Providence Hospital, Oakland, California Photograph Collection Finding Aid

Contents Overview of Records ..................................................................................................................................... 1 Administrative Information .......................................................................................................................... 1 Facilities ........................................................................................................................................................ 2 Personnel ...................................................................................................................................................... 2 Departments ................................................................................................................................................. 3 College of Nursing ......................................................................................................................................... 7 Subjects ......................................................................................................................................................... 8 Albums ........................................................................................................................................................ 10 Slides ........................................................................................................................................................... 11 Oversize....................................................................................................................................................... 12 Transparencies ............................................................................................................................................ 12 Postcards ..................................................................................................................................................... 14

Overview of Records Repository: Providence Archives, Seattle, WA Date: 1880s-1990s Abstract: Photographs document the facilities, personnel, departments, and activities of Providence Hospital and its staff. Quantity: 11 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]. (101) Providence Hospital (Oakland) 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.

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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 September 2003 by Peter Schmid.

Facilities Building 1 (1904-26) (FILE A1) Dates: 1915; 1917; n.d. Building 2 (1926-79) (FILE A2) Dates: 1931; 1938; 1955; 1961; 1963-64; 1967; n.d. Includes photographs removed from “wallpaper scrapbook” in 1999. Building 3 (1979-92) (FILE A3) Dates: 1976-77; 1979; 1981; 1984; n.d. Convent, n.d. (FILE A6) Crosby Building (FILE A4) Dates: 1967; 1976; n.d. Medical Office Building, n.d. (FILE A5) Plat Maps (FILE A7) Dates: 1919; 1927

Personnel Administrators: Charles Raymond (FILE B1) Dates: 1959; n.d. Administrators: Sister Frances Ignatius (1965-71) (FILE B2) Dates: 1967-69; 1971; n.d. Administrators: Stanley Volga (1971-76) (FILE B3) Dates: 1974; n.d.

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Administrators: Peter Bigelow (1976-79), n.d. (FILE B4) Administrators: Stewart Tittle (1979-83) (FILE B5) Dates: 1981-83; n.d. Administrators: Sister Dona Taylor (1983-88), n.d. (FILE B6) Advisory Board (FILE B7) Dates: 1979; n.d. Clergy (FILE B8) Dates: 1911; 1919; 1939; 1941; 1960; 1971; 1978; n.d. Includes photographs removed from “wallpaper scrapbook” in 1999. See also Slides series. Lay Employees (FILE B9) Dates: 1957; 1959; 1962; 1981; n.d. See also Slides series. Medical Staff (FILE B10) Dates: 1958; 1964-65; 1983-84; n.d. Includes photographs removed from “wallpaper scrapbook” in 1999. Sisters (FILE B11) Dates: 1903; 1926; 1939; 1951; 1956; 1958-60; 1962-63; 1965; 1967; 1969; 1975; 1978-79; 1986; n.d. Includes photographs removed from “wallpaper scrapbook” in 1999. See also Slides series.

Departments Adult Day Care Center, n.d. (FILE C1) Ambulatory Treatment Center, n.d. (FILE C2) Auxiliary (FILE C3) Dates: 1958; 1960-62; 1981-82; 1985; n.d.

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See also Gift Shop and Volunteers. Includes photographs removed from “wallpaper scrapbook” in 1999. Blood Bank (FILE C4) Dates: 1981; n.d. Central Processing & Distribution, n.d. (FILE C5) Central Transcription Service, n.d. (FILE C6) Chapel (FILE C7) Dates: 1931; 1938; 1951; 1953; 1960; n.d. Includes photographs removed from “wallpaper scrapbook” in 1999. See also Oversize series. Clinical Pastoral Education (FILE C8) Dates: 1980-81; 1985; 1987; n.d. Coronary Care, n.d. (FILE C9) Diabetes & Endocrine Institute, n.d. (FILE C15) Diagnostic and Treatment Center, 1977 (FILE C46) Diagnostic Imaging, n.d. (FILE C10) Diathermy, n.d. (FILE C42) Dietary (FILE C11) Dates: 1943; 1981; 1983; n.d. Includes photographs removed from “wallpaper scrapbook” in 1999. EEG, n.d. (FILE C12) Echocardiography, n.d. (FILE C13) Emergency (FILE C14) Dates: 1970; 1976; 1982-83; 1985; n.d.

