Adair building at the Osawatomie State Hospital, Osawatomie, Kansas
Date: Between 1920 and 1925
A photograph of the Adair building at the Osawatomie State Hospital in Osawatomie, Kansas. The hospital was established by the State of Kansas in 1866 and had beds for 12 patients when it opened. By the end of the next year it housed 22 with applications for 50 more.

Administration building at the Larned State Hospital, Larned, Kansas
Creator: McAlister, Cecil
Date: Between 1960 and 1969
A photograph of the administration building at Larned State Hospital in Larned, Kansas.

Administration building at the Osawatomie State Hospital, Osawatomie, Kansas
Date: Between 1917 and 1940
A photograph showing the administration building at the Osawatomie State Hospital in Osawatomie, Kansas. The hospital was established by the State of Kansas in 1866 and had beds for 12 patients when it opened. By the end of the next year it housed 22 with applications for 50 more.

Aerial views of the Larned State Hospital, Larned, Kansas
Date: Between 1960 and 1969
Four aerial photographs showing the Larned State Hospital in Larned, Kansas.

Aerial views of the Osawatomie State Hospital in Osawatomie, Kansas
Date: 1961
Two aerial photographs of the Osawatomie State Hospital in Osawatomie, Kansas. The hospital was established by the State of Kansas in 1866 and had beds for 12 patients when it opened. By the end of the next year it housed 22 with applications for 50 more.

Aerial views of Winter General Hospital in Topeka, Kansas
Creator: Kansas. Dept. of Economic Development
Date: Between 1960 and 1966
Here are two aerial photographs showing Winter General Hospital located at 2200 SW Gage Boulevard in Topeka, Kansas. The hospital was later renamed Colmery-O'Neil VA Medical Center.

Aerial views of Winter General Hospital in Topeka, Kansas
Date: Between 1960 and 1966
This is an aerial view of Winter General Hospital located 2200 SW Gage Boulevard in Topeka, Kansas. The hospital was later renamed Colmery O'Neill VA Hospital.

Agnes Hertzler Memorial Hospital, Halstead
Date: August 1927
Photo of the Agnes Hertzler Memorial Hospital in Halstead with staff members standing outside the building, 1927.

Art Work on Eastern Kansas
Creator: Western Photogravure Company
Date: 1900
This pictorial book gives a brief overview of eastern Kansas. This is part eleven of twelve. Views of Bridal Veil Park in Fort Scott, the Kansas City stock yards, and Washburn College in Topeka are some of the featured photographs.

Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway Company hospital, La Junta, Colorado
Date: Between 1920s and 1950s
This photograph shows the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway Company hospital in La Junta, Colorado. Construction for the facility began in September 1908 when the cornerstone was laid. For a number of years the hospital provided medical care for Santa Fe workers and their families until the hospital closed and was demolished in 2011.

Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway Company hospital, Mulvane, Kansas
Date: Between 1911 and 1913
These two photographs show the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Railway Company Hospital in Mulvane, Kansas.

Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway Company hospital, Temple, Texas
Creator: Atchison, Topeka, and Santa Fe Railway Company
Date: Between 1940s and 1950s
This photograph shows the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway Company hospital in Temple, Texas. The facility opened in 1891 to provide medical treatment to Santa Fe employees. The hospital closed in December 2013.

Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway Company's Coast Line Hospital, Los Angeles, California
Creator: Atchison, Topeka, and Santa Fe Railway Company
Date: Between 1940s and 1950s
This black and white photograph shows the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway Company Coast Lines Hospital, later renamed the Linda Vista Hospital, in Los Angeles, California. The hospital opened in 1905, to provide medical treatment to Atchison, Topeka, and Santa Fe Railway Company employees and residents of Los Angeles, California. For a number of years the hospital provided medical assistance until it closed its doors in 1990. In 2006, the Mission/Spanish Revival building was placed on the National Register of Historic Places.

A view of the Knapp building at the Osawatomie State Hospital, Osawatomie, Kansas
Creator: Wentworth, L. F.
Date: 1894
A photograph of the Knapp building at the Osawatomie State Hospital in Osawatomie, Kansas. The hospital was established by the State of Kansas in 1866 and had beds for 12 patients when it opened. By the end of the next year it housed 22 with applications for 50 more.

