Title: Harper Hospital Collection Genre: Papers Date: 1857-1989 Size: 13 linear feet (13 storage boxes & 2 scrapbooks) ID#: 1446 OCLC: |
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Harper Hospital was founded in May, 1863 on land donated by Walter Harper, who earned his fortune in real estate investments, and his housekeeper, Nancy Martin. The hospital didn’t receive its first patients, Civil War soldiers, until its designation as a military hospital in 1864. Harper Hospital continued this tradition into the twentieth century, establishing base hospitals in Europe during both World Wars.
In January, 1866 Harper Hospital opened as a general hospital. As the population of Detroit grew, so did the hospital’s needs; in 1882 a new building was erected on John R Street, followed in 1913 by the J. L. Hudson and Theodore D. Buhl Memorial Buildings, and in 1928 by the Brush Street Building. In 1883, the Farrand Training School for Nurses, later the Harper Hospital School of Nursing, was established.
The Harper Hospital Collection consists of minutes, correspondence, reports, clippings, scrapbooks, and other material related to the history of Harper Hospital and its School of Nursing.
Farrand Training School for Nurses
Harper Hospital School of Nursing
Hospital trains--France
Hospitals--Michigan--Detroit
Hospitals--Staff--Michigan--Detroit
International Council of Nurses
Medical care--Michigan--Detroit
Military nursing
Nursing schools--Michigan--Detroit
Nursing students--Michigan--Detroit
Strikes and lockouts--Nursing
United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Hospitals
World War, 1914-1918--Hospitals
World War, 1939-1945--Hospitals
A large number of photographs have been placed in the Archives Audiovisual Collection and a few newsletters and labor contracts were transferred to the Archives Library.
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