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<span>Moving vans came, packed the house and off the family went to New York; Dr. John M, Elsie, Jack (John Malcolm), Douglass & Gilbert Nicklas and Katie Kines, the maid. | <span>Moving vans came, packed the house and off the family went to New York; Dr. John M, Elsie, Jack (John Malcolm), Douglass & Gilbert Nicklas and Katie Kines, the maid. | ||
<span>Director TB at [[https:/ | <span>Director TB at [[https:/\news.hrvh.org/veridian/?a=d&d=scarsdaleinquire19220902.2.52|Grasslands]] | ||
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He sends a letter home discussing his distress at the passing of a doctor, his disability insurance, a drawing of his current medical condition and chances for future employment: | He sends a letter home discussing his distress at the passing of a doctor, his disability insurance, a drawing of his current medical condition and chances for future employment: | ||
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Latest revision as of 11:42, 18 September 2025
'Born: 'May 11, 1893
Died: September 30, 1975
Married: Elsie Irene Little
Children: John Malcolm (b. 1920), Douglass Roth (b. 1923), Gilbert Lee (b. 1925), Thomas Gordon (b. 1932), Elizabeth Ann (b. 1934) & Wesley Robert (b. 1937)
Dr. John Michael Nicklas AKA Mike, Brus (by his wife whom he called Sis)
New York Years
1930 January
Moving vans came, packed the house and off the family went to New York; Dr. John M, Elsie, Jack (John Malcolm), Douglass & Gilbert Nicklas and Katie Kines, the maid.
Director TB at Grasslands
Cattaraugus Republican, March 25, 1931
Children’s Camps fortify against TB.
New York, March 20. — The evolution of children’s health camps from mere “fresh air camps” to institutions for fortifying children against potential or actual tuberculosis has made such camps an important instrument in fighting the disease, declared Dr. John M. Nicklas, medical secretary of the State Committee on Tuberculosis and Public Health, in a symposium on essentials of successful operation of children’s other camps at yesterday afternoon’s session of the conference of state and local committees on tuberculosis and public health.
Camps also increase resistance to other diseases, he said, and improve health habits among children.
“In spite of their popularity and increasing number, health camps are too frequently organized with but a vague idea of what a health camp is supposed to accomplish,” he added. “What is the value of selecting children for the camps only to have inefficient and unsatisfactorily trained personnel with inadequate facilities? Good results can not be obtained in that way.”
1939 November 18th
Admitted to Trudeau Sanitorium
1940 March-May
Letter from John M Nicklas to his wife Elsie are mostly about trying to solve the family situation. The letters from him are written from Trudeau, NY.
1940 April 6th
US Census shows the family living in Mt Pleasant, Grasslands Institution
1940 May 10th
He comments, “Well, I am glad they all enjoyed the film of me and naturally appreciate the kind sayings and remembrances.”
1940 Summer
The rest of the family had to move back to Baltimore City where they owned a house; 5701 Rusk Ave
Edna Rolker, a childhood friend of Elsie’s from Paca St in Baltimore, [a letter] and promises John M Nicklas that she, her brother Edwin and Uncle Andy and Aunt Mayme (who took John M Nicklas in as a teen) will take care of the family in Baltimore. Mentions a Catherine Warfield whose husband had been in Trudeau some years prior and was cured successfully.
1940 November 16th
Twenty-fifth anniversary card speaks of his current incapacity.
1943 February 26th
Discharged from Trudeau Sanatorium, Status: Active Improved
[John M Nicklas_19430226_Summary of Examinations Trudeau Sanatorium]
1945 prior
Daughter-in-law Pearl visits him at Saranac Lake and [a letter] & sends pictures to his wife in Baltimore.
1949, 11/17
He sends letter home from [Franklin Ave Saranac]
Currently 8 Franklin Avenue, and the Franklin Manor Bed & Breakfast
1950, 05/06
He sends letter home from 68 Franklin Avenue, Saranac Lake NY; a Cure Cottage
1950 December
Finally, he was allowed to come for Christmas. According to his daughter, Betty (Elizabeth Ann), “ His first visit was when I was 14 years old. This would have been in 1950. Once he could not make it because he was snow-bound at Saranac Lake. It had to be cold in Maryland for him to come. At the house we had the furnace running and the windows open. His bed was right next to his bedroom window and he had to have his room cold. He was wrapped up but he had to have his room cold so he could breathe cold air. They didn’t have anything then. They didn’t have antibiotics. They came later and that is how he ended up getting out.” Interview 191231
1951 March
He sends a letter home discussing his distress at the passing of a doctor, his disability insurance, a drawing of his current medical condition and chances for future employment:
