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Fanny Allen Hospital Archives
Bishop DeGoesbriand Memorial Hospital, Offices of the Superior/Administrator series
(1924-1967)

Administrative History
The Religious Hospitallers of St. Joseph served in the Bishop DeGoesbriand Memorial Hospital, their second Catholic hospital in Vermont State. Bishop Rice asked the RHSJ to staff and administer this new 100 bed hospital that supported the medical college of the University of Vermont.

Scope and Content
This series consists of files created, accumulated and used by the Administrator of the Bishop DeGoesbriand Memorial Hospital, particularly during the tenure of Sister Frances Dower, from its opening in 1924,  through the merger with the University of Vermont College of Medicine and the Mary Fletcher Hospital in 1966 to form the Medical Center Hospital of Vermont. It includes minutes, correspondence, by-laws and legal documents, financial documents, information on the staff, building, and programs of the hospital.
The series consists of the following six subseries: administrator’s correspondence and other papers; by-laws; minutes, annual reports, and financial documents; Doctor and staff information; newspaper clippings and historical material; wills, bequests and deeds.

02.01.00 Administrator’s correspondence and other papers subseries (1938 –1967)
02.02.00 By-laws subseries (1938 –1960)
02.03.00 Minutes, annual reports, and financial documents subseries (1924-1968)
02.04.00 Doctor and Staff information subseries (1924-1973)
02.05.00 Newspaper clippings and historical material subseries (1925-1993)
02.06.00 Wills, Bequests and Deeds subseries (1923 –1967)

02.01.00 Administrator’s correspondence and other papers subseries (1938 –1967)
Scope and Content
This subseries consists primarily of the correspondence to and from the Superiors and Administrators of the Hospital. The files of Sister Frances Dower along with those of Sister Aurore Parenteau are particularly well represented. Also included in this subseries are records relating to the relationship between BDGH and the University of Vermont and the Mary Fletcher Hospital; correspondence, memos, and other records relating to the merger of the institutions to form the Medical Center Hospital of Vermont.

Folder List
Box 17
1        Hospital letters – Sister Superior’s correspondence (incoming)       1938-1960
2        Sister Dower, Administrator, correspondence           1952-1955   
3        Sister Dower, Administrator, correspondence           1956-1957 
4        Sister Dower and Parenteau, Administrators, correspondence        1958-1959
5        Sister Parenteau, Administrator, correspondence      1960-1962    
6        Corr. regarding staff, organization and relationship with UVM Medical School and Fanny Allen Hospital   1940s-1950s 
7        Letters regarding the selling of the Hospital              1956   
8        Letters regarding Hospital expansion and various departmental memos           1956-1959   
9        Bp DeGoesbriand Hospital relations with Mary Fletcher Hospital and UVM College of Medicine     1958-1960
10       Historic hospital merger is possible here in 1967; DeGoesbriand Doings : DeGoesbriand Employees’ Newsletter          1967  
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02.02.00 By-laws subseries (1938 –1960)
Scope and Content
This subseries consists of by-laws, articles of association, and other legal documents for the Bishop DeGoesbriand Hospital Inc., later the Bishop DeGoesbriand Memorial Hospital, Inc., the Medical Staff of the Hospital, the Medical Center of Vermont, Vermont Association of Nurse Anesthetists. It also contains meeting minutes, rules and regulations and other documents relating to the by-laws.

Folder List
Box 17
11       Articles of association and by-laws     1923
12       Board of Corporation minute book            1923-1945
13      By-laws and rules and regulations of the Medical Staff      1924-1959
14      Articles of association and correspondence regarding the Medical Center of Vermont  1945
15      VT Assoc. of Nurse Anesthetists by-laws, letters, programs, clippings, and fee schedules   1953-1960
16       Legal change of name to Bishop DeGoesbriand Memorial Hospital, Inc.      1956
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02.03.00 Minutes, annual reports, and financial documents subseries (1924-1968)
Scope and Content
This subseries consists of board minutes, annual reports and financial documents of the Bishop DeGoesbriand Hospital. Along with minutes of the chairman’s committee and medical board, there are also meeting minutes and reports from various hospital departments and committees, and, after 1966, from the Medical Center Hospital of Vermont. The annual reports include financial information and reports on hospital services including numbers of patients admitted, treatments administered, deaths, laboratory statistics, and annual reports, including statistics, to the American Medical Association. Financial documents report on loans and hospital revenues and expenditures and correspondence.

