St. Luke’s Hospital School of Nursing Photograph Collection
Collection
Identifier: Photo 2142-Oversize 19
Scope and Content
The collection consists of images, a majority of which were published in The Lamp, the school’s annual yearbook. The collection has been arranged into topical series, which are then arranged chronologically by year.
Yearbook Class (Group) Photograph Series contains photos of the graduating classes starting in 1961 and ending with 1987, the last graduating class before the school closed. Many years have multiple different versions of the same graduating class.
The Yearbook Class Portrait Series includes professionally photographed images of student nurses for use in the yearbook class photos.
The Student Life Series ranges from the mid-1960s to 1986, with most content from the 1980s. The photographs depict nursing students in a casual context, most images are candid while some are posed. The images show students involved in aerobics, basketball, bus trips, cooking, art, studying, music, socializing, playing volleyball, playing pool, among other recreational activities.
Student Organizations Series contains images of various St. Luke’s School of Nursing committees, usually consisting of a staff member serving as advisor and a group of students. Committees at the school during the 1970s-80s included the Student Nurses Association of North Dakota, judicial board committee, promotions committee, curriculum committee, personnel policy committee, appeal committee, yearbook staff, and advisory committee.
Faculty and Administration Series includes images of instructors, administration, and employees. The photographs are a mix of posed and candid shots. This series includes images of staff organizations and committees, posed professional staff yearbook portraits, providing hands-on training with students, staff meetings, and working. Photographs of the faculty and administrative committees include the promotions committee, curriculum committee, personnel policy committee, appeal committee, and advisory committee. Pictured are support staff, library staff, RA staff, housekeeping, counselors, administrators, directors, coordinators, student service staff, and first and second year instructors of psychiatrics, obestrics, pediatrics, and adult nursing.
The Classroom and Training Series includes photographs of students learning in the classroom, the lab, and the hospital. Students pictured were working with doctors, instructors, other students, and patients. The photographs show classes and hands-on training that covered pediatrics, obstetrics, pediatrics, adult nursing, psychiatric nursing, and audio/visual technical training. Photographs in classrooms feature more laidback, casual attire while hospital and lab work required a uniform or scrubs.
The Events Series includes commencement, post-commencement, talent shows, dances, holiday parties, luncheons, award ceremonies, and banquets. In 1983, the students put together a talent show called “The Gong Show”, where acts were judged by instructors and a gong was struck if acts were bad. Halloween and Christmas parties were annual, along with Thanksgiving dinners. End-of-year events were celebrated with student nurse award ceremonies and spring luncheons.
The Building Series contains images of the exterior and interior of the St. Luke’s Nursing School building, renovations, the previous building, and the St. Luke’s Hospital.
The Negatives Series includes the negative slides for 1980s photographs, the originals are part of the other series in the collection.
The Graduate Composites Series consists of graduation photographs of the nurses from St. Luke’s School of Nursing in Fargo, North Dakota. The photographs date from 1911 to 1987. The photographs are mounted on cardboard and the graduates’ names and graduation year are written on the board. Some of the photographs were coming loose and required archival corners to be applied to reattach them to the original boards. Because of the size of the boards, some were trimmed to meet storage requirements. Some oversized boards were cut to facilitate scanning size requirements. The collection also contains one panoramic photograph of the nursing staff of 1943. This photograph was placed at the end of the collection because it does not correspond with any specific graduating class. The composites are stored flat in the map cases under collection Oversize 19.
Yearbook Class (Group) Photograph Series contains photos of the graduating classes starting in 1961 and ending with 1987, the last graduating class before the school closed. Many years have multiple different versions of the same graduating class.
The Yearbook Class Portrait Series includes professionally photographed images of student nurses for use in the yearbook class photos.
The Student Life Series ranges from the mid-1960s to 1986, with most content from the 1980s. The photographs depict nursing students in a casual context, most images are candid while some are posed. The images show students involved in aerobics, basketball, bus trips, cooking, art, studying, music, socializing, playing volleyball, playing pool, among other recreational activities.
Student Organizations Series contains images of various St. Luke’s School of Nursing committees, usually consisting of a staff member serving as advisor and a group of students. Committees at the school during the 1970s-80s included the Student Nurses Association of North Dakota, judicial board committee, promotions committee, curriculum committee, personnel policy committee, appeal committee, yearbook staff, and advisory committee.
