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  • Bibliographic Citation is exactly "Researchers wishing to cite this collection should include the following information: Piedmont Tuberculosis Sanatorium (Burkeville, Virginia) Collection, Ms2019-009, Special Collections, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Va."

Ms2019_009_B01F09_Photograph_PiedmontStaffPhoto_PiedmontStaff_undated.pdf
This is a sepia photograph of doctors, nurses, and others, presumably at Piedmont Tuberculosis Sanatorium.

Ms2019_009_B01F08_Stamp_HealthGreetings_unknown_1929.pdf
This document is a series of Cinderella stamps with a person ringing a bell with the words "Health Greetings 1929". On the back of the stamps is a birthday message from "Shirley".

Ms2019_009_B01F08_Stamp_ChristmasShipGreetings_unknown_1928.jpg
This document is a series of Cinderella stamps with a ship with a two-barred cross on its sail, sailing the sea with "Christmas Greetings 1928" above it.

Ms2019_009_B01F08_Stamp_ChristmasSantaStamp_unknown_1957.jpg
This document is a series of Cinderella stamps with children and Santa on Christmas tree ornaments with the words "Christmas Greetings" below them and "1957" above them. The top of the sheet says "No one is safe from tuber[culosis]".

Ms2019_009_B01F08_Stamp_ChristmasChildrenStamp_unknown_1956.jpg
This document is a series of Cinderella stamps with children holding two-barred crosses with the words "Christmas Greetings" above them and "1956" next to each child.

Ms2019_009_B01F08_Stamp_ChristmasChalkboardStamp_unknown_1958.jpg
This document is a series of Cinderella stamps with children, writing the words "Christmas Greetings," on a chalkboard. The stamps also say "1958" and have two-barred crosses. The top of the sheet says "No one is safe from tube[rculosis]".

Ms2019_009_B01F08_Postcard_PiedmontSanatoriumUnknownBuilding_unknown_undated.pdf
This is a blank, black and white postcard of an unknown building at Piedmont Sanatorium. It was possibly the Pavillion.

Ms2019_009_B01F08_Postcard_PiedmontSanatoriumInfirmaryBuilding_unknown_undated.pdf
This is a blank black and white postcard of the Infirmary Building at Piedmont Sanatorium.

Ms2019_009_B01F08_Postcard_PiedmontSanatoriumChapel_unknown_undated.pdf
This is a blank, black and white postcard of the Piedmont Chapel at Piedmont Sanatorium.

Ms2019_009_B01F08_Postcard_PiedmontSanatoriumCarterBuilding_unknown_undated.pdf
This is a blank, colored postcard of the Carter Building at Piedmont Sanatorium.

Ms2019_009_B01F08_Postcard_PiedmontSanatoriumAdministrationBuilding_unknown_undated.pdf
This is a blank, black and white postcard of the Administration Building at Piedmont Sanatorium.

Ms2019_009_B01F07_Notes_AdventuresInaWheelChair_BessieCatlinHoward_undated.pdf
This memoir by Bessie Catlin Howard details her life and her time at Piedmont Sanatorium. One of the unique traits of her story is that she was navigating the institution in a wheelchair as well. This document was created after her death and Howard's…

Ms2019_009_B01F06_Program_PiedmontSanatoriumTrainingSchoolForNursesCommencement_unknown_1956_05_14.pdf
This document is an invitation to the Piedmont Sanatorium Training School for Nurses's graduating nursing class of 1956's commencement. The inside includes the names of the 15 graduates and where they are from.

Ms2019_009_B01F06_Program_PiedmontSanatoriumSchoolOfPracticalNursing_unknown_1965_09_05.jpg
This document is a program for the 1965 Baccalaureate services for Piedmont Sanatorium School of Practical Nursing.

Ms2019_009_B01F06_Program_1958PiedmontSanatoriumTrainingSchoolForNursesCommencement_unknown_1958_09_04.pdf
This document is an invitation to the Piedmont Sanatorium Training School for Nurses's graduating nursing class of 1958's commencement. The inside includes the names of the 9 graduates and where they are from.

Ms2019_009_B01F06_Program_1953PiedmontSanatoriumTrainingSchoolForNursesCommencement_unknown_1953_05_19.pdf
This document is an invitation to the Piedmont Sanatorium Training School for Nurses's graduating nursing class of 1953's commencement. The inside includes the names of the 21 graduates and where they are from.

Ms2019_009_B01F06_Program_1952PiedmontSanatoriumTrainingSchoolForNursesCommencement_unknown_1952_05_20.jpg
This document is an invitation to the Piedmont Sanatorium Training School for Nurses's graduating nursing class of 1952's commencement. The inside includes the names of the 14 graduates and where they are from.

Ms2019_009_B01F06_Program_1949PiedmontSanatoriumTrainingSchoolForNursesCommencement_unknown_1949_05_19.pdf
This document is an invitation to the Piedmont Sanatorium Training School for Nurses's graduating nursing class of 1949's commencement. The inside includes the names of the 13 graduates and where they are from.

Ms2019_009_B01F06_Notes_ClassProphecy_unknown_1940.pdf
This document is a part of the 1940 class of graduating nurses from the Piedmont School of Nursing. The class prophecy about how the eight graduates' lives will look in 1950.

Ms2019_009_B01F06_Notes_ClassPoem_MCarolineWhite_1940.jpg
This poem is a part of the 1940 class of graduating nurses from Piedmont School of Nursing. The class poem written by M. Caroline White, talking about the experiences African American nurses have and will face in the medical field.

