Polk’s Medical Register and Directory of the United States and Canada, published in 1917, lists a hospital on page 1416 for which we have no historical details. Information would be appreciated. Status: Private Location: Tennessee av[enue] Established: 1900 Capacity: 12 … Continue reading
Knoxville College Hospital Knoxville, Tenn, Established 1906; public for colored patients, 17 beds, Miss Helen Ferguson RN, superintendent. (Source: Hospital Management, Volume 14, No. 5, Crain Publishing Company, 1922, p. 88). In 1917, Polk’s Medical Register & Directory of the … Continue reading
The hospital was later known as Eastern State Psychiatric Hospital, then Lakeshore Mental Health Institute before it closed. Most Knoxville graduate nurses did a psychiatric nursing rotation there during their training. The following text is from Standard History of Knoxville, … Continue reading
This list is taken from the TN State Library & Archives finding aid for Record Group 97. Accuracy of spelling and dates have not been verified. There is no information in the finding aid regarding completeness of the list. The … Continue reading
This list is taken from the TN State Library & Archives finding aid for Record Group 97. Accuracy of spelling and dates have not been verified. There is no information in the finding aid regarding completeness of the list. The … Continue reading
This list is taken from the TN State Library & Archives finding aid for Record Group 97. Accuracy of spelling and dates have not been verified. The list is incomplete, based on newspaper reports of graduates. In 1948, Newell Hospital … Continue reading
Carver Hospital Served Blacks for 15 Years by Phoebe Pollitt, Ph.D., R.N. — Published September 6th, 2015 Walden Hospital, the original African-American hospital in Chattanooga at Douglas and Eighth streets, opened in 1915. Founder Emma Wheeler added the nursing school … 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
Hospital Was Luxury in ’80’s – First Had few Beds by Henry Evans Only a year or so before the first copies of the Knoxville News Sentinel were inked and sold, Knoxvillians had discovered a new luxury – the hospital. … Continue reading
From a postcard, circa 1930 It doesn’t have quite the panache of a former U.S. post office, Victorian mansion or retired schoolhouse, but Sam Furrow is in the process of saving another Knoxville landmark from the wrecking ball. Furrow is … Continue reading
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