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Pictured in the PWA hospital ward is Robert 'Bobby' Carroll, a 9-year old patient with an unidentified staff member dressed as Santa Claus in December 1958. Admitted to the sanatorium in a life-threatening condition, Robert was ultimately diagnosed…

"Notes on Being a Patient at Talihina" written by Dorothy Macomb Fowler in April 2010. Dorothy and her sister, Helen, were 6 and 10 years old, respectively, when they were institutionalized at the Eastern Oklahoma Tuberculosis Sanatorium in September…

Pictured on the sanatorium grounds (left to right) are Dorothy and Helen Macomb in 1939, sisters and patients residing at the Harper Building.

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

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…

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.

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).

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

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.

Pictured outside of the Patients Pavilon is Eula Sharp, a 19-year old patient.  She is listed among the patients on the 1930 Census. The back of the photograph is inscribed to Dr. Baker and is stamped Brown's Studio, McAlester, Oklahoma.