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If you have information on a patient who cured in Saranac Lake that you would like to add, please use the comment box below, or contact [[1]].

Patients whose last names start with: A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z|
Lucile Nystrom||Lucile%20Nystrom%20and%20Victor%20at%20number%20%2390%20Skidmore.jpg]]||c. 1910 - October 22, 1975||Wisconsin||1930||Trudeau Sanatorium||Lucille Nystrom was a patient at Trudeau when she was 20, which we know from Census data.  As is common, her obituary makes no mention of her cure.| Whitney North Seymour, Jr.|| ||July 7, 1923 -|| || | Trudeau Sanatorium, [Park Avenue]| North was one of the last patients to [[2]] at [[3]], when the new chemotherapy came into use. He later returned to New York City where he was an Assistant U. S. Attorney in 1956.|
Patient Name   Dates of Birth & Death Place of Birth/Hometown Dates in Saranac Lake Residence in Saranac Lake (post-911 address)
Hilda E. Aass Aass.jpg]] October 11, 1913 - 1943 Norway     Daughter of sea captain; buried with the Norwegian sailors in Pine Ridge Cemetery.|
Alfred Abrahamsen Alfred.jpg]] April 9, 1920 - September 13, 1945 Norway 1943-1945   One of the Norwegian Sailors who cured in Saranac Lake during WWII.|
Bernard M. Acosta   1931 - San Juan, Costa Rica     A photographer who acquired the former William L. Distin studio|
Arturo Alemán     Cuba   Gonzalez Cottage
Irving Altman   1900 - post 1980 New York City 1922 - 1924 Evergreen Lodge, Trudeau Sanatorium After trying to return to the city and having a relapse, he opened Altman's ladies clothing store|
Helene A. Anderson       1941 Alta Vista Lodge A dietician and patient at the Alta Vista Lodge, Helene married Camilo Panerai and they bought the Alta Vista, operating it until it burned in 1958.|
Tony Anderson Tony%20Anderson.jpg]] 5/25/1899 - 8/20/1981 Long Island 1919 - 1981 8 South Hope Street Manager of the Pontiac Theater and mayor of Saranac Lake for sixteen years.|
Helen Antalek       Through October 1931 Will Rogers
Albert Charles Bagdasarian Albert%20Charles%20Bagdasarian.jpg]] April 4th, 1897 - August 27, 1968 Cambridge, Massachusetts 1922 - 1968 Downing Block, Berkeley House, Hotel Saranac For 15 years he covered local news for WNBZ. He was devoted to contract bridge.|
Raymond K. Baker R%20Baker.jpg]] 1881-1944 Watertown, NY & Washington D.C. c.1908-1915  
Dr. Edward R. Baldwin Edward%20Baldwin.jpg]] 1865 - 1947 Bethel, Connecticut c.1891 - 1947 Trudeau Sanatorium Close friend of E.L. Trudeau, became Director of Saranac Laboratory|
Beanie Barnet Beanie%20Barnet.jpg]] 1886 - 1977 Boston, MA 1907 - 1977 Trudeau Sanatorium, Ledger Cottage
Elizabeth Widmer Barnet   1902 - 1980 Berne, Switzerland ? - 1980 Trudeau Sanatorium A graduate of Johns Hopkins Nursing School, She married Beanie Barnet on 6/22/1940 at Camp Intermission|
Béla Bartók Bartok.jpg]] March 25, 1881 - September 26, 1945 Nagyszentmiklós, Austria-Hungary summers of 1943,'44,'45 Sageman Cottage, Béla Bartók Cottage
Theodora Becker   August 18, 1922 - August 18, 2002 Lake Grove, Long Island, NY    Gabriels Sanatorium
Wilbur F. Beckett   c. 1868 - Post 1952   August 1923 - April 1924 Sageman Cottage Dr. Bradley Sageman was a child when Beckett was curing at Sageman Cottage|
Manolo Benero   November 19, 1888 - October 9, 1963 Puerto Rico 1917 - 1963 31 Franklin Avenue Met and married Pilar Gordon of Cuba. The couple settled in town and raised two sons, hosted many Latin American visitors. Manny worked at the Troy Laundry|
