Oliver General Hospital photographs

Collection — Folder: 1

Identifier: MSS-392

Staff Only

Scope and Contents

Three photographs, one note, and three postcards

Dates

Created: -1945

Creator

Mileikowsky, Alice Hartford Marder (Person)

Biographical or Historical Information

Alice Mileikowsky served at Oliver General Hospital as a Women's Army Corps "medic" or medical technician. Medical technicians were used as laboratory, surgical, X-ray, and dental technicians as well as medical secretaries and ward clerks, freeing Army nurses for other duties. Oliver General Hospital started life as a luxury hotel named the Forrest Hills-Ricker Hotel. The Forrest Hills Golf course is probably part of the original grounds. Oliver General Hospital remained a military medical center until the completion of the Eisenhower Medical Center at Fort Gordon. The property was abandoned and later acquired by Augusta College, with the intention of renovating it into student housing. The property was deemed to expensive to rehabilitate and it was later demolished.in 1988

Note written by Carol Waggoner-Angleton

Extent

7.00 items

Language

English

Additional Description

Abstract

This collection consists of three photographs and a note. The photographs show Alice Hartford Mauder Mileikowsky, Women's Army Corps Medic in front of Oliver General Hospital, two recovering privates in front of Oliver General Hospital, and Alice Hartford Mauder Mileikowsky and collegue with a patient in the hospital's ambulatory ward. The note accompanied the donation of the photographs Also contains three original Beal's Army Comics World War II postcards depicting Women's Army Corps members.