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Includes photographs removed from “wallpaper scrapbook” in 1999. Family Birthing Unit (FILE C23) Dates: 1986; 1989; n.d. See also Maternity. Finance (FILE C16) Dates: 1952; n.d. Foundation (FILE C17) Dates: 1975-76; 1982; n.d. Hemodialysis, n.d. (FILE C18) Knights of Malta Clinic, n.d. (FILE C19) Laboratory (FILE C20) Dates: 1982; 1985; n.d. Laundry (FILE C21) Dates: 1957; 1963; 1979; n.d. Includes photographs removed from “wallpaper scrapbook” in 1999. Lifeline, 1981 (FILE C43) Maternity (FILE C22) Dates: 1961; 1972; 1976; n.d. See also family Birthing Unit. Includes photographs removed from “wallpaper scrapbook” in 1999. Medical Records (FILE C24) Dates: 1973; 1981; n.d. Nuclear Medicine (FILE C25) Dates: 1978; n.d. Nursery (FILE C26)

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Dates: 1958; 1963; 1969; n.d. Includes photographs removed from “wallpaper scrapbook” in 1999. See also Slides series. Nursing Services (FILE C27) Dates: 1969; 1974; 1977-78; 1983; n.d. Includes photographs removed from “wallpaper scrapbook” in 1999. Optometry, 1969 (FILE C44) Dates: 1969 Orthopedics (FILE C28) Dates: 1991; n.d. Pastoral Care (FILE C29) Dates: 1969-70; 1979; 1985; n.d. Patients (FILE C30) Dates: 1972; 1980; n.d. Includes photographs removed from “wallpaper scrapbook” in 1999. See also Slides series. Pharmacy (FILE C31) Dates: 1970; n.d. Physical Therapy (FILE C32) Dates: 1991; n.d. Plant Services (FILE C33) Dates: 1947-48; 1969; 1979; n.d. Includes photographs removed from “wallpaper scrapbook” in 1999. See also Slides series. Pulmonary, n.d. (FILE C34) Radiology (FILE C35) Dates: 1981; n.d. Recovery Room (FILE C36)

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Dates: 1963; n.d. Security, n.d. (FILE C45) Skilled Nursing (FILE C37) Dates: 1981; 1991; n.d. Surgery (FILE C38) Dates: 1981; n.d. Includes photographs removed from “wallpaper scrapbook” in 1999. See also Slides series. Switchboard (FILE C39) Dates: 1971; n.d. Treadmill, n.d. (FILE C40) Volunteers (FILE C41) Dates: 1958; 1981-82; 1985; 1988; n.d.

College of Nursing Alumni/Reunions (FILE D8) Dates: 1949; 1972; 1983; n.d. Building (FILE D1) Dates: 1927; n.d. Includes photograph removed from “wallpaper scrapbook” in 1999. Cornerstone, n.d. (FILE D2) Demolition, 1976 (FILE D3) Directors (FILE D5) Dates: 1969; 1972; n.d. Graduates (FILE D7) Dates: 1910; 1927; 1931; 1933; 1939; 1947; 1963

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Includes graduate awards, and photographs removed from “wallpaper scrapbook” in 1999. History of Nursing Exhibit, 1948 (FILE D9) Students (FILE D6) Dates: 1933; 1972; n.d. See also Oversize series. Swimming Pool (FILE D4) Dates: 1961-63 Includes photographs removed from “wallpaper scrapbook” in 1999.

Subjects 75th anniversary, 1977 (FILE E1) 85th Anniversary, 1987 (FILE E2) Accreditation Visit, 1962 (FILE E38) Photographs removed from “wallpaper scrapbook” in 1999. Archbishop Fulton J. Sheen Visit, 1974 (FILE E31) Benefactors (FILE E4) Dates: 1912; 1916; 1974; 1991; n.d. Bishop Floyd Begin (FILE E3) Dates: 1962-63; n.d. Includes photographs removed from “wallpaper scrapbook” in 1999. California State Senate Commendation, 1971 (FILE E5) Christmas (FILE E6) Dates: 1959; 1972-73; 1975; 1981-82; n.d. Closing, 1991 (FILE E7)

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Committees, n.d. (FILE E8) Construction, 1976 (FILE E9) Construction, 1975 (FILE E10) Construction, 1977 (FILE E11) Construction, 1978 (FILE E12) Cornerstone Laying, 1926 (FILE E35) Cornerstone Laying, 1979 (FILE E36) Cost-Finding Workshop, n.d. (FILE E13) Dedication of Convent, n.d. (FILE E34) Dedication of Garage, 1981 (FILE E16) Dedication of Haller Room, n.d. (FILE E17) Dedication of Hospital, 1979 (FILE E15) See also Slides series. Dedication of Medical Office Building, n.d. (FILE E18) Dedication of Wilson Garden, 1991 (FILE E19) Disaster Drills (FILE E14) Dates: 1974; 1977 East African Relief (Somalia), n.d. (FILE E40) Groundbreaking for Medical Office Building, 1986 (FILE E22) Groundbreaking for New Hospital, 1976 (FILE E21)

