Material Type

Artifact

Date

1941

Materials

WOOD, GLASS, PAPER

No. Pieces

1

Height

2

Length

44.7

Width

37.2

Description

FRAME HAS INVERSE BEVELED EDGE AND WHITE PAINT TRIM. ALSO HAS CLEAR GLASS PANE AND WHITE CARDBOARD MATTING. OVER MATTING AND OFF CENTER IS PRINT ON WHITE PAPER THAT IS SLIGHTLY YELLOWED. SKETCH HAS YELLOW BORDER AND IS IN BROWN PENCIL. PICTURE IS OF A NURSE BUTTONING THE COLLAR OF FELLOW NURSE WHO IS HOLDING TRAY. AT BOTTOM LEFT CORNER IS "PRINTED IN U.S.A." AND AT BOTTOM RIGHT IS "1941 JOHNSON & JOHNSON". AT BOTTOM MIDDLE IS SIGNATURE "ISABEL HAMPTON ROBB" AND "WHO HELPED ORGANIZE THE JOHNS HOPKINS SCHOOL OF NURSING AND WHO BECAME FIRST PRESIDENT OF THE ASSOCIATED ALUMNAE OF THE UNITED STATES AND CANADA, FORERUNNER OF THE AMERICAN NURSES ASSOCIATION." BOTTOM RIGHT CORNER OF PRINT IS RIPPED.

