Skip to main content

Miners Hospital No. 2, McKendree, Fayette County Records

 Collection
Collection Number: A&M 3505

Overview

Records of Miners Hospital No. 2, McKendree, West Virginia, Fayette County. Established 1901, closed 1941. Box 1: Patient Log Book ("Book 11", 600 pp., 9/8/1913-7/16/1914). Box 2: Patient Log Book ("Book 14", 600 pp., 1/28/1916-10/7/1916); Patient Log Book ("Book 15", 542 pp., 10/3/1916-7/30/1917). Box 3: Patient Log Book ("Book 7", 472 pp., 6/4/1909-7/13/1910); Patients' Register (record of 2048 admissions, 10/1/1912-11/9/1915); Correspondence Register (between McKendree Hospital and the State Board of Control, Charleston, West Virginia, 1913-1916). Unboxed: Correspondence and Purchase Order Register (between McKendree and Board of Control, 1909-1913); Purchase Order Register (1913-1916); three panoramic (possibly cirkut) photos of facilities, nurses, and staff. Patient Log Books include: name, location of residence, gender, race, age, marital status, occupation, religious affiliation, name of doctor, diagnosis, treatment log, and account information. Patients' Register includes: name, address, date admitted, admitting diagnosis, examiner name, remarks, religion, birth place and date, gender, race, years of residence, marital status, occupation, father's name, nationality, mother's name, employer's name and address, name of relative or friend, "pay or free" designation, and discharge diagnosis and date.

Dates

  • Creation: 1909-1917

Creator

Language of Materials

English

Conditions Governing Access

Requires signed form, since special access restriction applies.

Conditions Governing Use

Permission to publish or reproduce is required from the copyright holder. For more information, please see the Permissions and Copyright page on the West Virginia and Regional History Center website.

Extent

1.7 Linear Feet (Summary: 1 ft. 7 3/4 in. (1 document case, 2 1/2 in.); (1 large flat storage box, 3 in.); (1 small flat storage box, 5 in).; (2 ledgers, 9 in.); (3 oversize photographs, 1/4 in.))

Physical Location

West Virginia and Regional History Center / West Virginia University / 1549 University Avenue / P.O. Box 6069 / Morgantown, WV 26506-6069 / Phone: 304-293-3536 / URL: https://wvrhc.lib.wvu.edu/

Title
Miners Hospital No. 2, McKendree, Fayette County Records, 1909-1917
Author
Staff of the West Virginia & Regional History Center
Description rules
Describing Archives: A Content Standard
Language of description
English
Script of description
Code for undetermined script
Language of description note
English

Repository Details

Part of the West Virginia and Regional History Center Repository

Contact:
1549 University Ave.
P.O. Box 6069
Morgantown WV 26506-6069 US
304-293-3536