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Title
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Wheatley Hospital
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Description
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File contains a program of the "Miss Galivanter of 1946" pageant, which took place at Municipal Auditorium on May 17, 1946. The event was presented by the Wheatley-Provident Hospital Board and the Wheatley-Provident Auxiliary No. 1; Dr. L. W. Turner was the master of ceremonies, Smitty's Vine Street Pla-Boys provided music, and Barbara Ann Pullum was "Miss Galivanter."
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Object Type
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Vertical File
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Title
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Health--Kansas City
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Description
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File contains three documents related to the health of African Americans in Kansas City, Missouri. One is a pamphlet describing briefly the history of African American hospitals in Kansas City (including General Hospital No. 2, Lang Hospital, and Wheatley Hospital). The second is an April 1946 report on Kansas City health issues by Dr. W. Montague Cobb of Howard Univeristy, and the third is a 15-page typed letter (undated) by Dr. William J. Thompkins to Dr. John Lavan (a Kansas City health commissioner), regarding unhealthy conditions in African American neighborhoods.
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Date
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1930~/1949~
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Object Type
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Vertical File