Faculty and Administration Series includes images of instructors, administration, and employees. The photographs are a mix of posed and candid shots. This series includes images of staff organizations and committees, posed professional staff yearbook portraits, providing hands-on training with students, staff meetings, and working. Photographs of the faculty and administrative committees include the promotions committee, curriculum committee, personnel policy committee, appeal committee, and advisory committee. Pictured are support staff, library staff, RA staff, housekeeping, counselors, administrators, directors, coordinators, student service staff, and first and second year instructors of psychiatrics, obestrics, pediatrics, and adult nursing.
The Classroom and Training Series includes photographs of students learning in the classroom, the lab, and the hospital. Students pictured were working with doctors, instructors, other students, and patients. The photographs show classes and hands-on training that covered pediatrics, obstetrics, pediatrics, adult nursing, psychiatric nursing, and audio/visual technical training. Photographs in classrooms feature more laidback, casual attire while hospital and lab work required a uniform or scrubs.
The Events Series includes commencement, post-commencement, talent shows, dances, holiday parties, luncheons, award ceremonies, and banquets. In 1983, the students put together a talent show called “The Gong Show”, where acts were judged by instructors and a gong was struck if acts were bad. Halloween and Christmas parties were annual, along with Thanksgiving dinners. End-of-year events were celebrated with student nurse award ceremonies and spring luncheons.
The Building Series contains images of the exterior and interior of the St. Luke’s Nursing School building, renovations, the previous building, and the St. Luke’s Hospital.
The Negatives Series includes the negative slides for 1980s photographs, the originals are part of the other series in the collection.
The Graduate Composites Series consists of graduation photographs of the nurses from St. Luke’s School of Nursing in Fargo, North Dakota. The photographs date from 1911 to 1987. The photographs are mounted on cardboard and the graduates’ names and graduation year are written on the board. Some of the photographs were coming loose and required archival corners to be applied to reattach them to the original boards. Because of the size of the boards, some were trimmed to meet storage requirements. Some oversized boards were cut to facilitate scanning size requirements. The collection also contains one panoramic photograph of the nursing staff of 1943. This photograph was placed at the end of the collection because it does not correspond with any specific graduating class. The composites are stored flat in the map cases under collection Oversize 19.
Dates
- 1911-1987
Access
The collection is open under the rules and regulations of the Institute.
Copyrights
Copyright to images in this collection remains with the creators.
History
In 1908, St. Luke’s Hospital was authorized to “arrange for regular instruction in a training school for nurses.” The school was under the direction of Sister Osa Oppedahl, with the first class graduating on May 3, 1910. In 1916 St. Luke’s School of Nursing was accredited by the North Dakota State Board of Nursing. During World War II, St. Luke’s trained nurses as part of the Cadet Nurses Corp and the students received tuition waivers and a monthly stipend in exchange for their service. A new 24-month 3 program was adopted in 1967 to replace the original three-year program. Growing competition from area universities caused St. Luke’s enrollment to decline, eventually leading to the closure of the school. The last class graduated May 22, 1987. In its seventy-seven years of operation, 2,811 nurses graduated from the program.
Extent
2503 Photographic Prints (2,503 photographic prints (1,912 photographic prints on 41 mounting boards))
21 Photographic Negatives
72 Photographic Slides
Language of Materials
English
Abstract
Nursing school associated with St. Luke’s Hospital in Fargo, North Dakota. The collection consists of images, a majority of which were published in The Lamp, the school’s annual yearbook, and composite photographs of graduates.
Provenance
Donated by the Northwest Minnesota Historical Center, MSUM (Acc. 2016-009irs).
Property Rights
The Institute for Regional Studies owns the property rights to this collection.
- Nursing schools -- North Dakota -- Fargo -- Photographs.
- Nursing schools -- North Dakota -- Fargo.
- Nursing students -- North Dakota -- Fargo -- Photographs.
- Nursing students -- North Dakota -- Fargo.
- School yearbooks.
- St. Luke's Hospital (Fargo, N.D.)
- St. Luke's Hospital (Fargo, N.D.). School of Nursing.
- Title
- Finding Aid to the St. Luke’s Hospital School of Nursing Photograph Collection
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Repository Details
Part of the Institute for Regional Studies Repository
Contact:
West Building N
3551 7th Avenue North
Fargo North Dakota 58102 United States
ndsu.archives@ndsu.edu
West Building N
3551 7th Avenue North
Fargo North Dakota 58102 United States
ndsu.archives@ndsu.edu