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Seton General Hospital fonds
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29 cm of textual records. -- 255 photographs : color and b&w
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The first hospital in Jasper was a large tent on a wooden frame. In 1913 doctors came to Jasper via railway from either Pocohontas or Lucerne. These doctors worked for the railways - Grand Trunk Pacific Railway and Canadian Northern Railway. In 1930 the first permanent hospital was built, having cost about $52,000 to build. Four Sisters of Charity arrived from Halifax to manage it. The name became the Seton Hospital, after Mother Seton, the foundress of the American Sisters of Charity. As the population of Jasper grew, the hospital was required to grow too. In 1952 a second floor and extension were added. By 1964 a new operating wing was added. In 1971 the Sisters gave up the operation of the hospital to Jasper General Hospital District #87. Official sod turning ceremonies were held in 1972 for the construction of a new hospital. Patients were moved into the new hospital in May of 1974 and the old hospital was demolished. Of note is that the first patient into the new hospital was Mr. Fred Kofin.
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The fonds consists of photographs of Seton General Hospital and various people who where involved in it's operation. Included are views of the board of directors (1971-1995), the staff in various departments including the nurses (1980), the physicians [1980], the pharmacist, Myron Kowalyk (1980) and the hospital administrator, Lorence Myggland (1980). The fonds also consists of views of the sod turning for the construction of the new hospital (1972), the construction site (1973), aerial views of the site [1974] and the opening ceremonies (1974). Also included are views of the Seton General Hospitals 50th anniversary celebrations (1980), the opening of the expansion consisting of long term care, physiotherapy, nurses station and waiting room (1993) and Dr. Betowski's 25th anniversary party (1977). The fonds textual records consist of correspondence (1935-1960), financial reports (1931-1960), annual reports (1939-1946), statistics (1940-1945 and 1950-1955), report of public health (1938-1951), correspondence regarding the transfer of ownership of Seton General Hospital from the Sisters of Charity to district ownership [between 1967 and 1974], documents regarding the Seton Hospital Advisory Board [between 1962 and 1970],and correspondence regarding the construction of the new wing [between 1961 and 1966]. Also includes documents regarding the Ladies Auxiliary (1930-1971), disaster exercises (1965, 1970), the formation of the Jasper General Hospital District, No. 87 (1968-1971), Dr. Betkowski's Retirement (1981), loss of accreditation (1985-1986) and copies of the hospital scrapbooks (1920-1980). The fonds also contains correspondence from citizens to various political people protesting the proposed closure of the Seton General Hospital (1995), a poster announcing a community meeting, a blank copy of a petition and a newspaper clipping reporting that the proposed closure would not take place.
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Seton General Hospital
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Record No. ID101<br><br>
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