Kane Summit Hospital
Organization
administrative history
Citation:
Kane Community Hospital website, via WWW, Apr. 17, 2013 (Kane Summit Hospital; est. 1887 in Kane, Pa. as Woodside Cottage Hospital by Elizabeth Wood Kane and her sons, Evan O'Neill, and Thomas L. Kane; moved and renamed five years later as Kane Summit Hospital, operated as a non-profit; nurse's training school est. in hospital, 1898-1929, directed by Mary J. Hays; ceased operations on July 5, 1970, building purchased by Kane Community Hospital)Wikipedia, via WWW, Apr. 17, 2013 (Kane Summit Hospital; est. 1887 by Elizabeth Kane and sons as Woodside Cottage Hospital in Kane, Pa.; moved around 1892 to larger facility, renamed Kane Summit Hospital; public hospital, run under close supervision of the Kane family; hospital rules liberalized in 1908 following state investigation)
Found in 1 Collection or Record:
Evan O'Neill Kane papers, 1928–1931, 1895
Series — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 3190 Series 6
Scope and Contents
Contains materials related to the life and activities of Kane. These consist of a medical ledger, and several papers. The ledger details patient names and bills, likely at Kane Summit Hospital. The papers concern daily activities at Kane Summit Hospital, and include an address on the benefits of asbestos surgical dressings given by Evan before the McKean County Medical Society. Materials date between 1895 and 1931.
Dates:
Other: 1928–1931; Other: 1895