Providence Mount St. Vincent, Seattle, Washington: Photograph Collection Finding Aid
Overview of Records
Repository: Providence Archives, Seattle, WA
Date: 1924-1999
Abstract: Photographs document the facilities, personnel, and activities of Providence Mount St. Vincent and its staff. The collection also provides documentation of the novitiate and provincialate.
Quantity: 3 linear feet
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]. (140) Providence Mount St. Vincent Photograph Collection, Providence Archives, Seattle, Washington.
Accession Information: These photographs were transferred to the Archives from the hospital and from sisters who worked there over a period of years.
Processing Information: Photographs were added over the years by Archives staff. A typed inventory was created and the collection re-housed in June 2002 by Peter Schmid. The collection was processed in 2003 by Peter Schmid.
Series A: Facilities
| Subseries ID | Subseries Title | Photograph Dates |
| A1 | Building (1924-67) | 1924; 1967; n.d. |
| A2 | Building Plans See also oversize. |
1966 |
| A3 | Renovation | 1967 |
| A4 |
Building (1967-) |
1967; 1973; 1984; n.d. |
| A5 | Interiors | 1967-68; 1980; n.d. |
| A6 | New Entrance | 1979 |
| A7 | South Parking Lot Construction | 1988 |
| A8 | Plat Maps | 1924 |
| A9 | Adult Family Home | n.d. |
Series B: Personnel
| Subseries ID | Subseries Title | Photograph Dates |
| B1 | Administrators: James Marcellin | n.d. |
| B2 | Administrators: Mary Laureen (Rita Ferschweiler) | 1977; 1979; 1981-82; n.d. |
| B3 | Administrators: Charles Parmalee | 1974-76; n.d. |
| B4 | Administrators: John Nugent | 1980-81; 1984-85; n.d. |
| B5 | Administrators: Robert Wildenhaus | 1986; n.d. |
| B6 | Administrators: Charlene Boyd | n.d. |
| B7 | Administrative Retreat | 1974 |
| B8 | Advisory Board | 1977 |
| B9 | Lay Employees | 1976; 1979; 1981-84; 1994; n.d. |
| B10 | Medical Staff | 1972; n.d. |
| B11 | Residents | 1969-70; 1973-77; 1979; 1982; 1985-86; 1991; 1995; n.d. |
| B12 | Sisters In groups, recreation. |
1940; 1945; 1970; 1974; 1978; 1986; n.d. |
| B13 | Volunteers Includes photographs removed from scrapbook in 1999. |
1974; 1976; n.d. |
| B14 | Clergy | 1979; n.d. |
Series C: Novitiate
| Subseries ID | Subseries Title | Photograph Dates |
| C1 | Novices | 1944; 1949-50; 1952-53; 1955; 1960; n.d. |
| C2 | Cannery | 1949; n.d. |
| C3 | Chapel | n.d. |
| C4 | Choir | n.d. |
| C5 | Classes (Novices) | n.d. |
| C6 | Excursions | n.d. |
| C7 | Garden | n.d. |
| C8 | Kitchen | n.d. |
| C9 | Oratory | 1940; n.d. |
| C10 | Postulants | 1959-60; n.d. |
| C11 | Classes (Postulants) | n.d. |
| C12 | Recreation | n.d. |
| Subseries ID | Subseries Title | Photograph Dates |
| D1 | Provincialate Library | n.d. |
| D2 | Secretariat | n.d. |
Series E: Departments
| Subseries ID | Subseries Title | Photograph Dates |
| E1 |
Activity Center |
1963-64; 1972-76; 1979; 1985; n.d. |
| E2 | Beauty Shop | 1975-76; 1991; n.d. |
| E3 | Chapel | 1938-39; 1953-55; 1974-75; 1977; 1993; n.d. |
| E4 | Chapel of Our Sorrowful Mother | 1949; n.d. |
| E5 | Dietary See also slides. |
1950; 1957; 1976; n.d. |
| E6 | Foundation | 1985-86; 1993; n.d. |
| E7 | Gift Shop See also slides. |
1973; 1976-79; 1986 |
| E8 | Emilie Shop | n.d. |
| E9 | Printing See also slides. |
1964; n.d. |
| E10 | Intergenerational Learning Center | 1991; 1993; n.d. |
| E11 | Laundry | 1974; 1976; 1980; n.d. |
| E12 | Public Relations | n.d. |
| E13 | Resident Rooms | n.d. |
| E14 | Switchboard See also slides. |
1963; 1974; 1979; n.d. |
| E15 | ARISE Program See also oversize. |
n.d. |
| E16 | Therapy This series includes photographs removed from scrapbooks in 1999. Excellent shots of physical and occupational therapy, events, and activities for residents, including May Crowning. See also slides. |
1962-69; 1972-74; 1976 |
