Founded as Columbus Hospital by the Sisters of Providence in 1892, a nursing school ran from 1894 until 1968, with 1116 graduates. Benefis was formed by a merger of Columbus Hospital and Montana Deaconess Hospital in 1996. Benefis ended its affiliation with Providence in 2006.
The first Sisters of Providence came to the American West from Montreal in 1852 to serve in what was then known as the Diocese of Nisqually, but their mission was cut short due to lack of preparation and support. On their way home by ship to Quebec, they stopped in Valparaiso, Chile, and remained to serve orphans and others in need. …
Founded by the Sisters of Providence as a residence for retired clergy in 1911, Blanchet Home was closed in 1925, when the residents and sisters were transferred to St. Joseph Home for the Aged in Spokane, Washington, now known as St. Joseph Care Center.
Founded by the Sisters of Providence in 1961, Catholic Junior High School was closed in 1967.
Images of popes, bishops, and priests both individually and in groups.
This collection is a catch-all for items which do not fit within our other collections, and which often do not relate directly to Providence heritage but nonetheless have value to our users, such as prayer cards.
This collection documents the various iterations of Providence Health & Services, which was originally incorporated by the Sisters of Providence in Washington Territory in 1859.
Founded in 1902 by the Sisters of Providence, Holy Cross Hospital was closed in 1918.
Founded by the Sisters of Providence at St. Ignatius Mission in 1914, Holy Family Hospital was originally housed within the St. Ignatius Indian School. When the school burned in 1919, the hospital acquired its own building, and continued operation until 1977 when it was transferred to Mission Valley Hospital.
Originally part of the Dominican Network, Holy Family transferred to Providence sponsorship in 1993.
Founded by the Sisters of Providence in 1927, the school closed in 1972.
Founded by the Sisters of Provdence in 1915; school closed in 1968.
Founded by the Sisters of Providence in 1946, Immaculate Conception Grade School joined with Monroe High School in 1955. The sisters withdrew from education ministry in Fairbanks in 1976.
Founded by the Sisters of Providence in unincorporated King County in 1966, the school now serves the incorporated City of Burien.
The Sisters of Providence opened the mission in 1994, and continue to serve the people of San Salvador.
A miscellaneous collection of liturgical material which is not connected to any specific ministry of the Sisters of Providence.
Founded by the Sisters of Providence in 1878, the school closed in 1974.
Mother Joseph Province was formed in 2000 by the Sisters of Providence out of a merger of Sacred Heart Province, based in Seattle, Washington, and St. Ignatius Province, based in Spokane, Washington. Both of the original two provinces were established in 1891. The collection documents the governance of the province, as well as religious …
Founded by the Sisters of Providence as a convent, nursing home for retired sisters, and the seat of the former St. Ignatius Province in 1951.
Founded by the Sisters of Providence in 1906, the school was closed in 1959.
A parish school staffed by the Sisters of Providence beginning in 1955. The convent was closed in 1976, but there was still a sister on the teaching staff as late as 1990.
At a chapter meeting in 2006, the sisters chose the name Our Lady of Providence for the new Vice-Province in the Philippines.
Founded by the Sisters of Providence in 1868, the school closed in 1901.
A parish school staffed by the Sisters of Providence beginning in 1950. The sisters withdrew in 1971.
Founded by the Sisters of Providence in 1876, the school closed in 1898.
Founded by the Sisters of Providence in 1929, Ozanam closed in 1966.
The flagship institution of the Sisters of Providence in the West, Providence Academy dates its foundation to 1856, when five sisters arrived at Fort Vancouver in Oregon Territory, having travelled by ship and train from Montreal at the behest of Augustin Magloire Alexandre Blanchet, bishop of what was then known as the Diocese of …
Founded by the Sisters of Providence in 1938, the medical center is today Alaska's premiere healthcare provider.
Providence Centralia was formed out of a merger of Centralia General Hospital and St. Helen Hospital, and has been part of Providence Health & Services since 1988.
Founded by the Sisters of Providence as an orphange in 1944, the Child Center now includes Providence Motessori School; the Center for Medically Fragile Children, a pediatric skilled nursing facility; Providence Neurodevelopmental Center for Children, comprehensive neurodevelopmental evaluation and therapy services; and Swindells Child …
Founded in 1988, Providence ElderPlace is an innovative program of health care and social services for older adults based on the PACE (Program of All Inclusive Care for the Elderly) model of care.
The foundation of Providence Elizabeth House resulted from a collaboration between Providence Health System, the Seattle Housing Authority and HUD (United States Department of Housing and Urban Development) as part of the Hope VI redevelopment of The Highpoint neighborhood in West Seattle.
Founded by the Sisters of Providence in 1986, Emilie House continues to provide government-subsidized living accommodations to seniors.
