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Sketch of the Original Jewish Hospital, n.d.
Sketch of the original Jewish Hospital, undated. Rafael T. Wathen was a longtime employee in the maintenance department at both the old and new Jewish Hospital. He retired in 1965 at age 77. -
Laying the Cornerstone, ca. 1903
A group gathers to lay the cornerstone of the original Jewish Hospital. -
Original Board of Directors and Rabbis, ca. 1905
Photograph of the original board of directors and rabbis who oversaw the dedication and creation of Jewish Hospital.
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Letter from Jewish Ladies Benevolent Society No. 1, October 1914
In this letter to the Jewish Hospital board president Samuel Hess, Gussie Newberger outlines how the Jewish Ladies Benevolent Society No. 1 wants its donations to the hospital to be used. She explains that the society would like $65 spent on a “Demonstrator” doll for medical training, “in order to protect the Charity Patients from Fright [and] Exposure” from being used as learning material for medical or nursing students.
Through donations and volunteer work, the Jewish Ladies Benevolent Society No. 1 contributed to the mission, maintenance, and growth of Jewish Hospital. The Jewish Welfare Federation and the National Council of Jewish Women Louisville Section also gave critical support to the hospital.
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Blank Hospital Bill, ca. 1918
In January 1918, distillers and philanthropists Bernard and Isaac Bernheim contributed $100,000 for an addition to the Jewish Hospital. One of the conditions attached to the brothers’ donation was their request to rename the hospital Bernheim Memorial Hospital in memory of their parents. The blank hospital bill with the “Bernheim Memorial Hospital” letterhead is a remnant of the board’s initial acceptance of the donation with its conditions. -
Letter from Bernard Bernheim, 1918 June 25
Letter from Bernard Bernheim to the Board of Directors of Jewish Hospital responding to a decision to keep the Jewish Hospital name. Bernheim contributed $100,000 for an addition to Jewish Hospital on the condition that they rename the hospital Bernheim Memorial Hospital in memory of his parents. -
Board Resolution, 22 December 1918
Board resolution to keep the name Jewish Hospital. After the Bernheims informed the board in December that Jewish Hospital could keep their donation without renaming the hospital, the board passed this resolution accepting the gift from the Bernheims and praising them for sacrificing their desire to rename the hospital in honor of their parents. -
Joseph & Joseph Architectural Rendering, ca. 1950
Architectural rendering of the new Jewish Hospital by Joseph & Joseph Architects -
Plan for the University of Louisville Medical Center, ca. 1955
Plan for the University of Louisville Medical Center. After World War II, a fervor of urban renewal swept through American cities, shifting populations and remaking neighborhoods with major construction projects. The new downtown Medical Center was a key urban renewal project for Louisville and involved complex coordination between the University of Louisville (U of L), Jewish Hospital, the city, and a forerunner of the Louisville Chamber of Commerce called The Louisville Area Development Association (LADA). The city exercised eminent domain to obtain much of the land, deeming older buildings unsafe and buying or requisitioning them for demolition. U of L then arranged for Jewish Hospital to lease the land for $1 a year for 99 years. -
Site of New Jewish Hospital, ca. 1950
Sign reading "Site of New Jewish Hospital Affiliated with the University Medical Center." -
Cover of 1954 Annual Report
Cover of the 1954 Annual Report, the Jewish Hospital Association of Louisville, KY -
Uniongram from Congregation Brith Sholom Sisterhood, 1953
Congratulatory telegram sent from the Brith Sholom Sisterhood to board president E. M. Bottigheimer for the cornerstone laying on September 13, 1953. -
Article on Harold Berg in the Jewish Hospital Publication "Service," October 1967
"Our Mosaic Making Doctor." Article featuring Harold Berg for the Jewish Hospital Publication "Service." -
News Clippings from the 75th Anniversary Scrapbook, 1926
News clippings from the 75th Anniversary scrapbook describing efforts to avoid closing the Jewish Hospital
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Rates at Jewish Hospital, 1932
Rates of service at Jewish Hospital. -
The New Jewish Hospital Building Fundraising Pamphlet, 1946
In June 1946 Jewish Hospital launched a fundraising drive for a new hospital. Images in the fundraising pamphlet contrasted the overcrowded wards and outdated equipment of the current Jewish Hospital with the modern facilities that a new institution would offer. The drive reached its goal of $750,000 in just over a month.
In drawing attention to the cramped conditions of Jewish Hospital in the 1940s, the pamphlet also provides a view of the racial segregation of its staff. In these images, the laboratory technicians are all white women, and the laundry workers are all African American women -
“The Future Is in Your Hands” Pamphlet, ca. 1957
This graphic and text are from a Jewish Hospital expansion fund pamphlet. Provides examples of the amount of labor needed to run a hospital. -
Surgical Technicians in Training, October 1967
Image from the Jewish Hospital periodical Micro Scoop of surgical technicians in training. -
Orderlies in Equipment Room, 1967
Image from the periodical Micro Scoop on orderlies (nurses' aides) checking the equipment in the new wing of Jewish Hospital. The orderlies are identified as Robert McGregor (L) and William Scrivener (R). -
Clipping from Service, April 1969
Clipping from Service, a Jewish Hospital publication featuring stories about hospital employees and developments, was distributed to members of the Jewish Hospital Association. The clipping features of picture Ms. Evelyn Corder holding a tray of the Seder dinner sent to Jewish patients.