HEALTH DEPARTMENT: HOSPITAL SERVICES DIVISION:
An Inventory of Its Maternity Hospital Records at the Minnesota Historical
Society
Government Records
Part or all of this collection is restricted.
For
details, please see restrictions.
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| Creator: | Minnesota.
Division of Hospital Services. |
| Title: | Maternity hospital records. |
| Dates: | 1918-1958. |
| Language: | Materials in English. |
| Abstract: | Records for maternity hospitals in Aitkin, Albany, Anoka,
Barnesville, Belgrade, Bemidji, Blackduck, Brainerd, Deer River, Echo, Elk River,
Ellsworth, Forest Lake, Grandy, Halstad (?), International Falls, Jackson, Minneapolis,
Pequot Lakes, St. Paul, Sandstone, Sleepy Eye, and Stanchfield; a list (post-1917?) of
maternity hospitals licensed by the state Board of Control; and additional records for
the Iverson Maternity Home in Echo. |
| Quantity: | 5.25 cubic feet (6 boxes and 1 partial
box). |
| Location: | See Detailed Description for shelf
locations. |
Access Restrictions:
Records containing information relating to adoptions and illegitimate births are restricted for 100 years.
Birth records less than 100 years old must be inspected by library staff to prevent inappropriate disclosure
of confidential information. Please consult library staff for more information.
Preferred Citation:
[Indicate the cited item and/or series here]. Minnesota.
Division of Hospital Services. Maternity Hospital Records. Minnesota Historical
Society.
See the Chicago Manual of Style for additional
examples.
Accession Information:
Accession number(s): None; 984-166; 2010-3; 2025-19
Processing Information:

Processing and cataloging of this collection was supported with a Basic Project grant
awarded by the National Historical Publications and Records Commission (NHPRC).
Catalog ID number: 990017097490104294
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DETAILED DESCRIPTION
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111.D.16.9B | | Maternity Hospitals Licensed by Board of Control, [after 1917?]. |
| | | OPEN FOR USE. |
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| | Maternity Hospitals Licensed by Board of Control, [after 1917?]. |
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| | Mrs. Victor Anderson’s Maternity Home, Pequot Lakes, registers, 1940-1942. 2 volumes. |
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| | Unnamed hospital or home, Pequot Lakes/Brainerd Area, registers, October 1942-April 1946. 5 volumes. |
| | | Nos. 1-304; possibly a successor to the Anderson Home. |
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| | Turner Maternity Home, Elk River, registers, July 1944-1951. 2 volumes. |
| | | Nos. 1-52, July 1944-August 1948; Nos. 1-35, August 1948-June 1951. |
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| | Tynelius Home Hospital, Grandy and Stanchfield, registers, 1938-1948. 7 volumes. |
| | | Nos. 1-234, July 1938-December 1944; Nos. 1-47, December 1945-January 1948
(Stanchfield only). |
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| | Engquist Home Hospital, Forest Lake, registers, 1931-1942. 2 volumes. |
| | | Nos. 1-152, October 1931-August 1942. |
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106.G.7.8F-1 | | Ide Maternity Home, Sandstone, registers, 1938-1941. 2 volumes. |
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| | Belgrade Hospital, registers, 1938-1944. 4 volumes. |
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| | Gates Hospital, Anoka, registers, 1922-1937. 3 volumes. |
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| | Emergency Relief Hospital, Minneapolis, register, 1935. 1 volume. |
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106.G.7.8F-2 | | Flath Home Hospital, Anoka, register, 1925-1942. 1 volume. |
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| | Gray Home Hospital, Aitkin, registers, 1930-1937. 2 volumes. |
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| | Norbo Home, Blackduck, register, 1932-1943. 1 volume. |
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| | Norman Home Hospital, [Halstad?], register, 1927-1937. 1 volume. |
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| | Elizabeth Jacobs Home Hospital, Sleepy Eye, registers, 1936-1941. 7 volumes. |
| | | Volume Nos. 1-[7]. |
