Inventory
InventorySeries 1. Subject Files
Box 1-10, Folder 1-164
The Subject Files consist of the general administrative records of Hospice of Washington County from its inception in 1981 through its merger with Island Hospice of Newport and Hospice Care of Rhode Island in November, 1989. Included are correspondence, memos, minutes of meetings, bank records, grant proposals, brochures, newsletters, reports, mailing lists, financial statements, and state and federal tax returns.
Topics represented in the series include fundraising, patients' rights, agency policies and procedures, the financial status of the agency, rules and regulations governing the operation of hospice care facilities, insurance, Medicare certification, and the merger of Hospice of Washington County with Island Hospice of Newport and Hospice Care of Rhode Island.
Included in the records are the minutes of the annual meetings and the meetings of the Board of Directors. The minutes of the meetings document the origins and development of Hospice of Washington County, as well as the reasons behind its decision to merge with Island Hospice of Newport and Hospice Care of Rhode Island. Also included are the agency's monthly and quarterly financial statements and the auditor's annual reports on its financial condition.
The materials in the series are arranged alphabetically by subject or type of record and chronologically within folders.
Series 2. Personnel/Payroll Records
Box 12-16, Folder 1-52
The Personnel/Payroll Records Series contains materials relating to the staff, consultants and volunteers employed by Hospice of Washington County. Included are applications and resumes, contracts, job descriptions, daily activity sheets, payroll registers, time cards, federal government tax forms (W-2, W-4), payroll account records, and reports to the Internal Revenue Service.
Hospice of Washington County filled many of its paid positions (e.g. Administrator, Nurse Coordinator, Medical Social Worker) through a contractual arrangement with Visiting Nurse Services of Washington County (VNS). VNS supplied qualified people for the various staff positions required by Hospice of Washington County. Hospice of Washington County paid the salaries of its staff, and was in turn reimbursed by VNS. This arrangement is reflected in the copies of the invoices submitted to VNS by Hospice of Washington County.
The materials in this series are arranged alphabetically by the title of the position or the type of record and chronologically within folders.
Series 3. Charitable and Corporate Foundations
Box 17-20, Folder 1-53
The Charitable and Corporate Foundation Series contains records relating to the efforts by Hospice of Washington County to raise funds through grant applications to a wide range of charitable and corporate foundations. Included are correspondence, memos, grant applications, financial statements, reports, copies of checks, invoices, and receipts. Both successful and unsuccessful grant applications are included in this series.
The records in this series are arranged alphabetically by the name of the charitable or corporate foundation and chronologically within folders.
Series 4. Town Allocations
Box 21-22, Folder 1-17
The Town Allocation Series contains records relating to financial subsidies provided to Hospice of Washington County by each of the communities it served. The communities are: Exeter, Hopkinton, Charlestown, Jamestown, Narragansett, North Kingstown, Richmond, South Kingstown, and Westerly. Included are correspondence, memos, financial statements and reports, invoices, requisitions, and copies of checks.
Hospice of Washington County requested a specific annual allocation from each community based on population and the number of patients served by the agency in that community in the previous year. In some instances the agency received the amount it requested; in others a lesser amount. Generally, however, the communities in Hospice of Washington County's service area were generous in their support of the agency's work.
The records in this series are arranged alphabetically by the name of the town and chronologically within folders.
Series 5. Ledgers
Box 23-24, Folder 1-15
The Ledger Series contains bound ledgers and loose ledger pages which document the fiscal activity of Hospice of Washington County. Included are cash receipts ledgers, cash disbursement ledgers, and general ledgers in which are recorded the agency's financial transactions. This series complements the audit reports, financial statements, and bank statements in Series I, the payroll registers in Series II, and the records in Series VI, VII, and VIII.
The ledgers are arranged alphabetically by name or type of ledger.
Series 6. Bank Deposits
Box 25-30, Folder 1-33
The records in this series document the deposits made by Hospice of Washington County into its checking and savings accounts. Included are correspondence, completed bank deposit slips, copies of checks, and receipts. The deposits are also recorded in the cash receipts ledgers and general ledgers of Series V and in the bank statements in Series 1.
The records in this series are arranged chronologically.
Series 7. Donations and Pledges
Box 31-33, Folder 1-40
This series contains the records relating to the many fundraising events of the Hospice of Washington County. Included are correspondence, receipts, pledge cards, and copies of checks received by the agency. The information contained in this series is also recorded in the cash receipts ledgers and general ledgers of Series V.
Also included in this series are financial records relating to the Shadow Box Project. Shadow Box is a play set in California hospice and dealing with the impending death of loved ones and the impact on the living. The play was staged as a fundraising event by Hospice of Washington County in 1987. Financial records relating to this project are grouped together at the end of the series and arranged chronologically within folders.
Lists of donors and pledge cards are also grouped together at the end of the series. All other records are arranged chronologically.
Series 8. Bills and Receipts
Box 31, Folder 1-26
The Bills and Receipts Series contains materials relating to the expenditures of Hospice of Washington County for supplies, equipment, travel, staff, and office management. Included are correspondence, memos, bills, invoices, requisitions, receipts, and boxes of cancelled checks. The information contained in this series is duplicated in a different format in the cash disbursement ledgers and in the general ledgers located in Series V.
The materials in this series are arranged chronologically.
Series 9. Microfilm
Box 41-43, Folder 1-12
This series consists of 24 reels of 16 mm microfilm containing all of the records of Hospice of Washington County for the years 1982 to 1986. The order of the records on the reels of film does not correspond to the series arrangement of paper records in this manuscript group. There are 16 original reels of film and use copies for eight of the sixteen original reels.
The reels are arranged alphabetically by the contents note on each box of film.