Clinical Center History
This page contains some resources about the NIH Clinical Center. For photographs, please search our collections.
Download: USDA FSA pamphlet.pdf (PDF/3.13 MB)
The Federal Security Agency published an informational pamphlet for the National Institutes of Health in 1948. Eloise Cram Papers, Courtesy of the Special Collections of the National Agricultural Library.
Download: clinicalcenter1949.pdf (PDF/2.44 MB)
Clinical Center director Dr. Jack Masur wrote an article published in the Journal of the American Hospital Association, November 1949 outlining the plans for the Clinical Center.
Download: ClinicalCenterFSA.pdf (PDF/596 kB)
This brochure, published in the early 1950s, introduced the NIH Clinical Center to physicians and potential patients.
Download: clinicalcenterbrochure.pdf (PDF/3 MB)
This 1975 brochure states that the primary mission of the Clinical Center is "is to provide specialized forms of hospital care necessary for Institute studies."
Download: clinicalcenter20aniversary.pdf (PDF/1.34 MB)
The NIH Record published the Clinical Center's 20th anniversary in the July 3, 1973 edition.
Download: ccnewsandfeatures.pdf (PDF/3.88 MB)
The Clinical Center celebrated its 25th anniversary in 1978, with a booklet describing its accomplishments and current research. Read the transcript of the celebration of the 25th anniversary of the Clinical Center by Dr. Mortimer Lipsett, July 6, 1978.
Download: 1953ccfloorplan.pdf (PDF 78 kB)
The 1953 floorplan illustrates the "bench to bedside" concept in the architectural design of the Clinical Center.
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Oveta Culp Hobby, Secretary of Health, Education and Welfare delivered the dedication of the NIH Clinical Center at the National Institutes of Health on Thursday, July 2, 1953.