Exterior view of two buildings used by St. Barnabas Hospital in Minneapolis. The large home on the left was eventually used as a nurses' residence when a larger, more modern hospital was constructed.
Exterior view of St. Barnabas Hospital in downtown Minneapolis. This photograph is pasted in a scrapbook prepared by a member of the St. Barnabas Hospital School of Nursing class of 1912. A photograph of the student is visible in the upper right hand corner.
A nursing student at St. Barnabas Hospital is putting away her uniform in her room at the Wellesmere Nurses Residence in Minneapolis. Nurses were required to have freshly ironed and starched uniforms for every shift.
In the early 1880s, several attempts were made in St. Cloud to meet the growing need of provisions for medical care. Dr. A.C. Lamothe Ramsay, lately graduated from Rush Medical College in Chicago, began practice in St. Cloud in 1882. He and the sisters petitioned the city council for funds to help them erect a three-story hospital. When these funds for a hospital were not forthcoming, Dr. Ramsay, in 1885, opened one on his own in Joseph Pendel's newly constructed home. Because he soon found that he could not run his own hospital and at the same time take care of his regular practice, Dr. Ramsay persuaded the sisters to take over hospital work. The community, under the leadership of Mother Scholastica Kerst, was quick to take up the challenge. At first they decided to add a third floor and renovate St. Agnes Academy in St. Cloud (which had closed in 1880) to refit it for hospital use. However, in December, 1885, the sisters purchased a newly erected building on Ninth Avenue from John Kropp for $2,000 and by February announced the opening of the hospital under the name of St. Benedict's Hospital (Saint Benedict's Monastery Archives; McDonald, pages 251-254).
Photograph showing the exterior of the Mount Sinai Hospital and power plant, during it's construction. Mount Sinai Hospital was built during the 1950's to address the discrimination Jewish doctors experienced admitting Jewish patients to local hospitals.
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University of Minnesota Libraries, Nathan and Theresa Berman Upper Midwest Jewish Archives
This photograph shows a stenographer at work in her office at the St. Peter State Hospital. The year 1929 has been written on the back of the photograph, as well as the information that the photo was taken on the first floor of the center building.
This photograph shows the Steward's office at the St. Peter State Hospital. Sources at the hospital indicate that the building served as a warehouse, later as a mattress shop, a shoe shop, and a tailor shop.
This postcard shows the Steward's Office at the St. Peter State Hospital. A note on the reverse side indicates that the building was constructed in 1889.
The "new" St. Mary's Hospital in 1898. In 1894, the Benedictine sisters of Duluth had plans drawn up for a proposed motherhouse and school to be built on property they owned at 5th Avenue East and Third street. The foundations were laid, but money was short and the project had to be abandoned. In 1897 Bishop McGolrick suggested that a hospital be built on that site. The building was completed in 1898 and the hospital moved from its West End location to the new site of St. Mary's Hospital.
In 1887, two years after starting a hospital in Bismarck, North Dakota, St. John's Abbey gave the sisters the minor seminary which was part of the monks' St. Clement Priory building complex of church, rectory and school in Duluth. Encouraged by the success of their hospital in St. Cloud, the sisters converted the seminary to a hospital and named it St. Mary's Hospital (2nd building on the right ). The hospital was transferred to the jurisdiction of the Benedictine sisters in Duluth when they branched off from St. Benedict's Convent, St. Joseph, MN, to form an independent convent in Duluth in 1892 (Saint Benedict's Monastery Archives).
A hospital insurance ticket from 1895 for St. Mary's Hospital in Duluth. These tickets were sold to lumbermen in northern Minnesota by sisters such as Sister Amata Mackett, who travelled to their camps and performed other home-y duties for the lumberjacks as well as selling tickets.
St. Mary's Hospital early insurance ticket. From 1892 until 1913, the Duluth Benedictine sisters sold an early form of hospital insurance in the form of "lumberjack tickets" which for a fee of from $1 to $5 (and later more), entitled the holder to admission to any of the Benedictine hospitals in Minnesota. This side of the ticket describes conditions under which the ticket cannot be used.
