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Conditions Governing Access

The collection is open for research.

Existence and Location of Copies

The collection has been digitized and is available online .

Preferred Citation

Researchers wishing to cite this collection should include the following information: [identification of item], [box], [folder], Piedmont Tuberculosis Sanatorium (Burkeville, Virginia) Collection, Ms2019-009, Special Collections and University Archives, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Va.

Source of Acquisition

The Piedmont Tuberculosis Sanatorium (Burkeville, Virginia) Collection was purchased by Special Collections and University Archives in 2018.

Processing Information

The processing, arrangement, and description of the Piedmont Tuberculosis Sanatorium (Burkeville, Virginia) Collection was completed in February 2019.

Administrative History

The Piedmont Tuberculosis Sanatorium (Burkeville, Virginia) was a hospital open to African American patients in order to treat tuberculosis from 1917-1965. Shortly after the sanatorium opened, a two-year school for training African-American nurses was opened, and it closed in 1960.

In 1967, the institution became the Piedmont State Hospital, offering psychiatric treatment as well as medical treatment for chronic lung diseases. It moved from the State Department of Health to the State Department of Mental Hygiene and Hospitals. The hospital eventually became the Piedmont Geriatric Hospital, offering mental health services to patients over the age of 64. It is a part of the Virginia Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Services.

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Scope and Content

The Piedmont Tuberculosis Sanatorium (Burkeville, Virginia) Collection includes materials from 1926-1971. The collection contains information relating to the operation of the sanatorium from 1918-1965. The collection consists of three series: Administrative Papers, Ephemera, and Images.

Arrangement

The Piedmont Tuberculosis Sanatorium (Burkeville, Virginia) Collection is arranged in three series: Administrative Papers, Ephemera, and Images.

I. Administrative Papers contains the following items: different versions and revisions of "A Brief History of Piedmont Sanatorium", administrative documents (including patient population and drug lists), bulletins, and published papers by staff. This series is arranged by material type. Within each folder, materials are in chronological order.

II. Ephemera contains newspaper clippings, materials relating to the graduation of nurses, and a story entitled "Adventures in a Wheelchair." This series is arranged by material type. Within each folder, materials are in chronological order.

III. Images contains stamps and postcards with pictures of the sanatorium. There is also a photograph of staff. This series is arranged by material type. Within each folder, materials are in chronological order.

Subjects and Indexing Terms

• African Americans -- History
• Folk, historical, and patent medicine
• Local/Regional History and Appalachian South
• Medicine

Rights Statement for Archival Description

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