ST. LOUIS COUNTY: NOPEMING SANATORIUM:

An Inventory of Its Records at the Minnesota Historical Society

Government Records

Part or all of this collection is restricted.
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	Creator:	Nopeming Sanatorium.
	Title:	Records.
	Dates:	1909-2002.
	Language:	Materials in English.
	Abstract:	Annual reports, minutes and correspondence, photographs, scrapbooks, published records and reports, patient records, employee records, student records, policy and procedures manuals, inventories, newsletters, medical library accession books, general ledgers, disbursement registers, and miscellaneous administrative files.
	Quantity:	19.25 cubic feet (20 boxes); 6 microfilm reels.
	Location:	See Detailed Description for shelf locations.

Nopeming Sanatorium, 1947 The Nopeming Sanatorium was opened for tuberculosis patients in May 1912. It operated under the direction of a three-member St. Louis County Sanatorium Commission, established in 1909 (Laws 1909 c437). Beginning in 1913, the commission's work was supervised successively by the Advisory Commission of the State Sanatorium for Consumptives (Laws 1913 c500), the State Board of Control (Laws 1925 c426), and the Social Security Department, Social Welfare Division (Laws 1939 c431); the state provided an operating subsidy. In August 1957, nursing home patients began to be admitted, and in December 1971, the facility ceased to be a tuberculosis sanatorium and became the Nopeming Nursing Home.

A more detailed historical sketch has been digitized and is available in the administrative files.

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ADMINISTRATIVE INFORMATION

Access Restrictions:

Pupil records include private information about individuals. Records with private information are closed for 90 years from date of last entry in the record. The restricted records are noted in the finding aid. Researchers must apply for permission to use these records. Please consult library staff for more information.

Some of these records include private information about individuals. Records with private information are closed for 75 years from date of last entry in the record. The restricted records are noted in the finding aid. Researchers must apply for permission to use these records. Please consult library staff for more information.

Preferred Citation:

[Indicate the cited item and/or series here]. Nopeming Sanatorium (Nopeming, Minn.). Records. Minnesota Historical Society.

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Microfilm Production:

Saint Paul : Minnesota Historical Society.

Microfilm available for sale or interlibrary loan from the Minnesota Historical Society.

Location of Originals:

Original disbursement records were discarded after microfilming.

Accession Information:

Accession numbers: 980-28; 986-29; 2018-47

Processing Information:

Catalog ID number: 001709973

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DETAILED DESCRIPTION


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109.H.5.5B	Annual reports, 1926-1942, 1964-1971. 2 folders.
		Annual reports of the Nopeming Sanatorium and County Sanatorium Commission to the Board of County Commissioners. The 1964-1971 reports (1966-1967 missing) are actually financial statements concerning income and disbursements, and patient statistics.


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135.E.1.1B	Nopeming Commission minute books, July 1909-December 1971:
		Arranged in chronological order. Duplicate minutes for the 1912 year. Include patient admissions and discharges. The minutes for the years 1945-1971 are indexed.
		July 1909-1924.
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135.E.1.2F		1925-1934.
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135.E.1.3B		1935-1942.
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135.E.1.4F		1943-1952.
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135.E.1.5B		1953-1962.
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135.E.1.6F		1963-1971.


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109.H.5.5B		Patient's handbook, Nopeming Sanatorium, undated. 1 item in folder.


		Income statement, 1965. 1 volume in folder.
			Issued by a private audit firm for the eight months ending August 31, 1965.


		The Nopeming Tickler, 1938-1942. 5 volumes in folder.
			Newsletter periodically issued by Nopeming Sanatorium.


		Administration organizational chart, 1981. 1 item in folder.


		Fire Safety Committee minutes and fire drill reports, 1965-1972.


		Programs and newsletters, 1971-1981.
			Incomplete.


		Miscellaneous correspondence and minutes, 1956-1971.
			Regarding sanatorium operations and tuberculosis control in northeastern Minnesota.


