Danville Photograph Album Danville Photograph Album, ca. 1930s Ms.2021.015

Danville Photograph Album, ca. 1930s Ms.2021.015


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Tyler Williams, Student Worker

Repository
Special Collections and University Archives, Virginia Tech
Identification
Ms.2021.015
Title
Danville Photograph Album ca. 1930s
Quantity
0.1 Cubic Feet, 1 folder
Language
The materials in this collection are in English.
Abstract
This collection contains a series of photographs of the doctors and nurses from a hospital in Danville, Virginia, during the 1930s. The hospital is most likely the Memorial Hospital or Community Hospital.

Administrative Information

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Conditions Governing Access

The collection is open for research.

Preferred Citation

Researchers wishing to cite this collection should include the following information: [item], [box], [folder], Danville Phograph Album, Ms2021-015, Special Collections and University Archives, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Va.

Source of Acquisition

The Danville Photograph Album was purchased by Special Collections and University Archives in November 2019.

Processing Information

The processing, arrangement, and description of the Danville Photograph Album completed in July 2019.


Administrative History

The people photographed in this album were doctors and nurses at a hospital in Danville, Virginia during the 1930s. The hospital is most likely the Memorial Hospital or Community Hopsital in Danville, Virginia. The Memorial Hospital was built after John Edward Hughes, a wealthy tobacco dealer, left $250,000 in his will to build a new hospital in 1922. The Community Hospital was built in 1919 and owned by Dr. Thomas W. Edmunds, who sold it to Memorial Hospital in 1929.

Source:

Paul Liepe, "Danville Hospitals", Bits of History blog, https://hisbits.blogspot.com/2016/04/danville-hospitals.html

Scope and Content

This collection contains a series of photograhs of the doctors and nurses, most likely from the Memorial Hospital or Community Hospital in Danville, Virginia, during the 1930s. Some of the photographs are labeled on the back. One photo of a group of nurses is labelled "My Class", making it likely the album creator was a nursing student or teacher at the hospital.

Subjects and Indexing Terms


Rights Statement for Archival Description

The guide to the Danville Photogrpah Album by Special Collections and University Archives, Virginia Tech, is licensed under a CC0 (https://creativecommons.org/share-your- work/public-domain/cc0/).

Significant Places Associated With the Collection

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Container List

folder 1
Danville Photograph Album
ca. 1930s