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).
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).
Dr. Moses Barron was instrumental in the creation of Mt. Sinai Hospital in Minneapolis. Prior to hospital construction in 1949, Jewish doctors were denied admitting privileges to local hospitals. Determined to address this discrimination, the Jewish community raised the capital to build Mt. Sinai hospital in South Minneapolis. Initially, Dr. Barron pushed for a Jewish-sponsored hospital out of concern that Jewish doctors serving on the war-front and had full permitting privileges would be frustrated in their practices upon returning home. Dr. Barron served as Mt. Sinai's first Chief of Staff.
Contributing Institution:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Nathan and Theresa Berman Upper Midwest Jewish Archives
Studio portrait of Dr. J. G. Whittemore. In addition to medical practice, Whittemore was Pope County Auditor for six years and served two terms in the Minnesota Legislature.
Dale Township Red Cross Auxilliary dressed in long white dresses and Red Cross hats. Small child in front center carries banner that reads "Dale Aux." with red cross below. First row: Mrs. George Matheison, Mrs. George Smith, Miss Wing, Mrs. John Gustafson (Chairman), Mrs. J.A. Raines, Miss Margaret Matheison. Second row: Mrs. J. R. Jacobson, Mrs. John Eidem, Miss Emma Erickson, Miss Mae Matheison, Mrs. Shaffer, Miss Catherine Newton. Back row: Mrs. Paul Kjoznes, Mrs. Guy Dryden, Mrs. Emiel Paulson, Mrs. K.E. Wing, Mrs. Snyder, Mrs. Morris Thompson, Miss Bertha Erickson.
Amo Township Red Cross Auxiliary with two ladies in the front row holding a sign with the name of their organization. Four rows of ladies all dressed in floor length, dark colored dresses.
Formal portrait of Mrs. Frank Peterson. The information written under the photograph states; "This room is furnished with a fund established in 1924 as a tribute to Mrs. Frank Peterson who in 1912 while President of the Concordia Society of the Swedish Hospital organized its Young Ladies Auxiliary."
Large black and white portrait of the original Concordia Society board. The photograph features sixteen finely dressed women posed in three rows. None of the women are identified.
This picture of the Executive Committee of the Concordia Society of the Swedish Hospital. There are 19 women. The women are identified on the back of the frame. Front Row (left to right): Mrs. G.H. Trabert, wife of Dr. T., Mrs. A Malmsten, Mrs. Hawkins, Mrs. O. Nestor, Mrs. A.F. Elmquist, Mrs. F.O. Streed. Second Row: Mrs. Olof Bodien, Mrs. J.K. Elianson, Mrs. A Gustafson, Mrs. Frank Peterson, Mrs. Ida S. Dearborn, Mrs. P.P. Quist. Third Row: Mrs. S.A. Peterson, Mrs. Swan Klarquist, Mrs. A.J. Soderlind, Mrs. F.E. Moody, Mrs. Elise Anderson, Mrs. August Ekman, Mrs. E. Aug. Skogsberg.
Kray, Lidwina; Town, Marian; St. Cloud Hospital School of Nursing Alumnae Association
Date Created:
1958
Description:
This board begins the nursing school's history with a picture of St. Raphael's Hospital (operated 1900 - 1928) and names Hilma O. Johnson as the first director of nurses (1908 - 1909). It includes group pictures of the first graduates (1911) of St. Raphael's Training School for Nurses, as well as group pictures of students from the Class of 1912, the Classes of 1911, 1912, 1913, 1914, and the Class of 1915. There are individual portraits of students from the Class of 1913 as well as individual portraits of women who served as directors of nurses during those years. The photographs are black-and-white or sepia prints mounted on eight cream colored paper boards, each with identifications hand lettered in black ink. These are mounted on a large, brown paper board. The first training school for nurses in St. Cloud, Minnesota, opened at St. Raphael's Hospital (predecessor to St. Cloud Hospital) in September 1908, one year after the state legislature mandated that all nurses working in Minnesota hospitals be licensed. As did the hospital, the education program operated under the auspices of the Sisters of the Order of Saint Benedict in St. Joseph, Minnesota. From its inception until it closed in 1987, the school was conducted as a three-year diploma program that blended academic and practical training for the nursing profession. In 1964, the school began admitting male and married students. The large format photo composite boards were first created in 1958 by two graduates of the school, Lidwina Kray and Marian Town, as part of the St. Cloud Hospital School of Nursing Alumnae Association celebration of the school’s 50th anniversary. The boards were displayed in a book-like frame that allowed viewers to page through the history of the school’s students. Each year following, graduating classes added their portraits to the ‘book.’ There are 50 boards in all.