Ball of rope made by a state hospital patient
Date: October 03, 1963
A male patient at Topeka State Hospital in Topeka, Kansas, wove this rope, photographed in 1963. The inscription reads : "A male patient in a state hospital collected grocery string wherever he could find it, wove it into rope -- the result, a ball of one continuous strand of rope and years and years of solitary life withdrawn from people."

Bethany Hospital in Kansas City, Kansas
Creator: Bernstein, Max
Date: Between 1914 and 1916
A postcard showing the Bethany Hospital in Kansas City, Kansas.

B. Horne, archivist at the Menninger Foundation, Topeka, Kansas
Date: 1983
B. Horne was archivist at the Menninger Foundation for 13 years. She retired May 12, 1983. Menninger is a leading psychiatric hospital dedicated to treating individuals with mood, personality, anxiety and addictive disorders, teaching mental health professionals and advancing mental healthcare through research. Once located in Topeka, Kansas, they relocated in 2003 to Houston, Texas.

Brinkley Hospital in Rosalia, Kansas
Creator: Lake, Ralph E.
Date: Between 1933 and 1934
A photograph showing Dr. John R. Brinkley's hospital located above Ralph E. Lake's drug store and a grocery store in Rosalia, Kansas. The hospital was located across the street from Dr. Owensby who started a hospital in an empty hotel. Brinkley was in direct competition with Owensby, so he installed speakers on the outside of his building, directed them at Owensby's hospital, and broadcast his daily programs. Also, Brinkley posted signs on the building advertising his prices and services.

Brinkley Hospital, Little Rock, Arkansas
Creator: Lippe Studio Del Rio, TX
Date: Between 1939 and 1949
View of the Brinkley Hospital at 20th and Schiller Avenue in Little Rock, Arkansas. The hospital was managed by Dr. John R. Brinkley, who was famous for advocating the use of goat gland transplants.

Brinkley radio station and hospital, Milford, Kansas
Date: Between 1930 and 1939
This photograph shows Dr. John R. Brinkley's radio station, KFKB, and hospital in Milford, Kansas.

Chapel blessing at the Halstead Hospital
Date: 1934
Photograph of Bishop August J. Schwertner, Father David Egar, Dr.Arthur E. Hertzler and unidentified nun. Taken in 1934 the day the bishop blessed the first chapel in the old Halstead Hospital. Digitization funded by the National Historical Publications and Records Commission through the Kansas State Historical Records Advisory Board.

Charitable and Correctional Institutions : Insane Asylum, Osawatomie
Creator: Kansas. Governor (1879-1883: Glick)
Date: 1883-1885
These letters are from or about the Osawatomie, Kansas Insane Asylum to Kansas Governor G. W. Glick. Relatives of different patients wrote to the governor concerning their loved one. Other subjects within the letters are Dr. Knapp, criminal cases, and investigations of the asylum. The Osawatomie Insane Asylum is still in operation today with a name change to the Osawatomie State Hospital.

Charitable and Correctional Institutions : Insane Asylum, Topeka
Creator: Kansas. Governor (1879-1883: Glick)
Date: 1883-1885
These letters are from various individuals regarding the Topeka Insane Asylum to Kansas Governor G. W. Glick. L. S. Webb wrote to Glick questioning the funding for the asylum. The other individuals were relatives of an inmate at the asylum, Arthur H. Webb, and wrote questioning the status of Webb. The Topeka Insane Asylum changed its name to the Topeka State Hospital and permanently closed in 1997.

Christ Hospital in Topeka, Kansas
Date: Between 1908 and 1916
This postcard packet from the early 1900s includes nine photographs of Christ Hospital in Topeka, Kansas. Most are photos of the hospital's buildings and grounds, but also included is a group picture of nurses enrolled in the training school. Christ Hospital was founded by Thomas H. Vail and his wife in the 1880s; Vail was the first Episcopal bishop in Kansas. The hospital grounds were located west of Washburn Avenue between 8th and 10th streets. In 1949, Christ Hospital merged with the Jane C. Stormont Hospital and Training School for Nurses, and became known as Stormont-Vail.

Commissary and pest house, Fort Hays, Kansas
Date: 1873
These two photographs represent the commissary warehouse and pest house at Fort Hays, Kansas. A commissary is a building used as a general store and serves food. The pest house, which may have been it's more commonly referred name as compared to the hospital, was located on the south side of the Fort and later moved to the north side. In 1904, part of the pest house, was moved to the Fort Hays State University campus. Fort Hays was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1971.