Ms2019_009_B01F06_Notes_ClassHistory_unknown_1940.pdf
This document is a part of the 1940 class of graduating nurses from Piedmont School of Nursing. The class history describes the lives of the nurses before they were admitted into the program.

Ms2019_009_B01F05_TBGroupOpposesBurkevilleClosing_undated.jpg
This newspaper article discusses the closing of Piedmont Sanatorium and the opposition it created. Some organizations did not want the institution to close or change into a different hospital.

Ms2019_009_B01F05_SanatoriumDecisionToBeDelayed_unknown_undated.jpg
This newspaper article is about the transition of Piedmont and other Sanatoriums into mental health hospitals. However, this decision at this point was delayed for another year.

Ms2019_009_B01F05_NegroOrganizationSocietyInc_unknown_undated.jpg
This card about the Negro Organization Society, Inc., has the names of the president, vice presidents, and other titles for the organization.

Ms2019_009_B01F05_InOldeWilliamsburgConferenceWasIroningBoardForSomeProblems_unknown_undated.jpg
This newspaper article discusses the annual program planning conference about tuberculosis and other respiratory diseases affecting Virginia's population.

Ms2019_009_B01F04_Reprint_FollowUpStudyonPulmonaryTuberculosis_CharlesMScottandHyoKeunLee_1959_08.pdf
This document is a study about the new and different drugs used for Tuberculosis and how it affects the patients.

Ms2019_009_B01F04_PapersOfDrHGCarter_undated.pdf
This document includes different papers published between 1920 and 1926 by Dr. Harry Gilmore Carter, who was the Superintendent and Medical Director of Piedmont Sanatorium. His papers includes information about the running of Piedmont and…

Ms2019_009_B01F03_Reprint_ComplicationsofPulmonaryTuberculosis_1926_02.pdf
This article is about the complications of Pulmonary Tuberculosis and how the infection affects the patients of Piedmont Sanatorium. It is an article reprint from Virginia Medical Monthy, February 1926.

Ms2019_009_B01F03_Pamphlet_VirginiaHealthBulletin_VAStateDepartmentofHealth_1961.pdf
This Virginia Health Bulletin, Vol. 14, Series 2, No. 7, November 1961 contains an annual report about blindness in Virginia. It looks at the whole state's fight against different diseases that attack the eyes.

Ms2019_009_B01F03_Pamphlet_AnnualReport195253_VATuberculosisAssociation_1952_1953.pdf
This 1953 document is an annual report about Tuberculosis in Virginia for the 1952-1953 year. It looks at the whole state's fight against the disease.

Ms2019_009_B01F03_Bulletin_VADeptOfHealthHealthBulletin_VADepartmentofHealth_1938.pdf
Health Bulletin, Vol. III, No. 1, November 1938 issue from the Virginia Department of Health is an issue specifically about Piedmont Sanatorium. It showcases what the institution has to offer to patients and those interested in the nursing program.

Ms2019_009_B01F02_PiedmontSanatoriumReport_unknown_1955_05_16.pdf
This May 16, 1955 document is a report about Piedmont Sanatorium to the board. It discusses the personnel, patients, farm, and finance of the institution during the year.

Ms2019_009_B01F02_PiedmontSanatoriumPatientsDischarged_EDC_1949_02_01.pdf
This 1949 document has general administrative data and numbers about Piedmont Sanatorium operations. It also discusses in-patient, out-patient outreach and patients discharge.

Ms2019_009_B01F02_PiedmontSanatoriumHandwrittenNotes_unknown_undated.pdf
This document includes various handwritten notes about the operations at Piedmont Sanatorium. It also talks about people employed there, and nurses from the nursing program. The document is undated, but likely dates to the 1960s.

Ms2019_009_B01F02_ListofDrugs_1963_05_15.pdf
This document details and describes the different drugs prescribed to patients at Piedmont Sanatorium, written by Charles W. Scott, M.D., superintendent and medical director, and revised on May 15th, 1963.

Ms2019_009_B01F01_SanatoriumGrowth.pdf
This document discusses the history of Piedmont Sanatorium and its growth over the previous 40 years. It goes into detail about the number of patients admitted, the beds, the different buildings, and the nursing school.

Ms2019_009_B01F01_PiedmontStateHospitalHistory_1971_05_17.pdf
This document gives a brief history about Piedmont Sanatorium and its conversion into a State Hospital by superintendent Charles W. Scott, M.D. There was a push in the 1960s for one the of the Tuberculosis sanatoriums to become a Mental Hygiene and…

Ms2019_009_B01F01_PiedmontSanatoriumHistory_1953_09_10.pdf
This document details a brief history about Piedmont Tuberculosis Sanatorium "for year 7/1/52-6/30/53". It includes data and stats about patients deaths and discharged from the institution edited and updated in September 1953.

Ms2019_009_B01F01_PiedmontSanatoriumHistory_1953_05_28.pdf
This document details a brief history about Piedmont Tuberculosis Sanatorium "for year 7/1/51 thru 6/30/52". It includes data and stats about patients deaths and discharged from the institution edited and updated in May 1953.

Ms2019_009_B01F01_HistoryofSanatorium_1964_08_24.pdf
This document details a brief history about Piedmont Tuberculosis Sanatorium until 1948. It includes data and stats about patients deaths and discharged from the institution edited and updated in August 1964.
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