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Bernadette Tabor Pruitt is an author residing in Wichita Falls, Texas. She wrote "A Family Interrupted" in June 2011. Her books include True Blue, The Reluctant Hero, and A Christmas Wish.  A former journalist, Bernadette edited The Salt of the…

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…

Originally written by Minnie Wagoner in August 1973, this report was updated with additional information by Stacey Bayles in April 2010. Photographs were contributed by 1) Mary Ayn Tullier of Talihina, Oklahoma, 2) Oklahoma Veterans Center-Talihina…

A comprehensive history of the Eastern Oklahoma Tuberculosis Sanatorium written in August 1973 by former Oklahoma State Sanatorium employee, Minnie Wagoner.

Complete edition of Mountain Air dated March 1956, Volume 32-Number 3. One of the articles in this edition, "Bed Rest The Basic Prescription," acknowledges the profound effect of antibiotic drugs in the treatment of tuberculosis, but it does not…

Complete edition of Mountain Air dated April 1928-Volume 4, Number 6.   Sanatorium publications, such as Eastern Oklahoma Tuberculosis Sanatorium's monthly magazine titled Mountain Air, included prescriptive articles by doctors, creative writing by…

Partial edition of Mountain Air dated May 1949, Volume 26, Number 5. This edition of Mountain Air was dedicated to Dr. Forrest Pitt Baker, one of five Oklahomans who in April 1949, received the Distinguished Service Citation from the University of…

Partial edition of Mountain Air dated October 1949, Volume 26-Number 10. This edition of Mountain Air was written in tribute to Maude Baker, wife of Dr. Forrest Baker, who passed away in October 1949.  Mrs. Baker was a wife, mother, teacher, and a…

Fifteenth Census of the United States: 1930 Population Schedule for the Eastern Oklahoma State T. B. Sanatorium located northwest of Talihina, Oklahoma in Latimer County. These census records document the patients and staff residing at the Eastern…

West elevation looking south. By 1921 plans for tuberculosis sanatoriums had became fairly standardized and institutions were designed to promote ease and economy in maintaining a facility. Sanatoriums were comprised of two parts; one for housing…