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Bethesda Hospital Collection, 1895-1999

Collection Overview

Title: Bethesda Hospital Collection, 1895-1999

ID: COLL/405

Extent: 51.0 Boxes

Arrangement: Folder level description

Abstract

Bethesda was a place for Christian mercy, i.e., the tubercular, the asthmatic, the mentally impaired, and the emotionally impaired. The collection includes a history paper (including information on Bethesda’s precursor at Maxwell City, New Mexico, 1898-1908); articles of incorporation; minutes; yearbooks; reports; briefs; public relations materials; audio-visual materials (including an extensive collection of photographs); albums; handbooks; correspondence; financial statements; newspaper clippings; and materials regarding the book, Bridges Across the Years: The Ninety-year History of the Bethesda Hospital Association of Denver, Colorado, by Meindert Bosch. Continuing organizations are as follows:  Bethesda Foundation Inc., Midwest Counseling Services, Health One, and Quiet Waters Ministry. [See also the Campus Titles Database.]

Box and Folder Listing

Series 1: Historical Material  and Constitutional Material
Box 1
Folder 1: History of Bethesda manuscript
Folder 2: Early news clippings in Ledger
Box 2
Folder 1: Bethesda's History and Heritage
Folder 2: Task Force on Bethesda's Heritage --- 1983
Folder 3: Constitutions
Folder 4: Articles of Incorporation and Amendments
Folder 5: Articles of Incorporation and Bylaws - Bethesda Psych Health System, (formerly Bethesda Hospital Association) --- August 1987
Folder 6: Bylaws Revision --- 1992
Series 2: Yearbooks, Anniversary Material, Brochures and Correspondence
Box 2
Folder 7: Yearbooks --- 1912-1919
Folder 8: 25th anniversary booklet
Folder 9: 50th anniversary celebration material
Folder 10: 75th anniversary celebration material
Folder 11: Brochures: "Bethesda Sanatorium: In the Land of Health Restoring Sunshine and Bracing Mountain Air," and "This is . . . Bethesda" --- Undated
Folder 12: Correspondence, A. H. (Harvey) Hermanson, (Bethesda field representative), re: Henry Ford car order; and reminisces [envelope notes by MB] --- 1945, 1987
Box 49
Folder 11: Christian Living Center 20th Anniversary program --- 1992
Box 50
Folder 6: Correspondence re: the Meindert Bosch book, Bridges across the Years --- 1986-1989
Series 3: Minutes --- 1924-1998
Box 3
Folder 1: Executive Committee/Board minutes --- August 1924-December 1926
Folder 2: Executive Committee minutes --- January 1927-July 1929
Folder 3: Executive Committee/Board minutes --- August 1929-January 1930
Folder 4-5: Executive Committee minutes --- November 1934-July 1937
Folder 6: Executive Committee/Board minutes --- August 1937-December 1939
Folder 7: Executive Committee minutes --- January 1940-August 1941
Folder 8-9: Executive Committee/Board minutes --- August 1941-December 1945
Box 4
Folder 1-8: Executive Committee/Board minutes --- 1946-1959
Box 5
Folder 1-9: Executive Committee/Board minutes --- 1960-1974
Box 6
Folder 1-5: Executive Committee/Board minutes --- 1975-February 1981
Folder 6: Board minutes --- March 1981-December 1981
Folder 7: Executive Committee/Board minutes --- 1982
Box 7
Folder 1-9: Executive Committee/Board minutes --- 1983-July 1991
Box 8
Folder 1-3: Executive Committee/Board minutes --- August 1991-April 1994
Folder 4: Governing Board minutes --- August 1987-June 1989
Folder 5: Governing Board minutes --- August-December 1989
Folder 6: Governing Board minutes --- August-June 1990
Folder 7: Budget and Finance Committee minutes --- September 1987-May 1988
Folder 8: Budget and Finance Committee minutes --- August 1989-June 1990
Folder 9: Budget and Finance Committee minutes --- August 1990-June 1991
Folder 10: Budget and Finance Committee minutes --- August 1991-June 1992
Box 9
Folder 1: Minutes of Denver Circle Board --- 1932-1941
Folder 2: Minutes of Denver Circle Board --- 1947-1964
