A&M 1527Sheltering Arms Hospital Records, 1902-1940 A&M 1527Staff of the West Virginia & Regional History CenterWest Virginia and Regional History Center

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This finding aid was produced using ArchivesSpace on 2025-08-30 07:57:33 -0400.EnglishDescribing Archives: A Content Standard West Virginia and Regional History Center Sheltering Arms Hospital Records Sheltering Arms Hospital (Hansford, W. Va.) A&M 1527 Archival Resource Key Previous Archival Resource Key Previous Archival Resource Key Previous Archival Resource Key /repositories/2/resources/4842 3.7 Linear Feet Summary: 3 ft. 7 3/4 in. (1 folder, 3/4 in.); (171 ledgers, 3 ft. 7 in.) 1902-1940 Minute book, 1906-1923; medical care records, 1902-1922; and miscellaneous papers of a hospital founded at Hansford in 1886 by the Protestant Episcopal Church, Diocese of West Virginia. The hospital, designed to serve the medical and surgical needs of miners and railroad workers and their families, closed in 1923. West Virginia and Regional History Center / West Virginia University / 1549 University Avenue / P.O. Box 6069 / Morgantown, WV 26506-6069 / Phone: 304-293-3536 / URL: https://wvrhc.lib.wvu.edu/ English Conditions Governing Access

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Hansford. Churches -- Protestant Episcopal Church buildings Coal mining - Medical care. Hospitals and sanitariums. Medicine. SEE ALSO Folk medicine. Sheltering Arms Hospital (Hansford, W. Va.)