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Dr. Ruby Tyler was one of the 50 doctors on staff when the new Druid City Hospital (DCH) opened in 1952. She was also the only female doctor on staff at that time. Ruby Tyler Parkway, near the DCH Regional Medical Center, was named in her…

The building built for the Alabama Insane Hospital, later named Bryce Hospital, was designed by psychiatrist Thomas Kirkbride and architect Samuel Sloan, famed architect of the time. With three wings set in echelon formation, the hospital was an…

The building built for the Alabama Insane Hospital, later named Bryce Hospital, was designed by psychiatrist Thomas Kirkbride and architect Samuel Sloan, famed architect of the time. With three wings set in echelon formation, the hospital was an…

The building built for the Alabama Insane Hospital, later named Bryce Hospital, was designed by psychiatrist Thomas Kirkbride and architect Samuel Sloan, famed architect of the time. With three wings set in echelon formation, the hospital was an…

The record room at Bryce Hospital circa 1914.

The building built for the Alabama Insane Hospital, later named Bryce Hospital, was designed by psychiatrist Thomas Kirkbride and architect Samuel Sloan, famed architect of the time. With three wings set in echelon formation, the hospital was an…

The Searcy Building, named for Dr. James T. Searcy, the second superintendent of Bryce hospital, was a replacement of a wooden building on the Bryce Grounds. Construction began in 1946 and was completed before October, 1948. It has been a building…

Nursing students at Bryce Hospital circa 1919.

Bryce Hospital School of Nursing Class of 1930

Front row: Posey Hicks, Nursing Instructor; Ruby Lowley, R.N. Graduate; Iva Strickland, Nursing Instructor; Betty Finch, Nursing Instructor; Zena Cranford, R.N. Graduate; Ara Williams, R.N.…

Bryce Hospital School of Nursing students Clenny Hartley and Ola Belle Mullenix hold babies born to patients at Bryce Hospital in 1939 in Tuscaloosa, AL.