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1. Certificate of Death - October 5, 1966

   The certificate of death for Dr. Elbyrne G. Gill who died on September 30, 1966 in Roanoke, Virginia. The importance of this certificate is the inclusion of pertinent family information as well as cause of death and place of burial (Evergreen Cemetery).

   Record Type: Archive

   
2. Correspondence - November 6, 1918

   A letter to Dr. Gill, who is still practicing in New York City, from Dr. Albert A. Cannaday of Roanoke, Virginia. This letter relates to Object ID 2007.54.15 in that it concerns Dr. Gill moving his practice to Roanoke. However, there has been a change in plans due to circumstances as presented in the reading of the present item.

   Record Type: Archive

   
3. Dr. J.N. Lewis, Brilliant Surgeon, Died in One of City's First Auto Wrecks - n.d.

   Newspaper clipping from the 'Echoes of Roanoke' section of a Roanoke newspaper. The clipping discusses in detail the life and death of J.N. Lewis, co-founder of Lewis-Gale Hospital with S.S. Gale.

   Record Type: Archive

   
4. Dr. W.R. Whitman Made Chief Surgeon of N.&W. - September 9 1927

   Article is in two sections (a) headliner of article, (b) article. Dr. W.R. Whitman, chief of staff at Lewis-Gale Hospital clinic, and former assistant to the chief surgeon of the Norfolk and Western Railway, has been appointed chief surgeon after the death of Dr. Sparrell S. Gale, classmate and colleague of Whitman for the past 25 years.

   Record Type: Archive

   
5. Johnson Family at Roanoke Airport - A black and white photograph of Paul Johnson, Sr., Marcellus Johnson II, Louis Johnson, Helen (Deuce) Johnson, and Gordon Johnson, taken in 1948 at the Roanoke Airport. Paul Johnson was a lawyer in Roanoke City. Marcellus was a doctor with the Lewis-Gale Hospital. Louis was Secretary of Defense under President Truman. Gordon was a business owner in Roanoke, Virginia.

   2006.62.1

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6. Lewis Gale Hospital - Lewis Gale Hospital in the City of Roanoke, Virginia circa 1950 with vehicles and pedestrians in the foreground.

   1990.69.843

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7. Lewis-Gale Hospital - 1945-1960

   A color postcard of Lewis-Gale Hospital in Roanoke, Virginia. The original building, seen on the left, had opening day on February 29, 1910, according to Raymond Barnes in his "History of the City of Roanoke". The adjacent building was added by 1959.

   Record Type: Archive

   
8. Lewis-Gale Hospital, 1925 - A black and white photograph of Lewis-Gale Hospital in Roanoke, Virginia, taken in 1925. Doctors Joseph Newton Lewis and Sparrell Simmons Gale opened a 'healing institution' in downtown Roanoke (at the corner of Third Street and Luck Avenue SW) for the care of their private patients and for employees of the Norfolk & Western Railway. The 26-bed facility, dedicated in 1909, was a modern technological marvel featuring central radiator heat, hot and cold running water, and an electric elevator. Lewis-Gale Hospital was enlarged in 1916 to accommodate 66 patient beds and, in 1938, a major expansion increased bed capacity to 166.

   1998.24.206

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9. Lewis-Gale Hospital, 1973 - A black and white photograph of Lewis-Gale Hospital located on Electric Road in Salem, Virginia, taken in 1973. Doctors Joseph Newton Lewis and Sparrell Simmons Gale opened a 'healing institution' in downtown Roanoke (at the corner of Third Street and Luck Avenue, SW) for the care of their private patients and for employees of the Norfolk & Western Railway. The 26-bed facility, dedicated in 1909, was a modern technological marvel featuring central radiator heat, hot and cold running water, and an electric elevator. Lewis-Gale Hospital was enlarged in 1916 to accommodate 66 patient beds and, in 1938, a major expansion increased bed capacity to 166. The demand for hospital facilities to house complete diagnostic and therapeutic services led to the construction of a replacement building on a 23-acre site in the nearby City of Salem. The new hospital was dedicated in 1972 with 320 beds and became a subsidiary of HCA (Hospital Corporation of America), the world’s largest healthcare provider. Lewis-Gale Hospital merged with Lewis-Gale Psychiatric Center in 1996 to form Lewis-Gale Medical Center, increasing the bed capacity of the facility to its present number of 521.

   1998.24.208

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10. Lewis-Gale Hospital, 1973 - A black and white photograph of the rear view of Lewis-Gale Hospital taken in 1973 from Keagy Road. Lewis-Gale Hospital was originally a 26-bed facility founded in 1909 by Dr. Sparrell S. Gale and Joseph N. Lewis in Roanoke, Virginia. A new facility was built in Salem, Virginia on 419 (Electric Road) and opened in 1973.

