Bridge honors sisters who served in WWII A bridge on Henrytown Road has been renamed to honor a pair of sisters who volunteered as nurses in World War II, with one of them among the American personnel taken prisoner during … Continue reading →
The information and photos below were excerpted from a lengthy investigative article published by NPR.org — full link is below. When Dr. H.M. Green opened his new medical office building on East Vine Avenue in 1922, Black Knoxville residents could … Continue reading →
This photo of the Class of 1938 at their graduation ceremony was in the personal collection of Marcia Wyman (married Beamon Sherley Cooley, Jr., MD). Marcia’s granddaughter, Anne-Wyman Black, donated the photo for our museum and archival collection. For many … Continue reading →
Martha Lee Burden Bowden, beloved wife, mother, grandmother, aunt, cousin and friend passed away Tuesday, Aug. 23, 2022, at the age of 98. She was born and raised in Sevierville, TN, and was the last surviving child of the late … Continue reading →
First Hospital in Knoxville Listed in 1885 Makeshift Institution for Care of Patients Located in Old Strong Home by Peggy Levy Knoxville Journal, April 26, 1936, page 54 What is almost our first thought today when illness or accident strikes … Continue reading →
Julia Marie Zecchini Born 8 October 1915, Newcomb, Tennessee Died 8 October 1944, Shelby County, Tennessee Lieutenant jg, Nurse, US. Navy Julia Zecchini died at the U.S. Naval Hospital Memphis, Shelby County, Tennessee of sodium fluoride poisoning. She was the … Continue reading →
University of Tennessee Isotopic Research Hospital opened in August, 1956, and became the successor to Knoxville General Hospital in addition to adding numerous new medical options to the region. The last graduating class from KGH finished its clinical hours at … Continue reading →
Polk’s Medical Register and Directory of the United States and Canada was published in 1917. On page 1416, there is a listing of hospitals and homes in Knoxville. Knoxville General Hospital. 991 Cleveland pl. Est’d 1899. Capacity 125. Public. Med … Continue reading →
Photo from the University of Tennessee Libraries Digital Collections, Identifier 0012_000067_000231 Riverside Hospital, located on Riverside Drive, was established around 1918. It continued to operate until 1927 when it became Riverside-Fort Sanders Hospital and moved to 1909 Clinch Avenue. Dr … Continue reading →
[The newspaper articles below failed to recognize John Brockman, graduate of Lincoln Memorial School of Nursing in 1913.] Two Men Join Girls in Nurses’ Training Presbyterian Hospital’s new nurses’ training class has two men in it, the first time men … Continue reading →
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