Blue Shield of Papers, 1940 - 1988

Records include by-laws, contracts, annual reports, legislative hearing reports, press releases, speeches, and correspondence. Bulk of collection concerns the Blue Cross/Blue Shield of New Jersey merger of 1986. Among the records documenting the merger are correspondence, legislation, financial statements, press releases, memoranda of agreement, merger plans, court briefs, and meeting summaries. Includes chronological files of Joseph A. Cox, Chairman of the Board and C.E.O. of Blue Shield, and correspondence with N.J. Department of Insurance Commissioner Hazel Gluck. Also, enrollment data, plan rates, conference materials, subscriber booklets and forms, employee newsletters, historical narratives, and papers discussing types of coverage, individual plan subscribers, and Blue Shield's relationship with the Medical Society of New Jersey.Also, enrollment data, plan rates, conference materials, subscriber booklets and forms, employee newsletters, historical narratives, and papers discussing types of coverage, individual plan subscribers, and Blue Shield's relationship with the Medical Society of New Jersey.