Hometown Heroes; Sisters of Providence
- Series
- Hometown Heroes
- Episode
- Sisters of Providence
- Producing Organization
- Southern Oregon Public Television
- Contributing Organization
- Southern Oregon PBS (Medford, Oregon)
- AAPB ID
- cpb-aacip/378-784j16fs
- NOLA Code
- NONOLA000103 [SDBA]
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- Description
- Description
- Before 1910, medical care in the Rogue Valley was not as advanced as other industries, and unable to keep up with the growing the population. In Medford a few private homes were converted to hospitals in an effort to take care of the sick, but they were crowded and the care was very basic. The following year, physicians from the area appealed to the Archbishop of Portland to construct a hospital that could take care of the valley?s needs. Soon after the Sisters of Providence stepped in to build and run the Rogue Valley?s main hospital, Sacred Heart. Southern Oregon Public Television celebrates the story of these Sisters with its latest installment of Hometown Heroes: The Sisters of Providence. Using interviews, archival footage and photographs, and the very words of the Sisters, the program weaves together the story of a group of women who made the Rogue Valley and the Northwest a more compassionate and more civilized place for those who lived here by building hospitals, orphanages and homes for the poor and aged. This is a documentary about the formation of the Rogue Valley?s Sacred Heart Hospital by the Sisters of Providence, in the early 1900s. The film also highlighted the compassion of the Sisters who also built orphanages and homes for the poor and aged.
- Media type
- Moving Image
- Credits
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Distributor: KSYS
Producing Organization: Southern Oregon Public Television
- AAPB Contributor Holdings
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Southern Oregon Public Television (KSYS/KFTS)
Identifier: SH3903/1 (KSYS Channel 8)
Format: Betacam: SP
Generation: Dub
Color: Color
Duration: 00:26:54:00
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- Citations
- Chicago: “Hometown Heroes; Sisters of Providence,” Southern Oregon PBS, American Archive of Public Broadcasting (GBH and the Library of Congress), Boston, MA and Washington, DC, accessed July 16, 2025, http://americanarchive.org/catalog/cpb-aacip-378-784j16fs.
- MLA: “Hometown Heroes; Sisters of Providence.” Southern Oregon PBS, American Archive of Public Broadcasting (GBH and the Library of Congress), Boston, MA and Washington, DC. Web. July 16, 2025. <http://americanarchive.org/catalog/cpb-aacip-378-784j16fs>.
- APA: Hometown Heroes; Sisters of Providence. Boston, MA: Southern Oregon PBS, American Archive of Public Broadcasting (GBH and the Library of Congress), Boston, MA and Washington, DC. Retrieved from http://americanarchive.org/catalog/cpb-aacip-378-784j16fs