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 →
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 →
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 →
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 →
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 →
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