		Annual inventory summaries, 1955-1979.
			1971 Inventory missing; total dollar values of Sanatorium lands, buildings, equipment, material and supplies, and livestock.


		Policy and procedures manual, 1941-1956.
			Extracts of minutes and resolutions of the St. Louis County Sanatorium Commission regarding operation of Nopeming Sanatorium. Concerning such topics as admission charges, patients' educational program, employment, maintenance values, nurses' training program, trust funds, and unions.


		Medical library accession books, circa 1937-1966. 2 volumes.


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135.E.1.7B	Administrative files, 1920-1999 (bulk dated 1970s-1990s):
		Arranged in alphabetical order by topic.
		Agreements, 1950s-1980s. 7 folders.
			Agreements for professional medical services, consulting services, firefighting services, and building construction and equipment maintenance services.
		Annual certification, 1977-1988. 12 folders.
		Appreciation letters, 1989.
		Artesian well, 1973-1988.
		Business office, 1985-1990.
		Care providers, 1987-1990.
		Chaplaincy service, 1982-1989.
		Chicago regional office: Validation survey, 1978.
		Christmas Committee and other christmas information, 1984-1990.
		Civil defense, 1962.
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135.E.1.8F		Commodity foods, 1988.
		Demolition of buildings and various remodeling, 1975-1976.
		Demolition of building Nos. 13 and 15, 1982.
		Demolition of dwellings, 1978-1982.
		Demolition of residence No. 11, 1985.
		Demolition of residence Nos. 49 and 50, 1985.
		Emergency generator, 1976-1977.
		Employee recognition program, 1991.
		Fire marshal (reports, inspections, surveys), 1978-1991. 15 folders.
		Fire safety surveys, 1973-1977. 5 folders.
		Guest register, 1971-1980.
			For Recognition Day (1971), Open House (1975), and Family Nights (1977-1980).
		Guest relations, 1985-1986.
		Historical sketch, undated.
			Digital version
		House physicians, 1972-1980.
		Housekeeping department, 1986-1988.
		Handicapped parking, 1983-1990.
		Labor management committee, 1987-1990.
		Laundry, 1980-1990.
		Life safety, 1971.
		Life safety code, 1972.
		Long range plan, 1984-1991.
		Maintenance department, 1977-1990.
		Medical director, 1984-1990.
		Medical records department, 1971-1986.
		Medical records consultation services, 1981-1983.
		Medical review for skilled nursing home patients, 1973-1974. 2 folders.
		Medicare certification, 1967-1988.
		Medicare cost reports, 1986-1990. 2 folders.
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135.E.1.9B		Medicare survey, 1972-1977. 5 folders.
		Memorandum: Interoffice, 1986-1990.
		Midway Township, 1988-1990.
		Minnesota Association for Aging: Comparative financial statistics, 1986-1989. 2 folders.
		Minnesota Health Department: Correspondence, 1979-1990.
		Minnesota Health Department: Infectious waste control, 1989-1990.
		Minnesota Health Department: Inspection, 1990.
		Minnesota Health Department: License application, 1971-1990. 2 folders.
		Minnesota Health Department: Licensed bed changes, 1960-1990.
		Minnesota Health Department: Rules, 1983-1986.
		Minnesota Health Department: Staffing patterns, 1990.
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135.E.1.10F		Minnesota Health Department: Surveys, 1989-1991. 2 folders.
		Minnesota Health Department: X-ray regulations, 1974-1990.
		Minnesota Highway Department, 1969-1976.
		Minnesota Human Services Department: Provider agreement, 1971-1990.
		Minnesota Human Services Department: Rates, 1984-1990. 2 folders.
		Minnesota Pollution Control Agency, 1990.
		Model employment project, 1984-1987.
		Northern Lakes Health Care Consortium, 1989-1990.
		Nursing department, 1986-1990.
		Nurses training program, 1920-1927.
		OSHA survey, 1982.
		Occupational therapy consultant services, 1981-1988.
		Organizational chart, 1982.
		Oxygen services, 1985-1990.
		Personnel: Strike plan, 1980.
		Pet policy and registration, 1983-1984.
		Physical therapy department, 1979-1989.
		Physical therapy services, 1982-1988.
		Physicians' by-laws and regulations, 1987.
		Pig roast, 1989.
		Poems by Ruth E. Newberg [patient], undated.
		Program validation review audit, 1976.
		Property description and plot plans, 1977-1983.
		Public relations committee and information, 1983-1990.
		Publicity, 1939-1990.
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135.E.2.1B		Resident care policies, 1980-1986.
		Resident council, 1987-1990.
		Resuscitation guidelines, 1989.
		Rule 49 (welfare rates): Correspondence, reports, supporting data, 1978-1983. 10 folders.
		Rule 50 (long-term care facilities): Correspondence, reports, supporting data, 1983-1991. 8 folders.
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135.E.2.2F		Safety Committee and other safety information, 1984-1990.
		St. Louis County Board resolutions, 1986-1990.
		St. Louis County Safety Department, 1984.
		St. Louis County Social Services Division directors and nursing home coordinators meetings, 1986-1990.
		Sale of exposed x-ray film, 1972-1981.
		Sanitation (Minnesota Health Department), 1973-1976. 4 folders.
		Security services correspondence, 1985-1990.
		Security signal system, 1972-1978.
		Senior citizen coalition, 1977-1987.
		Smoking/nonsmoking, 1978-1987.
		Social Services Department, 1970-1990.
		Special Care Unit: Correspondence, report, policies and procedures, 1977-1990. 7 folders.
		Transfer agreement, 1966-1986.
		Tuberculosis Subcommittee of the St. Louis County Action Committee for Health Priorities, 1965-1966.
		Unionization policy, 1982-1990.
		Veterans Administration, 1988.
		Window replacement program, 1976-1981.
		X-ray services, 1976-1988.