Folder 3: Minutes of Denver Circle Board --- January 1965-February 1971
Folder 5-6: Systems Communication Group minutes --- August 1989-July 1991
Folder 7: Foundation Board of Trustees minutes --- August 1987-July 1988
Folder 8: Foundation Board of Trustees minutes --- August-October 1989
Folder 9: Foundation Board of Trustees minutes --- August-November 1990
Box 10
Folder 1-4: Executive Management Team minutes --- October 1989-June 1991
Folder 5: Heritage Task Force minutes --- October 1979-February 1984
Folder 6: Counseling Services Board minutes --- November 1989-April 1990
Folder 7: Counseling Services Board minutes --- August 1990-April 1991
Folder 8: Christian Counseling Governing Board minutes --- November 1987-May 1998
Folder 9: Clinical Services Board minutes --- July 1990-July 1991
Folder 10: Clinical Services Board minutes --- June 1991-June 1992
Box 11
Folder 1: Credentials and Nominating Committee minutes --- 1988-89
Folder 2: Planning Committee minutes --- January 1987-May 1988
Folder 3: PsycHealth Ventures Board minutes --- September 1987-June 1988
Folder 4: PsycHealth Services Governing Board minutes --- October-December 1987
Folder 5: Campus Completion Task Force Committee minutes --- September 1987-February 1988
Folder 6: Housing Corporation Board minutes --- Apr-88
Folder 7: Bethesda Professional Office Condominium Association minutes --- June 1982-October 1991
Box 46
Folder 1: Executive Committee and Board minutes --- April 1910 - August 1922
Folder 2-6: Executive Committee and Board minutes, --- September 1911 - August 1920
Box 47
Folder 1-4: Executive Committee and Board minutes --- August 1920 - August 1924
Folder 5-7: Executive Committee and Board minutes --- August 1927 - December 1934
Box 49
Folder 6: PsycHealth System Board of Trustees minutes --- February and April
Folder 7: Bethesda Cascade Advisory Committee minutes --- Apr-78
Series 6: Administrative Material
Box 9
Folder 4: Constitution of the Denver Circle for Bethesda Hospital --- Sep-68
Box 24
Folder 1: Master Plan Report --- 1966
Folder 2: Dedication of Unit A --- 1970
Folder 3: Application for new construction --- 1977
Folder 4: Building expansion material --- 1980
Folder 5: Long Range Planning documents --- 1985
Folder 6: Mental Health Center Construction Grant documents --- 1990
Box 25
Folder 1: Operational Review --- 1985-1990
Folder 2: Administrative Directors Report --- May 1958-December 1960
Folder 3: Business Managers reports --- March 1958-December 1960
Folder 4: Foundation Report to Trustees --- Aug-72
Folder 5: Bethesda Community Mental Health Center Report --- 1970
Folder 6: Policy resolutions
Folder 7: Rosters of various boards, committees, etc.
Folder 8: Meeting to explore new ventures --- 1985
Folder 9: Name Change certificate --- Sept. 1989
Folder 10: Bethesda/HealthOne merger documents --- 1994
Folder 11: PsycHealth brochures; letters --- 19,901,993
Folder 12: Dutch Festival materials
Folder 13: Promotional literature/photographs
Box 26
Folder 1: Public relations and tour guide material
Folder 2: Proposed Budget --- 1975-1976
Folder 3: Bulletin covers
Folder 4: Christmas seals
Folder 5: Personnel handbooks
Folder 6: Employee Recognition events
Folder 7: Treatment brochures/educational programs
Folder 8: List of patients --- 1947
Folder 9: Scripts for promotional films
Folder 10: Idzerd Van Dellen Fund documents
Folder 11: Statement of Goals
Folder 12: Capping Exercise Program
Folder 13: "Kill the Conjunctions," Theodore J. Jansma; an address delivered at the Fiftieth Anniversary  Banquet --- 1960
Folder 14: History Project reference material --- undated
Folder 15: History Project reference material --- undated
Folder 16: History Project reference material --- undated
Box 48
Folder 3: Maxwell City Ledger --- 1897
Folder 4: Chapel bulletins --- 1966
Folder 10: Meindert Bosch retirement materials [includes photographs] --- 1986
Box 49
Folder 1: Annual Report --- 1986
Folder 2: Administrative Evaluation and Study --- 1983
