Wade Hall Collection of American Letters: St. Luke's Hospital case history records
Abstract
Descriptive Summary
- Title
- Wade Hall Collection of American Letters: St. Luke's Hospital case history records
- Date
- 1866-1868 (inclusive)
- Extent
- 0.07 Cubic Feet
- Subjects
- Hospital patients.
- Hospitals -- Administration.
- Hospitals -- United States -- History.
- Medical care
- Medical centers -- Administration
- Medical records.
- Arrangement
- Collection retains its original order. The Wade Hall Collection of American Letters has been processed into discrete collections based on provenance.
- Preferred Citation
- 2009ms132.0384: [identification of item], Wade Hall Collection of American Letters: St. Luke's Hospital case history records, 1866-1868, University of Kentucky Special Collections Research Center.
- Repository
- University of Kentucky
Collection Overview
- Biography / History
- St. Luke's Hospital operated in Cincinnati, Ohio, around 1866 and was run by superintendent Peter M. Bigney (1834-1895). No other information available.
- American Letters collector Wade Hall (1934-2015) was a native of Union Springs, Alabama. Starting in 1962, he lived in Louisville, where he taught English and chaired the English and Humanities/Arts programs at Kentucky Southern College and Bellarmine University. He also taught at the University of Illinois and the University of Florida. He held degrees from Troy State University (B.S.), the University of Alabama (M.A.), and the University of Illinois (Ph.D.). He served for two years in the U.S. Army in the mid-fifties. Dr. Hall was the author of books, monographs, articles, plays, and reviews relating to Kentucky, Alabama, and Southern history and literature. His most recent books include A Visit with Harlan Hubbard; High Upon a Hill: A History of Bellarmine College; A Song in Native Pastures: Randy Atcher's Life in Country Music; and Waters of Life from Conecuh Ridge.
- Scope and Content
- The St. Luke's Hospital case history records (dated 1866-1868; 0.07 cubic feet; 1 item) comprise one record book that documents the patients seen over a six month span in 1866 and reports sent to board members on the activities of St. Luke's Hospital in Cincinnati, Ohio. The patients seen include men and women of different races, ages, and occupations, and the records show their ailments, medications given, general vitals, and recovery status. The reports, found in the back of the book, sent to board members, list the number of patients seen, deaths, discharges, those who were paying patients, and those who were free patients.
- The St. Luke's Hospital case history records are part of the Wade Hall Collection of American letters, which includes correspondence and diaries from all over North America covering the time period of the Civil to Korean Wars. The materials were collected by Wade Hall and document everyday men and women.
Restrictions on Access and Use
- Conditions Governing Access
- Collection is open to researchers by appointment.
- Use Restrictions
- The physical rights to the materials in this collection are held by the University of Kentucky Special Collections Research Center.
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