| Description | Souvenir albums containing a series of photographs of the Mater Misericordiae Hospital taken about 1898. Photographs show the exterior and interior of the building including chapel, wards, kitchens and operating theatre. Many of the photographs contain groups of nurses, doctors and other hospital staff going about their hospital work, and some also include patients. The albums also contain group photographs of the hospital's nurses and the medical staff, the later includes Dr Matthew Russell, Senior House Surgeon to the hospital.
Identification of the location and individuals in the photographs was provided by Helen Madden, Mater Hospital Archivist. |