Henryton Tuberculosis Sanatorium ledger

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unitid

{"value"=>"185432", "type"=>"local_mss"}

{"value"=>"Sc MG 959", "type"=>"local_call"}

{"value"=>"b22890426", "type"=>"local_b"}

unitdate

{"value"=>"1944-1992", "type"=>"inclusive", "normal"=>"1944/1992"}

{"value"=>"1944-1960", "type"=>"bulk", "normal"=>"1944/1960"}

unittitle

{"value"=>"Henryton Tuberculosis Sanatorium ledger"}

physdesc

{"format"=>"structured", "physdesc_components"=>[{"name"=>"extent", "value"=>"1 box", "unit"=>"containers"}, {"name"=>"extent", "value"=>"0.25 linear feet", "unit"=>"linear_feet"}]}

repository

{"value"=>"<span class=\"corpname\">Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Manuscripts, Archives and Rare Books Division</span>"}

abstract

{"value"=>"Founded in 1922, the Henrytown Tuberculosis Sanatorium was one of the first facilities established in Maryland to provide medical treatment to Black patients suffering from tuberculosis. The Henryton Tuberculosis Sanatorium ledger is a handwritten log for several thousand patients treated at the sanatorium from January 1944 to October 1960."}

langmaterial

{"value"=>"English"}

origination

{"value"=>"Henryton State Hospital", "type"=>"corpname"}

bioghist

{"value"=>"<p>Founded in 1922, the Henrytown Tuberculosis Sanatorium was one of the first facilities established in Maryland to provide medical treatment to Black patients suffering from tuberculosis. In 1962, the facility was converted to the Henryton State Hospital. The hospital closed in 1985 and the building was torn down in 2013.</p>"}

scopecontent

{"value"=>"<p>The Henryton Tuberculosis Sanatorium ledger is a handwritten log for several thousand patients treated at the sanatorium from January 1944 to October 1960. This folio-sized ledger records detailed information about each patient, identified by number only. Data includes age, sex, marital status, religion, occupation, country of residence, and length of stay. Pertinent information regarding the patients condition and symptoms are recorded as well, including disease status when admitted (minimal, moderate, advanced, etc.), extent of lesions, condition when discharged (improved, unimproved, died), followed by pulse, temperature, and weight when admitted and discharged. Laid in is a typed letter dated 1954 from William Wilson informing the hospital that the writer will no longer be able to visit the hospital to cut the hair of patients. Also inserted is a small collection of news clippings from 1992 on tuberculosis.</p>"}

acqinfo

{"value"=>"<p>Purchase, Brian Cassidy, 2019</p>"}

processinfo

{"value"=>"<p>Processed by <span class=\"name\">Barrye Brown</span> and <span class=\"name\">Allison Hughes</span> in <span class=\"date\">2022</span>.</p>"}

sponsor

{"value"=>"Home to Harlem Project funded by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation"}

date_start

1944

keydate

1944

date_end

1992

date_inclusive_start

1944

date_inclusive_end

1992

date_bulk_start

1944

date_bulk_end

1960

extent_statement

0.25 linear feet (1 box)

prefercite

{"value"=>"[Item], Henryton Tuberculosis Sanatorium ledger, Sc MG 959, Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Manuscripts, Archives and Rare Books Division, The New York Public Library"}

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