 Folder list
Box 17
17       Annual reports         1924-1930
18       Annual reports to the American Medical Association           1924-1934
19       Notes on money lend and merger information                  1924-1966
20       Statistics, reports, financial statements, and expenditures        1924-1959
21       Correspondence with legal council and others regarding financial affairs   1925-1964
22       Annual reports, AMA annual census, and comparative report         1937-1939, 1945, 1964
23        Papers regarding accounts and loans      1939-1945
24         Financial statements      1942-1964
25         Hospital department reports        1945-1956
26         Statements of income and expense         1946-1958
27         Annual reports of hospital services           1951-1959
28         Board minutes and correspondence, esp. Medical Advisory Board  1952-1959
29         Medical records committee minutes and memorandum     1953-1959
30         American Medical Association correspondence    1955-1956
31         Pharmacy committee minutes and correspondence          1955-1958
OS Box 10        Catholic Hospital Association membership certificate        1957
32         Vermont Rehabilitation Center minutes, financial statements, and reports   1960-1961
33         Report of the Joint Hospital Committee    1966
34         Medical Center Hospital of Vermont, Inc., Board meetings 1966-1968
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02.04.00 Doctor and Staff information subseries (1924-1973)
Scope and Content
This subseries consists of records relating to doctors and other staff of the Bishop DeGoesbriand Hospital. It includes lists of doctors who worked at the hospital, as well as policies regarding interns, lists of Associates and volunteers of the Hospital, and documents from the Chaplain’s department.

Folder List
Box 17
35     List of attending doctors     1924-1928
36     Doctors staff appointments     1926-1948
37     House staff and staff officers     1939-1953
38     Doctors staff appointments     1950-1959
39     Photograph of doctors at a banquet     [196-?]
40     Rules and Regulations for Interns and Staff Officers and Instructions for Interns     1932-1938
41     Hospital Volunteer program list     1957-1958
41     Directors of Bishop DeGoesbriand Hospital Associates     1958
42     Chaplains at the Medical Center Hospital of Vermont documents    1970-1973
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02.05.00 Newspaper clippings and historical material subseries (1925-1993)
Scope and Content
This subseries consists of articles written on the hospital and its departments, including the School of Nursing, photographs of the building, Sisters and staff, newspaper articles, pamphlets and other publications, and an operating room manual developed by Sister Rock. This subseries also contains documents relating to the Mary Fletcher Hospital and the Medical Center Hospital of Vermont.

Folder List
Box 17
44     Bishop DeGoesbriand Hospital history, 1924-1967     1967
45     History of the Rhsj at Bp DeGoesbriand Hospital to 1968      1972
46     This is your hospital : DeGoesbriand Memorial Hospital     [196-?]
47     Photographs of the Hospital during construction     1925
48     Photographs     1935-1960
49     History of the X-ray department     1982
50     Photos and info on the Jeanne Mance School of Nursing    1958-1993
51     Jeanne Mance School of Nursing History; Camp St. Joseph     1951, 1953
52     Arnold Nursing Home annual report and other information     1962
53     Operating room manual : DeGoesbriand     [after 1966]
54     Interesting facts about the Mary Fletcher Hospital     1928
55     Medical Center of Vt, newsletters, publicity, and memos re: staff pension, health plan, and equipment     1960s
56     News paper articles on Bishop DeGoesbriand Hospital     1930, 1940s
57     Newspaper articles on the DeGoesbriand Hospital    1950s-1960s
58     Articles on the Hospital merger     1965, 1967
59      Brochures     [1946], [after 1958?]
60      Medical Center of VT redevelopment fund brochures     [ca. 1982?]
OS Box 10        Bishop DeGoesbriand photo album     1961-1964
OS Box 10        Bishop DeGoesbriand photo album – Doctors and staff     [196-?]
61     Photos of BDGH      1960 -1965
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02.06.00 Wills, Bequests and Deeds subseries (1923 –1967)
Scope and Content
This subseries consists of wills, bequests and deeds of the Bishop DeGoesbriand Memorial Hospital. The deeds include the property on which the hospital and School of Nursing stood and other properties donated to the hospital.

Folder List
Box 18
1     Deeds for Bishop DeGoesbriand Hospital     1923-1945
2     Deeds for Bishop DeGoesbriand Hospital, Jeanne Mance School of Nursing, and estate of Mary Derway     1926-1955
3     Deeds : B.A. Anderson, Rev. Joseph Reynolds, Alice Rockwell, Lewis Jones     1903-1929
4     Letters of contract to Bishop DeGoesbriand Hospital (financial) – Bequests      1924-1929
5     Various estates     1919-1951
6     Various wills and bequests     1926-1955
7     Bequests to the Hospital and individual Sisters : estates of Alice McElroy, Rev. J.E. Pariseau, and Marie Habu     1932-1955
8     Various deeds and bequests     1935-1952
9     Estate of Peter Fox     1936
10     Estates of Gertrude Gage and W.H. McAuliffe     1937-1938
11     Estate of John Flynn     1940
12     Estate of Dorothy Ives     1967
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