Folder 3: Special Report for State of Colorado --- 1982
Folder 4: Governance and Administrative Study --- 1982
Folder 5: Letter re: Merger of PsycHealth System and Health One --- 1994
Folder 8: Medical Director Report --- 1977
Folder 9: Material re: Bethesda's Closing and Historic Preservation of Property --- 1998
Folder 10: Medical Staff Roster --- 1986
Folder 12: Operating Budget --- 1985-1986
Folder 13: Report Heritage and Mission --- 1985
Folder 14: Administrative Directors Report --- Aug-79
Folder 15: Foundation Board of Trustees minutes --- Oct-95
Folder 16: Statement on CEO position --- 1976
Folder 17: Timeline for Christian Living Campus --- 1966-1973
Folder 18: Statement, Closure of the Community Mental Health Center
Folder 19: Nursing Home Committee minutes --- March 1968-November 1970
Folder 20: Administrative Director Reports --- August 1972-August 1977
Folder 21: Fee Schedules --- 1973 and 1985
Folder 22: Long-Range Strategic Plan --- 1986-1991
Folder 23: Material for Board of Trustees meeting --- Aug-87
Folder 24: Reference Material for Board of Trustees --- 1984
Box 50
Folder 4: Board of Trustees mid-year --- 1984
Folder 5: Report to the Board of Trustees --- 1985
Folder 7: Bethesda: "House of Mercy," Denver Landmark Preservation Commission Application for Designation of a Landmark District --- [1999?]
Folder 8: Consultation Visit: Cascade Christian Counseling Association (CCCA) --- 1982
Series 4: Audit Reports and Financial Statements --- 1922-1992
Box 12
Folder 1-7: Audit Reports --- 1922-1951
Folder 8: Audit Reports --- 1953-1957 (1955 missing)
Folder 9-10: Audit Reports --- 1958-1964
Box 13
Folder 1-3: Audit Reports --- 1965-1974
Folder 4: Audit Reports --- 1992-1993
Folder 5-8: Financial statements --- 1982-1992
Box 14
Folder 1-15: Foundation financial statements --- 1973-1987
Box 15
Folder 1: Annual Reports --- 1930, 1952
Folder 2-13: Annual Reports --- 1953-1964
Box 16
Folder 1-11: Annual Reports --- 1965-1975
Box 17
Folder 1-9: Annual Reports --- 1976-1984
Box 18
Folder 1: Annual Report --- 1985
Folder 2: Annual Report; Annual Meeting Report --- 1988/1989; 1992
Box 50
Folder 1: Financial and Statistical information --- 1986
Folder 2: PsycHealth System Financial Statements --- 1989-1990
1992
Folder 3: Hospital Association Financial Statements --- 1985-1987 and 1990
Series 5: Bethesda Briefs and Bulletins --- 1955-1990
Box 19
Folder 1: Bethesda Briefs --- 1955-1957
Folder 2: Bethesda Briefs --- 1961-1967
Box 20
Folder 1-4: Bethesda Briefs --- 1968-1971
Folder 5: Bethesda Mini Briefs --- 1972-1976
Folder 6: Bethesda Mini Briefs --- 1983-1987
Folder 7: Copies of "The Pager" --- June 1991-December 1995
Folder 8: Copies of "The Pager" --- Jan. 1996-November 1997
Box 21
Folder 1-7: Bethesda Bulletin --- 1921-1962, vol. 1-36
Box 22
Folder 1-7: Bethesda Bulletin --- 1962-1987, vol. 37-63
Folder 8: Christian Counseling Leader (formerly Bethesda Bulletin) --- 1987-1990, vol.1-[4]
Box 23
Folder 1: Bethesda Highlights --- June 1980-October 1985
Folder 2-6: Bethesda Mini Briefs --- 1972-1983
Folder 7: Booklet, "Beyond these Walls," (poetry by patients)
Series 7: Media
Box 27
Item 1: Video Tape: 5-part Series on Denver Channel 2 on Bethesda
Item 2: Video Tape: Dutch Festival --- 1984, 1985
Item 3: Video Tape: Benefit dinner --- 1981
Item 4: Audio tapes:25th Anniversary Banquet
Item 5: Audio tapes: Ambassador Bruce Landen
Box 33
Item 1: Mag. Tapes: Bethesda "Group"
Item 2: Mag. Tapes: Tomorrow's Leaders
Item 3: Mag. Tapes: Panel Discussion on Suicide
Item 4: Mag. Tapes: Denver Now
Item 5: Audio Tape: "Lest We Forget"
Box 34
Item 1: Video Tapes: Fighting the Stigma II
Item 2: Video Tapes: Continuum of Care --- 1991
Item 3: Video Tapes: Dutch Festival --- 1992
Box 38
Item 2: Films: When People Need Help
Item 3: Films: Bethesda . . . A Bridge
Box 45
Item 1: Films - Introducing You to Bethesda, Because You Care, A Place of Healing
Box 48
Folder 7: DVD:  Bethesda Sanatorium at Denver
