Accession:

1993, December 23 Liebel Collection


Photographs and Papers, 1939, Photographs of Old Bethel Hospital and Report of
Inspection on Mountain Village Hospital by Vera Liebel.

Donated. Brower, John. 384 Little basin Creek Road, Butte, MT 59701

35 items. 34 Photos. 1 Report


Liebel Colletion B93.19

Scope and Contents

Vera Liebel came to Alaska in the 1930’s. She worked as a nurse and a pilot.
While in Alaska she learned to fly and later in life would become a Commercial Bush
Pilot. She was stationed at Mt. Village in 1939. She stopped nursing in the early 1950’s
and died at the age of 87 in Mt. View. She is mentioned in We Live in Alaska.
While a chief nurse at Mountain Village Hospital she wrote a report on the
conditions of the hospital for the U.S. Office of Indian Affairs. This report is in the
collection. Also in the collection are 34 photographs of Old Bethel Hospital (originally
thought to be the Mountain Village Hospital), including images of rooms, staff, and
patients, as well as images of Vera’s family and aerial views of Juneau. Please see item
list for more specific information on individual photographs. The collection is organized
into two folders, Papers and Photographs. The photographs are in number order. Housed
with the Collections department of the Museum, are two medical bags along with medical
supplies of Vera’s.

Donated. Brower, John. Butte, MT. 2003 SLL

35 items. 34 Photos. 1 Report.

Liebel Colletion B93.19

Item List

Folder Liebel/Brower B93.19.1-34

B93.19.1 Hospital Kitchen 3 x 5
B93.19.2 Hospital Boiler Room 3 x 5
B93.19.3 Hospital Boiler Room (?) 3 x 5
B93.19.4 Hospital Room- Baby Cribs 3 x 5
B93.19.5 Hospital Patient Room 3 x 5
B93.19.6 Doctor 3 x 5
B93.19.7 Hospital Laundry Room (?) 3 x 5
B93.19.8 Hospital Laundry Room (?) 3 x 5
B93.19.9 Kitchen/Dining Room 3 x 5
B93.19.10 Ceiling/Lights 3 x 5
B93.19.11 Hospital Room with Patients 3 x 5
B93.19.12 Hospital Room with Patients 3 x 5*
B93.19.13 Hospital Bed with restraints 3 x 5
B93.19.14 Hospital Staff 3 x 5
B93.19.15 Hospital Staff, washing bed pans (?) 3 x 5
B93.19.16 Machinery 3 x 5
B93.19.17 Chairs 3 x 5
B93.19.18 Vera (?) 3 x 5
B93.19.19 Vera and Family 3 x 5
B93.19.20 Two Women outside hospital 3 x 5
B93.19.21 Hospital from outside 3 x 5*
B93.19.22 Two Women and a Man in front of sea plane (Vera and others) 3 x 5
B93.19.23 Vera and Family 3 x 5
B93.19.24 Pilot 3 x 5
B93.19.25 Two men in front of plane 3 x 5
B93.19.26 Vera (?) 3 x 5
B93.19.27 Vera (?) 3 x 5
B93.19.28 View from the air (Juneau) 3 x 5
B93.19.29 View from the air (Juneau) 3 x 5
B93.19.30 View from the air (Juneau) 3 x 5
B93.19.31 View from the air (Juneau) 3 x 5
B93.19.32 View from the air (Juneau) 3 x 5
B93.19.33 View from the air (Juneau) 3 x 5
B93.19.34 Vera and Family, Mildred, Della, Vera, Catherine, Helen 4 x 6.5


Folder Liebel, Vera B39.19

B93.19 Report of inspection- Mountain Village Hospital

*Has Negative