From the Mercy Archives : 2 Booklets

The Mercy Medical Center Archives was recently gifted with 2 booklets related to our history.

Click to see a pdf version of this booklet. (Public access)       Alternate Link (Affinity/Ministry access only)

Mercy Hospital Training School for Nurses contains

53 points on 14 pages cover the following topics : Rules for Nurses, Rules for Night Nurses, Class, and Charts. This is from the old Mercy School of Nursing which was part of Mercy Hospital in Oshkosh, WI, from 1912 - 1983. There is no date on this publication, so it's difficult to tell just when these rules were the norm.    The Mercy School of Nursing was in operation from 1912- 1983.    The original resides in the Mercy School of Nursing file of the Mercy Medical Center Library Archives.

Click to see a pdf version of this booklet. (Public access)       Alternate link (Affinty/Ministry access only)  [Please be patient.  This is a large file that may take a moment to load.]

This Lakeside Hospital booklet dates back to 1911-17.  Lakeside Hospital was built and run by Dr. M.E. Corbett.  This booklet shows many images from the state-of-the-art facility.   In 1917, Dr. Corbett asked the Sisters of the Sorrowful Mother to take over operations at Lakeside.  The Sisters purchased it, and changed the name to Mercy Hospital.  The building still stands acorss from Menomonee Park in Oshkosh, WI.   It is now apartments and assisted living called Bella Vista.  The booklet has about 20 pages.    The original resides in the Lakeside Hospital file of the Mercy Medical Center Library Archives.

From the Hallmarks of Mercy

By Linda Werner, Mercy Health Foundation

The Hallmarks of Mercy exhibit, located in the lower level of Mercy Medical Center, traces the history of the hospital from its founding in 1891. The display includes numerous historical artifacts that have been retained or returned to Mercy over the years. And, individuals who have shared Mercy's history continue to add to the collection. Some items are added to display cases in the Hallmarks of History corridor and others are preserved in the archives of Mercy's Clark Family Health Science Library.

Within the past few months, three unique items have been donated. Julie Allen brought in the commemorative plate pictured above which shows the Sisters of the Sorrowful Mother's [St Mary’s Hospital] hospital as it looked in the early 20th century.

Another recent acquisition is an invitation to graduation ceremonies at the Mercy Medical School of Nursing in 1919. It was brought in by Jerome Best, a nephew of a 1919 graduate. Accompanying it was a graduation program printed as a community service by CastlePierce, another important part of Oshkosh's history.

In July, Affinity employees Jessica Ebsch and Amy Ann Tharp brought in a picture post card of the old St. Mary's Hospital that had been printed in Germany and mailed from one Sister to another on November 2, 1908. It was found in an antique shop in LaValle, Wisconsin!

If you haven't visited the Hallmarks of Mercy, stop in at any time or check out the (incomplete) digital version.   A few of the Hallmarks of Mercy panels (not all) have been digitized.