Kray, Lidwina; Town, Marian; St. Cloud Hospital School of Nursing Alumnae Association
Date Created:
1958
Description:
This board includes group pictures of classes from St. Raphael's Training School for Nurses, Class of 1916, Class of 1917 - 1918, Class of 1918, Class of 1919, Class of 1920 - 1923 and 1922 - 1923. It also includes individual portraits of women who were directors of nurses during those years. The photographs are black-and-white or sepia prints mounted on nine cream colored paper boards, each with identifications hand lettered in black ink. These are mounted on a large, brown paper board. The first training school for nurses in St. Cloud, Minnesota, opened at St. Raphael's Hospital (predecessor to St. Cloud Hospital) in September 1908, one year after the state legislature mandated that all nurses working in Minnesota hospitals be licensed. As did the hospital, the education program operated under the auspices of the Sisters of the Order of Saint Benedict in St. Joseph, Minnesota. From its inception until it closed in 1987, the school was conducted as a three-year diploma program that blended academic and practical training for the nursing profession. In 1964, the school began admitting male and married students. The large format photo composite boards were first created in 1958 by two graduates of the school, Lidwina Kray and Marian Town, as part of the St. Cloud Hospital School of Nursing Alumnae Association celebration of the school’s 50th anniversary. The boards were displayed in a book-like frame that allowed viewers to page through the history of the school’s students. Each year following, graduating classes added their portraits to the ‘book.’ There are 50 boards in all.
Kray, Lidwina; Town, Marian; St. Cloud Hospital School of Nursing Alumnae Association
Date Created:
1958
Description:
This board includes individual portraits of students from St. Raphael's Training School for Nurses, Class of 1924, Class of 1925 and Class of 1926. The photographs are black-and-white or sepia prints mounted on three cream colored paper boards, each with identifications hand lettered in black ink. These are mounted on a large, brown paper board. The first training school for nurses in St. Cloud, Minnesota, opened at St. Raphael's Hospital (predecessor to St. Cloud Hospital) in September 1908, one year after the state legislature mandated that all nurses working in Minnesota hospitals be licensed. As did the hospital, the education program operated under the auspices of the Sisters of the Order of Saint Benedict in St. Joseph, Minnesota. From its inception until it closed in 1987, the school was conducted as a three-year diploma program that blended academic and practical training for the nursing profession. In 1964, the school began admitting male and married students. The large format photo composite boards were first created in 1958 by two graduates of the school, Lidwina Kray and Marian Town, as part of the St. Cloud Hospital School of Nursing Alumnae Association celebration of the school's 50th anniversary. The boards were displayed in a book-like frame that allowed viewers to page through the history of the school's students. Each year following, graduating classes added their portraits to the 'book.' There are 50 boards in all.
Kray, Lidwina; Town, Marian; St. Cloud Hospital School of Nursing Alumnae Association
Date Created:
1958
Description:
This board marks the nursing school's move from St. Raphael's Hospital to the new St. Cloud Hospital (pictured) in 1928. The board includes individual portraits of students from St. Raphael's Training School for Nurses, Class of 1927, and students from the newly renamed St. Cloud Hospital School of Nursing, Class of 1928. The photographs are black-and-white prints mounted on three cream colored paper boards, each with identifications hand lettered in black ink. These are mounted on a large, brown paper board. The first training school for nurses in St. Cloud, Minnesota, opened at St. Raphael's Hospital (predecessor to St. Cloud Hospital) in September 1908, one year after the state legislature mandated that all nurses working in Minnesota hospitals be licensed. As did the hospital, the education program operated under the auspices of the Sisters of the Order of Saint Benedict in St. Joseph, Minnesota. From its inception until it closed in 1987, the school was conducted as a three-year diploma program that blended academic and practical training for the nursing profession. In 1964, the school began admitting male and married students. The large format photo composite boards were first created in 1958 by two graduates of the school, Lidwina Kray and Marian Town, as part of the St. Cloud Hospital School of Nursing Alumnae Association celebration of the school's 50th anniversary. The boards were displayed in a book-like frame that allowed viewers to page through the history of the school's students. Each year following, graduating classes added their portraits to the 'book.' There are 50 boards in all.
