1.7 Linear Feet, Summary: 1 ft. 7 3/4 in. (1 document case, 2 1/2 in.); (1 large flat storage box, 3 in.); (1 small flat storage
box, 5 in).; (2 ledgers, 9 in.); (3 oversize photographs, 1/4 in.)
Creator
Bragg, George
Location
West Virginia and Regional History Center / West Virginia University / 1549 University Avenue / P.O. Box 6069 / Morgantown,
WV 26506-6069 / Phone: 304-293-3536 / Fax: 304-293-3981 / URL: https://wvrhc.lib.wvu.edu/
Language
English
Abstract
Records of Miners Hospital No. 2, McKendree, West Virginia, Fayette County. Established 1901, closed 1941. Box 1: Patient
Log Book ("Book 11", 600 pp., 9/8/1913-7/16/1914). Box 2: Patient Log Book ("Book 14", 600 pp., 1/28/1916-10/7/1916); Patient
Log Book ("Book 15", 542 pp., 10/3/1916-7/30/1917). Box 3: Patient Log Book ("Book 7", 472 pp., 6/4/1909-7/13/1910); Patients'
Register (record of 2048 admissions, 10/1/1912-11/9/1915); Correspondence Register (between McKendree Hospital and the State
Board of Control, Charleston, West Virginia, 1913-1916). Unboxed: Correspondence and Purchase Order Register (between McKendree
and Board of Control, 1909-1913); Purchase Order Register (1913-1916); three panoramic (possibly cirkut) photos of facilities,
nurses, and staff. Patient Log Books include: name, location of residence, gender, race, age, marital status, occupation,
religious affiliation, name of doctor, diagnosis, treatment log, and account information. Patients' Register includes: name,
address, date admitted, admitting diagnosis, examiner name, remarks, religion, birth place and date, gender, race, years of
residence, marital status, occupation, father's name, nationality, mother's name, employer's name and address, name of relative
or friend, "pay or free" designation, and discharge diagnosis and date.
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Preferred Citation
[Description and date of item], [Box/folder number], Miners Hospital No. 2, McKendree, Fayette County Records, A&M 3505, West
Virginia and Regional History Center, West Virginia University Libraries, Morgantown, West Virginia.