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The University of Montana--Missoula
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Mss 831
Missoula General Hospital Photographs
1887-1983
76 photographs
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.
Materials are
visual
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.
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.
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
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Archives and Special Collections, the Maureen and Mike Mansfield Library, and
The University of Montana-Missoula.
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.
Missoula General Hospital Photographs, Archives and Special Collections, Maureen and Mike Mansfield
Library, The University of Montana-Missoula.
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.
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.
This collection is indexed under the following headings in the online
catalog. Researchers desiring materials about related topics, persons, or
places should search the catalog using these headings.
Northern
Pacific Hospital
Missoula
General Hospital
Missoula (Mont.)--Buildings, structures,
etc.--Photographs
Hospitals--Montana--Missoula--Photographs
Hospitals--Employees--Montana--Missoula--Photographs
Photographs
Missoula
Photographs
Series I
Northern Pacific Hospital
1887-1962 and undated
64 photographs
Series I features photographs of the Northern Pacific Hospital buildings, original and reconstructed, as well as images of personnel and patients.
This series is arranged by photo number.
1/1
831.001
The first Northern Pacific Hospital
in Missoula, Montana. Dr. John J. Buckley's wife and daughter are pictured,
second and fourth from left.
circa
1887
1/1
831.002
Chief surgeon at the Northern
Pacific Hospital in Missoula, Montana.
1899
1/1
831.003
East end of the Northern Pacific
Hospital in Missoula, Montana.
1902
1/1
831.004
The Reading Room in the Northern
Pacific Hospital, Missoula, Montana.
1899
1/1
831.005
Dressing, or Prep Room, in the
Northern Pacific Hospital, Missoula, Montana.
1902
1/1
831.006
Four men in Chief Surgeon Dr. J. J. Buckley's Office in the Northern Pacific Hospital in Missoula,
Montana.
1902
1/1
831.007
Operating room in the Northern
Pacific Hospital, Missoula, Montana.
1902
1/1
831.008
Doctors and staff of the Northern
Pacific Hospital, Missoula, Montana. Chief Surgeon Dr. J. M. Jennings is seated
in the front row, fifth from left. Photo by R. H. McKay.
circa
1916
1/1
831.009
The lobby area in the Northern
Pacific Hospital, Missoula, Montana.
1917
1/1
831.010
Northern Pacific Hospital brick
building in Missoula, Montana.
circa 1918-1962
1/1
831.011
Operating room in the Northern
Pacific Hospital, Missoula, Montana.
1950s
1/1
831.012
Kids with a sign about Dr. Howard
T. Ricketts and Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever at the Northern Pacific Hospital,
Missoula, Montana.
1950s
1/1
831.013
Ladies Guild at the Northern
Pacific Hospital, Missoula, Montana.Photo by Kenneth G.
Payton.
1956
1/1
831.014
Ladies Guild at the
Northern Pacific Hospital, Missoula, Montana.
1957
1/1
831.015
Kitchen at the Northern Pacific
Hospital, Missoula, Montana.
1957
1/1
831.016
New dish washing machine at the
Northern Pacific Hospital, Missoula, Montana.
1957
1/1
831.017
Woman looking through a microscope
in the old lab at the Northern Pacific Hospital, Missoula, Montana.
1957
1/1
831.018
Receptionist, Gladys Budewitz, in
the Business Office at the Northern Pacific Hospital, Missoula, Montana.
1957
1/1
831.019
Surgery at the Northern Pacific
Hospital, Missoula, Montana. Mrs. Oreck, Dr.
Hall, and Mrs. Mercer pictured.
1957
1/1
831.020
Having coffee in the patient rec
room at the Northern Pacific Hospital, Missoula, Montana.
1957
1/1
831.021
The boiler room in the Northern
Pacific Hospital, Missoula, Montana.
1957
1/1
831.022
Business Office at the Northern
Pacific Hospital, Missoula, Montana.Receptionist Gladys Budewitz and retired engineer watchman George L.
Smith pictured.
October 1957
1/1
831.023
X-Ray technician John Breidenbach
at the Northern Pacific Hospital, Missoula, Montana.
October 1958
1/1
831.024
The standby generator at the
Northern Pacific Hospital, Missoula, Montana.
1962
1/1
831.025
Patient and visitors playing cards
at the Northern Pacific Hospital, Missoula, Montana.
undated
1/1
831.026
Diet kitchen at the Northern
Pacific Hospital, Missoula, Montana.
undated
1/1
831.027
Northern Pacific Hospital, Missoula, Montana.
1892
1/1
831.028
Amputee patients from the Northern Pacific Hospital out on a picnic with
Dr. John J. Buckley, Missoula, Montana.Newspaper clippings about the outing are attached to the
photo.
1899
1/2
831.029
Northern Pacific Hospital building, Missoula, Montana.
1899
1/2
831.030
Northern Pacific Hospital building and western addition, Missoula,
Montana.
circa 1905
1/2
831.031
Northern Pacific Hospital building and western addition, Missoula,
Montana.
circa 1905
1/2
831.032
Newspaper photograph showing the Northern Pacific Hospital staff in front
of the building.
