The Holy Cross Hospital Nursing School Records, 1901-1973

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Summary Description
Repository:Utah State Historical Society
Call number:Mss B 1352
Creator: Holy Cross Hospital Nursing School
Title:Holy Cross Hospital Nursing School Records, 1901-1973
Quantity:2 lin. ft. (4 boxes)
Abstract:The collection includes those documents surrounding Holy Cross Hospital's nursing school, from 1905 until it closed in 1973. School record books, records of the Holy Cross Hospital Nursing School Alumni Association, newsletters, medical charts, building fund campaign documents, newspaper clippings, licenses and diplomas, and a scrapbook make up the collection.

Topics:
Nursing Schools - Utah

Organizations:
Sisters of the Holy Cross

Places:
Salt Lake City, Utah

Form or Genre:
Newsletters, documents, medical charts, newspaper clippings, licenses, scrapbook.
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Background

Background Note

Holy Cross Hospital and its nursing school have a long history of maintaining a charitable presence in Salt Lake City's community for over a century
The Roman Catholic Sisters of the Holy Cross have their origins in the Congregation of the Holy Cross, founded during the early 19th century by Rev. Basil Anthony Moreau in Le Mans, France. In 1843, Fr. Moreau sent four Holy Cross sisters to northern Indiana to help Holy Cross priests establish a school for boys and young men, which would later become the University of Notre Dame. The sisters also started a local girls' school that would eventually become Saint Mary's College in Indiana.
The Sisters' ministries expanded to include health care when, during the Civil War, 80 of the 160 Sisters nursed the sick in the Midwest. During the Spanish-American War the sisters served in army camps in Kentucky and Georgia.
An increasing number of Catholic miners needed health care in Utah. Rev. Lawrence Scanlan (later Bishop of the Salt Lake Diocese) was among those concerned for the health and welfare of miners with nowhere to go and no way to pay for medical care. Scanlan invited Sister M. Holy Cross and Sister M. Bartholomew from Saint Mary's Notre Dame in Indiana to found the Holy Cross Sisters' tradition in Salt Lake City. On 26 October 1875, the Sisters opened Saint Mary's Hospital. Doctors Allen Fowler, D. Benedict, and J. M. Benedict made up the staff, with no salary. The hospital, located at 5th East between South Temple and First South in Salt Lake City, had room for 14 beds. Often the sisters slept on the floor to allow space for patients.
In 1881, construction began on a new, 125-bed hospital. Holy Cross Hospital opened in 1883 at 1050 East South Temple in Salt Lake City. The nursing school was established in 1901. The school was affiliated with Saint Mary's of the Wasatch in 1931, and over 72 years the school graduated 1,056 nurses. Overcrowding encouraged administrators to build new school at 1002 East South Temple. The cornerstone for a new building was laid in 1949, and the school was dedicated 22 October 1950.
The hospital expanded in 1932 during its 50th anniversary, and in 1937 the hospital leased land to the city for a Municipal Rose Garden. A bouquet of roses was "paid" to the hospital administrator for the annual rose rent. The "rose rent" is captured in the collection's 1954 scrapbook.
The nursing school closed in 1973, following a general trend for nursing programs to be included in university bachelor degree programs. As of April 2005, the nursing school building functions as a medical office complex. The Sisters of the Holy Cross operated the hospital until they sold it in 1995. HealthTrust bought Holy Cross Hospital, St. Benedict's Hospital in Ogden, Holy Cross-Jordan Valley, and ten clinics along the Wasatch Front. The selling of Holy Cross Hospital also followed a national trend, as large hospital networks dominate the healthcare industry. The hospital is now Salt Lake Regional Medical Center. The sacred Catholic objects from the hospital's chapel were relocated to other Catholic churches in the area, and the chapel functions as a nondenominational area for quiet reflection and prayer.
The selling of Holy Cross Hospital marked the end of an era. The Sisters of the Holy Cross continue to minister in eight different countries, working in a variety of functions such as educators, nurses, and social workers. After Holy Cross Hospital closed in 1995, the Sisters in Utah founded Holy Cross Ministries, where they and their coworkers offer outreach, immigration, and health care programs in Catholic parishes and schools throughout the state.

