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Karen Penington (née Worley) lived with her family in employee housing at the Nebraska State Hospital for Tuberculosis beginning in the late 1940s. Her mother and both grandmothers worked as hospital staff. One grandmother, Fern Worley, served as…

Russell Smith is the younger 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.

Margaret Brown (née Nutzman) lived in the Stone House for most of her childhood. Her father, Dr. William E. Nutzman, was the last and longest-serving superintendent of the Nebraska State Hospital for Tuberculosis.

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.

TB Hospital. Oversized.

Front of the Frank House.

Front of the Frank House.

Frank House from a distance in the snow.

Image of what was the "New Hospital Building" (1916), Men's Building, and Communications Center Building on UNK's campus (2023) in the snow.

Front of the Frank House. October 1972.