The Belgum Sanitarium , also called the Grande Vista Sanitarium , was an opulent health resort established by Hendrick Nelsen Belgum in 1914 to treat "nervous disorders" at 7010 Park Avenue in the East Richmond foothills of Northern California.
8-459: A brochure for the institution read: "To insure our guests an abundance of fresh, wholesome, nourishing food, so essential to the restoration of health, a select purebred dairy is maintained, also a poultry plan, an apiary, a fruit orchard, vegetable gardens, conservatories, private spring water system, etc.” Originally the Mintzer family estate, on its 28 acres of land there was a laundry, a stable, and
16-492: A school house, as well as electrical, pumping, and irrigation plants. In 1915 the Richmond Daily Independent reported that in "variety of shrubbery and general scenic beauty it far surpassed any residence of the county". Belgum died of a heart attack on November 8, 1948 while defending the property against a brush fire. Afterwards his family continued to run the facility, closing it in the mid-1960's. The building
24-540: Is a digital archive of internal tobacco, drug, food, chemical, and fossil fuel corporate documents, acquired largely through litigation, which illustrate industry efforts to influence policies and regulations meant to protect public health. The mission of the UCSF Industry Documents Library is to "identify, collect, curate, preserve, and make freely accessible internal documents created by industries and their partners which have an impact on public health, for
32-828: Is part of the UCSF Library located on the Parnassus campus in San Francisco, California. The UCSF archives serve as the official repository for the preservation of selected records, printed and born-digital materials, and realia generated by or about UCSF, including the School of Medicine, School of Nursing, School of Pharmacy, School of Dentistry, the Graduate Division, and the UCSF Medical Center. The archives also include rare and unique materials that support research and teaching in
40-717: Is the library of the University of California, San Francisco . It is one of the world's foremost libraries in the health sciences . The main branch (Kalmanovitz Library) is located at the Parnassus campus, with secondary locations at the Mission Bay campus in the Rutter Center and Mission Hall. Additionally, the library is affiliated with the ZSFG Library at the Zuckerberg San Francisco General Hospital ,
48-972: The Fishbon Memorial Library at UCSF Medical Center , the UCSF Fresno Medical Library at UCSF Fresno Medical Education Program, the UCSF Patient Health Library at Mount Zion Medical Center, the Medical Library at Benioff Children's Hospital Oakland , and the Veterans Affairs Medical Center Library at the San Francisco VA Medical Center . The main branch hosts artwork by Hiroshige , Georges Mathieu , Helaman Ferguson , Fred Reichman, R.C. Gorman , Bill Woodrow , Robert Cremean, and Sarah Sze . The UCSF Archives and Special Collections
56-457: The history of the health sciences. The institutional archives were officially established in 1963 by UC President Clark Kerr . He mandated the creation of both a records management system and an archives program at UCSF. The medical history rare book collection began in the 1930s, before the establishment of the institutional archives. Significant rare book collections and archival holdings include: The UCSF Industry Documents Library (IDL)
64-703: Was abandoned in 1963 and destroyed by arson in 1965. A collection of Belgum's correspondence and documents was donated by the Richmond Museum of History to the UCSF Library in 2013. Today the land is part of the Wildcat Canyon Regional Park and the former site can be found by hiking on the Belgum trail. As of 2021, the foundation, stubs of former stone walls, and a few fruit trees and palm trees are all that remain. UCSF Library The UCSF Library
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