Series 8: Photographs
Box 28
Folder 1: Early photographs of Bethesda and Denver area
Folder 2: Campus photographs
Folder 3: Campus photographs
Folder 4: Interior photographs
Folder 5: Dining room/kitchen photographs
Folder 6: Office/mail room photographs
Folder 7: Unit A photographs
Folder 8: Halfway House photographs
Folder 9: Food service building construction photographs
Folder 10: Office building construction --- 1982
Box 29
Folder 1: Groundbreaking photographs --- 1970
Folder 2: Groundbreaking photographs --- 1979
Folder 3: West addition groundbreaking photographs
Folder 4: Occupational therapy photographs
Folder 5: Recreational therapy photographs
Folder 6: Spiritual counseling photographs
Folder 7: Therapy sessions
Folder 8: First nurses aid class --- 1956
Folder 9: Capping exercises --- 1960
Folder 10: Capping exercises --- 1961-1962
Folder 11: Capping exercises --- 1963
Folder 12: Capping exercises --- 1964
Folder 13: Nursing staff --- 1965-1968
Folder 14: Nurses photographs
Box 30
Folder 1-2: Employee photographs - female
Folder 3: Employee photographs - male
Folder 4: Individual photographs - female
Folder 5-6: Individual photographs - male
Folder 7: Group photographs
Folder 8: Unidentified photographs --- 1920s
Box 31
Folder 1: Board of Trustees photographs
Folder 2: Administration photographs
Folder 3: Doctor photographs
Folder 4: Pastor photographs
Folder 5: Volunteer photographs
Folder 6: Photographs of couples
Folder 7: Unit A staff
Folder 8: Staff/Patient photographs
Folder 9: Employee Recognition Activity photographs
Folder 10: PsycHealth photographs (name change)
Folder 11: Annual meeting photographs
Folder 12: Speakers Forum photographs
Box 32
Folder 1: Seminar in the Rockies photographs
Folder 2: Dutch Festival photographs
Folder 3: Photographs of Bethesda float in parade
Folder 4: CPE photographs
Folder 5: Foundation Dinner photographs
Folder 6: "Denver How" TV show photographs
Folder 7: 50th Anniversary Banquet photographs
Folder 8: Original Bethesda Sanatorium in Maxwell, NM, photographs
Box 44
Item 1: 11 X 17 photographs --- circa 1920-1930
Box 48
Folder 1: Photo of John Zwier home in Maxwell City, NM --- 1895
Folder 5: Photographs of past presidents and chairmen
Folder 6: Photographs of Bethesda Hospital Association
Folder 8: Bethseda Sanatorium Photographs; Anthony Meeter --- [ca 1920-1935 and undated]
Folder 9: Bethseda Related Photographs; Edith Lappenga --- [ca 1920 and undated]
Series 9: Memorabilia and Albums
Box 35
Item 1: Tiles
Item 2: Anniversary spoon
Item 3: Blizzard of 1982 paper weight
Item 4: Correspondence seals
Box 36
Item 1: Albums - brochures, mini-briefs, Christmas letters, employee photographs
Box 37
Item 1: Albums - Annual Association meetings, Foundation Dinners --- 1975-81
Box 38
Item 4: Seals
Box 39
Item 1: Albums - news releases --- 1968-1970, 1970-1972, and 1972-1974
Box 40
Item 1: Albums - newspaper clippings --- 1969-1974, 1975-1977
Box 41
Item 1: Albums - newspaper clippings --- 1978-1980, 1981-1984
Box 42
Item 1: Albums - Banner, Herald, and newspaper articles --- 1948-1959, 1960-1966, 1985-1987
Box 43
Item 1: Albums - Speaker Forum --- 1975-1982, 1983-1984
Box 48
Folder 2: State License, Corporate Certificate, Values and Beliefs Code
Series 10: Dutch Festival --- 1982-1983
Box 51
Folder 1: Dutch Festival, early planning materials --- 1982
Folder 2: Dutch Festival, volunteer material --- 1983
Folder 3: Dutch Festival, decorations and costumes --- 1983
Folder 4: Dutch Festival, sales and merchandizing material --- 1983
Folder 5: Dutch Festival, programs and activities materials --- 1983
Folder 6: Dutch Festival, physical arrangements materials --- 1983
Folder 7: Dutch Festival, food committee minutes and related materials --- 1982-1983
Folder 8: Dutch Festival, advertising/promotion materials --- 1983
Folder 9: Dutch Festival, financial materials --- 1983
Folder 10: Dutch Festival, post festival critiques and final report --- 1983