HSP's latest document display celebrates the Einstein Healthcare Network 150th anniversary this year, tracing its journey from a 22-bed hospital in West Philadelphia called the Jewish Hospital, to a comprehensive regional healthcare system and home of the largest independent academic medical centers in the area.

The mission of the hospital, which opened in 1866, was to care for any person in need, regardless of race, religion, nationality, or ability to pay. The hospital served as a refuge for Jewish and other soldiers returning from the Civil War, as well as for immigrants and formerly enslaved persons.

Over the past century and a half, the Jewish Hospital evolved into Einstein Healthcare Network while maintaining its original mission to provide compassionate care for all. 

HSP's document displays are free and open to the public during regular library hours.

Some of the noteworthy items included in the display include:

• Register of Patients Admitted to the Old Age Home of the Jewish Hospital Association (September 13, 1866 to May 17, 1920).

• Jewish Hospital Association of Philadelphia Constitution and Bylaws, (1908).

• First annual report of the Jewish Hospital Association of Philadelphia, (1866).

• Photographs of the original farmhouse in 1866 and original buildings on the Old York Road and Olney Road campus (circa. 1880 - 1920).

• Photographs of early operating rooms and wards for men, women and children (1900 – 1920).

• Photograph of nurses, (circa. 1890s to 1930s).

• Facsimile of letter from the great scientist Albert Einstein, granting permission for the medical center to use his name (June 28, 1951).