Kenneth Spencer Research Library Archival Collections

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The Douglass Hospital Auxiliary records are those of a Kansas City, Kansas organization dedicated to improving the building, equipment, and services of Douglass Hospital through volunteer efforts and fundraising. The records date from 1951 to 1953 and consist of a small number of items, including historical information and clippings. Folder arrangement is alphabetical. Photographs from the collection are located at RH MS-P P661 and oversize materials are at RH MS Q181.

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This collection consists of a 5-page typed history of Douglass Hospital in Kansas City, Kansas from 1898 to the mid-1950s, written by Eugene H. Kelly.

Overview The Douglass Hospital Training School records are those of the Douglass Hospital school for nurses in Kansas City, Kansas, dating from 1898 to 1989. The collection includes a brief school history; newspaper clippings about Frances McWilliams Booth and Frances Kitchen, both of whom graduated from the school and were later nurses at the hospital; and several photographic snapshots of nurses before and after participating in the school, which are located at RH MS-P P681. Oversize clippings have...

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The Viola L. (Tyree) Lisben Papers are those of a longtime Kansan who graduated from the Douglass Hospital nurse training program and served as a nurse in the Kansas City area.