Dr. Sharon Loury, a Professor of Nursing at East Tennessee State University, completed an introductory volume entitled Appalachian Nursing: A History, 1890-1960 in the Fall of 2024. The book delves into many important aspects of the development of nursing theory … 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 →
The hospitals of this city are very interesting in their every detail. There are about thirty-five hospitals and sanitariums in Knoxville. The Knoxville General is constructed of beautiful red brick, with all the walls covered with green trailing vines. The … Continue reading →
Entitled “Graduating Class K.G.H. May 25, 1942”
Contains autographs and messages from students and staff on the outside and a typewritten “fable” with illustrative sketches on the inside.
This document was provided by Bill Dunkin, son of Bernice Minor Dunkin.
| Mabel Kate Bailey | Lois Hill | Bonnie Lee Miracle |
| Mildred Lou Blackburn | Margaret Sue Hood | Sadie Helen Padgett |
| Una Hazel Claxton | Viola Louise Hopkins | Etta Mae Ross |
| Hazel Elizabeth Cole | Lydia Marie Johnson | Nancy Nelle Sharp |
| Clara Kathleen Cox | Margaret Christine Lester | Anna Lyle Shultz |
| Lora Nell Dooley | Margaret Hays Lynch | Lucy Leah Smith |
| Gertrude Blanche Hargreaves | Ruth Minnie McBee | Helen Sprinkle |
| Willie Hugh Hensley | Ruth Pauline Maples | Vivian Marie Still |
| Florence Pauline Hill | Beulah Bernice Minor | Gertrude Lucille Wallace |
This document was provided by Bill Dunkin, son of Bernice Minor Dunkin.
This is a listing of the names, ages, and birthplaces of the Superintendent, nursing students, staff, and others residing at the hospital as of April 1, 1940.
Continue reading →This is a listing of the names, ages, and birthplaces of the Superintendent, nursing students, staff, some patients, and others residing at the hospital as of January 1, 1920.
Continue reading →Grave Charges Made Against Hospital Nurses Conditions at Knoxville Institution Investigated by City Board Knoxville, Tenn., April 24. — Charges that conditions at the Knoxville General Hospital are unsanitary, that regulations of the institution are not adequate to determine the … Continue reading →
The images below are the graduation invitation for the KGH Class of 1931. The document was donated by the nephew of Mary Elizabeth Pickering Vreeland, a native of Greene County, Tennessee, and member of that class, who is pictured here. … Continue reading →
Jane Keller’s Nearing End of Fourth ‘Nursing Life’ by Dwayne Summar – Knoxville News-Sentinel, May 19, 1963, Page B-16 Back in 1921, a young Sevier County girl climbed the steps of old General Hospital on Cleveland Place, defying a Victorian … Continue reading →
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