Olaf Berge Olaf.jpg]] 2/18/1920-2/2/1945 Norway     One of the Norwegian Sailors that cured in SL during WWII|
Rachel Rae Berger   1887-1955 Ringoes, New Jersey c. 1917 A cure cottage
John Birmingham     Brooklyn NY c. 1940s Trudeau Sanatorium
Ena Aurelia Bontomase   May 6, 1905 - December 16, 1940 Oswego, New York    
Priscilla Christensen Bergren Priscilla%20Christensen%20Bergren.jpg.html.jpeg]]   Perth Amboy, New Jersey early 1930s Parker's cure cottage Friend of Louis MacKay, married Walter Bergren, settled in Saranac Lake.|
Charlotte Stuart Best   1870-1931 Belfast, Ireland c.1906-1908 presumably Trudeau Sanatorium
Dr. Norman Bethune Norman%20Bethune.jpg]] March 3, 1890 - November 12, 1939 Gravenhurst, Ontario, Canada 1926-? Trudeau Sanatorium worked at New York State Hospital at Ray Brook
Louise S. Birk   1892 - December 21, 1979 1918 - 1920 6 Elm Street   After her cure, Louise Birk was joined by her husband and their son. They opened Birk's Swiss Chalet on Bloomingdale Road.|
John Baxter Black John%20Black.jpg]] 1896 - 1923 Mansfield, Ohio July, 1918 - May, 1923 112 Park Ave. WWI Officer, Family built the John Black Room at the Saranac Laboratory in his memory.|
Sidney Blanchet Sidney%20Blanchet.jpg]] June 4, 1882 - November 12, 1937 Canada Early 1900s Trudeau Sanatorium Sidney Blanchet was studying medicine when he was diagnosed with TB. After his cure, he completed his degree and then returned to Trudeau as a member of the staff, working closely with Dr. Lawrason Brown, and directing the operations of the Sanatorium for a time.|
George S. Brewster     New York City 1904 -   Brewster served on the board of the Adirondack Cottage Sanitarium and later as secretary and treasurer.|
Tony Brescia   January 1, 1915 - July 11, 1963 New York c. 1942-1963 Ray Brook Sanatorium
Bill Brown Bill%20Brown.jpg]]   Montreal, Canada c. 1933   Bill Brown was a friend of Louis Mackay.|
Georgia Watson Lee Brown   3/5/1906-10/19/1935 Thomson, GA 1934-1935 Smithwick Cottage
Dr. Lawrason Brown Dr.%20Lawrason%20Brown.jpg]] September 29, 1871 - December 26, 1937 Baltimore, Maryland c. 1898 - 1937 Trudeau Sanatorium Resident Physician at the Adirondack Cottage Sanitarium and an internationally known TB specialist|
Dr. Daniel Brumfiel Dr.%20Daniel%20Brumfiel.jpg]] January 20 - August 20, 1958 Fayette County, Indiana 1925 Trudeau Sanatorium After his recovery, he practiced medicine for two years with Dr. Francis B. Trudeau, Sr.; he lived the rest of his life in Saranac Lake.|
Mary Acheson Bundy     Washington, DC mid-1940s 29 Church Street
Ernie Burnett Ernie%20Burnett.jpg]] 12/19/1884 - 9/11/1959 Cincinnati, Ohio 1944 - 1959 Fallon Cottage Annex Vaudeville performer and accomplished composer. Famous for the song, [Melancholy Baby"]|
Esther Capone Mrs.%20Capone.jpg]] 4/28/1900 - 10/23/1986 Solvay, New York 1928 - 1942 Ray Brook San Esther Sullivan worked as a stenographer/typist for Emmett Dobbs in Washington, D.C. During her cure, she met her husband to be, Thomas Capone.|
Thomas Capone Mr.%20Capone.jpg]] 5/6/1893 - 1/16/1970 Rocco Ste. Felice, Italy 1925 - 1941 Ray Brook San
Keith Carr   1856 - 1904 Scotland 1898, 1900 - 1904 Adirondack Cottage Sanatorium, 22 Bloomingdale Avenue and 104 Main Street After Carr's death, his wife Emma Carr became a respected cure cottage operator.|
