Health Services, reception

This image shows the reception desk at Annas Student Services Building, where Mary S. Shook Student Health Services is located at Appalachian State University (1967-current). Two people can be seen talking with a receptionist. The Health Services Department started in 1949 with the hiring of staff nurse Mary S. Shook (1949-1983). By 1968, Health Services was located in Hagaman Hall, built 1952, and included a full-time physician, six registered nurses, and offered x-rays, treatment minor injuries and illnesses, and inpatient care, including two wards of six beds each for males and females. It moved to the Annas Student Services Building in 1981. This image appears in 1986-87 Student Handbook (p. 10).

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Medical Care

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General Picture Files, Box 3, Health Services, C14.2.1.3.

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Appalachian State University. Student Health Services

Annas Student Services Building (1981)

1980-1989

Series 6 -- Colleges, Departments, Offices, and Centers

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