	Photographs, circa 1922-2001. 7 folders:
		Buildings, staff and residents, 1980s-2001.
		Facilities exteriors, circa 1935-1968.
		Facilities interiors, 1924-1940.
		Mobile x-ray unit, circa 1942.
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135.E.2.3B		Patients [not identified by name], circa 1931-1950.
		Staff, circa 1922-1950.
		Staff with patients, circa 1926-1950.


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123.A.4.4F-1		Photographs (oversize): Staff, 1925-1999. 2 folders.


		Certificates and accreditations, 1956-2001.


		Scrapbooks, 1923-1970. 3 volumes.
			News clippings concerning tuberculosis topics, the sanatorium, and St. Louis County. Arranged in rough chronological order.


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135.E.2.3B	Published records and reports, 1909-2002:
		Arranged in alphabetical order.
		Accounting and financial procedures, and chart of accounts, 1981.
		Appraisal of property, 1938. 3 folders.
			Includes a plot plan of the campus. Compiled by Lloyd-Thomas Co., appraisal engineers.
		Brochures, pamphlets and programs, circa 1917-2001.
		Data privacy manual, 1976-1981.
		Fund/agency organization codes, 1983.
		Graduation programs (nurses training), 1916-1931.
		News clippings, 1915-2002. 3 folders.
		"Nopeming Life in the 1920s" by E.M. Grimes [essay], 2001.
			Mrs. E.M. (Mike) Grimes was a nurse at the sanatorium.
		Nursing procedures manuals, 1989, 1991, 1993. 7 folders:
			1989.
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135.E.2.4F			1989.
			1991. 2 folders.
			1993. 3 folders.
		Patient handbooks, circa 1950-1975.
		Pharmacy procedures, 1985.
		Press releases, 2001.
		Reports to the Nopeming Tuberculosis Sanatorium Commission, 1909-1911. 1 volume.
			Report by Dr. E.L. Touhy about visiting tuberculosis sanatoria in the eastern United States; reports about establishing tuberculosis sanatoria in St. Louis County by Dr. Touhy and Mr. George Gray; report about possible tuberculosis sanatorium sites in St. Louis County by Dr. William M. Hart; reports by the secretary of the commission.


