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Preferred Citation

[Description and date of item], [Box/folder number], Hopemont Hospital Cirkut Photographs, A&M 3539, West Virginia and Regional History Center, West Virginia University Libraries, Morgantown, West Virginia.

Scope and Contents

Ten photographs documenting the West Virginia State Tuberculosis Sanitarium at Hopemont in Preston County, West Virginia. Photographs show buildings, grounds, and patients. The photographs include views of the facility looking east and west; an interior shot of the dining hall with residents at meal time; and an exterior view of the Gore Hospital building. Includes nine cirkut or panoramic photographs (two of which show the same image) and one standard size photograph.

Separated Material

Separated to A&M 3540: Seventy-six photographs featuring Hester Luetta Harr, a patient at the sanitarium during the late 1920s, including candid portraits of patients and staff. The collection also includes several views of the Cheat River. Includes 76 photographs (53 items 2.75 in. x 4.5 in., 9 items 3.5 in. x 5.75 in., 8 items 2.5 in. x 3.5 in., 5 items 3 in. x 5 in., 1 item 1 in. x 3.5 in.).

Subjects and Indexing Terms

• Hopemont Sanitarium
• Preston County (W. Va.)