In 1935, children from the St. Mary's Hospital pediatrics unit take advantage of a sunny summer day on the roof. The chairs came from the Chicago World's Fair.
The staff of St. Mary's Hospital, Duluth, in 1925, including (front to back) student nurses, sister nurses and chaplain, physicians, sister staff, lay nurses and staff. The sister in black in the second row is the hospital administrator, Sister Olivia Gowan.
In 1908, St. Mary's Hospital in Duluth started its first school of nursing. Student nurses lived at St. Theresa's Hall nearby the hospital at Fourth Avenue East and Third street. Here, an early graduating class assembles in front of the residence.
The Institute Building or Community Center of Saint Mary's Parish in downtown St. Cloud served as an emergency hospital during the World War I flu epidemic. The Sisters' aided the nurses in caring for the patients.
This photograph shows several costumed employees of the St. Peter State Hospital. A variety of forms of entertainment were made available to the hospital patients, apparently including a performance by these employees.
This photograph shows employees of the St. Peter State Hospital cutting ice on the Minnesota River, which is next to the hospital. Large blocks of ice can be seen on a horse-drawn wagon. Sources at the hospital state that the photo was developed on January 23rd, 1940.
This photograph shows employees of the St. Peter State Hospital cutting ice on the Minnesota River, which is next to the hospital. Large blocks of ice can be seen on a horse-drawn wagon. Sources at the hospital state that the photo was developed on January 23rd, 1940.
This photograph shows employees of the St. Peter State Hospital cutting ice on the Minnesota River, which is next to the hospital. Several men can be seen on the frozen river. One of them is operating a machine to cut the ice.
This photograph shows employees of the St. Peter State Hospital cutting ice on the Minnesota River, which is next to the hospital. Large blocks of ice can be seen on a horse-drawn wagon. Sources at the hospital state that the photo was developed on January 23rd, 1940.
This photograph shows employees of the St. Peter State Hospital cutting ice on the Minnesota River, which is next to the hospital. Large blocks of ice can be seen on a horse-drawn wagon. Sources at the hospital state that the photo was developed on January 23rd, 1940.
This photograph shows employees at the St. Peter State Hospital storing ice that has been cut from the nearby Minnesota River. The ice was brought to the hospital on a horse-drawn wagon. It was then moved to the upper level of the ice house, as can be seen in the photo.
This stereo view shows the St. Peter State Hospital, apparently after a disastrous fire that destroyed the north wing of the hospital in November of 1880.
This postcard shows the main building at the St. Peter State Hospital, which includes the original building and the additions that were added later on the north and south sides. These were called the North Flats and the South Flats.
This postcard has been labeled as a view of the A.D.I. (Asylum for the Dangerously Insane) building at the St. Peter State Hospital. The abbreviation represents Asylum for Dangerous Insane. The east fa??ade of the building is shown.
This postcard has been labeled as a view of the A.D.I. (Asylum for the Dangerously Insane) building at the St. Peter State Hospital. The west fa??ade of the building is shown.
This postcard has been labeled as a view of the A.D.I. (Asylum for the Dangerously Insane) building at the St. Peter State Hospital. This postcard has the year 1915 written on the reverse side.
This building at the St. Peter State Hospital was used to house married couples who were employed at the hospital. Later, it was used to house single employees. A sewing room was located in the basement for a number of years.
This postcard has been labeled as showing the A.D.I. (Asylum for the Dangerously Insane) building at the St. Peter State Hospital. The abbreviation represents Asylum for Dangerous Insane.
This photograph of buildings at the St. Peter State Hospital has the date March 7, 1900 written on the reverse side of the photo. Another note there refers to a fire at two o'clock in the morning. The rear of the Center building can be seen at the far right of the photo.
This photograph shows the main building at the St. Peter State Hospital. The cupola is on the Center building. The North Flats portion of the building is to the right of the cupola.
