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A list of health rules from the Association for the Prevention of Tuberculosis, Washington D.C., published by the Nebraska State Board of Health.

Clara Ann Preiner leans out a window above her four children Jim Preiner, Gloria Byers, Marilyn O’Donnell, and Lois O’Callaghan.

Composite image of hospital buildings at the TB hospital campus

Anne Ryan (née Schmidt) worked in the dining room of the Nebraska State Hospital for Tuberculosis as a teenager in the late 1940s. Her mother, Augusta Schmidt (later Augusta Register), served as a nurse’s aide for 23 years. They lived in employee…

A funny story Anne Ryan tells from her mother's experience at the TB hospital as a nurse's aide.

A clip from an interview with Anne Ryan. She discusses the hobbies of the patients, as well as her mother's interaction with Japanese patients during World War II.

Anne Ryan (née Schmidt) worked in the dining room of the Nebraska State Hospital…

Father James E. Murphy served as the Chaplain at the TB Hospital from 1955 to 1961. This is a clip of an interview with him in 2017, where he talks about death at the Nebraska State Hospital for Tuberculosis.

Helen Kinnaman (née Axmann) worked in the kitchens of the Nebraska State Hospital for Tuberculosis in 1942-1943. She and her childhood friend, Irene Mollard, lived in dormitory-style housing on the third floor of the Stone House.

Jerry Smith is the older son of Lester R. “Red” Smith, a Union Pacific engineer and patient at the Nebraska State Hospital for Tuberculosis in the late 1950s. His family lived in North Platte.

This clip from an interview with Jerry Smith provides information on what visiting a family member at the TB hospital was like.