Norwegian Lutheran Deaconesses' Home and Hospital annual reports and receipts
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Abstract
This collection consists of annual reports and receipts of the Norwegian Lutheran Deaconesses' Home and Hospital dating from the period 1891 to 1927.
Historical Note
The Norwegian Lutheran Deaconesses' Home and Hospital, originally named the Norwegian Relief Society, was founded by Sister Elizabeth Fedde, a deaconess from Norway, and was incorporated in 1886. Located at 441 Fourth Avenue in Brooklyn, the Society was established to provide relief to Brooklyn and New York City's impoverished Norwegian population. By 1889, the Society was able to open a 30-bed hospital at Fourth Avenue and 46th Street in Brooklyn, and in 1892 the Society was re-incorporated as the Norwegian Lutheran Deaconesses' Home and Hospital. It later merged with the Lutheran Hospital of Manhattan in 1956 to form the Lutheran Medical Center.
Sources:
- Evangelical Lutheran Church in America. "Lutheran Medical Center and School of Nursing, Brooklyn, New York." Accessed August 8, 2011. http://www.elca.org/Who-We-Are/History/ELCA-Archives/Exhibits/Lutheran-Deaconess-History/Norwegian-Deaconess-Home-and-Hospital-Brooklyn.aspx
Scope and Contents
This collection consists of annual reports and receipts of the Norwegian Lutheran Deaconesses' Home and Hospital dating from the period 1891 to 1927. Annual reports contain statistical and summary information on the Hospital's operations and finances, while receipts are for various services relating to facilities and maintenance, transportation, food, clothing, and medical equipment and supplies.
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Conditions Governing Access
Open to users without restriction.
Preferred Citation
Identification of item, date (if known); Norwegian Lutheran Deaconesses' Home and Hospital annual reports and receipts, ARC.246, Box and Folder number; Brooklyn Historical Society.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Gift of Wendy Glickman, 2006.
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Minimally processed to the collection level.
The collection combines the accessions 1985.116 and 2006.012.
