gr00174.xml Health Department: Hospital Services Division: An Inventory of Its Maternity Hospital Records at the Minnesota Historical Society National Historical Publications and Records Commission. Minnesota Historical Society
St. Paul, MN.

Government Records

 Finding aid encoded by Cheri Thies, January 2011. Finding aid written in English. OVERVIEW Minnesota Historical Society Minnesota. Division of Hospital Services. Maternity hospital records. 1918-1958. Materials in English. Records for maternity hospitals in Aitkin, Albany, Anoka, Barnesville, Belgrade, Bemidji, Blackduck, Brainerd, Deer River, Echo, Elk River, Ellsworth, Forest Lake, Grandy, Halstad (?), International Falls, Jackson, Minneapolis, Pequot Lakes, St. Paul, Sandstone, Sleepy Eye, and Stanchfield; a list (post-1917?) of maternity hospitals licensed by the state Board of Control; and additional records for the Iverson Maternity Home in Echo. 4.95 cu. ft. (5 boxes; 1 partial box). See Detailed Description for shelf locations. CATALOG HEADINGS

This collection is indexed under the following headings in the catalog of the Minnesota Historical Society. Researchers desiring materials about related topics should search the catalog using these headings.

Topics: Vital statistics -- Minnesota. Women's hospitals -- Minnesota -- Aitkin -- Admission and discharge. Women's hospitals -- Minnesota -- Anoka -- Admission and discharge. Women's hospitals -- Minnesota -- Belgrade -- Admission and discharge. Women's hospitals -- Minnesota -- Blackduck -- Admission and discharge. Women's hospitals -- Minnesota -- Echo -- Admission and discharge. Women's hospitals -- Minnesota -- Elk River -- Admission and discharge. Women's hospitals -- Minnesota -- Ellsworth -- Admission and discharge. Women's hospitals -- Minnesota -- Forest Lake -- Admission and discharge. Women's hospitals -- Minnesota -- Grandy -- Admission and discharge. Women's hospitals -- Minnesota -- Halstad -- Admission and discharge. Women's hospitals -- Minnesota -- International Falls -- Admission and discharge. Women's hospitals -- Minnesota -- Minneapolis -- Admission and discharge. Women's hospitals -- Minnesota -- Pequot Lakes -- Admission and discharge. Women's hospitals -- Minnesota -- Saint Paul -- Admission and discharge. Women's hospitals -- Minnesota -- Sandstone -- Admission and discharge. Women's hospitals -- Minnesota -- Sleepy Eye -- Admission and discharge. Women's hospitals -- Minnesota -- Stanchfield -- Admission and discharge. Women's hospitals -- Minnesota -- Albany -- Admission and discharge. Women's hospitals -- Minnesota -- Barnesville -- Admission and discharge. Women's hospitals -- Minnesota -- Jackson -- Admission and discharge. Women's hospitals -- Minnesota -- Bemidji -- Admission and discharge. Women's hospitals -- Minnesota -- Brainerd -- Admission and discharge. Women's hospitals -- Minnesota -- Deer River -- Admission and discharge. Organizations: Minnesota. Dept. of Health. Document Types: Hospital records -- Minnesota. Birth records -- Minnesota. Functions: Registering. ADMINISTRATIVE INFORMATION Access Restrictions:

Access to birth records less than 100 years old is restricted pursuant to Minn. Stat. 144.225.

 Preferred Citation:

[Indicate the cited item and/or series here]. Minnesota. Division of Hospital Services. Maternity Hospital Records. Minnesota Historical Society.

See the Chicago Manual of Style for additional examples.

 Accession Information:

Accession number(s): None; 984-166; 2010-3

 Processing Information:

Processing and cataloging of this collection was supported with a Basic Project grant awarded by the National Historical Publications and Records Commission (NHPRC).

Catalog ID number: 001709749

 DETAILED DESCRIPTION 116.D.16.9B Maternity Hospitals Licensed by Board of Control, [after 1917?].

Open for Use

 Maternity Hospitals Licensed by Board of Control, [after 1917?]. Mrs. Victor Anderson’s Maternity Home, Pequot Lakes, registers, 1940-1942. 2 volumes. Unnamed hospital or home, Pequot Lakes/Brainerd Area, registers, October 1942-April 1946. 5 volumes.

Nos. 1-304; possibly a successor to the Anderson Home.

 Unnamed hospital or home, Elk River, registers, July 1944-1951. 2 volumes.

Nos. 1-52, July 1944-August 1948; Nos. 1-35, August 1948-June 1951.

 Tynelius Home Hospital, Grandy and Stanchfield, registers, 1938-1948. 7 volumes.

Nos. 1-234, July 1938-December 1944; Nos. 1-47, December 1945-January 1948 (Stanchfield only).

 Engquist Home Hospital, Forest Lake, registers, 1931-1942. 2 volumes.

Nos. 1-152, October 1931-August 1942.

 106.G.7.8F-1 Ide Maternity Home, Sandstone, registers, 1938-1941. 2 volumes. Belgrade Hospital, registers, 1938-1944. 4 volumes. Gates Hospital, Anoka, registers, 1922-1937. 3 volumes. Emergency Relief Hospital, Minneapolis, register, 1935. 1 volume. 106.G.7.8F-2 Flath Home Hospital, Anoka, register, 1925-1942. 1 volume. Gray Home Hospital, Aitkin, registers, 1930-1937. 2 volumes. Norbo Home, Blackduck, register, 1932-1943. 1 volume. Norman Home Hospital, [Halstad?], register, 1927-1937. 1 volume. Elizabeth Jacobs Home Hospital, Sleepy Eye, registers, 1936-1941. 7 volumes.

Volume Nos. 1-[7].

 Iverson Maternity Home, Echo, records, 1943-1958. 7 folders. Registers, 1943-1958. 12 volumes in 3 folders.

Some volumes are indexed.

Statement of services, 1944. Schedule of charges, obstetric and pediatric rates, 1945. Minnesota State Board of Health license certificates, 1953-1954, 1957-1958. Carrie, undated.

Fictional essay about a maternity home written by Dr. Richard Iverson, grandson of Iverson Maternity Home operator Carrie Iverson; includes photocopies of pictures, maternity register entry, statements of services, and nursing textbook articles.

 106.G.8.1B St. Paul Hospital registers, 1918-1933. 1918-1924. 7 volumes.

Includes a one volume index covering 1920-1927.

 106.G.8.2F-1 1924-1928. 2 volumes. 106.G.8.2F-2 1928-1933. 3 volumes. Mrs. A. G. Sanborn Home, International Falls, register, 1944-1945. 1 volume. Ellsworth Hospital, Ellsworth, registers, 1926-1942. 2 volumes. Biorn Maternity Home, Jackson, register, 1933. Brooks Maternity Home, Deer River, registers, 1928-1931. Falls Maternity Home, Bemidji, registers, 1930-1931. Gorton Maternity Home, Brainerd, registers, 1927-1929, 1935. McDonald Home Hospital, Barnesville, registers, 1930-1931. Mahowald Hospital, Albany, register, 1930.