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Image: Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Jean Blackwell Hutson Research and Reference Division, The New York Public Library, "Belle Garnet, Graduate Nurse of Provident Hospital and Training School, Chicago, now pursuing a course of Medicine in the Chicago Medical College." New York Public Library Digital Collections.
Title:
Community Hospital of Evanston Collection
Content:
The Community Hospital of Evanston collection documents the history of the hospital from its founding in 1914 to its closing in 1980 and its subsequent legacy. The collection is comprised of photographs, board meeting agendas and minutes, newsletters, pamphlets, and newspaper clippings.
Dates:
1914-2000
Size:
0.5 Linear feet
Access:
Unrestricted
Language:
English
Historical Background:
Founded in 1914 by Dr. Isabella Garnett and her husband, Dr. Arthur Butler as the Evanston Sanitarium and Training School, (later the Community Hospital of Evanston) was created when the Sanitarium merged with The Booker T. Washington Association of Evanston in 1930. The Community Hospital of Evanston was the first African American medical center north of the Chicago loop, and it was only one of four area hospitals to accept African-American patients and employ African-American physicians. In 1980, Community Hospital closed and the building was converted into an apartment complex for disabled adults.
Scope and Contents note:
The Community Hospital of Evanston collection is arranged into two series: “Evanston Sanitarium and Training School” and “Community Hospital of Evanston.” The material in the collection documents the history of The Community Hospital of Evanston from its beginning as the Evanston Sanitarium and Training School to its closing in 1980. The collection is comprised of photographs, board meeting agendas and minutes, newsletters, pamphlets, and newspaper clippings. Also included are items relating to the March13-April 21, 2000 Evanston Historical Society exhibit: “The Sick Can't Wait: Community Hospital and Its Woman's Auxiliary.”
Inventory:
Series I. Evanston Sanitarium and Training School, 1914-1991
This series is comprised of material documenting the early history of the organizations that would combine to become Community Hospital of Evanston.
| Box # | Folder # | Title Identifier |
Box 1 | Folder 1 | Evanston Sanitarium History, 1914-1991 |
| Box 1 | Folder 2 | Evanston Sanitarium Photographs, circa 1920 |
| Box 1 | Folder 3 | Booker T. Washington Hospital Association, 1924-1926 |
This series is comprised of material relating to Community Hospital of Evanston's organizational history and subsequent legacy.
| Box # | Folder # | Title Identifier |
Box 1 | Folder 4 | Community Hospital History, circa 1960-1984 |
| Box 1 | Folder 5 | Board Meeting Agendas and Minutes, 1966-1968 |
| Box 1 | Folder 6 | Publications and Public Relations, 1945-1975 |
| Box 1 | Folder 7 | Newsletters, 1938-1963 |
| Box 1 | Folder 8 | Newspaper Clippings, 1951-1974 |
| Box 1 | Folder 9-10 | Community Hospital Photographs, 1951-1961, undated |
| Box 1 | Folder 11 | “The Sick Can Wait” Exhibit, 1991-2000 |