Aerial view showing the Porter farm. The farm (prior to the founding of Hazelden) was named after Andrew Porter and owned by Charles and Hazel Thompson Power (of the Thompson Pioneer Press family). The farm was called Hazel Den after Hazel Power.
Pictured left to right are staff members Princella Scott, Inga Dalhaug, Agnes Johnson, and Evelyn Comstock having a meal in the Aides' Lunch Room at Minneapolis General Hospital.
Professors John B. Wolfe (piano), Robert Solheim (trumpet), J. Lamoine De Rusha (middle saxophone) and others provide music for a party in the Oak Room at the Park Avenue location.
Bird's eye view showing the buildings of the Willmar State Hospital. The alcoholism treatment revolution began at Wilmar State Hospital, where many essential elements of the Minnesota Model were developed by Dan Anderson and Nelson Bradley while they were employees there.
Nursing graduation of the Minneapolis General Hospital and the University of Minnesota. Nurses in cadet nurse corps uniforms and nursing uniforms climb the steps of Northrup Auditorium at the university.
This photograph shows the Center building and the South Flats at the St. Peter State Hospital. The Center building was the first building that was constructed at the hospital. It appears in the center of the photo.
This photograph shows the east front of the Center building at the St. Peter State Hospital. This was the first building that was constructed on the hospital grounds.
Two chiropractic students and chiropractic faculty member Ransom Goines are putting a tube of blood in a centrifuge on the Park Avenue campus. In 1983, to accommodate growth in student population and programs, the college moved to its current location in Bloomington, Minnesota. In 1999, Northwestern College of Chiropractic was renamed Northwestern Health Sciences University to reflect its addition of programs in other alternative medicine fields.
A 1949 Packard was the first ambulance for the City of New Brighton. A group of local men organized to provide the vital ambulance service at a time when there were no hospitals in the local community. The vehicle sits in front of the New Brighton Fire Station, built in 1947.
Photograph of a woman sitting in a chair with her arms on the armrests as another person rests their hand on one of hers. Clasped hands reflect the essential spirit of Hazelden's caring community, where compassion manifests itself in a gracious environment.
A classroom at The Swedish Hospital School of Nursing in Minneapolis that features a "patient" resting in a hospital bed in the front corner of the room.
This photograph shows a building at the St. Peter State Hospital that has been labeled as Cottage X in the photograph collection. It has been described in the collection as a liberty ward for men. Later, it was used as an infirmary.
Photograph of Dr. Dan Anderson lecturing next to a blackboard. A specialty of Dan Anderson was the lecture. Delivered by him, the lectures were both educational and entertaining and spiced with wry humor.
Photograph showing the front exterior of Dia Linn. The original site of the treatment center for female alcoholics, it was originally owned by W. O. Washburn, a St. Paul industrialist. It was named Dia Linn, a Gaelic term for "God be with us."
In 1944 the Variety Club initiated a fund drive for Dr. Morris Shapiro’s rheumatic fever treatment and research program. By 1951 the Variety Club Heart Hospital was completed and provided services for both adults and children, including a 40-bed pediatric unit with a playroom, classroom and an auditorium. Dr. Morrill, president of the University of Minnesota, is at the far left.
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Dr. Richard Evans conducting an experiment while his assistant looks at a specimen in a microscope and records her findings in the lab at the Park Avenue location.