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Mrs. Lorinda Harris, Nursing Head, Dies
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Description
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Vertical file contains a photo and obituary for Mrs. Lorinda Harris, "superintendent of Nurses at General hospital No. 2 for 21 years." Prior to starting with General Hospital Number 2 in Kansas City in 1926, she was a graduate of and professional nurse at nursing programs and hospitals around the country, including being superintendent of nurses at Wheatley Hospital in Kansas City just before going to General. Her age and address are not given in the obituary.
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Newspaper Article
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Personalities of Kansas City
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Description
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Vertical file containing a portrait and biographical article about Dr. William Johnson, or Dr. Bill Johnson, a physician and surgeon specializing in tuberculosis and diseases of the chest at General Hospital Number 2. He was born in Albuquerque, New Mexico and came to Kansas City as an intern around 1927 at General Hospital Number 2 before serving as a resident physician at Wheatley-Provident Hospital, then becoming director of the Chest Clinic at General Hospital Number 2.
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Object Type
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Newspaper Article
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Personalities of Kansas City
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Description
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Vertical file contains a portrait and biographical article about Dr. Royall Fleming, a physician and night superintendent at General Hospital Number 2 in Kansas City. He was a native of North Carolina, graduating from Howard School of Medicine in 1930 before coming to Kansas City and specializing in allergies and endocrinology.
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1941-08-22
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Object Type
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Newspaper Article
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New Building Which Houses General Hospital Ambulance Division
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Description
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File containing an article with photo and caption about "the new hospital auxiliary building recently completed west of general hospital No. 2" (pictured) at about 22nd and Gillham Roads.
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1935-09-08
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Object Type
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Newspaper Article
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He Gave to the Community
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Obituary for Carl M. Peterson, M.D., who died December 17, 2007, at age 93. Dr. Peterson was the first black surgeon in Kansas City to be certified in his specialty by the American Board of Surgeons and the first black president of the Jackson County Medical Society.
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2007-12-23
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Object Type
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Newspaper Article
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Neglected History Sought
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Article announces that documentary filmmaker Kevin Wilmott and historians Deborah Dandridge and Tanya Hart are beginning work on a film focusing upon healthcare provided to African Americans living in Kansas City during the Jim Crow era. Wilmott is interviewed and provides a brief history of the city's General Hospitals No. 1 and No. 2. Former employees and patients of the city's segregated hospital are interviewed and describe their unequal treatment and conditions of the facility.
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2013-03-10
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Object Type
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Newspaper Article
