African Americans -- Hospitals -- Kansas -- History
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 2 Records:
Douglass Hospital history
Collection — Folder 1
Call Number: RH MS P214
Overview
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.
Dates:
approximately 1957
S.H. Thompson family papers
Collection
Call Number: RH MS 510
Overview
Dr. S.H. Thompson, Sr. was a founder of Douglass Hospital, a facility in Kansas City, Kansas that practiced equal access and care to all patients and hired medical personnel without regard to race or ethnicity. His son, S.H. Thompson, Jr., served as principal of Sumner High School (Kansas City, Kansas) from 1951-1972. The collection includes papers and photographs of both S.H. Thompson, Jr. and Sr., as well as material from other family members.
Dates:
1900 - 1979