Title
Emily Estes Snedecor Hospital, Stillman College, 1941
Subject
Stillman College (Tuscaloosa, Ala.)
Snedecor, Emily Estes
Description
Interior shot of the Emily Estes Snedecor Hospital at Stillman College, taken in 1941.
In 1930 a nurses' training school and hospital was opened at Stillman College. It had been built in 1929 using a $42,500 grant, which was the entire 1928 Woman's Auxiliary Birthday Offering of the First Presbyterian Church, Tuscaloosa. It was named for Emily Estes Snedecor who was responsible for its creation. She was the Dean of Women at Stillman College when it became co-educational in 1923. The training school closed in 1946.
The hospital served as the only healthcare facility for African-Americans in West Alabama until 1948.
In 1930 a nurses' training school and hospital was opened at Stillman College. It had been built in 1929 using a $42,500 grant, which was the entire 1928 Woman's Auxiliary Birthday Offering of the First Presbyterian Church, Tuscaloosa. It was named for Emily Estes Snedecor who was responsible for its creation. She was the Dean of Women at Stillman College when it became co-educational in 1923. The training school closed in 1946.
The hospital served as the only healthcare facility for African-Americans in West Alabama until 1948.
Source
Stillman College
Date
1941
Contributor
Crystal Mealer (Description)
Elizabeth Bradt (Description)
Type
Photograph
Identifier
1224
Coverage
Tuscaloosa (AL)
Original Format
Photograph