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Supervising Nurses
In 1939, four registered nurses supervised a staff of 34 practical nurses who cared for sanatorium patients. Pictured left to right: Mary Van Harris,…
Harper Building - Collection of Dr. Forrest P. Baker
North elevation looking west.
The Harper Building was a preventorium for children infected with tuberculosis, but who did not have an active form of the disease. A preventorium was defined by the Committee of Preventoria of the National Tuberculosis…
Harper Building
North elevation looking east.
Constructed in 1930 as a children's facility, this building accommodated 65 patients with primary tuberculosis. Each wing housed sleeping porches on the south with dressing rooms on the north. The first floor's central…
Helen Campbell and Jimmie Isborn with Marian Campbell - 1939
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.