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135.E.2.5B	Patient records:
		Admissions and discharges (sanatorium and nursing home), January 1955-December 1971. 2 folders.
			Admission information includes name and address, age, county of residence, birthplace, birth date, and citizenship status. Discharge information includes name and address, and reason for admission. Arranged in chronological order.
		Admission and discharge register (sanatorium and nursing home), January 1964-January 1972. 1 volume.
			Information includes name, date of admission or discharge, hospital number, registration number, and case number. Arranged in chronological order.
		Nursing home admissions and discharges, August 1957-April 1973.
			Information includes name, date of admission or discharge, and case file number. Arranged in chronological order.
		Nursing home admission and discharge register, January 1973-December 1983. 1 volume.
			Information includes name, date of admission or discharge, and case file number. Arranged in chronological order.
		Patient list (sanatorium), 1951.
			List of patients including case file number and date of admission. Arranged in alphabetical order by name.
		Death records (sanatorium and nursing home), December 1946-January 1967. 3 folders:
			Information includes name, address, date of birth, age, gender, marital status, place of birth occupation; admittance date; date and cause of death; for what disease admitted; names and birth places of mother and father. Arranged in chronological order by date of date.
			December 1946-November 1957.
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135.E.2.6F			December 1957-January 1967. 2 folders.
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123.A.4.4F-2		Patient index cards (sanatorium and nursing home), circa 1936-1968 (bulk dated 1955-1967).
			Information includes name, address, date of admission, date of birth, nationality, religion, marital status and education. Arranged in alphabetical order by name.
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135.E.2.7B		Chemotherapy record cards (sanatorium), circa 1955-1974.
			RESTRICTED: 75 Years.
			Two set of cards; one set is white in color, and the other set is salmon in color. May have been retained for a research project conducted by the sanatorium or the Minnesota Health Department. No apparent order.
		Patient medical case files (sanatorium), circa 1931-1968 (bulk dated 1951-1968).
			RESTRICTED: 75 Years.
			Appear to be a sample of medical case files retained for, possibly, a research project conducted by the sanatorium or the Minnesota Health Department. Arranged in numerical order by case file number.
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135.E.2.6F		Student report cards (sanatorium), 1950-1958. 2 folders.
			RESTRICTED: 90 Years.
			Nopeming Sanatorium education department program cards including name of student, course name, hours per week, beginning date, dropped or completed date, and grade. Arranged in alphabetical order by name.
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109.H.5.5B		Out-patient registers, 1936-1969. 17 volumes:
			Based on information from the inside cover of the first volume, each patient who was not a regularly enrolled patient was assigned an out-patient case file number. This number corresponded to an out-patient diagnosis sheet kept on file in the medical office. Members of the staff, nurses, and employees were considered out-patients, as well as patients physicians were seeing in their homes. Information includes date number assigned, out-patient's name, case file number. Numbers 1-5166 are missing.
			File Nos. 5167-5348, 12000-16943, September 1936-June 1939.
				No files missing between 5348 and 12000. A new filing system was started.
			File Nos. 16944-22635, June 1939-August 1941.
			File Nos. 22636-27705, August 1941-December 1943.
			File Nos. 27706-33405, December 1943-January 1946.
			File Nos. 33406-39066, January 1946-April 1948.
			File Nos. 39067-44940, April 1948-March 1950.
			File Nos. 44941-50823, March 1950-February 1952.
			File Nos. 50824-56516, February 1952-August 1953.
			File Nos. 56517-62215, August 1953-November 1954.
			File Nos. 62216-68030, November 1954-February 1956.
			File Nos. 68031-73729, February 1956-March 1957.
			File Nos. 73730-79396, March 1957-November 1958.
			File Nos. 79397-85095, November 1958-June 1960.
			File Nos. 85096-90803, June 1960-May 1962.
			File Nos. 90804-96573, May 1962-July 1964.
			File Nos. 96574-102249, July 1964-January 1967.
			File Nos. 102250-107858, January 1967-December 1969.


