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THIS DAY IN VIRGINIA HISTORY

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May 22, 1918

Invitation to Graduation, Catawba Sanatorium Training School for Nurses, 1918, Printed form, Virginia, Governor (1918—1922: Davis), Executive Papers, 1918—1922, Accession 21567a, State Government Records Collection, Record Group 3, Library of Virginia, Richmond, Virginia.

Catawba Sanitorium Training School for Nurses Held Its Commencement Exercises

The Catawba Sanitorium was established in 1909 on the site of Roanoke Red Sulphur Springs Resort near the city of Salem. The Commonwealth of Virginia bought the property in 1908 and founded the sanitarium to treat tuberculosis patients. For several decades the hospital ran a training school for nurses, and in 1918, Governor Westmoreland Davis was invited to their graduation. The hospital continued to treat tuberculosis patients until 1972, when it was transformed into a mental health hospital.