This collection includes newspaper clippings and a certificate of death of Annie Daugherty, one of the main midwives for the town of Black Mountain in the early 1900s.
This document includes a blog post concerning the WRA's search for information on the VA black nurses, a timeline of the VA nurses, and nurse biographies that are as complete as possible.
Information on nurses who worked at the VA. This information includes the background of the nurses coming to Oteen, the names of the nurses, and some photographs.
Often excluded and invisible from the histories of the Southern Appalachian Mountains, those of African-American descent contributed much to the physical and cultural environment of these highlands. Those who were credited as being responsible for…