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135.E.2.6F	Employee records:
		Employee register, circa 1912-1986. 1 volume.
			Information includes employee name and number, and position title. Arranged in numerical order by employee number.
		Employee index cards, circa 1944-1991. 1 small box.
			Information includes name, address, position, date of employment, date of resignation or termination, and date of birth. Arranged in alphabetical order by name.
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109.H.5.5B		Employee register, September 1946-January 1972. 1 volume.
			Chronological listing of sanatorium employees. Includes employee's name, date employed, date resigned (laid off, etc.), job title, employee number. Employee numbers were cross-checked with the out-patient registers case file numbers. Employee numbers in the employees register for the years 1946-1953 do not match up with the case file numbers in the out-patient registers for the same years. After 1953 the employee number is the same as the out-patient case file number.


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135.E.2.4F	General ledgers, 1955-1975. 5 volumes:
		1955-1964.
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135.E.2.5B		1965-1969.
		1970-1971.
		1972-1973.
		1972-1975.


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SAM 73	1	Disbursement registers, 1915-1939:
			Registers of all disbursements made by the sanatorium. For each expenditure, the registers record the date issued, to whom issued, for what purpose issued, voucher number, total amount of voucher, and amount classified by expense category, in preprinted columns.
			The expense categories vary slightly from volume to volume, but include administration (salaries, office expenses, stationery and printing, postage, telephone and telegraph); care of patients (salaries, medical and sanitary supplies, charts and blanks, drugs, x-ray supplies); culinary (salaries, provisions); domestic (salaries, laundry and household supplies); agriculture, engineering, buildings, and grounds (salaries, fuel, supplies, seed and fertilizer, light and power, repairs); traveling expenses; [county] san[atorium] com[mission] expense; insurance; special fund; automobile; replacement; increase to inventory (furniture and furnishings, tools and machinery, vehicles, livestock); lasting improvements (buildings and additions, lands grading and fencing, mechanical equipment, sewer and water); and out-patient work (salaries, traveling expense, care and treatment).
			Expenses in each category are totaled at the end of each month for that month and for the year to date. Annual totals are recorded at the end of each year, sometimes with notations of year-end corrections.
			Volume 1, January 1915-August 1920.
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SAM 73	2		Volume 2, September 1920-May 1925.
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SAM 73	3		Volume 3, June 1925-July 1929.
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SAM 73	4		Volume 4, August 1929-June 1933.
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SAM 73	5		Volume 5, July 1933-December 1936.
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SAM 73	6		Volume 6, January 1937-July 1939.

CATALOG HEADINGS

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:: Hospital records -- Minnesota.; Hospital schools -- Minnesota.; Medical libraries -- Minnesota.; Medical records -- Minnesota.; Nursing homes -- Minnesota.; Sanatoriums -- Minnesota -- Administration.; Student records -- Minnesota -- Saint Louis County.; Tuberculosis -- Hospitals -- Minnesota -- Administration.; Tuberculosis -- Patients -- Minnesota.

Organizations:: Minnesota State Board of Control.; Minnesota Division of Social Welfare.; Minnesota Department of Social Security.; Minnesota Sanatorium for Consumptives. Advisory Commission.; Nopeming Nursing Home.; Saint Louis County Sanatorium Commission (Minn.)

Document Types:: Death records -- Minnesota -- Saint Louis County.; Death registers.; Inventories.; Medical records.; Newsletters.; Photographs.

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ST. LOUIS COUNTY: NOPEMING SANATORIUM:

OVERVIEW

HISTORICAL NOTE

ADMINISTRATIVE INFORMATION

DETAILED DESCRIPTION

CATALOG HEADINGS