1905
1/2
831.033
Postcard of the Northern Pacific Hospital, Missoula, Montana.
1906
1/2
831.034
Northern Pacific Hospital and grounds, Missoula, Montana.
1908
1/2
831.035
Northern Pacific Hospital grounds, Missoula, Montana.
1908
1/2
831.036
Northern Pacific Hospital grounds and building, Missoula,
Montana.
1908
1/2
831.037
Northern Pacific Hospital staff, Missoula, Montana.
1909
1/2
831.038
Northern Pacific Hospital, Missoula, Montana.
1909
1/2
831.039
Northern Pacific Hospital nurse's home, Missoula, Montana.
1909
1/2
831.040
Northern Pacific Hospital in winter, Missoula, Montana. Photo by R.H. McKay
February 15, 1910
1/2
831.041
Construction of the Northern Pacific Hospital brick building, Missoula,
Montana.
August 11, 1916
1/2
831.042
Construction of the Northern Pacific Hospital brick building, Missoula,
Montana.
August 11, 1916
1/2
831.043
Construction of the Northern Pacific Hospital brick building, Missoula,
Montana.
August 1916
1/2
831.044
Construction of the Northern Pacific Hospital brick building, Missoula,
Montana.
August 24, 1916
1/2
831.045
Construction of the Northern Pacific Hospital brick building, Missoula,
Montana.
September 6, 1916
1/2
831.046
Construction of the Northern Pacific Hospital brick building, Missoula,
Montana.
November 2, 1916
1/2
831.047
Construction of the Northern Pacific Hospital brick building, Missoula,
Montana.
December 6, 1916
1/2
831.048
Construction of the Northern Pacific Hospital, Missoula, Montana; near
completion.
January 15, 1917
1/2
831.049
Northern Pacific Hospital building shortly after completion, Missoula,
Montana.
1917
1/2
831.050
Northern Pacific Hospital building shortly after completion, Missoula,
Montana.
1917
1/2
831.051
A two-bed room in the Northern Pacific Hospital, Missoula,
Montana.
1917
1/2
831.052
Northern Pacific Hospital building with inset of original building and
personnel, Missoula, Montana.See photo 831.001
1921
1/2
831.053
Northern Pacific Hospital building, Missoula, Montana.Photo by R.H. McKay
1921
1/2
831.054
Northern Pacific Hospital grounds and nurses' quarters, Missoula,
Montana.Photo by R.H. McKay
circa 1920s
1/2
831.055
Ronald J. McDougall, a masseur at the Northern Pacific Hospital, Missoula,
Montana.McDougall (b. September 10, 1859; d. December 17, 1934) was a beloved orderly who resided at the hospital.
1930
1/2
831.056
Emma Cyr, a nurse at the Northern Pacific Hospital, Missoula,
Montana.
August 1944
1/2
831.057
Laundry building and garage at the Northern Pacific Hospital, Missoula,
Montana.
circa 1950s
1/2
831.058
Workshop and boiler stack at the Northern Pacific Hospital, Missoula,
Montana.
circa 1950s
1/2
831.059
Back side of the Northern Pacific Hospital, Missoula, Montana.
circa 1950s
1/2
831.060
Nurses' home at the Northern Pacific Hospital, Missoula,
Montana.
circa 1950s
1/2
831.061
Surgeons' residence at the Northern Pacific Hospital, Missoula,
Montana.
circa 1950s
1/2
831.062
Warehouse at the Northern Pacific Hospital, Missoula, Montana.
circa 1950s
1/2
831.063
Helen Janke at the nursing station in the Northern Pacific Hospital,
Missoula, Montana.
1956
1/2
831.064
Northern Pacific or Missoula General Hospital building, Missoula,
Montana.
undated
Series II
Missoula General Hospital
1976-1983
12 photographs
Series II features photographs of Missuola General Hospital building, grounds, personnel, and patients. The Northern Pacific Hospital was renamed Missoula General Hospital in 1967.
This series is arranged by photo number.
1/3
831.065
Back side of Missoula General Hospital, Missoula, Montana.
1976
1/3
831.066
Missoula General Hospital, Missoula, Montana.
1976
1/3
831.067
Parking lot and grounds around Missoula General Hospital, Missoula,
Montana.
1976
1/3
831.068
Parking lot and building, Missoula General Hospital, Missoula,
Montana.
1976
1/3
831.069
Parking lot and grounds around Missoula General Hospital, Missoula,
Montana.
1976
1/3
831.070
Grounds around Missoula General Hospital, Missoula, Montana.
1976
1/3
831.071
Nurse's home next to Missoula General Hospital, Missoula,
Montana.
1976
1/3
831.072
Color photograph and negative of Missoula General Hospital, Missoula,
Montana.
circa 1976
1/3
831.073
Four views of the fire escape and stairs at each end of the Missoula
General Hospital, Missoula, Montana.
undated
1/3
831.074
Nurse and patient at the Missoula
General Hospital, Missoula, Montana.
1980s
1/3
831.075
Nurse and patient being prepped for
surgery at the Missoula General Hospital, Missoula, Montana.
1980s
1/3
831.076
Nursing staff at the Missoula
General Hospital, Missoula, Montana.
1983