New Hampshire Memorial Hospital for Women and Children, 1910
- Collection Name:
- George W. Perry Scrapbooks
- Title:
- New Hampshire Memorial Hospital for Women and Children, 1910
- Creator:
- Perry, George W., 1891-1971
- Creator Role:
- Collector
- Accession / Call Number:
- 1974.045
- Object ID:
- 1974.045.45.028
- Date:
- 1910
- Type of Material:
- graphic material
- Physical Description:
- 1 photograph
- Language:
- English
- Scope and Content:
- Photographic print of the New Hampshire Memorial Hospital for Women and Children at 66 South Street in Concord, NH, taken in 1910. The caption states, "New Hampshire Memorial Hospital for Women and Children 1910 66 South Street In 1878 home of William Abbott listed as a farmer. 1895 Mrs. Vasta M. Abbott occupied the premises. September 12, 1895 'The Woman's Hospital Aid Association was incorporated. Among those interested in the enterprise was Mrs. Vasta M. Abbott, who contemplated surrending [surrendering] her home for this purpose and donating it to the association. Before the papers could be made, she was stricken with a fatal illness and her benevolent design was not carried out. The location was considered so desirable that the trustees purchased the estate September 23, 1896 at a cost of seven thousand dollars. October 10, 1896 the first patient was admitted. May 10, 1897 action was taken to enlarge the hospital and the work was begun the last of May, over nine thousand dollars were spent and in August the hospital was again reopened for patients. It owes its founding to Dr. Julia Wallace-Russell of Concord, the dean of the women's medical profession in New Hampshire. She was the first woman physician in New Hampshire and one of the first two to be admitted to the New Hampshire Medical Society."
- Locations:
- Concord, NH
- People:
- Perry, George W., 1891-1971
- Organizations:
- New Hampshire Memorial Hospital
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- Credit Line:
- Gift of May Nutter.
- Restrictions:
- Available for research.
- Level Description:
- Item
- Box Number:
- 10
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