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Undated photograph of Dr. Forrest Pitt Baker, superintendent of the Eastern Oklahoma Tuberculosis Sanatorium from 1928 to 1966.

"The weeks, the months, and the years have slipped quietly over the threshold into the past, as the little hospital had grown in structure and spirit. But today it is not the attractive brick buildings in their mountain setting that pays tribute to…

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…

These undated photos are of the superintendent's cottage, a bungalow on the grounds of the sanatorium. The cottage was home to Dr. Baker and his family; his wife, Maud and their two daughters, Mary and Martha. In the first photo, the cottage is shown…

Acknowledged in a 1930 newspaper article as the sanatorium's poet laureate, Eula Sharp's artistic talent and heartfelt sincerity is evident in her letter written to Dr. Baker dated December 22, 1930.