128. Butterworth Hospital, Grand Rapids, Michigan

Records, 1880-1889.
2.5 cubic feet.

Background: Founded by the rector of St. Marks Episcopal Church, 1872, as a home for needy persons; officially incorporated as St. MarkÕs Home and Hospital, 1876; renamed Butterworth Hospital, 1894 in honor of benefactor Richard E. Butterworth; became an independent corporation, 1902, and largest hospital in Grand Rapids.

Summary: Photographs; annual reports; minutes; newsclippings; scrapbooks; and yearbooks. Include photographs showing hospital interior and exterior, n.d. such as operating room, wards, and groups of nursing school and staff; minutes of St. MarkÕs Home and Hospital, 1880-1899; annual reports, 1890, 1900-1954; nursing school yearbooks, ÒThe Voyager,Ó ÒWhite Caps,Ó and ÒServio,Ó 1927-1970; documents and memorabilia related to fund-raising and construction of the new hospital building, ca. 1920; and an advertising supplement from the Grand Rapids PRESS, 1973, containing a history produced for the centennial of the hospital.

Repository: Michigan and Family History Department, Grand Rapids Public Library.