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Missoula General Hospital Photographs, 1887-1983

Overview of the Collection

Title
Missoula General Hospital Photographs
Dates
1887-1983 (inclusive)
Quantity
76 photographs
Collection Number
Mss 831 (collection)
Summary
This collection contains photographs of the Northern Pacific Hospital, built in 1884 and located on North Second Street in Missoula, Montana. It was operated by the Northern Pacific Beneficial Association for employees of the Northern Pacific Railroad. In 1967, it was renamed Missoula General Hospital and ceased to operate in 1985. The building was eventually torn town.
Repository
University of Montana, Mansfield Library, Archives and Special Collections
Archives and Special Collections
Maureen and Mike Mansfield Library
University of Montana
32 Campus Dr. #9936
59812-9936
Missoula, MT
Telephone: 406-243-2053
library.archives@umontana.edu
Access Restrictions

Researchers must use collection in accordance with the policies of Archives and Special Collections, the Maureen and Mike Mansfield Library, and The University of Montana-Missoula.

Languages
visual
Sponsor
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Historical Note

The Northern Pacific Hospital, run by the Northern Pacific Beneficial Association, was constructed in 1884 on North Second Street in Missoula, Montana. The hospital treated employees of the Northern Pacific Railroad. Dr. I. E. Cohn was the first Surgeon in Charge, followed by Dr. N. N. Horton in 1885 and Dr. John J. Buckley in 1887. The hospital burned down in 1892 and was rebuilt in 1893. Another fire in 1916 damaged the second building, and a new brick structure replaced it the following year. In 1967, the Northern Pacific Beneficial Association authorized a name change for the hospital, and it became Missoula General Hospital. Missoula General Hospital eventually closed its doors in 1985, and the building was torn down.

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Content Description

The collection contains 76 identified photographs of the original and rebuilt versions of the Northern Pacific Hospital, later renamed Missoula General Hospital, including shots of the exterior, interior, patients, and personnel. The images are dated 1887-1983, roughly spanning the century that the hospital operated in Missoula.

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Use of the Collection

Restrictions on Use

Researchers are responsible for using in accordance with 17 U.S.C. and any other applicable statutes. Copyright not transferred to the University of Montana.

Preferred Citation

Missoula General Hospital Photographs, Archives and Special Collections, Maureen and Mike Mansfield Library, The University of Montana-Missoula.

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Administrative Information

Arrangement

This collection is arranged in two series:

Series I: Northern Pacific Hospital, 1887-1962 and undated, 64 photographs

Series II: Missoula General Hospital, 1976-1983, 12 photographs

Acquisition Information

The photographs in this collection were most likely donated by Karen Foster, an administrator of Missoula General Hospital, to the Friends of the Maureen and Mike Mansfield Library in 1986.

Processing Note

This collection was originally processed in 2013 as the Photographs of the Northern Pacific Hospital and only contained the images from Series I. A separate collection was arranged and described as the Missoula General Hospital Photographs, but a finding aid was never published. In 2022, the University of Montana Archives and Special Collections merged the two collections by adding Series II. The colletion was renamed the Missoula General Hospital Photographs, Mss 831.

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Detailed Description of the Collection

Finding aid prepared by Mark Fritch and Kristin Gates
2013

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