This image was made from a glass plate negative. It shows a view of the main building at the St. Peter State Hospital. This negative was used to produce postcards.
This photograph shows the main building at the St. Peter State Hospital. The east front of the original hospital building and much of the north wing is visible. The south wing is mostly obscured by trees.
This postcard shows a view of the east side of the main building at the St. Peter State Hospital. The north wing of the building fills most of the image.
This early photograph of the St. Peter State Hospital was taken at a time when the hospital complex appeared to be housed in a single large building. A fire in November of 1880 destroyed the north wing of the complex, shown here to the right of the large stairway at the main entrance.
This stereo view shows the St. Peter State Hospital. The north wing was destroyed by a terrible fire in November of 1880. The wing was rebuilt after the fire.
By 1889 the increased patient rate at St. Benedict's Hospital forced the sisters to look for larger quarters. John Coates and Daniel H. Freeman offered the sisters a five-acre site on the east side of the Mississippi River near the reformatory. The following year, because they were assured that a bridge, road, and even a streetcar line would connect that site with St. Cloud proper, the sisters built a three-story, up-to-date hospital there. Upon Bishop Otto Zardetti's request, it was named St. Raphael's Hospital. For ten years they labored against odds to make this venture a success in spite of the fact that the transportation facilities never materialized. When it became obvious that the site was unsatisfactory, the sisters planned to build another St. Raphael's Hospital (II), this time back on Ninth Avenue next to the site of their first hospital, St. Benedict's Hosptial (Saint Benedict's Monastery Archives, McDonald, pages 256-257).
After the fire in 1905, St. Raphael's Hospital (II) was restored and the 3rd and 4th floors added on; this increased its capacity to 90 beds. The building to the right was then converted from an art/music academy to St. Raphael's Hospital School of Nursing (1908-1928). In 1915 the School of Nursing received state accreditation and in 1928 was moved to the new St. Cloud Hospital. [Saint Benedict's Monastery Archives , McDonald, ppage258-259]
Building at the far left is the former first hospital (St. Benedict's) converted to the nursing school. In 1928, when St. Raphael's Hospital was no longer adequate, the sisters built their fourth hospital in St. Cloud, named St. Cloud Hospital; the School of Nursing was moved to that new site. St. Raphael's Hospital was then converted to a home for the elderly, known as St. Raphael's Rest Home; later it became a retirement center for the Sisters of St. Benedict. Then in 1999, it was purchased by a private organization to serve as a shelter for the poor and homeless called "Place of Hope" (Saint Benedict's Monastery Archives).
The Swedish Hospital School of Nursing class of 1941 student Eileen Larson Johnson scrubbing in for an operation in scrub room C-D at The Swedish Hospital. Notice the cotton surgical mask that covers her face and wraps over her entire head.
Helen Kramer and Lydia Kost pose for an advertisement of the opening of the School of Nursing at St. Raphael's Hospital (Saint Benedict's Monastery Archives).
Large group of student nurses leaving The Swedish Hospital in Minneapolis at the end of a shift. A portion of one of the nursing school's dormitories is visible at the right hand side of the photograph.
Large group of students from The Swedish Hospital School of Nursing in Minneapolis are pictured during their operating room rotation. The second nurse from the right is most likely holding iodine to use as a disinfectant.
The sun porch in the Farr Pavilion at St. Barnabas Hospital in Minneapolis. A student nurse attends to a pediatric patient in the far corner. The plants and ample sunlight coupled with fresh air were believed to be health inducing.
This postcard shows the Superintendent's home at the St. Peter State Hospital. A note on the reverse side states that this view shows the home in its original location, which later became the site of the Administration building. Another source indicates that the home was built in 1898 at a cost of $5000.00.
This postcard shows the Superintendent's house at the St. Peter State Hospital. Notes on the reverse side of the postcard state that the house was completed in 1898 and that it cost $5000.00.
This photograph shows the Superintendent's residence at the St. Peter State Hospital. A note on the reverse of the photo states that it was built in 1957 and that it was sold at auction in 1975.
