Photograph Collections

Overview of Records

Repository: Providence Archives, Seattle, WA

Date: 1880s-1995

Abstract: Photographs document the facilities, personnel, and activities of St. Vincent Hospital.

Quantity: 6 linear feet comprised of 1,826 negatives; 1,330 prints; 179 slides; 2 transparencies

Administrative Information

Restrictions: Providence Archives is a private repository; access to some records is at the discretion of the archivist.

Preferred Citation: [Description of number of cited item].  (53) St. Vincent Hospital 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 March 2002 by Peter Schmid.

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Series A: Facilities

A1 Building 1 (1875-95)

Dates: 1875; n.d.

A2 Building 2 (1895-1971)

Dates: 1895; 1899; 1920; 1924; 1932; 1961; 1963-65; 1968; n.d.

A3 Building 3 (1971-)

Dates: 1964; 1966; 1971-72; 1976; 1978; n.d.

A4 Plat Maps

Dates: 1919; n.d.

Plats and property history by Sr. Anatolie of Montreal.

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Series B: Personnel

B1 Administrators

Dates: 1935; 1955; 1962; 1964-66; 1970-72; 1974; 1978; 1984; n.d.

Includes Sr. Vincent Ferrier; Sr. Flora Mary; Sr. Francis Ignatius; Sr. Mary Laureen; Thomas J. Underriner; Bergstrom; Greg Van Pelt.

B2 Advisory Board

Dates: 1962; 1966-69; 1981; n.d.

B3 Sisters

Dates: 1900; 1922; 1925; 1935; 1945; 1953; 1956-57; 1959; 1961-69; 1971; 1973; 1975; 1983; 1995; n.d.

B4 Medical Staff

Dates: 1940-55; 1958-70; 1981; 1988; n.d.

Formal portraits & groups; informal portraits & groups; Staff President; Executive Committee; annual banquet; conferences & workshops.

B5 Nurses

Dates: 1961-68; n.d.

Nurses, both lay and religious, in various work settings.  See also the School of Nursing series.

B6 Clergy

Dates: 1961-62; 1966-68; n.d.

B7 Lay Staff

Dates: 1961-64; 1966-69; 1974; 1980; n.d.

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Series C: Departments

C1 Chapel

Dates: 1925; 1930; 1960; 1962; 1964-65; n.d.

Chapel (exterior); first chapel (1910); second chapel (1924); third chapel (1965).

C2 Dietary

Dates: 1905; n.d.

C3 [vacated]

C4 Life Flight

Dates: n.d.

C5 Obstetrics

Dates: 1960-66; 1968; n.d.

C6 Nursery

Dates: 1917; 1948; 1960; 1962; 1964-67; n.d.

C7 Patients

Dates: 1890; 1905; 1926; 1943; 1961-67; 1969; 1971; n.d.

C8 Pantry

Dates: n.d.

C9 Pastoral Care

Dates: n.d.

C10 Pediatrics

Dates: 1949; 1961-68; n.d.

C11 Pharmacy

Dates: 1962-67; n.d.

C12 Recovery Room

Dates: 1962; 1965; 1968; n.d.

C13 Surgery

Dates: 1890; 1892; 1895; 1900; 1905; 1907; 1909; 1914; 1918; 1925; 1935; 1960-64; 1965-68; 1970; n.d.

C14 Beauty Shop

Dates: 1962-66; 1968; n.d.

C15 Cancer Registry

Dates: 1963

C16 [vacated]

C17 Switchboard

Dates: 1960-62; 1965-68; n.d.

C18 Print Shop

Dates: 1962; 1965-66; 1968; n.d.

C19 Grounds

Dates: n.d.

C20 Housekeeping

Dates: 1961-62; 1964; 1966-68; n.d.

C21 Emergency

Dates: 1962; 1965; 1968

C22 Admitting

Dates: 1961-62; 1967

C23 Maintenance

Dates: 1962-64; 1966-68; n.d.

C24 Medical Records

Dates: 1964-65, 1967

C25 Medical Technology

Dates: 1960; 1962; 1971

C26 Mental Health (Clefton House)

Dates: 1962

C27 Montessori School

Dates: 1967

C28 Outpatient Clinic

Dates: 1964; n.d.

C29 Pathology

Dates: 1960; 1962-64; 1966-68; n.d.

C30 Security

Dates: 1965

C31 Personnel

Dates: 1961-62; n.d.

C32 Physical Therapy

Dates: 1961-62; 1964; 1967

C33 Public Relations

Dates: 1962; 1966

C34 Purchasing

Dates: 1961; 1968

C35 Radiology

Dates: 1961-64; 1966-68; 1970; n.d.

C36 Cardiopulmonary Lab

Dates: 1966; n.d.

