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Title |
Grace Lutheran Sanatorium, San Antonio, Texas |
Collection |
Grace Lutheran Sanatorium, San Antonio, Texas |
Catalog Number |
2019.5.1 |
Object Name |
File, Document |
Location |
FBox 114 |
Date |
1911 |
Scope & Content |
This box contains historical documents in 19 folders pertaining to Lutheran General Hospital, the origin of which was Grace Lutheran Sanatorium, a tuberculosis rehabilitation facility on the west side of San Antonio, Texas. Documents were gathered for the Chapter 11 bankruptcy proceedings in 1989. A list of all documents is contained in the first folder; the documents listed are not in chronological order. Two folders contain information about the Christmas Seal fund-raising effortrs; and miscellaneous documents of interest. Also in this folder is the Christmas Seal commemorating the 55th anniversary of Lutheran General Hospital and a ledger which contains a record of the legacies, bequests, and endowments received by Grace Lutheran Sanatorium during the years 1914 through 1943. See Finding Aids for a complete list of folders and their contents. |
Finding Aids |
Folder 1: List of Historic Documents contained in this FBox Folder 2: Tax documents 1904, 1907, 1012 Folder 3: Documents dated 1909 Folder 4: Land Survey Notes, 1911 Folder 5: Documents dated 1912 Folder 6: Wm. Rice Estate Folders 7, 8, 9: Documents dated 1913 Folder 10: Documents dated 1913 & 1915; List of documents Folders 11 & 12: Documents dated 1916 Folder 13: Documents dated 1918, 1921 Folder 14: Documents dated 1930s Folder 15: Documents dated 1940s Folder 16: Documents dated 1950s Folder 17: Documents dated 1960s Folder 18: Documents dated 1980s Folder 19: Fund Raising efforts 1960s Folder 20: Documentation relating to the sale of Christmas Seals dating from 1931 to 1946. Also in this folder are three of the Christmas Seal books. Folder 21: Miscellaneous documents relating to Grace Lutheran Sanatorium, Lutheran General Hospital, and Herman Ochs including newspaper article titled "Herman Ochs Just Slipped Out"; copy of early picture at Grace Lutheran Sanatorium; collection of postcards titled "Selected Views of Grace Lutheran Sanatorium, San Antonio, Texas; note and postcard of Grace Lutheran Sanatorium from Rev. Virgil Ganz sent to his parents when he was a student at Wartburg Seminary; program of the groundbreaking ceremonies for the Herman and Lena Ochs Center of Grace Lutheran Hospital, Sunday, July 11, 1965; article from newsletter at Grace Lutheran Hospital concerning the fund raising efforts of Grace Lutheran Church on the hospital's behalf, dated March 12, 1965; article from the Grace Lutheran Hospital newsletter dated Spring 1971 about the death of Herman Ochs, detailing his dedication to the work of Grace Lutheran Sanatorium, then Grace Lutheran Hospital; article from The Southern Lutheran dated September 1976 celebrating Lutheran General Hospital's 63rd year of operation; a newspaper article shows a picture of the Lutheran General Hospital's Chapel in 1983; a copy of the resolution presented to the Southwestern Texas Synod in assembly on May 15, 1988, to "...memorialize the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America to continue its affiliation with and maintain its support of the Lutheran General Hospital and its ministry to the Hispanic Community of San Antonio, Texas"; a copy of a picture of the original cottages at Grace Lutheran Sanatorium. Plaque commemorating 55th Anniversary of First Christmas Seal for Grace Lutheran Sanatorium, 1915-1969 Record of Legacies, Bequests, and Endowments for Grace Lutheran Sanatorium 1914-1943 |
Notes |
These documents were conveyed to the Archives by Craig Johnson, member and historian of Grace Lutheran Church, for their preservation and safe-keeping. |
Subjects |
Grace Lutheran Sanatorium, San Antonio, Texas--History Sanatoriums |
Search Terms |
Grace Lutheran Church, San Antonio, Texas Grace Lutheran Church--History--Texas Grace Lutheran Sanatorium for Tuberculosis, San Antonio, Texas Grace Lutheran Sanatorium--History |
People |
Felger, Jacob Charles Hein, Paul Frederick H. Rode, Arthur Emil |
Relation |
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