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In fair condition, the one-story buildings of red brick construction have been modified, however, evidence of their original design and use as service buildings is clearly visible. Both buildings are clad with standing-seam metal roofs in good…

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In poor condition, this building is one of the site's oldest buildings with only the power house predating it. It was exceptional for its time in terms of style, cost, and amenities. The two-story red brick structure is severly altered. Modification…

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In good condition, the Service Building's grand design and central location make it a multi-purpose gathering place today as it was in the past. Archival photographs are evidence that the dormers and original doors have been removed. A landscape…

The address side of a postcard dated May 4, 1939, from Helen June Campbell to her parents. At that time, Helen Campbell was 6 years old and a patient residing at the Harper Building. The postmark identifies the postcard as being delivered into the…

Letter written by Helen Campbell to her family in Stigler, Oklahoma. One of several letters written in 1939 and postmarked Sanatorium Rural Station (SRS).

A history of the Eastern Oklahoma Tuberculosis Sanatorium and the Oklahoma State Sanatorium written in June 1975 by former sanatorium employee, LaVerne McCawley. The operation of the facility was transferred from the Oklahoma Department of Health to…

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Pictured on the sanatorium grounds near the Harper building is Helen June Campbell in 1939, a 6-year old patient institutionalized with primary tuberculosis.

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Pictured on the steps at the entrance to the Administration building are Helen Campbell and Jimmie Isborn in 1939, cousins and patients (6 and 10-years old, respectively).

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Pictured at the entrance to the Harper building (left to right) are Marian and Helen Campbell, and Jimmie Isborn in 1939, during a family visit. Helen and Marian are sisters, Helen and Jimmie were cousins and patients residing at the Harper building.

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Photo of Marion and Bernice Campbell, parents of patient Helen Campbell, taken on the grounds of the Eastern Oklahoma Tuberculosis Sanatorium in 1939.
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