Founded in 1983, Providence Extended Care Center provides skilled care and rehabilitation services. Care is provided by professional staff from a variety of medical disciplines, working together to develop individual plans of care to help each resident.
Providence Heights was founded in 1961, and served as the provincial seat of the former Sacred Heart Province and the novitiate for the Sisters of Providence. The Heights also contained the College of Sister Formation, an accredited school which taught a variety of disciplines to women religious of various communities, including the …
Founded by Sisters of Providence health System in 1990, Heritage House continues to provide assisted living to seniors in the heart of the Pike Place Market in downtown Seattle.
Founded by the Sisters of Providence in 1955, Providence High School was awarded Blue Ribbon status during the 1997-1998 academic year, a national educational award given through the U.S. Department of Education to schools of excellence.
Founded by the Sisters of the Holy Cross in 1961, Providence Health System assumed sponsorship of this institution in 1996.
Founded by the Sisters of Providence in 1902, the hospital ran a nursing school from 1904 until 1972, with 1515 graduates. Providence sponsorship of the hospital ended in 1992 after the institution was consolidated with Merritt Peralta Medical Center in response to heavy debt.
Founded by the Sisters of Providence in 1891, the hospital was closed in 1968 due to aging facilities. It was replaced by East Shoshone General Hospital.
Founded in 1979 to provide a temporary home for women with children in crisis.
Founded as Marianwood Extended Care Services by the Sisters of St. Joseph in 1985, sponsorship was transferred to Providence Health System in 1996.
Founded by the Sisters of Providence in 1911 as Sacred Heart Hospital. A nursing school ran from 1913 until 1933, with 28 graduates.
Originally opened as Dwyer Memorial Hospital & Medical Center in 1968, Providence assumed sponsorship of the hospital in 1986.
Founded by the Sisters of Providence in 1924 as St. Vincent Home for the Aged, the facility aslo served as the provincial seat and novitiate for the former Sacred Heart Province. The Home served members of the public as well as the retired Sisters of Providence until 1966, when Saint Joseph Residence was opened on the same campus to …
Founded as Newberg Community Hospital in 1979, Providence Health System assumed sponsorship of the hospital in 1994.
Founded by the Sisters of Providence in 1941, the hospital operated a school of nursing from 1944 until 1962, with 635 graduates.
Originally founded in 1963 as the Mother Emilie Gamelin Department within Providence Hospital in Seattle, the department was also known simply as the "House of the Poor." The institution was renamed Providence Regina House in 1984, in honor of Sr. Mary Regina Bomber, who served at the ministry from 1963 until her death in 1984.
Founded by the Sisters of Providence in 1905, the first hospital occupied the former Monte Cristo Hotel. From 1911 to 1957, the hospital ran a school of nursing, graduating 424 students. The medical center expanded onto two campuses after a merger with Everett General Hospital in 1993.
Founded by the Sisters of Providence in 1886, the first hospital was designed by Mother Joseph of the Sacred Heart and stood on the banks of the Spokane River. The hospital moved to its present location in 1910, and was the seat of the former St. Ignatius Province from 1926 until 1951. The institution operated a school of nursing from …
Founded by the Sisters of Providence in 1942, the hospital has enjoyed support from the Disney family, Bob and Dolores Hope, and other Burbank and Hollywood notables, partly due to its proximity to Disney Studios which are across the street.
This hospital transferred to Providence sponsorship from the Dominican Network in 1993.
Founded by the Sisters of Providence in 1887, the hospital ran a graduate nursing school from 1919 until 1955, with 341 graduates, and a practical nursing school from 1955 until 1970, with 273 graduates.
Founded by the Sisters of Providence in 1875, the hospital ran a nursing school from 1892 until 1975, with 1200 graduates.
Founded by the Sisters of Providence in 1981.
The hospital dates its founding to 1877, when the Sisters of Providence contracted to care for residents of the King County Poor Farm. A school of nursing ran from 1907 until 1941, with 1296 graduates. Sponsorship was transferred to Swedish Health Services in 2000.
Estabished in 1992 as a holding company for the education, healthcare, and social service ministries of the Sisters of Providence in St. Ignatius Province, Providence Services was merged with Providence Health System in 2006, to become Providence Health & Services.
Founded in 1985 to provide housing to low-income seniors.
Founded as St. Elizabeth Hospital by the Sisters of Providence in 1891, the hospital ran a nursing school from 1907 until 1971, with 1085 graduates. The institution was sold in 2003 to Health Management Associates.
Founded by the Sisters of Providence in 1885, the school merged with Loyola High School in 1974 to become Loyola Sacred Heart School.
Sacred Heart Province was established in 1891, along with two others in the West (St. Ignatius Province, based in Missoula, Montana, and St. Vincent de Paul Province, based in Portland, Oregon). The provincial seat moved north to Seattle in 1924, housed with St. Vincent Home for the Aged. In 1961, the provincial offinces moved to the …
Founded by the Sisters of Providence in 1929, the sisters withdrew in 1970. The school closed in 1980.
