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Organizational and Hospital History: Finding Aid

Discover digitized historical materials including books, pamphlets, photographs and other items from Advocate Aurora Health and its predecessor hospitals

Christ Medical Center (Oak Lawn, IL)

Christ Hospital and Medical Center Historic Overview, 1906-1996 milestones
CMC Nurse’s Notes (2013-2014)
CMC Nursing Now (2012)
Images
Evangelical School of Nursing advertisement (Chicago, Oak Lawn; also called German Evangelical Deaconess)
Dedication program of the new Evangelical School of Nursing, 1965
Evangelical School of Nursing Bulletins and Handbooks (1970s-80s)
Evangelical School of Nursing Yearbooks (1960-1979)

Illinois Masonic Medical Center (Chicago, IL)

Caring Community: A history of Illinois Masonic Medical Center (1901-1987)
Images
IMMC School of Nursing yearbooks (1969-1972)
Illinois Masonic Hospital News (1951-
Ravenswood School of Nursing Yearbooks (1924-1926)

Lutheran General Hospital (Park Ridge, IL)

100th anniversary 1987-1997: booklet and heritage walk images
Human Ecology magazine
Images
LGH School of Nursing Yearbooks 
Lutheran General Hospital: An Institution Intent On A Moral Purpose, 1980 
The Lutheran Deaconess Home and Hospital of Chicago, Illinois: Report 1935-1936 
Mission of Mercy...Women of Action: A History of the Norwegian Lutheran Deaconess Society of Chicago, 1985

The Park Ridge Center (Chicago, IL)

Bulletin of the Park Ridge Center (1988-1991)
The Center (1986-1987)
CenterLine (1992-1996)
Religious Traditions and Healthcare Decisions
Second Opinion (1986-1995; 1999-2004)
Special Topics in Health and Faith

Aurora Sinai Medical Center (Milwaukee, WI)

75 years of Milwaukee Hospital, "The Passavant", 1863-1938
A tradition of caring: the history of Milwaukee's three primary service hospitals - Lutheran, Mount Sinai, and Evangelical Deaconess 
Images
Lutheran Hospital of Milwaukee: New Directions in Health Care (1978 - 1981)
Milwaukee Hospital 100th anniversary: A century of service, 1863-1963 
Milwaukee Hospital School of Nursing Yearbooks (1929, 1930, 1932)
The Milwaukee Passavant (1952 – 1977)
Mount Sinai Tablet (1964 – 1971)
Sinaiscope (1964 – 1965)
The Pulse (1982 – 1984)

Aurora St. Luke's Medical Center (Milwaukee, WI)

Annual Reports (1963-1995)
Cardiac History Timeline (1903-2003)
Historical Timeline (1903-1957)
History of Innovation (1960-2015)
House Staff Rosters (1974-2011)
Images
St. Luke's Medical Center: A Century of Innovation, Leadership and Caring (1903 - 2003)