C37 Storeroom

Dates: 1961; 1965

C38 Information Desk

Dates: 1961; 1968

C39 Blood Bank/Bloodmobile

Dates: 1964; 1966; 1968

See also C51, IV Blood Bank.

C40 Business Office

Dates: 1961; 1965; 1968; n.d.

C41 Cardiac Intensive Care Unit

Dates: 1966

C42 Coronary Care Unit

Dates: 1965-66

C43 Cardiac Telemetry Station

Dates: 1968

C44 Central Supply

Dates: 1961; 1964; 1967

C45 Dietary

Dates: 1961; 1962-64; 1966; n.d.

C46 Electroencephalogram (EEG)

Dates: 1962; 1964; 1967

C47 Electrocardiography (EKG)

Dates: 1961-65; 1967; n.d.

C48 Gift Shop

Dates: 1963; 1965; 1969

C49 Inhalation Therapy

Dates: 1965-68

C50 Intensive Care

Dates: 1964; 1967

C51 IV Bloodbank

Dates: 1961; 1968

See also C39, Blood Bank/Bloodmobile.

C52 Laundry

Dates: 1961; 1965-68; n.d.

C53 Women’s Guild

Dates: 1960-68; 1975; n.d.

C54 Junior Guild

Dates: 1961; 1963-68

C55 Staff Lounge

Dates: 1968

C56 Auxiliary

Dates: 1960; 1963; 1965; n.d.

C57 Crescent

Dates: 1965

C58 Tumor Clinic & Registry

Dates: 1961; 1966

C59 Northwest Oregon Mental Health Center (St. Vincent Hospital/Tualitan Valley Guidance Center)

Dates: 1967

C60 Sanatorium

Dates: n.d.

C61 Incinerator

Dates: 1964

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Series D: Subjects

D1 Christmas

Dates: 1950; 1960; 1962-69

D2 Safety

Dates: 1963; 1967

D3 Fire

Dates: 1962; 1965

D4 Sommer Memorial Lecture

Dates: 1963; 1965; 1967-68

D5 Tours & Open Houses

Dates: 1963; 1965; 1967-68; n.d.

D6 United Way Good Neighbor

Dates: 1963-65; 1968

D7 Craig Kunkle (TV Personality) Visit

Dates: 1962

D8 Portland Views

Dates: 1964; n.d.

D9 Health Fairs

Dates: n.d.

D10 Career Days

Date: 1961; 1963

D11 Anniversary Celebrations

Dates: 1975; 2000

D12 Virginia Garcia Memorial Health Center

Dates: 1976

D13 Portland Trailblazers

Dates: n.d.

D14 Festival of Trees

Dates: 1986-87

D15 Portland History

Dates: 1870; n.d.

D16 Manuscript Material

Dates: 1875; 1879; n.d.

Copy photographs of archival manuscript material.

D17 Holy Redeemer Church

Dates: n.d.

Holy Redeemer Church received furnishings, including stained glass, from the 1924 chapel for use in their new church.

D18 Gardens & Grounds

Dates: 1974; n.d.

D19 Storm Damage

Dates: n.d.

D20 Cornerstone

Dates: 1978

D21 Bell

Dates: 1978

D22 Construction

Dates: 1967; 1969

D23 Clearing of Land

Dates: 1967

D24 Groundbreaking

Dates: 1968

D25 Press Conference

Dates: 1967

D26 Press Conference

Dates: 1965

D27 Statues

Dates: 1978; 1986; n.d.

D28 Accounting Workshop

Dates: 1965

D29 Management Workshop

Dates: 1964

D30 American Sterilized Symposium

Dates: 1964

D31 Catholic Hospital Association Nursing Institute

Dates: 1962

D32 Catholic Nurses Association Dinner

Dates: 1964

D33 Oregon Heart Association Scientific Meeting

Dates: 1963

D34 Oregon State Hospital Auxiliary Meeting

Dates: 1966

D35 Western States Hospital Association Convention

Dates: 1968

D36 Accreditation Visit

Dates: 1963

D37 Pensions Signing

Dates: n.d.

D38 Begging Tour

Dates: n.d.

D39 Flag Raising

Dates: 1964

D40 New Lobby Flag

Dates: 1967

D41 Safety Committee

Dates: 1967

D42 Social Planning Committee

Dates: 1968

D43 Service Award Design Committee

Dates: 1968

D44 Employee Credit Union

Dates: 1967

D45 Service Awards

Dates: 1962-71

D46 Employee Fair

Dates: 1964-67

D47 In-Service Education

Dates: 1962-68

D48 Picnics

Dates: 1961-62; 1968

D49 Variety Shows

Dates: 1961; 1963

D50 Philpott Family

Dates: n.d.

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Series E: School of Nursing

E1 St. Theresa Hall

Dates: 1908; 1918; 1927; 1942; 1963-64; n.d.

