| Abstract | Marie Buford was born on May 17, 1922 to John W. and Verna L. Buford. At the age of seventeen, Marie Buford was admitted as a patient at the Kansas City Tuberculosis Hospital from about 1939-1941. Originally known as the Kansas City Tuberculosis Sanitarium, the hospital opened in December 1915. Built in response to the need for specialized tuberculosis care, it was located on a section of the Municipal Farm in Leeds. This collection contains 17 Wheezer newsletters published by the Hospital from 1929-1942, an issue of The Spark, and two scrapbooks. |