Kray, Lidwina; Town, Marian; St. Cloud Hospital School of Nursing Alumnae Association
Date Created:
1958
Description:
This board includes individual portraits of students from St. Cloud Hospital School of Nursing, Class of 1929 and Class of 1930. The photographs are black-and-white prints mounted on two cream colored paper boards, each with identifications hand lettered in black ink. These are mounted on a large, brown paper board. The first training school for nurses in St. Cloud, Minnesota, opened at St. Raphael's Hospital (predecessor to St. Cloud Hospital) in September 1908, one year after the state legislature mandated that all nurses working in Minnesota hospitals be licensed. As did the hospital, the education program operated under the auspices of the Sisters of the Order of Saint Benedict in St. Joseph, Minnesota. From its inception until it closed in 1987, the school was conducted as a three-year diploma program that blended academic and practical training for the nursing profession. In 1964, the school began admitting male and married students. The large format photo composite boards were first created in 1958 by two graduates of the school, Lidwina Kray and Marian Town, as part of the St. Cloud Hospital School of Nursing Alumnae Association celebration of the school's 50th anniversary. The boards were displayed in a book-like frame that allowed viewers to page through the history of the school's students. Each year following, graduating classes added their portraits to the 'book.'. There are 50 boards in all.
Kray, Lidwina; Town, Marian; St. Cloud Hospital School of Nursing Alumnae Association
Date Created:
1958
Description:
This board includes individual portraits of students from St. Cloud Hospital School of Nursing, Class of 1931, Class of 1932 and Class of 1933. It also includes portraits of directors of nurses from 1932 through 1944. The photographs are black-and-white prints mounted on six cream colored paper boards, each with identifications hand lettered in black ink. These are mounted on a large, brown paper board. The first training school for nurses in St. Cloud, Minnesota, opened at St. Raphael's Hospital (predecessor to St. Cloud Hospital) in September 1908, one year after the state legislature mandated that all nurses working in Minnesota hospitals be licensed. As did the hospital, the education program operated under the auspices of the Sisters of the Order of Saint Benedict in St. Joseph, Minnesota. From its inception until it closed in 1987, the school was conducted as a three-year diploma program that blended academic and practical training for the nursing profession. In 1964, the school began admitting male and married students. The large format photo composite boards were first created in 1958 by two graduates of the school, Lidwina Kray and Marian Town, as part of the St. Cloud Hospital School of Nursing Alumnae Association celebration of the school's 50th anniversary. The boards were displayed in a book-like frame that allowed viewers to page through the history of the school's students. Each year following, graduating classes added their portraits to the 'book.' There are 50 boards in all.
Kray, Lidwina; Town, Marian; St. Cloud Hospital School of Nursing Alumnae Association
Date Created:
1958
Description:
This board includes individual portraits of students from St. Cloud Hospital School of Nursing, Class of 1934, Class of 1935 and Class of 1936. The photographs are black-and-white prints mounted on three cream colored paper boards, each with identifications hand lettered in black ink. These are mounted on a large, brown paper board. The first training school for nurses in St. Cloud, Minnesota, opened at St. Raphael's Hospital (predecessor to St. Cloud Hospital) in September 1908, one year after the state legislature mandated that all nurses working in Minnesota hospitals be licensed. As did the hospital, the education program operated under the auspices of the Sisters of the Order of Saint Benedict in St. Joseph, Minnesota. From its inception until it closed in 1987, the school was conducted as a three-year diploma program that blended academic and practical training for the nursing profession. In 1964, the school began admitting male and married students. The large format photo composite boards were first created in 1958 by two graduates of the school, Lidwina Kray and Marian Town, as part of the St. Cloud Hospital School of Nursing Alumnae Association celebration of the school's 50th anniversary. The boards were displayed in a book-like frame that allowed viewers to page through the history of the school's students. Each year following, graduating classes added their portraits to the 'book.' There are 50 boards in all.