Meet author Pat Nelson of “Open Window: The Lake Julia Tuberculosis Sanatorium” at 4 P.M July 28, Beltrami History Center for: A reading from the book, discussion, story-sharing, books for sale by the History Center (130 Minnesota Avenue SW, Bemidji), and autographs. If you already…
Author’s Mother Has Health Issues as Child: Vigoren’s mother, Blanche Jespersen, was born in 1913. Two years later, Dr. Mary Ghostley found that Blanche was blind in her right eye. Dr. Mary wondered whether the child had been born without sight in that eye or if she had injured it. She believed the eye should…
AmericanBookFest.com announced the winners and finalists of its 2020 Best Book Awards on November 20, 2020. Author Pat Nelson received the honor of “Finalist” in the Biography category for her book Open Window: the Lake Julia TB Sanatorium, a Community Created by Tuberculosis. Nelson lived on the dairy farm of the Sanatorium when she was…
I wrote about Fred Ghostley of Anoka, MN in my book Open Window: The Lake Julia TB Sanatorium, a Community Created by Tuberculosis. Fred graduated from the University of Minnesota Medical School in 1909 after marrying another med student, Mary Chapman. She went on to be the well-known and highly respected Dr. Mary Ghostley, the TB…
I could not have written Open Window: The Lake Julia TB Sanatorium, a Community Created by Tuberculosis without the information I obtained from records at the Minnesota History Center in St. Paul. The photo above is a portion of a page listing patients’ mothers’ information. At the History Center, I was able to obtain copies…