| Title |
Z_087_St. Benedict's |
| Creator |
Stewart Library - Weber State University |
| Contributors |
Mount Benedict Monestary; Photographs taken by Hope Welch, Betty Nichols, Pat Erickson, Evelyn Brunson, Judy Binkley, Janice Hassell, and Josephine Hibbeln |
| Image Captions |
At St. Benedicts I took care of patients in the iron lung and that was really something to see. Sometimes youd see several members of a family all sick with polio. Then when I went to Denver we took care of post-polio patients and used hot packs. We would run these big wool blankets through the washing machine ringer and then lay them on the patients for their muscle spasms.-Joan Garver Thornton, Class of 1956 |
| Description |
The St. Benedicts School of Nursing was founded in 1947 by the Sisters of Mount Benedict. The school operated from April 1947 to 1968. Over that forty-one year period, the school had 605 students and 357 graduates. In 1966, the program became the basis for Weber State Colleges Practical Nurse Program and eventually merged into Webers Nursing Program. This oral history project was created to capture the memories of the graduates and to add to the history of nursing education in Ogden. The interviews focus on their training, religion, and experiences working with doctors, nurses, nuns, and patients at St. Benedicts Hospital. This project received funding from the Utah Humanities Council and the Utah State History. |
| Subject |
Nursing--United States; Ogden (Utah); St. Benedict's Hospital; Catholic Church--Utah |
| Digital Publisher |
Stewart Library, Weber State University, Ogden, Utah, USA |
| Date |
1947; 1948; 1949; 1950; 1951; 1952; 1953; 1954; 1955; 1956; 1957; 1958; 1959; 1960; 1961; 1962; 1963; 1964; 1965; 1966; 1967; 1968 |
| Date Digital |
2011 |
| Medium |
Oral History |
| Spatial Coverage |
Ogden, Weber, Utah, United States, http://sws.geonames.org/5779206, 41.223, -111.97383 |
| Type |
Text; Image/StillImage; Image/MovingImage |
| Conversion Specifications |
Archived TIFF images were scanned by Sarah Langsdon at 400 dpi with an Epson Expression 10000XL scanner. JPG and PDF files were then created for general use. |
| Language |
eng |
| Relation |
http://librarydigitalcollections.weber.edu/ |
| Rights |
Materials may be used for non-profit and educational purposes; please credit Special Collections Department, Stewart Library, Weber State University. |
| Source |
MS 378 |
| Format |
image/jpeg |
| ARK |
ark:/87278/s6ymxvh7 |
| Setname |
wsu_stben_oh |
| ID |
97027 |
| Reference URL |
https://digital.weber.edu/ark:/87278/s6ymxvh7 |