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| | Iverson Maternity Home, Echo, records, 1943-1958. 7 folders. |
| | | Registers, 1943-1958. 12 volumes in 3 folders. |
| | | | Some volumes are indexed. |
| | | Statement of services, 1944. |
| | | Schedule of charges, obstetric and pediatric rates, 1945. |
| | | Minnesota State Board of Health license certificates, 1953-1954, 1957-1958. |
| | | Carrie, undated. |
| | | | Fictional essay about a maternity home written by Dr. Richard Iverson, grandson
of Iverson Maternity Home operator Carrie Iverson; includes photocopies of
pictures, maternity register entry, statements of services, and nursing
textbook articles. |
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106.G.8.1B | | St. Paul Hospital registers, 1918-1933. |
| | | 1918-1924. 7 volumes. |
| | | | Includes a one volume index covering 1920-1927. |
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106.G.8.2F-1 | | | 1924-1928. 2 volumes. |
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106.G.8.2F-2 | | | 1928-1933. 3 volumes. |
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| | Mrs. A. G. Sanborn Home, International Falls, register, 1944-1945. 1 volume. |
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| | Ellsworth Hospital, Ellsworth, registers, 1926-1942. 2 volumes. |
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| | Biorn Maternity Home, Jackson, register, 1933. |
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| | Brooks Maternity Home, Deer River, registers, 1928-1931. |
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| | Falls Maternity Home, Bemidji, registers, 1930-1931. |
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| | Gorton Maternity Home, Brainerd, registers, 1927-1929, 1935. |
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| | Mahowald Hospital, Albany, register, 1930. |
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| | McDonald Home Hospital, Barnesville, registers: |
| | | 1930-1931. |
Location | |
106.E.1.4F-1 | | | December 1931-May 1935. |
| | | July 1935-June 1938. |
| | | | Indexed. |
| | | July 1938-October 1939. |
| | | | Indexed. |
| | | | [0.4 cubic feet empty] |
This collection is indexed under the following headings in the catalog of the
Minnesota Historical Society. Researchers desiring materials about related topics,
persons or places should search the catalog using these headings.
- Topics:
- Vital statistics -- Minnesota.
- Women's hospitals -- Minnesota -- Aitkin -- Admission and
discharge.
- Women's hospitals -- Minnesota -- Anoka -- Admission and
discharge.
- Women's hospitals -- Minnesota -- Belgrade -- Admission
and discharge.
- Women's hospitals -- Minnesota -- Blackduck -- Admission
and discharge.
- Women's hospitals -- Minnesota -- Echo -- Admission and
discharge.
- Women's hospitals -- Minnesota -- Elk River -- Admission
and discharge.
- Women's hospitals -- Minnesota -- Ellsworth -- Admission
and discharge.
- Women's hospitals -- Minnesota -- Forest Lake -- Admission
and discharge.
- Women's hospitals -- Minnesota -- Grandy -- Admission and
discharge.
- Women's hospitals -- Minnesota -- Halstad -- Admission and
discharge.
- Women's hospitals -- Minnesota -- International Falls --
Admission and discharge.
- Women's hospitals -- Minnesota -- Minneapolis -- Admission
and discharge.
- Women's hospitals -- Minnesota -- Pequot Lakes --
Admission and discharge.
- Women's hospitals -- Minnesota -- Saint Paul -- Admission
and discharge.
- Women's hospitals -- Minnesota -- Sandstone -- Admission
and discharge.
- Women's hospitals -- Minnesota -- Sleepy Eye -- Admission
and discharge.
- Women's hospitals -- Minnesota -- Stanchfield -- Admission
and discharge.
- Women's hospitals -- Minnesota -- Albany -- Admission and
discharge.
- Women's hospitals -- Minnesota -- Barnesville -- Admission
and discharge.
- Women's hospitals -- Minnesota -- Jackson -- Admission and
discharge.
- Women's hospitals -- Minnesota -- Bemidji -- Admission and
discharge.
- Women's hospitals -- Minnesota -- Brainerd -- Admission
and discharge.
- Women's hospitals -- Minnesota -- Deer River -- Admission
and discharge.
- Organizations:
- Minnesota. Department of Health.
- Document Types:
- Hospital records -- Minnesota.
- Birth records -- Minnesota.
- Functions:
- Registering.
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