Asunción Castro   c.1890-1924 Spain 1924 Adirondack Cottage Sanatorium
Ida Mannhart Chadikian Ida%20C.jpg]] January 1, 1880 - January 1, 1929 Switzerland 1926- St. Mary's Hospital
Roy Chamberlain          
Donald Mott Chapin Mott%20Chapin.jpg]] March 19, 1909 - March 25, 1986 Niagara Falls, New York 1926 - 1930s   Mott Chapin became a potter and a civic leader, who was deeply involved in the Saranac Lake Free Library, Rotary Club, and the Saranac Lake Study and Craft Guild.|
Elise Kalb Chapin Elise%20Chapin.jpg]] June 21, 1913 - July 14, 2009 Catonsville, Maryland 1935 68 Franklin Avenue, Smithwick Cottage, Knabe Cottage, Fraser Cottage Elise Chapin married Mott Chapin, and together they ran the Pot Shop in the 1950s. She was active with the Village Improvement Society, the General Hospital, St. Luke's Church and the Saranac Lake Free Library.|
John Paul Clancy       Mid 1920s Trudeau Sanatorium After his cure, he bought what became known as the Clancy Cottage, which catered mostly to Italian patients, as Clancy's wife, Lena, spoke Italian. There were 38 patients.|
William Clements William%20Clements.jpg]] 9/9/1919 - 1/22/1962 Glasgow, Scotland 1947 - Ray Brook Sanatorium
Alexander S. Cochran Alexander%20S.%20Cochran.jpg]] 1874 - June 20, 1929 Yonkers, New York   147 Park Avenue
Edith Kostyk Cole         Stony Wold Sanatorium Cole later worked at Gabriels Sanatorium and Will Rogers Hospital|
Robert H. Coleman   March 27, 1856 - 1930 Savannah, Georgia 1896-1930 33 Church Street Coleman was a bankrupt and tubercular iron magnate from Lebanon, Pennsylvania, owner of the [Iron Furnace]|
Edith Elliott Johnstone Coleman   died of TB in 1903   1896 - 1903 33 Church Street|

The wife of bankrupt and tubercular iron magnate from Lebanon, Pennsylvania, owner of the [Iron Furnace]|

Bess Comstock May 31, 1884 January 12, 1937 Rome, NY ~1920-1927 Santanoni Apartments Bess' illness and its effect on her family are the subject of a memoir, In The Shadow of the White Plague, by her daughter, Elizabeth Mooney.|
Henry J. Conley   - April 16, 1935 Brooklyn, New York 1905 Gabriels Sanatorium After curing at Gabriels he returned to Brooklyn, but in 1907 he again came to the Adirondacks and opened a funeral home on Bloomingdale avenue.|
Marc Cook       1879 - 1880 Osgood Pond
Herbert P. Corey   September 11, 1901 - November 9, 1933 Brooklyn, New York 1925 - ? Grossman Cottage and 57 Bloomingdale Ave.
Vincent Corey   February 13, 1899 - November 24, 1971 Brooklyn, New York 1922 - ? 42 Woodruff St. and 52 Park Ave. Vincent Corey worked as a clerk and lived in Brooklyn prior to coming to cure in 1922. He married a showgirl in Saranac Lake. His brother Herbert also came to Saranac Lake to cure.|
William L. Coulter   1865 - 1907 Norwich, Connecticut 1896 - 1907 38 Shepard Avenue and 34 Shepard Ave (residences) Architect, Partner of Max Westhoff in Coulter & Westhoff|
Adelaide Crapsey Adelaide%20Crapsey.jpg]] September 9, 1878 - October 8, 1914 Brooklyn, New York 1913 - 1914 71 Clinton Avenue
Edwin Charles Cushman Jr   died Nov, 1907 Bar Harbor, Maine c.1904-1907  
John Theodore Dalton Dalton.jpg]] 1899-1927   1923-1927 Ludington Infirmary, Trudeau Sanatorium
Elizabeth Jessie Dawe   September 12, 1926 - Bay Roberts, Newfoundland, Canada 1944 84 Park Avenue, 58 Riverside Drive
John De Giovanni DeGiovanni.jpg]] October 29, 1904 - July 16, 1939 New York City 1936-1939 Will Rogers Memorial Hospital
