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Sheltering Arms Hospital Records, 1902-1940 A&M 1527

Sheltering Arms Hospital Records, 1902-1940 A&M 1527


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West Virginia and Regional History Center

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P.O. Box 6069
Morgantown, WV 26506-6069
Business Number: 304-293-3536
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Repository
West Virginia and Regional History Center
Identification
A&M 1527
Title
Sheltering Arms Hospital Records 1902-1940
URL:
https://archives.lib.wvu.edu/ark:/99999/198395
Quantity
3.7 Linear Feet, Summary: 3 ft. 7 3/4 in. (1 folder, 3/4 in.); (171 ledgers, 3 ft. 7 in.)
Creator
Sheltering Arms Hospital (Hansford, W. Va.)
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
Minute book, 1906-1923; medical care records, 1902-1922; and miscellaneous papers of a hospital founded at Hansford in 1886 by the Protestant Episcopal Church, Diocese of West Virginia. The hospital, designed to serve the medical and surgical needs of miners and railroad workers and their families, closed in 1923.

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Preferred Citation

[Description and date of item], [Box/folder number], Sheltering Arms Hospital Records, A&M 1527, West Virginia and Regional History Center, West Virginia University Libraries, Morgantown, West Virginia.

Subjects and Indexing Terms

  • Church buildings
  • Churches -- Protestant Episcopal
  • Coal mining - Medical care.
  • Hansford.
  • Hospitals and sanitariums.
  • Medicine. SEE ALSO Folk medicine.
  • Sheltering Arms Hospital (Hansford, W. Va.)

Significant Places Associated With the Collection

  • Hansford.
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