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Title
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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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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 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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Date
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1941-08-22
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Object Type
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Newspaper Article
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Title
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Health and Politics
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Description
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[R]eport on the recommendations of the 'Health and Hospital Survey' of 1930 for Kansas City, with various information about health care deficiencies and statistics, including "a wing for Negroes" left uncompleted "at the tuberculosis hospital at Leeds" and a death rate of Kansas City being higher (12.25) than New York City (10.23).
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Date
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1935-01-18
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Object Type
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Magazine Article
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Title
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Nutrition/Food Service in Hospital
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Description
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Interior view of what is identified as the new kitchen in General Hospital No.2. Includes six unidentified kitchen personnel. This photograph appeared printed in the City Manager's annual report for 1941, MVSC Q 092.56 K16, 1940-48, p.44 and was captioned as: "A new kitchen in General Hospital, No.2."
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Date
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1941
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Object Type
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Photograph
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Title
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Nutrition/Food Services in Hospital
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Description
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Interior view, believed to be the kitchen located in General Hospital No. 2. Includes two unidentified hospital kitchen employees. Photograph found in Municipal Mirror, November, 1946, p. 6, MVSC 092 M96 and captioned: "The immaculately clean kitchen."
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Date
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1946
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Object Type
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Photograph
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Title
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Sanborn Map, Kansas City, Vol. 3, 1909-1957, Page p343
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Description
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A portion of Kansas City from E. 21st Street south to E. 23rd Street and from McGee east to McCoy Avenue, showing buildings, streets, and additions. Large numbers at edges of page refer to page with adjoining area.
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Date
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1909/1957
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Object Type
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Map
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Title
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Sanborn Map, Kansas City, Vol. 3, 1909-1950, Page p343
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Description
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A portion of Kansas City from E. 21st Street south to E. 23rd Street and from McGee east to McCoy Avenue, showing buildings, streets, and additions. Large numbers at edges of page refer to page with adjoining area.
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Date
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1909/1950
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Object Type
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Map
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Title
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Nurses Residence Area
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Description
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Interior view of a lounge area. Identified on the back as: Nurses residence, General #2 Hospital (Negro), lobby and lounge room."
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Date
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1950~
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Object Type
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Photograph
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Title
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Operating Room Facilities
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Description
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Interior view, identified as an operating room at General Hospital No. 2, located at Hospital Hill, Kansas City, Missouri. Room is unoccupied, showing various operating room equipment and supplies.
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Date
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1945~
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Object Type
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Photograph
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Title
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Dr. John Edward Perry
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Description
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Biography and photo of physician John E. Perry, founder of Wheatley Provident Hospital and President and Chief of Surgical Service at the Colored Division of General Hospital.
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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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Dr. William James Thompkins
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Description
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Biography and photo of physician William J. Thompkins, "First Colored Superintendant of the Hospital", born in 1879 in Jefferson City, Missouri.
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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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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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Dr. Dennis Madison Miller
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Description
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Biography and photo of physician Dennis M. Miller, "Superintendent of Kansas City General Hospital Colored Division", born in Thomasville, Georgia September 30, 1884.
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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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Kansas City General Hospital No. 2
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Description
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Article about black people being denied hospitalization because of their race.
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Date
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1997
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Object Type
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Magazine Article
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Title
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Future: The Newsweekly for Today
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Description
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First issue of the anti-corruption, Kansas City-based newspaper, Future: The Newsweekly for Today. The front page includes a statement on the newspaper's objective, maintaining that the newspaper is not against any certain political party or vice, but that it is simply for "good government." Featured articles include: “Council Passes Cab Ordinance” (pp. 2 & 4) discussing councilman Frank H. Backstrom’s reaction to the ordinance and detailing other ordinances appropriating bond funds.; "Adult Education--A Fine Work" (pp. 2 & 6) concerning "the program of adult education going forward under the FERA, with the hearty co-operation of the city's Board of Education" and supervised by Roy Gallemore. It describes courses offered at Lincoln High School and its "sixty-three colored teachers employed, a goodly number as compared with the hundred and sixteen white teachers."; “Trivia” (pp. 2 & 6) and "Borderline Businesses Pay Most Sugar" (pp. 3 & 8) on the bombing of the Harlem Nightclub as an example of the vulnerability of semi-legitimate ("borderline") nightclubs and other businesses in Kansas City to its strong-arm tactics of organized crime through the police department. A photo of the Harlem Nightclub bombing is included.; "What, Precisely, Is a Machine?" (pp. 3 & 5) on the definition of political machines and the Pendergast machine in Kansas City fitting this definition through unofficial financing, voting fraud, etc.; "A New Administration for the County" (pp. 3-5) detailing the new administrative officials, new budget laws, and efforts to reduce the city deficit. A picture of J. W. Hostetter, Eugene I. Purcell, and Battle McCardle is included.; “NYM” (p. 4) on the National Youth Movement began in Kansas City in May 1932 with a portrait of Joseph C. Fennelly.; "May We Present Mrs. Charles N. Seidlitz" (p. 5) on Alice Richards Seidlitz "one of the founders of the Junior League of Kansas City," wife of Charles Seidlitz ("president of the Seidlitz Paint and Varnish Company"), and daughter of George Richards ("son of the founder of Richards and Conover Hardware Company"). A photo of Alice is included.; "Be Proud, Citizens!" (pp. 5 & 8) on the ironic description of Kansas City by Judge Brown Harris "as 'probably the most law-abiding city in the United States.'" Irony due to the judge's association with the Pendergast machine and "federal indictments" in relation to the Union Station massacre of Eugene Reppert ("former director of police"), Thomas Higgins ("chief of detectives"), George Rayen ("of the police motor theft bureau"), Tom Bash (sheriff), etc.; Book review (p. 7) of "Heaven's My Destination" by Thornton Wilder (author of "Our Town" and "The Bridge of San Luis Rey"), describing a scene in the book with the main character (a devoutly religious man) unknowingly eating at one of Kansas City's "bawdy houses" and experiencing other misadventures.; Also included in the newspaper are advertisements for local businesses and articles on sports, fashion, finance, cooking, music, and national and international news.
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Date
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1935-01-11
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Object Type
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Newspaper
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Title
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History of Kansas City General Hospital Colored Division
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Description
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Article contains a history and chronology of General Hospital #2, the City's first separate facility for African-Americans. It was established in 1908 after the "Old Building" of General Hospital was vacated. Numerous photographs of interior and exterior are included.
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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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Health Care Institutions
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Description
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Portion of chapter, "School, Church, and Health", describes the development of health care institutions for African Americans. Old City Hospital or General Hospital #2 was "a point of pride for many African Americans". When a fire gutted it in 1927, a new hospital was constructed just west of General Hospital #1 and opened on March 2, 1930. Also discussed are Niles Home for Children, Florence Crittenton Home, and Big Sister Home for Negro Girls as well as general health considerations for Kansas City's African Americans.
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Date
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2006
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Object Type
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Book Section
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