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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Cliff Gailey Page 3
Gailey, Cliff, Lemon, Mary, Lemon, Samuel, Sherry, W.J., Gray, Joseph, Gailey, Rachael, Clossin, David, Clossin, Mary, Plowman, Mary, Weston, Joseph, Weston, Clyde, Gailey, James, Gailey, William, Weston, Mr., Gailey, Zella, Connacher, Zella, Gailey, Lois, Connacher, Fred R., Tuberculosis - - Patients - - Pennsylvania - - Cresson - -History - - 20th Century - -reminiscences
Gailey family, the Sanatorium and connect to the historic Lemon House at the present-day Allegheny Portage Railroad National Historic Site
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Eleanor Evans
Evans, Bruce D., Evans, Eleanor, Felton, Mr., Evans, Bruce, Evans, Geoffrey, Tuberculosis - - Patients - - Pennsylvania - - Cresson - -History - - 20th Century - -reminiscences
Eleanor was one of two teachers who worked at the San. She worked there from 1958 to 1960
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Emma Caseman Page 1
Caseman, Emma, Caseman, Karen, Felton, Mr., Parzaile, Emma, Caseman, Robert, Lynch, Joseph W., Parziale, Carmen, Lundy, Elizabeth, Parziale, Elizabeth, Parziale, Cindy Marie, Parziale, Karen Jean, Parziale, Jr.,Robert, Parziale, Ralph, Parziale, Carmen, Parziale, Senes, Parziale, Gerald, Dorothy
Photos of Emma (Parzaile) Cassman supplied by her daughter, Karen Cassman
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Esther Mae Bishop Hanlon
Hanlon, Esther Mae Bishop, Rieg, Michael, Felton, Mr., Boodie, Bish, Esther Mae, Bishop, Edward, Bishop, Mae, Bishop, Irma, Hon, Rieg, Irma, Bishop, Irma, Ott, Lorraine, Frank, Bishop, Frank, Bauer, Dr., Rieg, Bishop, Michael, Rachel
Esther Mae Bishop Hanlon was a nurse at the San. Her story is submitted by her nephew, Michael Rieg
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Gaye Parsons Daman
Daman, Gaye Parsons, Felton, Charles, Parsons, Eugene H., Parsons, Wallace, Parsons, Bud, Parsons, Penny, Parsons, David, Wilson, Dr., Wilson, Ruth, Hervey, Miss, Parsons, Joyce, Schlagle, Edna
The story of Gaye Parsons Daman also the story of Eugene H. Parsons and his brother Wallace Parsons as told by Gaye Daman, daughter of Eugene Parsons.
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George Henry White, Jr.
Bundles, A'Lelia, White Jr, George Henry, Felton, Mr., Walker, A'Lelia, White, George Henry, White, Cora, George Henry White, Sr., White, Mamie, Brown, Rev. Robert D., Turner-Burwell, Mary, Stanton, Jaunice, Stanton, W. H., Green, D. E. E., Spaulding, Dr. A. L., Cherry, G. L., Cherny, Corra, Rose, Payton
George Henry White, Jr. was the son of black Congressman, George Henry White of Tarboro District, North Carolina.
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Harvey Docchio 1941-1945 - Harvey's Story
Felton, Chuck, Docchio, Harvey, Docchio, Jerome, Docchio, Kenneth, Docchio, Bill, MacKereth, Mary, Docchio, Eugene, Kunsman, Fred, Troy, Miss, Sousa, John Phillip, Fisher, Helen, Cole, Howard, Dodson, Mr., Barlick, Clara, Kuhn, Mr., Annania, Joe, Guthridge, Helen, Long, Richard, MacKreth, Ms., Jordan, James, Royer, Dr.
Story of Harvey Docchio
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Helen Novak
Novak, Helen, Felton, Chuck, Sally, Nelson, Linnea, Johnson, Mrs., Wanchek, George, Bates, Miss, Cowan, Dr., Stites, Dr., Stites, Thos. H.A.
The story of Helen Novak.
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Joseph and Louise (Pfeister) Fritsche
Fritsche, Joseph, Pfeister, Louise, Fritsche, Louise, Felton, Chuck, Fritsche, Joe, Pfister, Louise, Dr. Oliver, John, Karen, Nancy, Fritsche, Karen, Fritsche, Nancy
Joseph and Louise met at the San while patients there from 1930-1932. This story retells about their time at the San and afterwards when married
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Joseph Hajdu and Elizabeth Somerville Hajdu - Page 1
Hajdu, Joseph, Hajdu, Elizabeth Somerville, Somreville, Martha Elizabeth, Hadju, Martha Elizabeth, Hajdu, Joseph, Hajdu, John, Hajdu, Wilda, Mackereth, Mary, Felton, Chuck, Cowen, Melvin E., Dr., Demetsky, Deszo, Hajdu, Ethel, Seiler, Elizabeth, Yanssens, Celenie, Kuhn, Eugene, Juhn, Martha, Alta, Sue, Wilbur
Personal stories of Joseph Hajdu and Elizabeth Somerville Hajdu
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Katherine (Decker) Kovacs
Tuberculosis--Patients--Pennsylvania--Cresson--History--20th Century--reminiscences, Decker, Katherine, Kovacs, Katherine, Kovacs, Shirley, Elkins, Shirley, Chuck, Kovacs, Frank, Kovacs, Louis, Kovacs, John, Odor, Mr., Odor, Mrs.
Shirley (Kovasc) Elkins tells the story of her grandmother, Katherine (Decker) Kovacs
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Leona Irene Kinley
Smith, MaryLe' Connolly, Kinley, Leona Irene, Kuehnle, Leonar Irene, Marion, Billy
Story of Leona Irene Kinley ( or Kuehnle) as submitted by her daughter, MaryLe' Connolly Smith
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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
Personal story of Lorretta Johnson Obusek
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Margaret Benson
Benson, Margaret, Conway, William, Conway, William, Dr., Fusco, Dr., Kipp, Harold, Dr., Butler, Sylvia, James, Dorothy, Cabot, Theresa, Lutsoviel, Marge, Sholtis, Helen, Shelton, Mary, Fry, Reverend
Story of Margaret Benson
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Ron Nowicki - 1953-1954
Nowicki, Ron, Kennedy, Peter, Mays, Chalmer, Burke, Marion, Burke, Tex, Rogers, Jim, Schiffauer, Walter, Campagna, Francis, Baron, John, Jones, Miss, Dixon, George, Miller, Don, Cherry, Louis, Young, Ronald, Young, Duke, Duryea, Andrea, Ekstine, Billy, Blair, Patty
Photographs provided by Ron Nowicki
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Ron Nowicki - 1953-1954
Nowicki, Ron, Felton, Charles, Mays, Chalmer, Kennedy, Pete, Agnello, Tony, Trechsler, Dr.
The story of Ron Nowicki
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Thomas A. Domin
Tommy, Domin, Thomas A., Bill, Chris, Miss, Birch, Mrs., Tuberculosis - - Patients - - Pennsylvania - - Cresson - -History - - 20th Century - -reminiscences
Thomas Domin was a patient at the San when he was six years-old. He provides a detailed description of life there from the perspective of a child in 1946
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