Edgecliff Sanatorium Records, 1915-1949

The records of the Edgecliff Sanatorium consist of a small portion of the original files of the hospital. These records are almost entirely correspondence, both incoming and out-going, of the Medical Directors, Albert Ernest Stuht and Frank Stephenson Miller, with prospective patients, county nurses and welfare boards, equipment supply firms, the Spokane County Commissioners and other officials, tuberculosis and medical associations and other physicians. None of the patient case records or the staff personnel records were received. One patient diary, from a private donor, is included. The collection focuses more on the administrative management of the hospital than on the care and treatment of tuberculosis, though this is naturally reflected in the papers.

The Statistical Reports include brief runs of the annual American Medical Association census reports and the monthly statistical reports on county institutions prepared for the Washington State Department of Social Security.

The Administrative Correspondence is mainly that of the Medical Director concerning hospital policies, treatment, fees, reports, donations, and building additions. Letters were received from other physicians, sanatoriums, prospective patients, the Veterans Administration, Washington State University, as well as tuberculosis and medical associations.

The Personnel file refers in part to the filling of staff positions and salaries and contains a sample employment application form. Two sanatorium patients who received National Youth Administration funds are the subject of a brief file of correspondence and NYA policies and regulations.

The Purchasing Correspondence mainly concerns the buying of hospital supplies such as bedding, furniture, mechanical equipment, food and cleaning supplies. Part of the correspondence pertains to the purchasing of medicine and narcotics, as well as games, books, magazines, newspapers, and motion pictures for the patients' recreational needs, the vocational training of the adults and use in the children's school.

Financial Correspondence and Records deal mainly with the Spokane County offices who handled the disbursements for the Sanatorium. Included in this series are ledgers, accounts and receipts.

The Patient Records consist of notices concerning regulations, policy changes for meals and other schedules and a ledger, entitled "Narcotic Book," which is a daily record of the patients' medication.

Patient Diaries consists of a single diary of patient Evelyn Joanne Logan (nee Horita) (1921-1951) who took treatment at Edgecliff between 1949 and 1951. Evelyn's diary begins with her treatment at Edgecliff and concludes shortly before her death on March 11 1951 at the age of 29.