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Digital Archive of the Howell Carnegie Library Archives

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  • Sign for Mission Health McPherson Hospital, Howell, Michigan

    Sign says in smaller print: Sponsored by Daughters of Charity National Health Systems, Inc. and Mercy Health Services
  • 80th Anniversary of St. Joseph Mercy Livingston County, Michigan October 19, 2008

    An extra section celebrating the 80th anniversary of St. Joseph Mercy Livingston in Livingston County, Michigan.
  • History of (Hospital Service in Howell) McPherson Memorial Hospital

    A history of McPherson Memorial Hospital at the corner of Clinton Street and Michigan Avenue in Howell, Michigan from 1926 to 1958.

    Names Mentioned: Howell Circle of the King's Daughters, Edith J.Wines, Edward G. McPherson, Mr. Rice, Alexander McPherson, Rosalee McPherson, William McPherson III, Bert Hoff, Fay and Kasurin, Isabel McPherson, McPherson Community Health Center, McPherson State Bank, First of America Bank, Martin J. McPherson, Bert S. Pate, William E. Robb, Berthold W. Woodhams, Arthur Joy, Otis Elevator, M.R.B (Baldwin) Hardware, B.B. Wright, B.J. O'Keefe, C.N. Holkins and Son, H.W. and C. A. Peavy, R.B. McPherson, W.E. Beach, Reverend Ambrose, Emily Mutter, Francis J. Shields, John Wrigglesworth, Dr. W.B. Huntley, Dr. Charles Foo, H.R. Gillette, Reverendd William Clyde Donald, Victor X-ray Corporation, Snook Transformer, Spencer microscope, DePuy Hospital Service, Cogswell chairs, State Sanitorium, H.G. Huntington, H.P. Mellus, W.J. Rynearson, Claude Sigler, Hollis Sigler, Dr. Singer, J.M Brigham, J.E. Browne, C.F. Culver, J. Cunningham, L.A. Davis, J.J. Hendren, Owen Hendren, C.H. Lamoreaux, Dr. Huntley, Dr. Howard, Dr. Huffman, R.H. McPherson, Michigan Bell Telephone Company, Citizens Mutual Insurance Company, Pere Marquette Railroad, Lyle Schnackenberg, First State and Savings Bank, First National Bank, Rex Theater, Al Jolson, Charlie Chaplin, Tom Mix, Jay P. Sweeney, Donald W. VanWinkle, Arthur VandenBerg, Graham Paige, A&P Store, Goodnow, G.O. Bakke, Grace Bower, Mrs. Rodney Hubbel, S. Orum, Mrs. Kressell, Miss Baker, Miss Dunning, Miss Harris, Mrs. Ray Pickel, Mrs. Whitaker, Miss Tyndall, Edward Papworth, Chamberlain Sanitorium and Hospital, Blue Cross, Blue Shield, Dr. Vann, Dr. McGregor, Federal Hill-Burton Grant
  • McPherson Community Health Center Dates, Places and People of Note

    Dates, Places and People of Note at the McPherson Community Health Center on Byron Road in Howell, Michigan.

    Names Mentioned: Charles Sutton, Robert Akin, Ross Robb, Percy Allmand, June Zimmerman, Ed McPherson, Mrs. Jesse Allen, Mrs. Frances Barron, Joseph Brady, Albert Cole, Robert Craig, D.G. Deering, Stanley Dinkel, Mrs. Andrew Jackson, Sherman Jubb, George Kirkland, T.J. Kizer Sr., Lorraine Liverance, William McPherson III, James Murphy, Carl Raddatz, Mrs. Fred Rogers, Herb Sneed, Ronald Struble, Orland Young, Ed Fritch, John B. McDonald, Dr. Thomas Barton, Tony Klienschmidt, Norland Cartwight (Carpenter?), Cecil Lepard, Charles Keesler, J. Henry Cornell, George Kirkland, Dr. Roscoe Stuber, Norlan Cartwright, Robert Nass, Jessie Van Horn, Joseph Sullivan, Gordon Bradman, Mrs. Gus McCreedy, Robert A. DeVries, Lois Mervin, JOhn Slater, Wendell Jacobs, Stanley Hoffman, Fred Hauer, Burton Hill, Medicare, Medicaid, Mrs. Helen Salmon, May Switzer, Charles McKinley, Mr. DeVries, Dr. Earl Kellams, Dr. Browne, Bennett Volume Respirator, Richard Lane, Dr. William Earl, County Department of Alcohol Services, Michigan Association of Alcoholism, Dr. K.N. Manunath, Dr. Gary Jalkenburg, Warren Garr, McPherson Professional Building, School of Practical Nursing, National League of Nursing
  • A Brief History of McPherson Hospital

    A brief history from the beginning of McPherson Memorial Hospital located at the corner of Clinton Street and Michigan Avenue in Howell, Michigan in 1926 to McPherson Community Health Center on Byron Road in Howell, Michigan in the 1990's.

    Names mentioned: King's Daughters, Edward G. McPherson, Rosalee McPherson, McPherson State Bank, First of America Bank, Livingston Manor, McPherson Professional Building, and McAuley-McPherson Health Building in Brighton, Michigan,
  • McPherson Memorial Hospital, Howell, Michigan -1940

    This is a postcard of McPherson Memorial Hospital, North Michigan Avenue, Howell, Michigan.  It is dated 1940.
  • McPherson Store, Howell, Michigan

    This is a photograph developed from a glass negative of a store. This photograph postcard is in the Archives, had Vandercook as the photographer, and was described as the "First Mcpherson store in Howell". The photograph belonged to Robert Grubb who wrote it was given to him by the McPherson's about 1894. The exact location is unknown.
  • William McPherson & Sons, Dry Goods, West Grand River Avenue, Howell, Michigan

    This is a photograph of the William McPherson & Sons, Dry Goods store, on the north side of the 100 block of West Grand River Avenue, Howell, Michigan.

    Grand River Avenue is snow filled; the name of the person in the photograph is unknown.  The year is unknown.
  • 100 Block of West Grand River Avenue, Howell, Michigan, 1920's, Snowy Streets

    This is a photograph taken of the storefronts on the 100 block of West Grand River Avenue, Howell, Michigan.  The street is snow covered and a horse and sleigh are in the foreground.  The businesses on the block include Homer N. Beach Dry Goods and William McPherson & Sons Dry Goods. 

    Homer N. Beach is "Going out of Business"; he died in July 1926.  The date of this photograph and the name of the person in the photograph are unknown.
  • McPherson Health Center School of Practical Nursing, Howell, Michigan, Class of 1964

    In 1964, the first graduates of the McPherson Health Center School for Practical Nursing, Howell, Michigan, received their diplomas in a ceremony at Hawkins Elementary School Brighton.   The graduates were twenty-one women.  The School for Practical Nursing was sponsored by the McPherson Health Center where classes were held, and by Brighton and Howell Public Schools.  It was  funded by government funds under the Manpower Retraining Act through 1966.   All of the graduates passed their state board examination and were eligible to be licensed by the State Board of Nursing as Licensed Practical Nurses.   The School for Practical Nursing graduated their last class in 1987.

    In this 1964 photograph, the School of Practical Nursing Class honors its graduating class in the traditional white uniform dress.

    Standing back:  Tami Alexander, unknown, Dorothy Yeagle, unknown, Sydney Morse, Susan Haynes, unknown, unknown, unknown

    Middle row: unknown, unknown, unknown, unknown, unknown, unknown, Mary Bugard Korsgren, unknown

    Front Row: unknown, Elaine Woodruff, Emily Janet Rohrabacher, unknown, unknown, unknown, unknown, unknown
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