Pennsylvania Highlands Community College - Cresson Sanatorium

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In 1900, there were 34 sanatoriums in the United States. By 1925 there were 536. The Cresson Sanatorium was one of the earlier sanatoriums and provides a record of life at an institution at a time of heightened health concerns and spread of tuberculosis. The Cresson Sanatorium was located in the mountain near the present-day town of Cresson in Cambria County. The "San" as it was known, was in existence from 1913 and 1964 and treated people diagnosed with tuberculosis. Some patients stayed or years, while others who died there were never reclaimed by their families and are interred in a nearby hillside. The items in this collection have been gathered from persons who were patients at the San or who had relatives who were patients there. Most materials were gathered at part of a centennial commemoration of the Cresson Sanatorium.
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Loretta Johnson Obusek
Obusek, Loretta Johnson, Johnson, Mildred Johnson, Mildred Vadas, Dr. M. Hadley, Jackie, Doris, Dr. Anna Kreicbergs, Mrs. Huber, Anna Mae Johnson, Loretta Mae Johnson, Ina Tantry, Ed, Ed Obusek, Father Byrne, Richard Acciavatti, Dr. Kreicbergs, Anna Kriesburg, Florence, Glenn, Joan, Dr. Hadley, Karen Obusek, Ken Obusek, Ernest Voss, Doris Johnson, Mary Jane Dildine, Millie Minemyer, Linda Reid, Linda Radecki, Ann McCloskey, Margaret Robinson, Mary Danesch, Mary Shuster, Mary Jane Dildine, Helen Yinda, Mary Elash, Ann Maska, Domicellia Loya, Teresea Piper, Marie Shedlock, Margy Bohach, Bessie Tedrow, Marian Meinstereifel, Edith Myers, Dorothy Baldoff, Alice Amerco, Emeline Thomas, Hilda Musser, Helen Piper, Syvella Thomas, Josephine Girten, Annetta Rozer, Marjorie Johnson, Margaret Kessler, Anna Mae Johnson, Marion Hoskins, Beatrice Matthews, Chuck Felton, Peggy
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