Eddie Diamond   June 9, 1902 - January 14, 1930   January 8, 1929 - January 14, 1930 6 Shepard Avenue
Anthony di Bona       1929 - Trudeau Sanatorium Di Bona was a sculptor and artist who helped to organize the Saranac Lake Art League, serving as its president for many years.|
Mili Distin   c. 1920 - February 3, 2011 Glen Cove, Long Island mid-1940s   After her cure, she married William G. Distin, Jr., and helped him manage the sawmill and construction business, Branch and Callanan from 1953 until 1993, and the Distin Boat Company. In 1980, they hosted VIPs for the Winter Olympics|
Juan Dobal Zarza Juan%20Dobal%20Zarza.jpg]] October 21, 1893 - February 23, 1920 Havana, Cuba May 12, 1913 - June 5, 1914 Rumenapp Cottage
Alfred L. Donaldson Edward%20Al%20Donaldson.jpg]] 1866 - 1923 New York City 1895 - 1923 30 Church Street A banker turned historian, he wrote the first History of the Adirondacks, in two volumes.|
J. Cloyd Downs Downs.jpg]] 11/6/1885 - 12/1958 Niagara Falls, New York 1923-1955 11 Kiwassa
Larry Doyle Doyle.jpg]] July 31, 1886 - March 1, 1974 Caseyville, Illinois 1942 - 1954 Trudeau Sanatorium
Hyman Drutz   1886 - 1941 New York City 1926 - ? Opened Drutz Market, he was cured|
George W. Drymalski George%20W.%20Drymalski.jpg]] 1915 - 1998 Chicago, Illinois July 1941 - October 1943 Trudeau Sanatorium
George V. W. Duryee   - 1912       Duryee was a real estate agent who organized the Saranac Lake Free Library, and later founded the Meadowbrook Farm, a successful dairy operation at Ray Brook|
Percy Eastment None died 1929 Glen Cove, Long Island 1925-1929 "Saranac Hotel" A publisher from Long Island, he died in S.L. of TB and was buried in Pine Ridge Cemetery|
Helen Jacobson Effenbach   June 24, 1890 - June 25, 1926 New York City 1926 - ?  
Edward Edgar Edward%20Coe%20Edgar.jpg]] May 31, 1854 - June 19, 1875   1874 - 1875 Main Street Mrs. Lucius "Lute" Evans Boarding House
Dr. Seymour Emans     New York City     Dr. Emans was the founding medical superintendent at the Rainbow Sanatorium.|
NoneRobert Farrell   May 17, 1930 Saranac Lake 1947 - Ray Brook State Hospital
Sadie Ferguson Ferguson.jpg]]     1930s   We know little about her; she was a friend of Louis Mackay.|
Maurice Feustmann   1870-1943   1890s   Maurice Feustmann was an architect; together with William Scopes he designed many of Saranac Lake's most notable buildings.|
Frank L. Fisher   - May 23, 1895 New York, New York   A house on Lake Colby
Irving Fisher Irvingfisher.jpg]] February 27, 1867 - April 29, 1947 Saugerties, New York  1898 - c.1900 Trudeau Sanatorium
John R. Freer   1876 - May 16, 1961 Kingston, New York   Trudeau Sanatorium Freer became president of the Adirondack National Bank.|
Charlotte Gallery None     1930s  
Daniel Gallery     Fall River, Massachusetts 1930s   Daniel Gallery was a thoracic surgeon who came to Saranac Lake to cure. He met Charlotte Gallery while here for curing, and they married.|
Alice Sterling French Gallup Gallup.jpg]] 11/27/1989 - c.1960 Austin, PA 1917-1960 Trudeau Sanatorium and 4 Circle Street (residence)
Dr. Leroy Upson Gardner Gardner.jpg]] December 9, 1888 - October 24, 1946 Meriden, Connecticut 1917-1946 36 Old Military Road (residence) Director of the Saranac Laboratory. Lived on Old Military Road.|
Anton Gedroiz   1883-1945 Detroit, Michigan 1919-1945 112 Lake Street
Irving Gershenz     New York City - c. 1930  
Dr. Samuel Howard Gilliland   1878-1929 Marietta, PA 1920s?  
