St. Joseph Hospital, Vancouver, Washington Photograph Collection Finding Aid Contents Overview of Records... 1 Administrative Information... 1 Facilities... 2 Personnel... 2 Departments... 3 Subjects... 4 School of Nursing... 5 Postcards... 5 Overview of Records Repository: Providence Archives, Seattle, WA Dates: c. 1880 s 1985 Abstract: Photographs document the facilities, personnel, and activities of St. Joseph Hospital, Vancouver. Quantity: 905 images Administrative Information Restrictions: Providence Archives is a private repository; access to some records is at the discretion of the archivist. Preferred Citation: [Description or number of cited item]. (23) St. Joseph Hospital (Vancouver) Photograph Collection, Providence Archives, Seattle, Washington. Accession Information: These photographs were transferred to the Archives by the hospital and by sisters who worked there over a period of years. Some photographs or subseries may bear an accession number, e.g. 96:152. Processing Information: Photographs were added to the collection over the years by Archives staff. A typed inventory was created and the collection re-housed in November 2001 by Peter Schmid. St. Joseph Hospital, Vancouver, Washington: Photograph Collection Finding Aid Page 1
Note: Photographs marked album Book I and album Book II were removed from albums kept by Sr. Maria of Providence (3919) during her tenure as administrator, 1964-67. Photographs marked with accession number 91:120 were removed from an album kept by nurse Catherine Carvey. Xeroxed facsimile copies of each album are available at the end of the collection. Facilities Quantity: 55 images A1 Building 1 (1858-79) Dates: 1858 A2 Building 3 (1879-1911) Formerly known as "Building 2" until discovery of an earlier building that burned and only housed the insane, 1867-78. See sub-series A7. A3 Building 4 (1911-67) Dates: 1957-58; n.d. A4 Gardens & Grounds A5 School of Nursing Addition (1941) A6 Convent Dates: 1911; 1966; n.d. Dates: 1964-66 A7 Building 2 (1867-78) Personnel Quantity: 364 images B1 Administrators Dates: 1958; 1963-64; 1966-68; n.d. B2 Advisory Board Dates: 1958; 1965; n.d. B3 Sisters Dates: 1931; 1945; 1956; 1961-62; 1964-67; n.d. B4 Lay Staff Dates: 1935; 1945; 1947; 1957-58; 1964-68 St. Joseph Hospital, Vancouver, Washington: Photograph Collection Finding Aid Page 2
B5 Medical Staff Dates: 1949; 1967-68; n.d. B6 Medical Staff Executive Board Dates: 1965-66 B7 Clergy Dates: 1965-67; n.d. Departments Quantity: 133 images C1 Chapel Dates: 1939; 1947; 1949-50; 1956-58; 1965-67; 1985; n.d. C2 Central Service Dates: 1956 C3 Emergency Dates: 1964; n.d. C4 Housekeeping ; n.d. C5 Dietary Dates: 1967 C6 Laboratory Dates: 1947; 1965 C7 Ladies Auxiliary Dates: 1965-66 C8 Laundry C9 Nursery Dates: 1947; 1954; 1964; 1966-67 C10 Obstetrics C11 Pharmacy C12 Patients St. Joseph Hospital, Vancouver, Washington: Photograph Collection Finding Aid Page 3
Dates: 1947; 1962; 1965; 1968; n.d. C13 Operating Room Dates: 1953; n.d. C14 Surgery Dates: 1958; n.d. C15 Pediatrics Dates: 1957; 1965-67; n.d. C16 Switchboard Dates: 1958 C17 Radiography C18 Recovery Room Dates: 1958 Subjects Quantity: 237 images D1 Baby Homecoming Dates: 1965-67 D2 Christmas Dates: 1954-55; 1958-59; 1964-67; 1969; n.d. D3 Cornerstone Opening (1972) Includes photos of a service at Mother Joseph s grave after the ceremony at St. Joseph s. D4 Cornerstone Laying (1909) D5 Fundraising Dates: 1964; 1966 D6 National Hospital Week Dates: 1964; n.d. Events included Mother-Daughter Tea, afternoon tea for employees, and public open-house. D7 Open House Dates: 1948; 1958 Includes good views of some of the facilities including the nursery and kitchen. D8 Senior Citizens Party St. Joseph Hospital, Vancouver, Washington: Photograph Collection Finding Aid Page 4
Dates: 1965 Party held for former patients and neighbors of the hospital. D9 Jubilee (1958) D10 Appraisal Report of St. Joseph Hospital & Providence Academy (1966) Buildings and grounds of St. Joseph's and Providence Academy were photographed for the report. D11 Cornerstone Contents (1909) Original photographs contained in the time capsule placed in the cornerstone in 1909. D12 Documents D13 Vancouver Dates: 1967; n.d. School of Nursing Quantity: 65 images E1 Class Portraits Dates: 1913-14; 1918; 1922; 1932-33; 1935; 1940-54; n.d. E2 Individual Students E3 Homecoming E4 Diplomas Dates: 1927; 1934; n.d. -67; n.d. 1966 Homecoming, and the final homecoming of former graduates in 1967. Includes pictures of the Mother Gamelin house diorama that was put on display there. Dates: 1914; 1954 Copy photographs of diplomas. Postcards Quantity: 11 G1 Building 4 (1911-67) G2 Building 2 (1879-1911) G3 St. Joseph Community Hospital (1967-) St. Joseph Hospital, Vancouver, Washington: Photograph Collection Finding Aid Page 5