| E17 | Volunteers Includes photographs removed from scrapbook in 1999. |
n.d. |
| E18 | Business Office See slides. |
1973 |
| E19 | Library | 1963-64; n.d. |
| E20 | Medical Records | 1981 |
| E21 | Admissions | 1980 |
| E22 | Maintenance | 1976-77 |
| E23 | Carpentry Shop | n.d. |
| E24 | Plant Operations | 1963; 1965 |
| E25 | Zech Clinic | 1984; 1986 |
| E26 | Pastoral Care | 1989 |
|
Subseries ID |
Subseries Title |
Photograph Dates |
|
F1 |
Cornerstone |
1923 |
| F2 | Dedication | 1924 |
| F3 | Centenary of Yellow House | 1928 |
| F4 | 75th Anniversary of Sisters in the West | 1931 |
| F5 | Our Lady of Fatima | 1944 |
| F6 | Centenary of Sisters in the West | 1956 |
| F7 | Cornerstone Opening | 1968 |
| F8 | 50th Anniversary | 1974 |
| F9 | 75th Anniversary | 1999 |
| F10 | Barbeques | 1983 |
| F11 | Activities Employees, residents, employee picnics. |
1971; 1975-76; 1978-79; 1983; n.d. |
| F12 | American Association of Homes for the Aging | n.d. |
| F13 | Baseball Team | 1992; n.d. |
| F14 | Bazaars See also Therapy and Activity Center series. |
1970-71; 1974; 1976; 1983 |
| F15 | Benefactors | 1950; n.d. |
| F16 | Boat Trips See also Therapy Department and Activity Center series for images of this annual excursion. |
1986 |
| F17 | Building Program | 1965 |
| F18 | Centenary of the Institute | 1943 |
| F19 | Christmas See also slides. |
1972-73; 1976-79; 1985; 1991; n.d. |
| F20 | Corpus Christi Procession | 1935 |
| F21 | Cornerstone | 1968 |
| F22 | Employee Picnics | 1987; 1992 |
| F23 | Fire Department Staff Thank-you | n.d. |
| F24 | Founders Day/Week | 1978; 1989; 1992 |
| F25 | Gardens & Grounds | 1952; 1958; n.d. |
| F26 | Irvin Aarvold Resident and photographer. |
n.d. |
| F27 | Josephine Reilly Estate The Josephine Reilly estate was willed to the Mount by the resident but contested by members of her family. The Mount prevailed, winning the case in the Washington State Supreme Court in 1967. These photographs were apparently submitted as evidence to show care given to residents. They afford an excellent view of nursing, activities, and personnel at the Mount, and most of these photographs do not appear under any other series. |
n.d. |
| F28 | National Night Out Crime Prevention | 1997 |
| F29 | Nicky (Dog) | 1982; n.d. |
| F30 | Overseas Program | n.d. |
| F31 | Pieta | n.d. |
| F32 | Retreat for the Blind | n.d. |
| F33 | Statues See also slides. |
n.d. |
| F34 | Van | 1983; 1991; n.d. |
| F35 | Exhibits See also slides. |
1964; 1989; n.d. |
| F36 | Visiting Dignitaries See also slides. |
1975; n.d. |
| F37 | "Sunny Day" Outdoor Time See slides. See also Therapy department for images of "sunny day," when residents were taken outside to relax and play games. |
1964; n.d. |
| F38 | Nursing Home Week See slides. See also Activity Center series for images of events. |
1973 |
| F39 | May Crowning See slides and scrapbook images. |
1972-73 |
| F40 | Bookmobile | 1974; 1978 |
| F41 | Artwork | 1975; 1991 |
| F42 | Bake Sale | 1986 |
| F43 | Plant Sale | 1986 |
| F44 | Documents | 1923; n.d. |
| F45 |
Photography by Dudley, Hardin & Yang |
n.d. |
| F46 | Retreats Eighth-grade girls from Holy Family School (Seattle) on a retreat. |
1952 |
| F47 | Radio | 1962 |
| F48 | Tea Parties | n.d. |
| F49 | Photographs for "The Good Work" Includes building exterior, woman gardening, group of residents relaxing. 120-format transparencies. Accession 2009-012. |
1990 |
| F50 | Block Party | n.d. |
|
F51 |
Missioning |
n.d. |
|
F52 |
Soviet Choir |
n.d. |
Series G: Scrapbooks
| Subseries ID | Subseries Title | Photograph Dates |
| G1 | Snapshots Photographs removed from scrapbook in 1999. |
n.d. |
| G2 | The De Paul and Mount Saint Vincent Photographs removed from scrapbook in 1999. |
1969-72 |
| G3 | Scrapbook Activities, etc. shot by Irvin Aarvold. Photographs removed from scrapbook in 1999. |
1974 |