Alfredo Gonzalez   1903 - 1965 San Juan, Puerto Rico 1920 - 1960s   Operated Cure Cottages for Latin American patients, the best known being 80 Park Avenue.|
Alicia Gonzalez           Alicia Milanes del Prado married Alfredo Gonzalez; over the next forty years the couple would operate several cure cottage catering to Latin American patients, the largest and longest-running one at 80 Park Avenue.|
Mary R. Gordon          
Richard Gould Richard%20Gould.jpg]] 8/2/1916 - 10/2004 Vermont 1947-1949 Trudeau Sanatorium
George Washington Gray   - 1936 Richmond Hill, New York 1930s   Came to Saranac Lake for the cure.|
Charlie Green Charlie%20Green.jpg]] March 23, 1894 - January 13, 1987 Lancashire, England     Green operated Charlie Green's Market on Main Street for more than sixty years, becoming a beloved figure; he was given the Good Neighbor Award in 1969, and named Citizen of the Year in 1977.|
LeRoy A. Grinnell   June 24, 1908 - July 21, 2004 Hudson Falls, New York 1934 - 1936   After recovering his health in 1936, Grinnell began working at the Trudeau Sanatorium in the pulmonary function lab, where he worked until the San closed in 1954.|
William H. Haase William%20H.%20Haase.jpg]] September 12, 1866 - March 20, 1913 St. Louis, Missouri 1903 - March 20, 1913 McCarthy Cottage, Riverside Inn, Pinehurst Haase was the heir of the A.C.L Haase Company; he built Pinehurst and the Haase Block, and was active in community affairs.|
Helen Hoeschele Haley   February 1, 1891 - February 14, 1932 Utica, NY 1920s-1930s Ray Brook Sanatorium Helen and her twin sister Mary both had tuberculosis and were treated at Ray Brook. Both died from TB in the 1930s.|
Kathleen McFarlane Hammond   - 1917 Gananoque, Ontario Santanoni Apartments, Morgan Cottage c. 1916
John Harlander   1893-March 1922 Rome, NY 1914-1915 Reception Hospital, potentially Yorkey Cottage
Evelyn Bellak Hayes   August 20, 2901 - March 12, 1932 Endicott, NY 1917 - c.1925 Ray Brook Hospital
Hunter C. Haynes Hunter%20Haynes.jpg]] 1867 - 1918   October 27, 1916 until April 23, 1917 [Lake Flower Street]
Gerald Haxton   1892 - 1944 San Francisco, California   Alta Vista Gerald Haxton was the secretary and companion of W. Somerset Maugham.|
Bernard Stephen Heaney   December 18, 1881 - December 29, 1920 Rochester, New York c. 1920 Trudeau Sanatorium
Morris Hillquit Morris%20Hillquit.jpg]] 1869 - 1933 born in Latvia, he moved to New York City 1919  
Mary "Mayme" Hoeschele   February 1, 1891 - January 27, 1938 Utica, NY c. 1916 Ray Brook Sanatorium Came to Ray Brook from Utica. Her twin sister Helen was also treated. Both died of TB at home in Utica in the 1930s.|
Lizzie Howard   ?- 1905      
Henry J. Hudson   1887 - September 14, 1956 Stamford, Connecticut     With his wife, Hudson founded the Franklin Manor|
Harry Hull   1888 - 1958 Lebanon Springs, New York 1907 - c. 1908, 1912 - 18 Lake Street After a relapse and a second cure, Harry Hull became the Village Engineer, and his wife ran the Riddle Cottage.|
Alice Hunt     New York City 1885 Little Red Alice and Mary Hunt were sisters from New York City; they were the first two patients of the Adirondack Cottage Sanitarium|
Mary Hunt     New York City 1885 Little Red Alice and Mary Hunt were sisters from New York City; they were the first two patients of the Adirondack Cottage Sanitarium|
Duke Huntington Huntington.jpg]]     1930s 2 Broadway Ave. After his recovery, Duke Huntington stayed in Saranac Lake and soldjuke boxes, pinball and shuffleboard machines. He was a friend of Louis MacKay.|
Arnout Hyde   c. 1910 - West Virginia 1944-'45 5 Shepard Avenue
Mary Ingersoll None 1905 - 1964 Dallas, Texas     Mary E. Ingersoll was a literary agent who represented authors Walter Farley and Martha Reben.|
Edwin J. Johnson Johnson.jpg]]     1904 - Esperance House We know very little about Edwin Johnson, but he left some intriguing photographs. (here)|
