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United Hospital, 1976
Collection Overview
ID: OGLMC533
Primary Creator: Robinson, Elwyn B. (1905-1985)
Extent: 84.0 Photographs
Date Acquired: 04/04/1979
Subjects: Grand Forks - Health Care, Health and Medicine
Languages: English
Scope and Contents of the Materials
Collection Historical Note
The United Hospital is the result of a consolidation between St. Michael's and Deaconess Hospital. In 1892, the Deaconess Hospital was founded, while St. Michael's Hospital opened in December 1907. In 1966, James A. Hamilton Associates recommended that Deaconess Hospital build a new structure next to St. Michael's Hospital. In 1969, Herman Smith Associates stated in their reports to the Community Health Planning Council that the two hospitals consolidate and build a new facility on a new site.
As a result of the growing community and region, Deaconess Hospital, St. Michael's Hospital, the Grand Forks Clinic, and the University of North Dakota Medical Center Rehabilitation discussed the problems of lack of space for expansion. In 1971, Deaconess and St. Michael's Hospitals became legally, but not physically, one United Hospital. Organizers broke ground for the first facility on Medical Park, a 90-acre campus of medical services and facilities including an acute care hospital, a rehabilitation hospital, a large specialty clinic, an orthopedic clinic, a family practice clinic, a nursing home, a chemical dependency center and a senior living center.
In 1977, United Hospital organized the first paramedic training program in North Dakota. Cardiac services had expanded to include open heart surgery by 1988. The United Hospital is now known as Altru Hospital and is part of Altru Health System.
Source: They Came to Stay, Grand Forks, North Dakota, Centennial 1874-1974
Subject/Index Terms
Administrative Information
Repository: Elwyn B. Robinson Department of Special Collections
Access Restrictions: Open for inspection under the rules and regulations of the Elwyn B. Robinson Department of Special Collections.
Acquisition Source: Dr. Elwyn B. Robinson, Grand Forks, North Dakota
Acquisition Method: Donation; 79-582, 79-583, and 79-584
Preferred Citation: (Description of Item). United Hospital Collection. OGLMC 553. Elwyn B. Robinson Department of Special Collections, Chester Fritz Library, University of North Dakota.
Processing Information: Photographs by Dr. Robinson of the former Deaconess (79-582) and St. Michael's (79-583) hospitals were transferred to the United Hospital photograph collection in 2023. All of these photographs were from 1976, several years after the merger to form United Hospital.
Box and Folder Listing
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- Box 1
- Folder 1: Newspaper Article and Notes, 1976
- Folder 2: Photographs of United Hospital, 1976
533-1: Exterior of hospital
533-2: Linear accelerator for radiation treatments
533-3: Blood bank
533-4 & 533-5: Laboratory
533-6 & 533-7: Pharmacy
533-8: First floor meeting room
533-9 through 533-11: Cafeteria
533-12: Library
533-13: Dietician office
533-14: First floor supply room
533-15 & 533-16: Emergency room
533-17 through 533-19: Patient room
533-20 & 533-21: Examining rooms
533-22: Registry
533-23: Doctor's lounge
533-24: Chapel
533-25: Patient cart
533-26: Physical therapy
533-27: Pantry and cart system for food delivery from kitchen
533-28: Storeroom
533-29: Patient lounge
533-30: Nursing service center
533-31: Pneumatic tube system for records
- Folder 3: Photographs from former Deaconess Hospital, 1976
533-32: Cafeteria
533-33 & 533-34: Pharmacy
533-35 through 533-40: Surgery
533-41: Cystology room in surgery for urological procedures
533-42: Surgical supply room
533-43 & 533-44: Patient rooms
533-45: First floor nursing station
533-46: Main floor lobby
533-47 through 533-49: Emergency room
533-50: Central supplies & receiving; part of emergency department
533-51: Examination room
533-52 through 533-54: X-ray department
533-55: Office area
533-56: Heart monitors
533-57: Third floor waiting room
533-58: Patient room
533-59: Third floor nursing station
- Folder 4: Photographs from former St. Michael's Hospital, 1976
533-60: Patient room
533-61: Lounge
533-62: Nursing station
533-63: Recovery room
533-64: Work room in surgery department
533-65 & 533-66: Surgery
533-67: Scrub area for surgery
533-68 through 533-70: Surgery
533-71: Chapel
533-72: Corridor with medication cart and food cart
533-73: Patient room
533-74 & 533-75: Nursing station
533-76: Utility room
533-77: Nursing station
533-78: Nursery nursing station
533-79 & 533-80: Delivery rooms
533-81: Labor room
533-82: Emergency room
533-83: Dialysis unit
533-84: Nursing station