Thursday, March 19, 2015

Good Samaritan Hospital records now accessible online

The Good Samaritan Hospital records, 1889-1956 (47M84) have been digitized and are now available via ExploreUK.

The records (.5 cubic feet, 1 box, 5 oversize folders; dated 1889-1956) comprise a small group of records and architectural drawings from Good Samaritan Hospital in Lexington, Ky. The records include an account book of the Protestant Infirmary (1889-1897); Good Samaritan treasurer’s reports (1908-1911); financial and capital campaign records (1901-1913); newspaper clippings (1929-1953); and records documenting the involvement of George Weeks and Christ Church Cathedral (Lexington, Ky.) in the hospital’s finances (1956). The five sets of architectural drawings on vellum (primarily dated 1905-1906) include complete sets for the Colored Ward, Nurses House, and the Main Building (both drawn by Anderson & Faig). The drawings also include blueprints for alternations and additions to the hospital, dated June 15, 1928, and drawn by Clifford R. Reichert for Starks Building, Louisville, Ky.
The complete finding aid can be seen here.

http://exploreuk.uky.edu/catalog/xt7m901zd842_5_1/viewer?
 Above: South elevation plan, 1906

http://exploreuk.uky.edu/catalog/xt7m901zd842_3_47/viewer?
 Above: Newspaper clipping, 1938 

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