Tuesday, August 14, 2012

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.