| Title |
Z_022_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 |
That was so beautiful. That was just absolutely overwhelming. It was an incredible experience. It was with our complete uniform, including our capes, when we received our caps in a very formal setting in the living room. It was totally in honor of Florence Nightingale. We walked up to receive our cap carrying a little candle with a Florence Nightingale lamp. It was that we could become the kind of nurse that would be dedicated to take care of our patients as the Savior and our sisters as St. Benedicts would want us to. And they were devoted to the Savior as much as our lives were devoted to the Savior; even more so at that point.-Marjorie Lepley Porter, Class of 1962 |
| 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/s6sr3s41 |
| Setname |
wsu_stben_oh |
| ID |
96969 |
| Reference URL |
https://digital.weber.edu/ark:/87278/s6sr3s41 |
