McKnight State Tuberculosis Hospital (Tex.). Records, 1912-1969. - View Resource

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McKnight State Tuberculosis Hospital (Tex.). Records, 1912-1969.

Title

Records, 1912-1969.

Resource Link

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/24341899

Abstract

Includes correspondence, office files, photographs, printed material, financial material, legal material, prescriptions, plans, and drawings. Collection bulks with office files consisting primarily of volunteer and donation records. The correspondence, though limited in amount, gives insight into the beginning and development of the sanatorium.

Extent

9,813 leaves

Holding Repository

Texas Tech University Libraries, Academic Library

Information

SNAC Resource ID: 7128485

Texas Tech University Libraries, Academic Library

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McKnight State Tuberculosis Hospital (Tex.)

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Hospital opened July 4, 1912, as the Texas State Tuberculosis Sanatorium in Carlsbad, Texas. Dr. J. B. McKnight was appointed director in 1914 by Governor Oscar B. Colquitt. The facility was renamed for Dr. McKnight in 1950. A nursing school was chartered in 1915. The hospital was designed for short-term treatment of both private and charity tuberculosis patients. From the description of Records, 1912-1969. (Texas Tech University). WorldCat record id: 24341899 ...

Texas State Tuberculosis Sanatorium

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