Identity area
Identifier
daa/546
Authorized form of name
Mater Health Services Archives and Heritage Centre
Parallel form(s) of name
Other form(s) of name
Type
Contact area
The Officer-in-Charge
Type
Address
Street address
3rd Floor, Aubigny Place. Mater Health Services Stanley St, South bane, QLD 4101
Postal address:
as above
Locality
Region
Country name
Postal code
Telephone
(07) 3163 8166
Fax
(07) 3163 1595
URL
Note
Description area
History
Geographical and cultural context
Mandates/Sources of authority
Administrative structure
Officer in charge: Sr Josephine Crawford, Honorary Archivist; Jackie Chamberlin, Archivist
Note: Formerly known as the Mater Misericordiae Public Hospitals
Records management and collecting policies
Records related to the Sisters of Mercy, the foundation, development and operations of Mater Misericordiae Hospitals and the working life of its medical, nursing and other staff. Medical records are managed by the Health Information Services not the Archives
Buildings
Holdings
Annual reports 1912+
Photographs of Sisters of Mercy, hospital staff, celebrations and building works 1906+
Original building plans 1910+
Press cuttings and publicity material 1950’s +
Oral histories of Sisters of Mercy
Staff newsletters 1950+
Regalia and insignia of papal knighthood of the Equestrian Order of St Gregory the Great conferred on Dr Henry Windsor in recognition of his service as a surgeon to Mater 1931-1956
Register of nurses in the training school 1914-1989
Furniture from original hospital 1910
Orthopaedic, surgical and obstetric instruments
References: Gallagher, Michael. 2004, A history of orthopaedics at the Mater Misericordiae Hospitals Brisbane, Queensland. Boolarong Press, Brisbane.
Gregory, H. 2006, Expressions of mercy: Brisbane’s Mater Hospitals 1906-2006. University of Queensland Press, St Lucia, Qld.
Longhurst, Robert 1992, In the footsteps of the Mercies: a history of nursing at the Mater Misericordiae Hospitals, Brisbane. Mater Misericordiae Public Hospitals, South Brisbane.
O’Brien, H. et al, 1997, The early medical technologists of the Mater Hospital: Sister Mary Chanel, in Lesley Williams (ed.), Hygeia’s daughters: pioneer women in health sciences in Queensland. L. Williams, Brisbane.
Summers, H.J. 1979, They crossed the river: the founding of the Mater Misericordiae Hospital, Brisbane, by the Sisters of Mercy. University of Queensland Press, St Lucia, Qld.
Finding aids, guides and publications
Access area
Opening times
By appointment only. There is general reference assistance and a limited copying service.
Access conditions and requirements
Intending visitors should contact the Archivist prior to their visit, with details of the nature and purpose of their research. There are access restrictions to some records in accordance with legislative, administrative and donor requirements.