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- Soportes múltiples
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1888-2020 (Creación)
- Creador
- St. Joseph's Hospital (London, Ont.)
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Descripción física
261 cm of textual records
741 photographs : b & w
744 photographs: col.
5 bound volumes
150 photographs : col. slides
2 drawings
12 scrapbooks
11 albums
1 memory book
1 slide deck
2 audio cassettes
2 optical discs
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St. Joseph’s Hospital, London, Ontario is located on the traditional lands of the Anishinaabek, Haudenosaunee, Lūnaapéewak and Attawandaron peoples. This land is covered by various treaties including the Dish with One Spoon Covenant Wampum and the London Township and Sombra Treaties of 1796. London currently neighbours the Chippewas of the Thames First Nation, the Oneida Nation of the Thames, and the Munsee-Delaware Nation.
St. Joseph’s Hospital was founded in London in 1888 after Dr. W. T. O’Reilly, the Inspector of Prisons and Public Charities, encouraged Mother Ignatia Campbell of the Sisters of St. Joseph to start a hospital. She assigned three Sisters to the task: Mother Aloysia Nigh, Sister Martha Toohey, and Sister Herman Murphy. The hospital was officially opened on October 15, 1888, at the Judge W. P. Street residence. They set up a small chapel within the house and appointed Dr. John Wishart, Dr. William E. Waugh, Dr. William Woodruff, and Dr. James Macarthur as medical staff for the ten-bed hospital.
In 1892, the hospital was expanded to a capacity of sixty beds through a new wing attached to the original building. The hospital now had nine Sisters as staff and began to hire outside help. More physicians also began to practice at the hospital, and further major additions were constructed in 1903, 1915, the Nurses’ Residence in 1927, 1931, 1954, 1964, and 1981.
The St. Joseph’s Hospital School of Nursing, established in 1901, provided training for nursing students and extra staff for the hospital. The program was three years long and granted a diploma in nursing. In 1976, the school was amalgamated by Fanshawe College, and they ceased operations at St. Joseph’s in 1977.
Throughout its history, St. Joseph’s Hospital has been host to many medical innovations and some firsts. The hospital’s first department of radiology, making use of X-rays, opened in 1916, and the medical staff was organized into official departments/specialties in 1922. In 1967, the neo-natal intensive care unit opened, followed by the Family Medical Centre in 1969. The Detoxification Centre, for patients suffering from alcoholism, opened in 1973. 1982 saw St. Joseph’s be the first hospital in Canada to capture a human image using Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI), and shortly afterwards in 1983 the Research Institute was established (renamed the Lawson Health Research Institute in 1987). In 1985, St. Joseph’s Hospital became St. Joseph’s Health Centre when it amalgamated with Marian Villa and St. Mary’s Hospital, and in 1997 Parkwood Hospital joined as well. The London and St. Thomas Psychiatric Hospitals joined as well in 2001, and St. Joseph’s changed its name once more to St. Joseph’s Health Care London.
The role of the Sisters of St. Joseph in the hospital has changed over the years, from its founding in 1888. With the retirement of Sister Mary Doyle as executive director in the hospital’s hundredth year, 1988, the role of executive director began to be filled by laypeople. In 1993, the Sisters decided to step back from direct administration of the hospital and formed the St. Joseph’s Health Care Society to provide for its leadership. As of 2025, there are still Sisters actively involved in the Society.
Historial de custodia
The material in this collection was originally created and housed at St. Joseph's Hospital, London by a variety of staff members and executives. Much of it was archived by the Sisters of St. Joseph in Canada in their archives, while subsequent accruals have been transferred from the hospital to the Sisters of St. Joseph in Canada Consolidated Archives at different times.