Sources

Catholic Diocese of Salt Lake City. Available at: www.utahcatholicdiocese.org/church/history.php, accessed April 2005.
Fahys, Judy. "Future of Holy Cross Hospital Lies in Network Healthtrust Corp. Large Alliances Changing Face of Utah Health Care Networks Begin Shaping Face of Health Care in Utah" Salt Lake Tribune, 20 February 1994.
Holy Cross Hospital School of Nursing from Beginning to End, 1901-1973. Salt Lake City: Holy Cross Hospital School of Nursing, n.d.
Holy Cross Ministries. Available at: www.holycrossministries.org/Historyx.html, accessed April 2005
Polk Salt Lake City Directories
Sisters of the Holy Cross. Available at: http://www.cscsisters.org, accessed April 2005.
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Scope and Content

The collection includes those documents surrounding Holy Cross Hospital's nursing school, from 1905 until it closed in 1973. School record books, records of the Holy Cross Hospital Nursing School Alumni Association, newsletters, medical charts, building fund campaign documents, newspaper clippings, licenses and diplomas, and a scrapbook make up the collection.
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Administrative Information

Preferred Citation:

Holy Cross Hospital Nursing School Records, 1901-1973, Utah State Historical Society.

Acquisition Information:

Gift of Kathleen Kaufmann and Carol Ann Imhoff, 2001.

Restrictions on Use

The Holy Cross Hospital Nursing School Records are the physical property of the Utah Historical Society, Salt Lake City, Utah. Literary rights, including copyright, may belong to the authors or their heirs and assigns. Please contact the Historical Society for information regarding specific use of this collection.

Processing Information:

Collection processed by Melissa Ferguson, 2005

Finding aid compiled by Melissa Ferguson, 2005

Finding aid edited by Linda Thatcher, 2005

Collection cataloged by Linda Thatcher, 2005

Finding aid encoded for the World Wide Web by Craig Ringgenberg, 2005

Separations

Photographs have been removed and filed as Mss C 1352 and Mss C 1543.
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Container list

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Correspondence, 1907, 1913, 1953, 1981, 1982

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2

Alumni Association, 1902-1973

1

3

Facsimile of Diploma of First Graduate, Mary E. Arthur, 21 November 1902

1

4

Nurses' Records, 1901-1908

1

5

Training School Record, 1908-1920

1

6

Billing Statements, 1911, 1914

1

7

Training School Record, 1914-1923

1

8

Nursing License, Mary Ella Arthur, 4 October 1917

1

9

Announcement: Hard Times Dance, 1920

1

10

Holy Cross Hospital Training School Annual, 1922

1

11

Day Book, August 1923 - February 1924

1

12

Day Book, March 1924 - January 1925

1

13

Day Book, February 1925 - October 1926

1

14

Day Book, October 1926 - February 1928

2

1

Roll Book, March 1928 - September 1929

2

2

Roll Book, October 1929 - April 1931

2

3

Roll Book, ca. 1933

2

4

Roll Book, 1935

2

5

Roll Book, ca. 1940-1943

2

6

Pamphlets, Brochures, and Programs, 1930s, 1950s-1960s

2

7

New Nursing School Building, ca. late 1940s

2

8

School of Nursing Building Fund, ca. 1949

3

1

Nursing License, Miriam Tapani Marvin, 14 April 1955

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2

Clinical Chart, Mary Raymond, 24-30 May 1957

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3

Blank Clinical Charts, ca. 1957

3

4

The HCH Lamp, 1951-1967

3

5

Newspaper Clippings, 1950s-1970s

3

6

"The History of Holy Cross Hospital School of Nursing Cap and Uniform," ca. 1960s.

3

7

Certificates, 1969

4

Holy Cross Hospital Scrapbook, 1930s-1960s (located in the oversize collection)