This postcard shows the office of the supervisor at the A.D.I. (Asylum for the Dangerously Insane) building on the grounds of the St. Peter State Hospital. The initials represent the phrase Asylum for Dangerous Insane.
This postcard shows a surgical operating room at the St. Peter State Hospital. This was located on the fourth floor of the Center building. Two women, Miss Torgenson (?) and Miss Buckwald (?), who may be nurses or nursing students, can be seen at work.
This postcard shows a surgical operating room at the St. Peter State Hospital. This was located on the fourth floor of the Center building. Three women, who may be nurses or nursing students, can be seen at work. The year 1908 has been written on the reverse side of the postcard.
This postcard shows a surgical operating room at the St. Peter State Hospital. This was located on the fourth floor of the Center building. Five women, who may be nurses or nursing students, can be seen at work. The year 1908 has been written on the reverse side of the postcard.
This postcard shows a surgical operating room at the St. Peter State Hospital. This was located on the fourth floor of the Center building. Two women, who may be nurses or nursing students, can be seen at work.
This photograph shows the surgical operating room on the fourth floor of the Center building at the St. Peter State Hospital. A doctor can be seen working on a patient while three nurses assist him. One of the nurses is administering an anesthetic.
This photograph shows the surgical operating room on the fourth floor of the Center building at the St. Peter State Hospital. Three nurses can be seen at work.
This photograph shows the Director of Nurses, Mary O. Johnson, R. N., in the surgical operating room at the St. Peter State Hospital. Sources at the hospital indicate that the photo was taken about 1958.
A wheelchair bound pediatric patient is shown "taking the air" at The Swedish Hospital in Minneapolis. Fresh air and sunshine were believed to be a beneficial healing component for many illnesses at this time, most notably tuberculosis.
Shown left to right are Hanna Carlson, Floy Chamberlain, Rose O'Donnell, Inez Rannow, and Albert Williams working in the accounts section of Minneapolis General Hospital's business office.
This report summarizes the activities of Asbury Hospital for the year of 1901. The report contains the articles of incorporation and lists the names of Asbury Hospital officers, directors, the executive committee, medical faculty, and dispensary staff. It Contains reports from the superintendent of deaconess work, the superintending nurse, the Deaconess Aid Society, and the treasurer. The medical statistical report lists diseases treated and surgical operations. Also includes the number of patients admitted, patients' religious denominations, residences, and nationalities. The names of contributors to Asbury Hospital are given. Includes rules and regulations for patients and visitors. The report also includes a section for the Nurses' Training School listing the graduates from 1894-1901 and the curriculum.
Contributing Institution:
Hennepin County Library, James K. Hosmer Special Collections Library
This March 1921 report summarizes the activities of Asbury Hospital for the year of 1920. The report lists the names of Asbury Hospital officers, directors, and the executive committee. Contains reports from the secretary, the field secretary, the superintendent, and the treasurer's annual report of income and expenses. Also includes the patients' report stating the number of patients admitted, patients' religious denominations and nationalities. The names of contributors to Asbury Hospital are also listed. Includes patient admission instructions. The report also includes a section for the Nurses' Training School listing the faculty, text books, and the graduates from 1894-1921. The section also includes a report from the supervisor of nurses discussing enrollment statistics.
Contributing Institution:
Hennepin County Library, James K. Hosmer Special Collections Library
This March 1920 report summarizes the activities of Asbury Hospital for the year of 1919. The report contains the articles of incorporation and lists the names of Asbury Hospital officers, directors, and the executive committee. Contains reports from the secretary, the field secretary, the superintendent, the out-patient department, the dispensary, and the treasurer. Also includes the patients' report stating the number of patients admitted, patients' religious denominations, nationalities, residences, and occupations. The names of contributors to Asbury Hospital are also listed. Includes patient admission instructions. The report also includes a section for the Nurses' Training School listing enrollment statistics, faculty, text books, and the graduates from 1894-1919.
Contributing Institution:
Hennepin County Library, James K. Hosmer Special Collections Library