Alcance y contenido
This collection consists of records pertaining to the activities of St. Joseph’s Hospital in London, Ontario, as well as some associated institutions and programs including St. Mary’s Hospital, Marian Villa, and the Detoxification Centre. These include histories, meeting minutes, legal, governmental, and financial documents, policies and guidelines, records of anniversary celebrations and other events, board and committee documents, correspondence, hospital and health association records, newsletters, records of various departments and services, reports, newspaper clippings, publications, photographs, records pertaining to staff, administrators, and associated people, and foundations and funds. This record group also contains a variety of scrapbooks, albums, and slides.
Área de notas
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Origen del ingreso
These records were accumulated by the Congregation of the Sisters of St. Joseph of London, Ontario, as well as possibly other staff and executives of St. Joseph's Hospital, London.
Arreglo
Original order was not maintained; records were found in a state of disarray. Certain groupings were kept together, and order was imposed by the archivist.
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Restricciones de acceso
The Archives reserves the right to restrict access to the collection depending on the condition of the archival material, the amount of material requested, and the purpose of the research. The use of certain materials may also be restricted for reasons of privacy or sensitivity, or under a donor agreement. Access restrictions will be applied equally to all researchers and reviewed periodically. No researcher will be given access to any materials that contain a personal information bank such as donor agreements or personnel records, or to other proprietary information such as appraisals, insurance valuations, or condition reports.
The following files in this collection are restricted:
F08-S003-01 - Financial and Historical
F08-S003-10 - Miscellaneous information, financial, statistics, timelines
F08-S005-08 - Centennial 1888 to 1988
F08-S007-02 - Correspondence re. organizational chart
F08-S007-04 - Correspondence, administrator
F08-S007-05 - Correspondence, Sister Mary Doyle 1974
F08-S007-06 - Correspondence, miscellaneous
F08-S007-08 - Correspondence, letters of appreciation
F08-S007-09 - Correspondence, letters of complaint
F08-S011-01 - Dermatology fund
F08-S011-02 - St. Joseph's Health Centre dermatology
F08-S011-04 - Dermatology Psoriasis Day Care Centre
F08-S011-05 - Current [dermatology] team pertinent files
F08-S015-01 - St. Joseph’s Hospital unlabelled photographs
F08-S015-08 - Lung Association
F08-S015-11 - Volunteers/auxiliary
F08-S015-12 - Marian Villa
F08-S015-13 - St. Mary's Hospital
F08-S015-15 - Patient care
F08-S015-18 - Outpatient areas
F08-S015-20 - Paeds
F08-S015-24 - 5ENT poster
F08-S015-26 - ICU and ICCU
F08-S015-27 - Children in hospital
F08-S015-28 - Staff (S.J.H.C.)
F08-S015-29 - Volunteer services 1987
F08-S015-30 - OB/GYN floor and outpatients
F08-S015-31 - OBS / nursery / WICU
F08-S015-32 - EEG lab, response lab, Dr. Kertesz
F08-S015-33 - St. Joseph’s Hospital unlabelled patients and staff
F08-S017-06 - Funding
F08-S018-16 - Interne training
F08-S018-19 - Detoxification Centre
F08-S018-20 - Family Medical Centre
F08-S018-21 - Correspondence and minutes, Family Medical Centre
F08-S018-31 - Chapel of the Great Physician
F08-S019-13 - Album, St. Mary’s Hospital 1988
F08-S019-14 - To Sister Jane Marie from some of your friends at St. Joseph's Hospital
F08-S019-16 - St. Joseph's Hospital Operating Room Scrapbook 1950s to 1990s
Condiciones de uso, reproducción, y publicación
Permission to study archival records does not extend to publication or display rights. The researcher must request this permission in writing from the Archives.
Instrumentos de descripción
Series and file list available.
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Acumulaciones
Further accruals from St. Joseph's Hospital possible.
Nota general
Some content within this record group contains language which may be offensive, derogatory, or harmful. This language does not reflect the values of the Congregation of the Sisters of St. Joseph in Canada. We want to acknowledge that this content exists and the harm it has done and can do, but do not want to erase it from the historical context.