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Title
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Miss Frances E. Kitchen, R.N., Named Twentieth Woman of the Week
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Description
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Vertical file containing a photo and biographical article about Miss Frances Kitchen, "superintendent of Douglass hospital" and nurse at that institution in Kansas City, Kansas. She was active in the local African Methodist Episcopal Church and started with the hospital in 1920 as a nurse when it was located at 312 Washington Boulevard. She remained at the hospital through its relocations to 336 Quindaro Boulevard and then 3400 North 27th Street in 1945.
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Date
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1949-07-01
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Object Type
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Newspaper Article
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Title
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Douglass Hospital
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Description
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View of the Douglass Hospital building that once stood at 3700 N. 27th Street in Kansas City, Kansas.
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Date
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1971-07
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Object Type
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Photograph
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Title
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Douglass Hospital
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Description
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Full frontal and side view; located at 3700 N. 27th Street in Kansas City, Kansas.
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Object Type
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Photograph
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Title
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Dr. Thomas Conard Unthank
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Description
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Biography and photo of physician Thomas C. Unthank, "The 'Father' of Kansas City's Negro Hospital". In addition to the Colored Division of General Hospital, he was involved in the founding of the Douglas Hospital in Kansas City, Kansas, Lange and Wheatley Provident Hospitals.
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Date
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1932-10-08
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Object Type
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Magazine Article
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Title
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African-Americans in Medicine: The Founding and History of Douglass Hospital
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Description
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Article about the history of Douglass Hospital, a black health care institution founded in 1899 by Dr. Solomon Thompson. Description of its founding location at 312 Washington Boulevard and subsequent locations in Kansas City, Kansas, and its closing in 1977 and razing in 1980.
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Date
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1996
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Object Type
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Magazine Article
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Title
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Healing Hands: The History of Hospitals in Wyandotte County
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Description
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Article gives an overview of hospitals and health care in Wyandotte County including St. Margaret's Hospital, Bethany Medical Center, Douglass Hospital, KU Medical Center, and Providence Hospital.
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Date
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2003
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Object Type
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Magazine Article