    1998.24.209

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11. Lewis-Gale Hospital, 1973 - A color photograph of Lewis-Gale Hospital located on Electric Road in Salem, Virginia, taken in 1973. Doctors Joseph Newton Lewis and Sparrell Simmons Gale opened a 'healing institution' in downtown Roanoke (at the corner of Third Street and Luck Avenue, SW) for the care of their private patients and for employees of the Norfolk & Western Railway. The 26-bed facility, dedicated in 1909, was a modern technological marvel featuring central radiator heat, hot and cold running water, and an electric elevator. Lewis-Gale Hospital was enlarged in 1916 to accommodate 66 patient beds and, in 1938, a major expansion increased bed capacity to 166. The demand for hospital facilities to house complete diagnostic and therapeutic services led to the construction of a replacement building on a 23-acre site in the nearby City of Salem. The new hospital was dedicated in 1972 with 320 beds and became a subsidiary of HCA (Hospital Corporation of America), the world’s largest healthcare provider. Lewis-Gale Hospital merged with Lewis-Gale Psychiatric Center in 1996 to form Lewis-Gale Medical Center, increasing the bed capacity of the facility to its present number of 521.

    1981.75.15

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12. Lewis-Gale Hospital, 1973 - A color photograph of Lewis-Gale Hospital located on Electric Road in Salem, Virginia, taken in 1973. Doctors Joseph Newton Lewis and Sparrell Simmons Gale opened a 'healing institution' in downtown Roanoke (at the corner of Third Street and Luck Avenue, SW) for the care of their private patients and for employees of the Norfolk & Western Railway. The 26-bed facility, dedicated in 1909, was a modern technological marvel featuring central radiator heat, hot and cold running water, and an electric elevator. Lewis-Gale Hospital was enlarged in 1916 to accommodate 66 patient beds and, in 1938, a major expansion increased bed capacity to 166. The demand for hospital facilities to house complete diagnostic and therapeutic services led to the construction of a replacement building on a 23-acre site in the nearby City of Salem. The new hospital was dedicated in 1972 with 320 beds and became a subsidiary of HCA (Hospital Corporation of America), the world’s largest healthcare provider. Lewis-Gale Hospital merged with Lewis-Gale Psychiatric Center in 1996 to form Lewis-Gale Medical Center, increasing the bed capacity of the facility to its present number of 521.

    1998.24.207

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13. Lewis-Gale Nursing Graduates, Class of 1927 - A black and white photograph of the Lewis-Gale School of Nursing Graduating Class of 1927 in Roanoke, Virginia. The graduates were: Ivy (Mays) Ball; Ola (Blankenship) Clarkson; Alma (McManaway) Dillon; Georgia (Files) Hale; Evelyn (Gillenwater) Manley; Clytie (Jamison) Naff; and Thelma (Harless) Stanley. This photograph appears to be a duplicate of the photograph in Object ID 1990.69.754. Lewis-Gale School of Nursing was established in 1911 in Roanoke, Virginia. Miss S. Virginia Thacker was chosen as Director of the school as well as Director of the hospital's nursing services. The three-year program included theory and clinical experience, as recommended by the National League for Nursing. It was continuously approved by the Virginia State Board of Nursing Examiners. In 1966 it merged with the Jefferson Hospital School of Nursing to become the Community Hospital of Roanoke Valley School of Nursing. The Lewis-Gale faculty grew until at the time of its merger there were eight full-time instructors and four part-time instructors, in addition to the director of the school. The "Objectives and Philosophy" of the nursing school was consistent throughout the school's 56-year history, which was: "The art of nursing is the fulfillment of a service ideal as old as recorded history. Using techniques cooperatively with other health and social disciplines it should be as modern as today's scientific discoveries." Miss Anna Hankins Flood was the first person to receive a diploma from the school in 1913. The school was financed and controlled by the Board of Directors of the hospital acting through the hospital administrator. Throughout its history the school used affiliates as a means of broadening and varying the student nurses' training. Dormitories for student nurses were in homes rented or owned by the hospital in the immediate vicinity of the hospital. A small tuition for the three-year program was charged, but it actually covered only the cost of uniforms, textbooks, testing and counseling services and Blue Cross hospitalization premiums.

    1998.24.222

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14. Planned Roanoke Community Hospital - An artist conception of the planned Community Hospital to be formed by the merger of Lewis-Gale and the Jefferson Hospitals as the demand for hospital beds grew in the 1950s. Lewis Gale decided to remain independent and Community Hospital opened in September 1967. The drawing shows the main entrance located On Orchard Hill and the accompanying parking garage with offices facing on Williamson Road and I-581. The emergency room entrance was located on the Elm Avenue sdie of the building. Actual construction seems to have followed the artist drawing very closely. In 2016, the hospital housed the Carillion Clinic Community Care, the Wound Care Center including hyperbaric oxygen treatment (HBOT) and Occupational Medicine for the business and industrial comunity, as well as the Endoscopy, Outpatiient Surgery, and Physical Rehabilitation departments. It was also the home of the Jefferson College of Health Sciences.

    1988.94.1

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15. Roanoke Chamber of Commerce Photo Album - 1910-1912

    A photograph album issued by the Roanoke Chamber of Commerce of black and white images depicting buildings, city life, and natural views of Roanoke as way of celebrating the growth of the once rural area.

    Record Type: Archive

    
16. "Robert Paine, President of Mountain Trust, Dies" - 01/01/1952

    Obituary of Mountain Trust Bank President, Robert Paine

    Record Type: Archive