Subjects

ART

Historical Association

DECORATIVE ARTS

HEALTH SERVICES

History

PRINT WAS REMOVED FROM ST. MICHAEL'S HOSPITAL BEFORE THE HOSPITAL WAS DEMOLISHED IN 1996. FOR MORE HISTORY ON HOSPITAL SEE P19960116001-GA. *UPDATE* IN 2015 COLLECTIONS ASSISTANT JANE EDMUNDSON CONDUCTED A SURVEY OF ART OBJECTS, INCLUDING THOSE RECOVERED FROM ST. MICHAEL’S HOSPITAL PRIOR TO ITS DEMOLITION IN 1996. THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION ON THE SUBJECT OF THIS PRINT, ISABEL HAMPTON ROBB, WAS EXCERPTED FROM THE ONLINE MEDICAL ARCHIVES OF THE JOHNS HOPKINS MEDICAL INSTITUTE. ISABLE HAMPTON ROBB WAS BORN IN WELLAND, ONTARIO IN 1859, AND RECEIVED HER NURSING DIPLOMA IN 1883. SHE WORKED IN THE NEW YORK CITY WOMEN'S HOSPITAL AND ST. PAUL'S HOUSE IN ROME BEFORE WORKING AS THE SUPERINTENDENT OF ILLINOIS TRAINING SCHOOL FOR NURSES AT COOK COUNTY IN 1886. IN 1889 SHE MOVED TO THE TRAINING SCHOOL AT THE NEWLY OPENED JOHNS HOPKINS HOSPITAL, AND IN 1893 SHE ORGANIZED THE NURSES' SECTION OF THE INTERNATIONAL CONGRESS OF CHARITIES, CORRECTION AND PHILANTHROPY AT THE CHICAGO WORLD'S FAIR. SHE WENT ON TO SERVE AS THE PRESIDENT OF THE AMERICAN SOCIETY OF SUPERINTENDENTS OF TRANING SCHOOLS FOR NURSES. IN 1894 SHE MARRIED DR. HUNTER ROBB IN LONDON, AND HAD TWO SONS. SHE CONTINUED HER LEADERSHIP IN NURSING THROUGH SERVICE WITH THE AMERICAN NURSES ASSOCIATION, AMERICAN JOURNAL OF NURSES, TEACHERS COLLEGE AT COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY, AND WRITING THE BOOKS 'NURSING ETHICS' AND 'EDUCATIONAL STANDARDS FOR NURSES'. ISABEL HAMPTON ROBB DIED IN OHIO IN 1910 AFTER A STREETCAR ACCIDENT. SEE PERMANENT FILE FOR HARDCOPY OF ONLINE SOURCE. THE FOLLOWING HISTORY OF THE HOSPITAL WAS DEVELOPED WITH INFORMATION FROM THE GALT ARCHIVES, ARCHIVES CANADA ONLINE, AND RECORD P19960116001. ST. MICHAEL'S GENERAL HOSPITAL WAS FOUNDED IN LETHBRIDGE BY CATHOLIC SISTERS OF ST. MARTHA OF ANTIGONISH IN MAY 1929. THE FACILITY OF THE PRIVATELY-OWNED VAN HAARLEM HOSPITAL (1224 - 7TH AVE S.), ABLE TO ACCOMMODATE 27 PATIENTS, WAS PURCHASED FOR $34000. A SMALL HOUSE ACROSS THE STREET SERVED AS A RESIDENCE FOR THE SISTERS, WITH ONE ROOM FURNISHED AS A CHAPEL. A HOSPITAL BOARD WAS FORMED, CONSISTING OF THE PARISH PRIEST AND SIX LOCAL BUSINESSMEN. IN COOPERATION WITH THE CITY OF LETHBRIDGE, THE CONSTRUCTION OF A NEW MODERN 100-BED HOSPITAL STARTED IN 1930. HENRY WILLIAM MEECH WAS THE ARCHITECT FOR THE PROJECT. THE NEW BUILDING OPENED AT 9TH AVENUE AND 13TH ST SOUTH IN SEPTEMBER 1931. THE NEWLY NAMED ST. MICHAEL’S GENERAL HOSPITAL WAS NOW ABLE TO ACCOMMODATE 100 PATIENTS, AND THE ORIGINAL GROUP OF DOCTORS INCLUDED D.A. MCNALLY, W.S. GALBRAITH, P.M. CAMPBELL, R. SHILLINGTON, G.W. LEECH, D. WOODCOCK, G.L. CONNOR, W. BRIANS, L.A. ROY, G. SPACKMAN, J.S. WRAY, B.O. FOWLER, J.E. LOVERING, F.W. SWANCESKY, D.A. TAYLOR, BRAITHWAITH, J.K. BIGELOW, AND A.A. HAIG. THE HOSPITAL CONTAINED CHILDREN'S, YOUTH AND PSYCHIATRIC WARDS, FOUR OPERATING ROOMS, A CHAPEL AND A SPECIAL WARD FOR CASUALTIES OF THE SECOND WORLD WAR AND THE P.O.W. CAMP. IN 1932 THE HOSPITAL OBTAINED ACCREDITATION UNDER THE HOSPITAL STANDARDIZATION PROGRAM OF THE AMERICAN COLLEGE OF SURGEONS. AFTER THE SECOND WORLD WAR THE HOSPITAL WAS EXPANDED WITH AN 83-BED EAST WING, OPENING IN 1951. IN THE 1953, THE HOSPITAL RECEIVED A NEW NURSES' RESIDENCE AND THE SCHOOL OF NURSING; THE SCHOOL TRAINED OVER 500 NURSES OVER THE NEXT TWENTY YEARS. IN 1965 ANOTHER EXPANSION WING EXTENDED THE HOSPITAL’S CAPACITY TO 207 BEDS. THE SCHOOL OF NURSING CLOSED IN 1973, AND THE REMAINING SISTERS OF ST. MARTHA STILL WORKING IN THE HOSPITAL LIVED IN THE VACATED STUDENT RESIDENCES. IN 1984 OWNERSHIP OF THE HOSPITAL WAS TAKEN OVER BY THE ALBERTA CATHOLIC HOSPITAL FOUNDATION. IN 1986 FINANCIAL DIFFICULTIES BEGAN TO APPEAR AND EVENTAULLY RESULTED IN THE HOSPITAL BEING CONVERTED TO ST. MICHAEL'S HEALTH CENTRE IN 1992, FOCUSING ON THE NEEDS OF LONG TERM PATIENTS. FINANCIAL DIFFICULTIES CONTINUED UNTIL THE HOSPITAL WAS CLOSED IN 1995. ST. MICHAEL’S HOSPITAL WAS DEMOLISHED IN 1996. AT THE TIME OF THE 2014 SURVEY, THE FORMER HOSPITAL SITE HOUSED THE ST. THERESE VILLA, A LONGTERM NURSING CARE FACILITY, AND THE ST. MICHAEL'S HEALTH CENTRE, A MULTI-PURPOSE REHABILITATION, PALLATIVE AND CONTINUING CARE FACILITY, BOTH CONSTRUCTED IN THE LATE 1990S.

Catalogue Number

P19960116179

Acquisition Date

1996-01

Collection

Museum

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