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Health Fairs (FILE E20) Dates: 1985; 1989; n.d. Helium Meter, 1971 (FILE E41) Mother Joseph Award (FILE E24) Dates: 1995; n.d. Mother Joseph Statue, n.d. (FILE E25) Moving Day, 1979 (FILE E23) Nurses' Strike, 1979 (FILE E26) Poster, 1940 (FILE E27) Rug (The Last Supper), 1982 (FILE E28) Sacred Heart Parish & School, n.d. (FILE E29) St. Joseph Health Clinic, n.d. (FILE E30) Seth Richards Home, n.d. (FILE E37) See also Oversize series. Tennis Tournament (FILE E32) Dates: 1982; n.d. U.S. Army Use of Facilities, 1958 (FILE E33) Vocation Day (FILE E39) Dates: 1963; n.d. Photographs removed from “wallpaper scrapbook” in 1999.

Albums Construction of Second Building, 1925-26 (FILE F1)

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Album assembled by James Lindsay, superintendent of construction of the second building, documents construction from September 1925 to November 1926. The album, black with black pages, measures 5 3/4" x 8 1/4" x 2", and contains 101 black-and-white prints, 9 x 14.5 cm. Photographs also document the cornerstone ceremony, construction and dedication of the nurses' home, and some departments and equipment. School of Nursing (FILE F2) Dates: 1940s Partial album consisting of 25 black-and-white photographs, 20.5 x 25.5 cm and smaller, which document students and activities of the school in the 1940s.

Slides Administration, n.d. (FILE G2) Clergy, n.d. (FILE G4) Dedication of New Hospital, 1979 (FILE G12) Nursery, n.d. (FILE G6) Facilities, n.d. (FILE G1) Intensive Care, n.d. (FILE G10) Lay Employees, n.d. (FILE G11) Obstetrics, n.d. (FILE G9) Patients, n.d. (FILE G5) Plant Services, n.d. (FILE G7) Sisters, n.d. (FILE G3) Surgery, n.d. (FILE G8)

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Oversize Chapel, n.d. (FILE H2) Facilities, n.d. (FILE H1) Seth Richards Home, n.d. (FILE H4) School of Nursing - Students, n.d. (FILE H3) School of Nursing - Graduates (FILE H5) Dates: 1908; 1930; n.d.

Transparencies 2nd Floor, n.d. (FILE I32) 3rd Floor, n.d. (FILE I33) 4th Floor, n.d. (FILE I34) 5th Floor, n.d. (FILE I35) Accounting, n.d. (FILE I1) Building, n.d. (FILE I9) Dates: 1951; n.d. Business Office, n.d. (FILE I10) Cafeteria, n.d (FILE I11) Carpentry Shop, n.d. (FILE I16) Central Supply, n.d. (FILE I12) Chapel, n.d. (FILE I8)

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College of Nursing, n.d. (FILE I7) Conference Room, n.d. (FILE I13) Delivery Room, n.d. (FILE I36) Dietary, n.d. (FILE I2) Doctors’ Room, n.d. (FILE I14) EKG, n.d. (FILE I24) Engineering Room, n.d. (FILE I15) Information, n.d. (FILE I18) Laboratory, n.d. (FILES I3 AND I17) Laundry, n.d. (FILE I20) Lobby, n.d. (FILE I19) Nursery, n.d. (FILE I37) Nursing Services, n.d. (FILE I38) Paper Boy, n.d. (FILE I23) Pastoral Care, n.d. (FILE I26) Patients, n.d. (FILE I4) Pharmacy, n.d. (FILE I21) Physiotherapy, n.d. (FILE I22) Printing Room, n.d. (FILE I27)

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Record Room, n.d. (FILE I28) Registration Desk, n.d. (FILE I29) Surgery, n.d. (FILE I5) Superior’s Office, n.d. (FILE I30) Switchboard, n.d. (FILE I6) Time Clock, n.d. (FILE I31) X-Ray, n.d. (FILE I25)

Postcards Building 1 (1904-26) (FILE J1) Building 2 (1926(FILE J2)

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Chapel (FILE J3)

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