004. 1 volume.
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129.A.4.6F-224Hennepin County Medical Society: History of the Society, November 7, 1921. 1 volume.

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129.J.8.2F9Boeckmann Library Fund Committee:
Minutes, 1903-1970. 3 volumes.
Minutes, correspondence, account information, and stocks, 1940s-1960s. 2 volumes.
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129.J.8.3B10Ramsey County Medical Society Clinic Week minutes, 1920-1924.
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129.A.4.6F-224Ramsey County Medical Society minutes, February 14, 1870-November 29, 1886. 1 volume.
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129.A.4.6F-123Ramsey County Medical Society minutes, 1888-1905. 2 volumes.
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126.F.10.7B-225Ramsey County Medical Society minutes, 1906-1917. 2 volumes.
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129.A.4.6F-224Ramsey County Medical Society minutes, annual reports, 1917.
Includes minutes and reports from various Board officers, committees, and topics.
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129.J.8.3B10Ramsey County Medical Society minutes, 1918-1941. 10 folders.
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129.J.8.4F11Ramsey County Medical Society minutes, 1942-1967. 12 folders.
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129.J.8.5B12Ramsey County Medical Society minutes, 1968-1973, 1986-1995. 6 folders.
Woman's Auxiliary and Auxiliary to the Ramsey Medical Society yearbooks, 1930-1993. 2 folders.
Ramsey County Medical Society Alliance yearbooks, 1993-2004.
Historical published resources:
Medical directory: Minnesota and Wisconsin, approximately 1890s. 1 volume.
Medical directory: Wisconsin, Minnesota, Iowa, and Nebraska, March 1896. 1 volume.
Minnesota physicians blue book, 1904. 1 volume.
Official register of physicians, Minnesota, 1883-1890. 1 volume.
The Trek from yesterday: A history of organized nursing in Minneapolis, 1883-1936, by Estelle Merrill, R.N., approximately 1944. 1 volume.
A Textbook on nursing: training schools for nurses in hospitals for the insane, 1895. 1 volume.
Ramsey County Medical Society Auxiliary minutes, 1940-1954. 2 folders.
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129.J.8.6F13Ramsey County Medical Society Auxiliary minutes, 1954-1993. 20 folders.
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129.J.8.7B14Ramsey County Medical Society Auxiliary mailings, approximately 1989-1993.
Ramsey County Medical Society Auxiliary and Ramsey County Medical Society Alliance minutes, correspondence, and event notices, 1990-1998. 6 folders.
Ramsey County Medical Society Alliance mailings, approximately 1998-2004. 2 folders.
Minnesota Medical Association, 2002-2004.
Ramsey County Medical Alliance (RCMA) Board meeting minutes and Treasurer's report, 2000-2002.
Ramsey County Medical Society Auxiliary revised constitution and bylaws, 1956.
Anniversaries and historical information, 1989, 2004.
President's reports, 1966-1981.
Historian file, 1947-1948, 1950-1980.
St. Paul Surgical Society roster, constitution, and bylaws, 1981-1985.
Ramsey County Medical Society bylaws, 1985, 1993, 1996.
Ramsey County Medical Society articles of incorporation, constitution, bylaws, and miscellaneous programs, 1889-1960. 2 folders.
Ramsey County Medical Society articles of incorporation and tax exemption, 1940s, 1970-1971.
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129.K.17.1B15Ramsey County Medical Society articles of incorporation and bylaws, 1960-1972.
Ramsey County Medical Society pictorial membership directory, 1987-1988.
Ramsey County Medical Society Foundation Board agendas and minutes, 1987, 1990-1994.
Ramsey County Medical Society annual meeting, January 17, 1994.
Ramsey County Medical Society annual meeting, January 20, 1993.
Ramsey County Medical Society General Membership meeting, October 11, 1994.
Ramsey County Medical Society General Membership meeting, October 6, 1993.
Ramsey County Medical Society Board of Directors meeting, September 13, 1994.
Ramsey County Medical Society Board of Directors meeting, November 15, 1994.
Ramsey County Medical Society Board of Directors meeting, June 7, 1994.
Ramsey County Medical Society and Hennepin County Medical Society Joint Boards meeting, May 10, 1994.
Ramsey County Medical Society Board of Directors meeting, February 8, 1994.
Ramsey County Medical Society Officers meeting, November 10, 1992.
Ramsey County Medical Society Executive Committee meeting, November 8, 1994.
Ramsey County Medical Society Executive Committee and Finance Committee meeting, October 11, 1994.
Ramsey County Medical Society Executive Committee and Finance Committee meeting, August 9, 1994.
Ramsey County Medical Society Executive Committee and Foundation Board, July 21, 1994.
Ramsey County Medical Society Executive Committee, May 16, 1994.
Ramsey County Medical Society Executive Committee, March 15, 1994.
Ramsey County Medical Society Executive Committee, March 9, 1994.
Ramsey County Medical Society Nominating Committee, October 11, 1994.
Ad Hoc Committee on Society Organization, June 10, 1993.
Ramsey County Medical Society, Inc. Board, March 11, 1993.
Ramsey County Medical Society minutes, October 12, 1993.
Ramsey County Medical Society minutes, December 14, 1993.
Ramsey County Medical Society minutes, February 8, 1994.
Ramsey County Medical Society minutes, April 12, 1994. 2 folders.
Ramsey County Medical Society Finance Committee, November 30, 1993.
Boeckmann Library Committee, April 7, 1993.
Boeckmann Library Steering Committee, January 16, 1992.
Merger: Ramsey County Medical Society/Hennepin County Medical Society, 1993.
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129.F.4.3B-18Metropolitan Sabin Oral Polio Vaccine Program, Ramsey County Medical Society directing the program in Ramsey, Dakota, and Washington Counties, 1962-1963. 1 volume.

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This collection is indexed under the following headings in the catalog of the Minnesota Historical Society. Researchers desiring materials about related topics, persons or places should search the catalog using these headings.

Topics:
Medicine -- Minnesota -- Societies, etc.
Physicians' spouses.
Women -- Societies and clubs.
Organizations:
St. Anthony and Minneapolis Union Medical Society, author.
West Metro Medical Society, author.
East Metro Medical Society, author.
Minneapolis Metropolitan Pediatric Society, author.
Hennepin County Medical Society Auxiliary, author.
Hennepin County Medical Society, author.
Minnesota Medical Association Alliance, author.
Hennepin County Medical Society Alliance, author.
Woman's Auxiliary to the Hennepin County Medical Society, author.
Ramsey County Medical Society (Ramsey County, Minn.), author.
Minnesota Medical Association, author.
Document Types:
Photographs.
Scrapbooks.

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