ProvidenceArchives

This is the official channel for Providence Archives, Seattle. Providence Archives collects, organizes, preserves, and makes available records of enduring and historical value relating to the Sisters of Providence religious community in the west, and Providence Health & Services.

The video clips shown here are a sampling from our collections, and are digitized from original amateur 16mm and 8mm motion picture film. Many of the films shot in the late 1930s and 1940s were shot by Sr. John of the Cross, SP (née Anna Foley, 1899-1993), who directed the Providence schools of nursing during that time. Most of the films were transferred to mini-DV digital tape using a film-chain method. The files were saved in .AVI format and are published here as MPEG for viewing.

For more information on the films, contact Peter Schmid, Visual Resources Archivist, at 206-923-4012 or peter.schmid[at]providence.org.