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1. St. Mary's Hospital, School of Nursing, Minneapolis, Minnesota

Creator:
Dorge, Elias G. E.
Date Created:
1900?
Description:
Fifteen women, all in nurses' uniforms, sit/stand around Sister Thecla Reid, who established the School of Nursing at St. Mary's Hospital. Three women were in the first graduating class in 1903. The school of nursing opened about 1900.
Contributing Institution:
Sisters of St. Joseph of Carondelet
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

2. Sister Cunegund Kuefler in nursery at St. Cloud Hospital, St. Cloud, Minnesota

Creator:
Molitor, Robert C.
Date Created:
1940 - 1949
Description:
Sister Cunegund Kuefler oversaw the nursery in the St. Cloud Hospital. She began her 64-year career in obstetrics at St. Raphael's Hospital in 1904.
Contributing Institution:
Saint Benedict's Monastery
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

3. Sister Borgia Knelleken in the Animal Laboratory at St. Cloud Hospital, St. Cloud, Minnesota

Creator:
St. Cloud Edition Our Sunday Vivitor
Date Created:
1940 - 1949
Description:
Because Sister Borgia was willing to take on any task asked of her, she responded to Dr. Page E. Stangl's (pathologist) request to help him set up a laboratory of animals for research. She called herself the zoo-keeper and worked with this project in her quiet, unassuming way for 39 years--first in crowded conditions among the offices on 6th floor of the hospital and then in the seclusion of the sub-basement.
Contributing Institution:
Saint Benedict's Monastery
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

4. Aerial view of at St. Cloud Hospital, St. Cloud, Minnesota

Date Created:
1932
Description:
A 1932 aerial view of the St. Cloud Hospital reveals a half X-shape overlooking the Mississippi River.
Contributing Institution:
Saint Benedict's Monastery
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

5. Employee Frank Karn (1928-1973) and Sister Consilia Nesges, St. Cloud Hospital, St. Cloud, Minnesota

Date Created:
1940 - 1949
Description:
Frank Karn transferred from employment from Saint Benedict's Convent to St. Cloud Hospital when it opened in 1928 and stayed on for 45 years. He was a registered engineer.
Contributing Institution:
Saint Benedict's Monastery
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

6. Hospital volunteer, Minneapolis, Minnesota

Date Created:
1986
Description:
Sister Agnes Leon Mahowald welcomes a patient.
Contributing Institution:
Sisters of St. Joseph of Carondelet
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

7. School of Nursing cadet nurses, St. Cloud Hospital, St. Cloud, Minnesota

Date Created:
1940 - 1949
Description:
Sister Giovanni Bieniek, the director of the St. Cloud School of Nursing poses with cadet nurses. This program existed from 1943 -1948.
Contributing Institution:
Saint Benedict's Monastery
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

8. School of Nursing homecoming of 1939, St. Cloud Hospital, St. Cloud, Minnesota

Date Created:
1940 - 1949
Description:
School of Nursing homecoming attendees of 1939 pose in front of St. Cloud Hospital.
Contributing Institution:
Saint Benedict's Monastery
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

9. Sister Julitta Hoppe, hospital administrator (1923-1929), St. Cloud Hospital, St. Cloud, Minnesota

Date Created:
1927
Description:
Sister Julitta Hoppe was hospital administrator, first at St. Raphael's Hospital and then at the newly construction St. Cloud Hospital, (1923-1929).
Contributing Institution:
Saint Benedict's Monastery
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

10. Sister Madeleine Lyons, hospital administrator, Minneapolis, Minnesota

Date Created:
1920?
Description:
Sister Madeleine Lyons, who served in various positions at four hospitals, was an excellent example of the contributions of the Sisters of St. Joseph of Carondelet in the health care industry. A the time of her death, one newspaper reported, "Her death symbolized the passing of a true spirit of the service of sisterhood in nursing.Young girls entering the period of hospital training looked to her for guidance and saw the image of sacrifice and loving care they wished to emulate."
Contributing Institution:
Sisters of St. Joseph of Carondelet
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

11. Sister Sandra Fleischhacker in the X-ray Department, St. Cloud Hospital, St. Cloud, Minnesota

Date Created:
1940 - 1949
Description:
Sister Sandra Fleischhacker worked in the X-ray Department of the St. Cloud Hospital.
Contributing Institution:
Saint Benedict's Monastery
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

12. Sisters Julitta Hoppe (right) and Lawrence Kiffmeyer assisting with an emergency, St. Cloud Hospital, St. Cloud, Minnesota

Date Created:
1940 - 1949
Description:
Sister Julitta Hoppe and Sister Lawrence Kiffmeyer assist with an emergency.
Contributing Institution:
Saint Benedict's Monastery
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

13. Sisters of St. Joseph of Carondelet, St. Paul, Minnesota

Date Created:
1897
Description:
Nineteen Sisters of St. Joseph of Carondelet standing in front of a St. Joseph's Hospital entrance. The Sisters opened the hospital in 1853 in the log cabin Chapel of St. Paul on Bench Street. This photo is taken at the hospital's third and current site. The hospital joined the HealthEast System in 1987.
Contributing Institution:
Sisters of St. Joseph of Carondelet
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

14. Sisters of St. Joseph of Carondelet, St. Paul Province, who served during the Spanish American War

Date Created:
1899
Description:
Ten Sisters of St. Joseph of Carondelet served as nurses during the Spanish American War. This photo, which includes hospitalized soldiers, was taken at a military hospital in Matanzas, Cuba.
Contributing Institution:
Sisters of St. Joseph of Carondelet
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

15. Sisters praying in hospital chapel at St. Cloud Hospital, St. Cloud, Minnesota

Date Created:
1940 - 1949
Description:
Sisters praying in the chapel at St. Cloud Hospital.
Contributing Institution:
Saint Benedict's Monastery
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

16. Sisters Rita Claire Engel (right) and Danile Knight in the pharmacy, St. Cloud Hospital, St. Cloud, Minnesota

Date Created:
1939
Description:
Sister Rita Claire Engel and Sister Danile Knight served as pharmacists at the St. Cloud Hospital. The hospital kept up-to-date with the newest drugs.
Contributing Institution:
Saint Benedict's Monastery
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

17. Sister Theophane Schneider with patient in iron lung in the isolation department, St. Cloud Hospital, St. Cloud, Minnesota

Date Created:
1930 - 1947
Description:
Sister Theophane Schnieder tends a patient in an iron lung in the isolation department at St. Cloud Hospital.
Contributing Institution:
Saint Benedict's Monastery
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

18. Tuberculosis caravan with Benedictine sisters, Duluth, Minnesota

Date Created:
1910
Description:
Housing for sisters suffering from tuberculosis in 1910. In the early 20th Century, tuberculosis was rife in religious communities, and accounted for the deaths of many young sisters. Fresh air was regarded as the primary treatment. Duluth Benedictine sisters suffering from the disease lived in screened caravans on the grounds of the Kenwood property.
Contributing Institution:
St. Scholastica Monastery
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs
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