E2 Gymnasium

Dates: 1943

E3 Library

Dates: 1946; 1949; 1962; n.d.

E4 Offices

Dates: n.d.

E5 Recreation Room

Dates: n.d.

E6 Tennis Courts

Dates: 1950

E7 Classes & Classrooms

Dates: 1926; 1928; 1952; 1954; 1966-69; n.d.

E8 Dining Room

Dates: 1926; 1948; n.d.

E9 Dorms & Dorm Life

Dates: 1952; 1962; n.d.

E10 Chapel

Dates: 1949; 1962

E11 Internship/Residency

Dates: 1949; 1957; 1962; 1964-68; n.d.

E12 Class Portraits

Dates: 1894; 1896-99; 1904-05; 1908-14; 1918-21; 1925-30; 1932; 1935; 1939; 1943; 1950-51; 1956-58; 1963-64; n.d.

E13 Student Portraits

Dates: 1898; 1902-03; 1905-06; 1915; 1918-19; 1927; 1929; 1931; 1934-36; 1945-46; 1953; n.d.

E14 Student Groups

Dates: 1961-69; 1971; n.d.

E15 Alumni/Reunions

Dates: 1930; 1949; 1954; 1957; 1960-61; 1963-73; 1975; 1977; 1980-81; 1988; n.d.

E16 Snapshots & Albums

Dates: 1901-02; 1906; 1917-18; n.d.

Includes images from the albums of Florine E. Shaw, Helen Dwyer, and Sally Underhill.

These photographs showing student life were either previously removed from albums, or had been kept on album pages that had been completely disassembled; i.e., there are no physical remnants of the album covers, etc.  In one case a former student donated the photographs to the “Alumnae Archives”.

E17 Musical Ensemble

Dates: 1939; 1943; n.d.

E18 Capping Ceremonies

Dates: 1961

E19 Awards

Dates: 1958; 1963

E20 Social Events

Dates: 1947; 1963-65

E21 Hospital Week

Dates: 1968

E22 Dedication

Dates: 1931

E23 Sara Rose Johnson Collection

Dates: n.d.

Snapshots from this graduate of the School of Nursing (1935), 1930s. There are a couple of items which do not appear to be at PSVMC.

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Series F: Photograph Albums

Photographs are sometimes removed from albums and numbered sequentially, according to their original order.  A xerox copy of the album with pages and photographs intact is provided, so that the original order can be confirmed.

F1 Album I

Measures 5 ¾ x 8 ¼ x ½ inches, inscribed “Merry Xmas To Freeda Harmon From Marjorie Dodge Dec. 25, 1924.”  Photographs dated 1924-25 with the exception of a deckled-edge print from 1957.  The album contained 33 silver gelatin prints, 5 x 7 inches and smaller (most smaller).  Most affixed with black corners, but some prints were tucked into the back and so do not appear in the xerox copies.

The photographs are snapshots showing groups of student nurses socializing and having fun.  There is also a group portrait of the Class of 1927.  Part of Accession 96:71.

F2 Album II

Photograph album measuring 7 ¼ x 11 x 1 ½ inches, School of Nursing Class of 1905.  Album contains 117 primarily silver gelatin prints, with some collodion or gelatin Printing-out papers, 6 ¼ x 8 ¼ inches and smaller (most smaller).

Primarily snapshots of student nurses socializing, but includes some pictures of the surgery.
 
F3 Album III

Photograph album measuring 7 ¼ x 11 x 1 ¾ inches, containing 427 silver gelatin prints, 5 x 7 inches and smaller (most smaller).  Photographs numbered 53.F3.1-291 were easily removed from the black pages, and were placed into archival pages in a three-ring binder.  The remaining prints are fast to the pages, which are foldered.

The album contains the address label of Emma S. Berge (1918), born 4 Mar 1895 and died 13 Mar 1990 in Portland, according to the Social Security Death Index.

Snapshots show student nurses (including a group portrait of the Class of 1918); river travel; nice views of the footbridge and St. Theresa Hall; gardens and grounds; pediatric patients; Rose Philpott; deep snow in Portland, Dec 1919; patriotic parade up Broadway Jun 1918; family photographs and travel including farm scenes, fishing, motorcycles, etc. some as early as 1912.

F4 Album IV

Photograph album pages measuring 15 x 10 ¾ inches, containing 85 silver gelatin prints, 8 x 10 inches and smaller (most smaller).  Many of the photographs are copy prints of images taken around the turn-of-the-century.  The photos document nursing student life, facilities and sister personnel.  Also documented are WWI Base Hospital #46 in France and the University of Oregon, Eugene.

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Series G: [vacated]

Series H: Postcards

H1 Building 2 (1895-1971)

H2 Building 3 (1971-    )