Founded by the Sisters of Providence in 1873, the school closed in 1921.
Founded by the Sisters of Providence in 1886, the hospital was transferred to Choteau County in 1974.
Founded by the Sisters of Providence in September 1945, the first classes were held in tents and the parish church prior to completion of the school building that November. the sisters withdrew from the school in 1984.
Originally founded by the Dominican Sisters of the Holy Cross (based in Edmonds, Washington), sponsorship was transferred to the Sisters of Providence in 1983. The hospital was merged with Centralia General Hospital in 1988 to form Providence Centralia Hospital.
Founded in 1864 by four Sisters of Providence, including Mary of the Infant Jesus, to teach Native American children, the mission formed the basis for what later became St. Igantius Province (formed in 1891). The school burned to the ground in 1919, and was not replaced. However, St. Julian Hospital (later Holy Family Hospital) had been …
St. Ignatius Province was established in Missoula, Montana, in 1891, along with two others in the West (Sacred Heart Province, based in Vancouver, Washington, and St. Vincent de Paul Province, based in Portland, Oregon). The provincial seat moved from Missoula to Sacred Heart Hospital in Spokane, Washington in 1927, and then to Mount …
Founded by the Sisters of Providence in 1890, the facility was tranferred to Jefferson General Hospital in 1975.
Founded by the Sisters of Providence in 1886, the school closed in 1965.
Founded by the Sisters of Providence in 1875, the school closed in 1969.
Founded by the Sisters of Providence as St. Joseph Home for the Aged in 1925, when residents and sisters from the former Blanchet Home in Vancouver, Washington were moved to Spokane.
Originally founded by the Dominican sisters based in Edmonds, Washington, the Sisters of Providence Health System assumed sponsorship in 1983. The institution was transferred to Grays Harbor Community Hospital in 1988.
Founded by the Sisters of Providence in 1910, the hospital was transferred to Fairbanks Community Hospital in 1968.
Originally part of Presentation Health System, St. Joseph Hospital transferred to Providence sponsorship in 1990.
Founded by the Sisters of Providence in 1858, the hospital was transferred to St. Joseph Community Hospital in 1967.
Saint Joseph Residence opened in 1966 to provide assisted living and skilled nursing care to Sisters of Providence. After the building was completed, retired or ill sisters who had resided at Mount St. Vincent, on the same campus, moved over to Saint Joseph Residence. The Residence now houses nearly as many women religious from other …
Founded by the Sisters of Providence in 1863, the school closed in 1875.
A parish school staffed by the Sisters of Providence from 1954 until 1976.
Originally founded as the Lee A. Scace Hospital (also known as the Employees Hospital), the Sisters of Providence staffed the institution at the behest of Bishop Gerald Shaughnessy in 1945 until its closure in 1969.
Founded by the Sisters of Providence in 1880, the hospital was transferred to Columbia Memorial Hospital in 1970.
Founded by the Sisters of Providence in 1880 as St. Mary Hospital.
Founded in 1881 by the Sisters of Providence as St. Amable Academy, the sisters withdrew from the school in 1976.
Founded by the Sisters of Providence in 1873.
Founded in 1941 out of the early work done in the home of black Central Area resident Edith Bown, the Center was first known as Friendship House, or Blessed Martin de Porres Center. The ministry served variously as day care for Central Area residents, and an interracial learning center which, among other things, provided catechism …
Founded by the Sisters of Providence in 1910, the ministry began as a traditional orphanage, and also included boarding and day school.
Founded by the Sisters of Providence in 1864, the school closed in 1974.
This collection is comprised mainly of portraits of Sisters of Providence.
Founded by the Sisters of Providence in 1932 as the College of Great Falls, the institution became a university in 1995.
Founded as St. Ignatius Hospital by the Sisters of Providence in 1893, the institution became Whitman Community Hospital in 1968.
Material about or generated by communities of women religious other than the Sisters of Providence, such as the Daughters of Mary (Uganda) who have a long collaborative relationship with the Sisters of Providence.
Providence Archives preserves the historical records of the Sisters of Providence of Mother Joseph Province, their health care and low-income housing corporations, and the more than 120 active and inactive institutions comprising Providence Health & Services (Alaska, California, Idaho, Montana, Oregon, and Washington). The collections provide valuable resources for documenting the Sisters of Providence religious community and the development and administration of education, health care, and social services in the West from 1856 to the present. The Archives consists of manuscript and printed material including chronicles, correspondence, minutes, patient and student ledgers, financial records, and publications, as well as photographs, film, audio tape, and maps. A wide range of artifacts representing the religious community and institutional history is also preserved. Descriptive inventories and bibliographies facilitate access to the collections.
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