BRETHREN HISTORICAL LIBRARY AND ARCHIVES

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 Bethany Sanitarium & Hospital      10/                               

Title                                     Classification Number

 1-14-94      /   3-29-94           1994.006                          

date received/date accessioned            accession number

NAME AND ADDRESS OF SOURCE:                Transfer from office of origin

 x  Donor

C.E. Weybright                             Purchase   $                via Vernon Showalter and                    Lent for copying/

Mary Sue Rosenberger                          Date returned

 Deposited

 Rosalita J. Leonard                 n.d.                      1 doc.   Processor                                 inclusive dates of series  quantity

RESTRICTIONS/TERMS OF DEPOSIT:  None

BRIEF DESCRIPTION:  Bethany Sanitarium and Hospital, renamed Bethany Brethren Hospital in 1962 and Bethany Hospital in 1978) opened in 1921, with a second structure built in 1930.  In 1930 it opened a school of nursing.  Although it maintained close ties to the Church of the Brethren, the 1941 Annual Conference recommended that the hospital remain independent but be held in trust for the church.  In 1968 Bethany merged with the Garfield Park Community Hospital (originally called Garfield Park Hospital) and became known as Bethany Brethren-Garfield Park Hospital, with two locations.  When it became necessary to build a new building, it was done as a joint venture with the Evangelical Hospital Association, a health-care system of the United Church of Christ.

Location	Record subseries	Dates	Quantity
Temporary Files	Certificate of Incorporation