Date Original
1931-1966
Description
This collection contains material for the McRae Sanatorium.
Biographical/Historical Note
The Thomas C. McRae Memorial Sanatorium in Alexander, Pulaski and Saline counties, was established in 1931, in the midst of the Jim Crow era of racial segregation, to treat African-American victims of tuberculosis, often called “consumption” at the time. It was the first facility of its kind in Arkansas. It was opened twenty-two years after the Arkansas State Tuberculosis Sanatorium in Booneville, Logan County, which treated only white patients. In 1968, following the integration of the state’s sanatoriums, the Alexander site became the Alexander Human Development Center. In 2011, the facility was closed.
Physical Description
Document, 8.5" x 11"
Geographical Area
Alexander, Pulaski and Saline Counties (Ark.)
Language
English
Identifier
SMC.049.007
Resource Type
Text
Collection
McRae Sanatorium records, SMC.049.007
Publisher
Arkansas State Archives
Contributing Entity
Arkansas State Archives
Recommended Citation
McRae Sanatorium records, Arkansas State Archives, Little Rock, Arkansas.
Rights
Use and reproduction of images held by the Arkansas State Archives without prior written permission is prohibited. For information on reproducing images held by the Arkansas State Archives, please call 501-682-6900 or email at state.archives@arkansas.gov.
Disciplines
United States History