David Blair Jones   9/27/1891 - 8/1955 Chicago, IL c. 1929-1944 Clara Black Cottage, 86 1/2 Park Avenue
Lincoln Jones   ? - 1906   1904 - 1906   Lincoln Jones owned a garment shop in Manhattan. When he found he had TB he moved to Saranac Lake bringing young Sam Edelberg with him. When he died, he left the shop to Edelberg.|
Susan Kosa Jordan       1950s 34 Franklin Avenue
Jack Kenney Jack%20Kenney.jpg]] 4/20/1904 - 7/2/1931 Brooklyn, New York July,1930 - July,1931 McCabe Cottage
Jacob Kesner   9/15/1898-6/15/57 New York, New York 1927  
Dr. Hugh M. Kinghorn Kinghorn.jpg]] August 9 1869 - November 7, 1957 Ontario, Canada July 1896 - June 1897 Trudeau Sanatorium Dr. Kinghorn was known as a staunch supporter of absolute bedrest. He lived and had offices at 14 Church Street.|
Elsie Steiner Kodim Elsie.jpg]] November 15, 1892 - July 18, 1981 Freiberg, Germany 1919 - July 18, 1981 Stony Wold Sanatorium,  26 Cedar Street, Jackson Cottage, 8 Virginia Street, Carson Cottage
Joseph Kodim, Sr.   March 9, 1883 - May 17, 1933 Grunau, Austria November 8, 1926 - May 17, 1933 26 Cedar Street, Jackson Cottage, 8 Virginia Street, Carson Cottage
William F. Kollecker Wm%20Kollecker.jpg]] April 15, 1879 - August 12, 1962 Brooklyn, New York 1896 - 1904 64 Shepard Avenue Kollecker was a photographer, whose legacy of thousands of photographs of the Saranac Lake area was nearly lost when he died. What remains is in the Saranac Lake Free Library|
Thea LaGuardia LaGuardia.jpg]] None c. 1895 - November 29, 1921 Trieste, Italy May - November 1929 76 Park Avenue Thea LaGuardia was the young wife of New York Mayor Fiorello LaGuardia; she died of tuberculosis at the age of 27.|
Dan Landes     London, England   Santanoni Apartments
Alfred Larsen   November 15, 1913 - March 2, 1988 Norway   Sageman Cottage One of the Norwegian sailors sent to cure during WWII, Larsen returned years later to marry the tray girl he had met at the Sageman Cottage.|
Eileen Leavitt Eileen%20Leavitt.jpg]] April, 1912 - November 21, 1991 Derby, Connecticut 1947-1949 Stony Wold Sanatorium
Dr. Henry Leetch Leetch.jpg]] 11/5/1895-4/20/1970 Washington D.C. 1929 - 1965 5 Shepard Avenue
Henry P. Leis HPLeis.jpg]] June 18, 1869 - July 20, 1971 New York City 1899 - 1901 33 Algonquin Avenue Leis built The Governor hotel with his brother, George Leis, and then Henry P. Leis Pianos at 3-5 Bloomingdale Avenue.|
Helen Potter Lewis Lewis.jpg]] 1905-1987 Evanston, Illinois 1931-1935 various cure cottages The Training Director of Filene's Dept. Store in Boston, Helen came to SL for the cure, where she met her husband, Kirby S. Howlett, Jr.|
Dr. Esmond R. Long Dr.%20Long.jpg]] 1890 - 1979 Near Chicago, Illinois 1918 - 1919  
Eva Long Eva%20long.jpg]] 1906-1931 Nottingham, England 1927-1929 Reception Hospital
Dr. Alfred Loomis   1831 - 1895 New York City 1867   Dr. Loomis recovered from TB during a trip to the Adirondacks in 1867; he met Dr. E. L. Trudeau at Paul Smith's hotel and became his physician.|
Carl Sofus Lumholtz Lumholtz.jpg]] 1851 - May 4, 1922 Faberg (Lillehammer), Norway   50 Baker Street
Rev. John Lundy   1823 - Danville Pennsylvania 1877-78 Berkeley Hotel His preaching at the Berkeley Hotel led to the creation of St. Luke's Church. Later he wrote disparagingly of Saranac Lake.|
Rev. Hiram W. Lyon Lyon.jpg]]     1925 -   The Reverend Hiram W. Lyon was the minister of the First Presbyterian Church of Saranac Lake from 1926 to 1937.|
Patrick Raymond MacDermot MacDermot1.jpg]] 1903 - 1946 Galway, Ireland and London 1944 - 1946 88 Riverside Drive, at 5 Birch Street, on Park Avenue, and at 9 Rockledge Road Patrick MacDermot was a patient of Drs. Brumfiel, J. Woods Price, and Edward Welles.|
