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).
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).
Miss Wilma Johnson, a superintendent of nurses from Chicago, was engaged by the Sisters of St. Benedict to serve as the first director of the St. Raphael's School of Nursing in St. Cloud from 1908 to 1910 (Saint Benedict's Monastery Archives, McDonald, page 258).
Image taken looking Northeast. The hospital was financed by Vernon Wright and opened to the public in 1906. The hospital was located on Washington Avenue East.
Image includes two, two horse drawn vehicles and man standing beside bicycle. Mr. Orr near bicycle; Mr. McFadden (hospital farmer); Bert Hoxie and Laura Titus in wagon. Mr. Titus and nursing staff in carriage.
Medical staff of St. Luke's hospital. Gentleman in the middle is Dr. Olaf Sherping [1864-1929]. Dr. Sherping was the first chief of staff and remained so for 26 years, until his death in 1929.
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.
Bishop Joseph Busch with Mother Louise Walz, prioress, and Sisters Priscilla Schmidbauer, plant manager, and Ethelburga Farrell, treasurer, are on the podium dedicating the land purchased for the construction of the St. Cloud Hospital which was finally built beginning in 1926 and completed in 1928.
The nursing students of 1921 at St. Raphael's Hospital are shown in this photo with the ten Sister-nurses of the school's staff in row two identified from left to right: Sisters (1) Herberta Klein, (2) Cunegund Kuefler, (3) Borgia Knelleken, (4) Leobina Gliszhinski, (5) Julitta Hoppe, (6) Serena Bold, (8) Elizabeth Von Drehle, (9) Melitta Hoffman and (10) Ladislaus Twardowski.
First steam sterilizer in More hospital in Eveleth; replaced in 1937 with an electric model; framed diagram of this equipment is hanging on the wall of the room
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University of Minnesota Duluth, Kathryn A. Martin Library, Northeast Minnesota Historical Collections