The Mennonite Bethesda Hospital was built in 1899 in Goessel, Kansas, another wing and a center was finished in 1917. The building served as a hospital and home for the aged. In 1928 a new hospital was built with the original building serving as the home for the aged. A new nursing home was built in 1969, a new hospital was built in 1973. (Information from the Bethesda Home Dedication program, 1969, and Mennonite Bethesda Hospital dedication service program, 1973.)

These folders include 1902 membership certificate of Peter Schmidt; commencement exercises of the Training School for Nurses at Bethesda 1919 and 1921; constitution, 1961; 1964 65th anniversary program; 1969 Bethesda Home dedication program; 1973 Mennonite Bethesda Hospital dedication service program.