Louis Mackay Louis%20MacKay.jpg]] July 30, 1906 - July 12, 1973 Norwalk, Connecticut approx.1930 - 1936 Mrs. Witherbee's, Lawrence's, Carey's, Parker's Friend of Ralph (Duke) Huntington and Priscilla Christensen Bergren"|
Gustav Martin martin%20gustav.jpg]] December 5, 1910 - February 25, 1967 Seattle, Washington     Gustav Martin was a noted medical researcher who went on to work at Johns Hopkins after his "cure".|
Christy Mathewson Christy%20Mathewson.jpg]] 1880 - 1925 Factoryville, Pennsylvania 1920 - 1925 Santanoni Apartments, Christy Mathewson Cottage
Thomas O. May     Washington, D.C. 1918 Berkeley Hotel
D. Lorne McGibbon   November 24, 1870 - April 20, 1927 Montreal, Quebec 1908 -   McGibbon became the chief benefactor of [Quebec] and of tuberculosis treatment in Canada generally.|
Patrick J. McKeown McKeown.jpg]] 1899 - July 11, 1929 Astoria, NYC 1928-1929 26 Church Street
William McLaughlin   August 14, 1917 - 1986 Saranac Lake, New York    
Dennis McMahon       1875 Ensine Miller's house, Sunnyside
Daisietta McClellan       1890s Dr. McClellan House Daisietta's tuberculosis brought Dr. Ezra McClellan to Saranac Lake. After his death in 1911, his daughters sold the last few parcels of the land he had acquired in the Park Avenue area.|
Dr. Gordon Meade 16b2d78b56efc5c2d4d917b85a4d6143-1.jpg]] December 9, 1905 - November 30, 1990 Rochester, New York 1932-33, 1937-1938 Trudeau Sanatorium
Jed Scott Merrill   - 1888       Jed Merrill's early death from tuberculosis led his brother Elmer M. Merrill to establish the Merrillsville Cure Cottage|
Frank Westley Merritt   September 12, 1910 - January 15, 1997 Brooklyn, New York at least 1930 - 1935 Ecenbarger Cottage Frank Merritt graduated from the Saranac Lake High School having taken his courses in bed as a patient of Dr. Edward Packard. He became the head of the English department at Bucknell University.|
Joseph Messing   1886 - November 27, 1925 Poland June 1925  
Jennie Meyers     Plainfield, NJ 1930 and 1945 Altavista Lodge in 1945|

Mrs. Meyers cured twice in Saranac Lake. Her TB card in the Adirondack Room archives was found by her grandson on a visit to Saranac Lake.|

Isobel Millen   February 15, 1894 - June 24, 1976 Montreal, QC Arrived May 16, 1908. Pearse Cottage Came to Saranac Lake at the age of 14 and stayed for 6-8 months under the care of Dr. Kinghorn. Continued care back at home in Montreal.|
Frank G. Miller   1929 - September 24, 1972 Saranac Lake 1929-1971 Ray Brook State Hospital Frank Miller operated a dental laboratory at 29 Bloomingdale Avenue.|
Helen O'Reilly Miller   c. 1900 - May 10, 1978   1920s-1930s Will Rogers
William Minshull   1865 - October 2, 1924 New York City     In 1897 with two other TB patients, he formed the Adirondack National Bank.|
George Jarvis Mirick Mirick%20photo.jpg]] died May 27, 1916 Palmyra, New York    
Jean Monahan           Patient at Stony Wold Sanatorium, friend of Eileen Leavitt|
Dominic Morabito Morabito%20photo.jpg]] August 4, 1904 - May 8, 1988 Brooklyn, New York c. 1938 - c. 1945 New York State Hospital at Ray Brook Mr. Morabito cured with Richard H. Ray and appears in his book. He may have cured as long as 7 years.|
William Morris Morris.jpg]] 1873 - November 2, 1932 Vienna, Austria 1902 - 1906 Algonquin Hotel William Morris was a theatrical agent who founded the William Morris Agency; he represented Charlie Chaplin, Will Rogers, Eddie Cantor and Al Jolson. He later built Camp Intermission|
Hattie Bishop Hussey Morse   November 8, 1862 - July 29, 1897 Brooklyn, NY c. 1897   Hattie Bishop Hussey Morse was the wife of [W. Morse].|
Frank Edward Mueller   August 24, 1923 - Littleton, Massachusetts September 1960 - November 1961 Gabriels Sanatorium
Florence Mulhern Mulhern.jpg]]   New York City early 1950s Trudeau Sanatorium
Elmer Mundy          
Patrick Murphy   October 18, 1920 - January 30, 1937 Cambridge, Massachusetts May 1935 - January 30, 1937 Steel Camp, 29 Church Street, Lower St. Regis Lake, Rumsey Cottage
