Gehrlich, James L.

Assistant Archivist

professional memberships

  • American Association for the History of Medicine
  • Archivists and Librarians in the History of Health Sciences
  • Archivists Round Table of Metropolitan New York
  • Medical Archivists Round Table of New York City
  • Mid-Atlantic Regional Archives Conference
  • New York State Archives Partnership Trust
  • Society of American Archivists
     

research

research and scholarship focus

Jim is interested in research that involves the impact of the federal government's Privacy Rule (HIPAA) on research access to archival records.  He is also concerned with new methods of archival arrangement and description for corporate records.  Additionally, he devotes time to developing fuller histories of Weill Cornell Medical College and NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital. 

affiliations

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background

educational background

Graduate Certificate in Archival Management, New York University, 2001
MDiv, Maryknoll School of Theology, 1986
BA (Economics), The Ohio State University, 1973

professional background

Jim is Head of Archives at Medical Center Archives of NewYork-Presbyterian/Weill Cornell where he has been employed since 1994.  Prior to that, he served for two years as Assistant Director at Maryknoll Mission Archives in Westchester County, New York. Jim received his initial introduction to archival theory and practice in 1992 at the National Archives and Records Administration's Modern Archives Institute in Washington, D.C. Before entering the archival field, Jim served as a Roman Catholic missionary priest in Bangladesh.

awards and distinctions

2006 Award of Appreciation from Cornell University-New York Hospital School of Nursing Alumni Association

publications

selected publications (listing in progress)

Gehrlich, James. The Archival Imagination of David Bearman, Revisited. Journal of Archival Organization. 2002;1(1):5-18.