Waltham (Mass.)

Scope and Contents The Collection on the Closing of Waltham Hospital contains materials that trace the decline and closure of Deaconess-Waltham Hospital (1998-2002); the establishment of the Coalition to Save Waltham Hospital, Inc. (2002-2003); and the revival and subsequent closure of Waltham Hospital (2002-2010).The bulk of the collection is made up of financial records and the records of various Boards of Trustees, both of which show the data behind and the process of decision making that...

Scope and Contents These records give an overview of the Waltham Garden Club’s activities and accomplishments from the 1940s to the present. The collection includes meeting minutes, financial reports, yearbooks, awards, event programs, copies of the monthly newsletter "The Grapevine," publicity scrapbooks, and news clippings. The news clippings contain information about the Waltham Garden Club’s activities and community-based initiatives around the Waltham area. This collection also includes...