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This is the 1950 Census record for the Tuberculosis Hospital in Kearney.

This article titled, "Looking for Birds with Opera Glasses" from the February 27, 1917 issue of the Kearney Morning Times describes a situation in which a TB patient named Martha Witt "escaped" from the hospital grounds.

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.

Viola Fox's original Nurse's Cape.

A portrait of Viola Fox as a nurse from the 1950s.

Teresa Osmanski (left) and Viola Fox (right), photo taken by April White in Viola’s Prairie View Gardens apartment following interview on February 28, 2020

Viola Fox's second original nurses hat, flat.

Viola Fox's original Nurse's Cap, formed with two black stripes. The stripes were earned as nurses completed various stages of their training and certification.

The Santa mugs created by Clara Ann Preiner in 1958 for her children.

Two pages of photographs (10 photos) of the Preiner children with their mother, Clara Ann, at the TB hospital.