Series MS-3605 - Mount St. Mary Hospital records

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Mount St. Mary Hospital records

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MS-3605

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  • 1939-2005 (Creation)

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2.9 meters of textual records and other material

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Series consists of records related to Mount St. Mary Hospital in Victoria, during the time that the Sisters of St. Ann administered and staffed the institution.

Mount St. Mary Hospital was founded in 1941 as a home for “the aged and infirm and chronic cases” as an adjunct to the nearby St. Joseph’s Hospital. The land on which the hospital was built was purchased in 1939 from the Roman Catholic Diocese of Victoria, and that same year the Provincial Government announced a grant of $50,000 to the Sisters for the construction of the facility. The first building was completed in 1941.

In 1965, Mount St. Mary Hospital was asked to initiate an extended care program. A Board of Management was formed in 1967 and the constitution and bylaws were approved in 1968. The board consisted of nine members, six appointed by the Sisters of St. Ann, one appointed by medical staff and one by the City of Victoria. In 2003, the old Mount St. Mary Hospital on Burdette Street was demolished and the new Mount St. Mary on the corner of Fairfield Road and Quadra Street opened. From September 1990, Mount St. Mary Hospital has been owned and operated by the Marie Esther Society. Records retained by the Marie Esther Society are part of this series.

The records in this series are arranged into six subseries: A. Administration; B. Board of Management and Committees; C. Finance; D. Patient records; E. Marie Esther Society records; F. Photographs, artworks, and moving images.

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The series was previously known as Series 43 Mount St. Mary Hospital while in the custody of the Sisters of St. Ann Archives.

The subseries structure that was created by the SSA Archives has been retained, save for a previous sixth subseries of artifacts. Previously unprocessed records of the Marie Esther Society have been incorporated as an additional subseries.

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Records containing personal information will be managed in accordance with the Freedom of Information & Protection of Privacy Act (FIPPA).

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Accession number(s): 2023.77

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Some objects related to this series have been retained by the Modern History department of the RBCM, though not all were acquired. Two 3D items were retained as artworks (PDP11033 & PDP11034) and are included on this file list.

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Location note: These records are stored onsite at the BC Archives. If they have no access restrictions or our Privacy Office has given you permission to view them, please request them from the retrievals desk in the Archives reference room.

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