The Toronto Hospital ephemera collection is an assembly of material in various formats that have been accumulated by the UHN Archives from a variety of disparate sources including, but not limited to, family members of former staff or students, other repositories, or anonymous donations. Collection consists of textual records. Material in the collection relates to the history of The Toronto Hospital. Material is arranged by accession. No particular order has been imposed by the Archivist.

Collection consists of a photocopy of the Act to amalgamate TGH with TWH, and various hospital newsletters, guidelines, formularies and reports.

Series consists of copies of Caring Together, The Toronto Hospital’s staff newsletter after the merger between OCI/PMH and TTH. This newsletter combined the news and information formerly reported in the separate publications OCI Post and Caring. The design of the newsletter reflected the new partnership with both logos being combined into one and the colours of the separate hospitals (yellow and blue) seen merging together.

The inaugural issue of Caring Together was first published on September 19, 1997 as Vol 1, Number 1. When The Toronto Hospital changed its name to University Health Network in 1999, Caring Together continued with the same name and volume and issue numbering. The only change was the subheading which now read “A newsletter for and about the staff of University Health Network”. The last issue as Caring Together was Volume 4, Number 45 from November 6, 2000. Beginning with the November 13th issue, the newsletter changed its name to UHN News but continued with the same numbering.

Issues were arranged chronologically by volume in separate binders. Some issues of ITF News, from the Integration Task Force, have been inserted. There are quite a few missing issues of Caring Together. From Volume 2, issues 26, 30, 36 and 37 are missing. From Volume 3, issues 2, 4, 13-17, 19-21, 23, 25, 27, 32, 36, 38, 40, 43-44, and 49 are missing. From Volume 4, issues 6-7, 10, 17-18, 20, 25-30, 33-34, and 43 are missing.

There is no Volume 2, issue 3 in existence. During printing what should have been Volume 2, issue 3 was incorrectly labeled Volume 2, issue 4.

The first Annual General Meeting for the University Health Network occurred on September 15th, 1999. Series includes the contents of a binder labeled “Annual General Meeting Minutes Jun 1947-2005”. This binder included minutes of the University Health Network’s Annual General Meetings (1999-2005) as well as the minutes of the Annual Meetings of the Subscribers of its predecessor corporations The Toronto Hospital (1987-1998) and the Toronto General Hospital (1947-1986). The original purpose of these meetings was to elect Trustees. The annual meeting was extended to several meetings in 1947 and 1949 due to a lack of nominations. Minutes from September 17, 1997 are missing. Most minutes are signed originals.

Series consists of policy manuals from The Toronto Hospital, Ontario Cancer Institute/Princess Margaret Hospital, and University Health Network which have been superseded.

The record group includes seven fonds:

UHN 1 Policy and Codes Development fonds
UHN 2 Board of Directors fonds
UHN 3 Public Affairs & Communications fonds
UHN 4 Nutrition Services fonds
UHN 5 Radiation Medicine Program fonds
UHN 6 Research fonds
UHN 7 Health Records Services fonds

Series consists of bound minutes and documents accumulated by the Office of the President. Much of the material relates to the Toronto General Hospital. File 9.1.4 includes a banking by-law from October 16, 1989.

The fonds includes four series of records from the Office of the President:

9.1 Miscellaneous records
9.2 Correspondence and administration
9.3 Board of Trustees correspondence
9.4. Audit reports

Series consists of the draft minutes, agendas, correspondence, and reports of the TTH Board of Trustees Planning Committee. File 8.8.3 includes a report titled “Linking the Senior Management Team to the Hospital Mission: Inter-Related Roles and Responsibilities, April 1, 1993” which contains an organizational chart dated April 1, 1993. File 8.8.4 consists of reports from the Priority Programs Directorate, the Surgical Directorate, and the Professional/Diagnostics Services Directorate. The official minutes for these years have not been transferred to the Archives.

Series consists of the draft minutes, agendas, correspondence, and reports of TTH Board of Trustees Human Resources Committee. File 8.7.17 includes a draft organizational chart of the hospital dated December 7, 1992. The official minutes for these years have not been transferred to the Archives.

Series consists of the draft minutes, agendas, correspondence, and reports of the TTH Board of Trustees Finance Committee. The official minutes for these years have not been transferred to the Archives. Some of the files also contain minutes from the Fiscal Advisory Committee which was created in 1990 to make recommendations to the Board with respect to the operation, use, and staffing of the hospital.

File 8.6.8 includes minutes from TWH Fine Arts Committee dated June 21, 1991. File 8.6.18 includes minutes from the Fiscal Advisory Committee dated May 1992. File 8.6.20 includes minutes from the Fiscal Advisory Committee dated July 1992. File 8.6.33 includes minute from the Fiscal Advisory Committee dated January 1994.