Ernest Malcolm Myatt Ernest%20Malcolm%20Myatt.jpg]] March 28, 1888 - March 16, 1914 Raleigh, North Carolina 11 Park Place c. 1913
James McRae Myatt   April 22, 1894 - August 22, 1912 Raleigh, North Carolina 11 Park Place? c. 1913
Edwin Bernard Nagle   November 13, 1879 - August, 1919 Minnesota 1918-1919 9 Church Street
Dr. Frederick L. Neely None         Dr. Neely came to Saranac Lake for the cure and married Magaret Gardner, the daughter of LeRoy Upson Gardner|
John F. Neilson   - 1899       With two other TB patients, John Neilson founded the Adirondack National Bank in 1897.|
Aaron S.R. Newmark           A patient at the Trudeau Sanatorium, father of patient, Helen M. Sandhaus|
Dr. Joseph Nichols Joseph%20Nichols.jpg]] November 10, 1870 - June 17, 1918 Cincinnati, Ohio c. 1903   Dr. Nichols served as secretary of the T.B. Society and as president of the General Hospital.|
Dick Norton     Harvard University 1952 New York State Hospital at Ray Brook The boyfriend of Sylvia Plath, fictionalized as Buddy in The Bell Jar, she visited him here and broke her leg while skiing on Mount Pisgah.|
Paul Ludwig Ott None 1879 - 1910 Ohio ? - 1910   Died in Saranac Lake while attempting a cure.|
Dr. Edward Packard None 1883 - November 16, 1968 Dorchester, Massachusetts 1912 - Trudeau Sanatorium
Carl Palmer         Pink Palace Carl Palmer was the son of newspaper magnate C. M. Palmer, who moved to Saranac Lake for Carl's cure.|
Edward Parrott   1875 - 1944 New York City 1898  
Mary Kelly Parry   1918-1984 Jackson Heights, New York 1941-1955 Trudeau Sanatorium
Camilo Panerai   8/9/1910-1991 Havana, Cuba 1933-1934, 1941-1991 144 Main Street Trained as an architect in Cuba. He and his wife Helene A. Anderson owned the Alta Vista Lodge from 1941-1958|
Cornelia Panos   1897m -

November 28, 1924||Greece||1920||15 Jenkins Street, 4 Riverside Drive, 4 Kiwassa Road|| |

Walker Percy Percy.jpg]] May 28, 1916 – May 10, 1990 Birmingham, Alabama c.1941-c.1945 Trudeau Sanatorium
Edna Caroline Petotte   July 29, 1924 - December 26, 1975 Parishville 1930s Ray Brook Sanatorium Edna Petotte was a laboratory technician at Ray Brook after her recovery. She married James E. LaPan.|
Joseph Peter Pohl   October 8, 1884 - March 26, 1924 Schenectady, NY 1919-1924   His wife Mildred May Helms Pohl ran a laundry service for TB patients in the 1930's and early-1940's. Joseph had 2 sons and 3 grandchildren who grew up in Saranac Lake.|
Mary Poppick   c. 1900 Jermyn, Pennsylvania c. 1933 Trudeau Sanatorium, 1 Pine Street
Mary Prescott Mary%20Prescott.jpg]] October 12, 1871 - January 7, 1961 New Bedford, Massachusetts 1895 - 1950s 40 Shepard Avenue, 38 Shepard Avenue She built and funded the Reception Hospital, and donated the land for Prescott Park|
Dr. J. Woods Price J.%20Woods%20Price.jpg]] 1877 - 1951 Virginia Early 1900s - 1951 116 Main Street He was president of the Reception Hospital for more than 17 years.|
Manuel Quezon None August 19, 1878 - August 1, 1944 The Philippines 1944 Camp Massapequa
Richard H. Ray None     1937-1940 A private cottage on Pine Street, Trudeau Sanatorium, Ray Brook Sanatorium Richard Ray learned photography while a patient here; he went on to become a professional medical photographer, and wrote a memoir: Saranac 1937-1940|
Martha Reben Martha%20Reben.jpg]] 1911 - 1964 New York City 1927 - 1964 Trudeau Sanatorium, Weller Pond
Ortanza Redinger   b.1886 Pennsylvania c.1912 Adirondack Cottage Sanitarium
Thomas F. Reilly Reilly.jpg]] b.1915 Queens, NY 1969 Trudeau Sanatorium
Branch Rickey Branch%20Rickey.jpg]] December 20, 1881 – December 9, 1965 Stockdale, Ohio 1908-1909  
Daniel W. Riddle Daniel%20Riddle.jpg]] 1833 - June 8, 1913   1879 - Adirondack Cottage Sanitarium Riddle became the Sanitarium's first treasurer; he built the Franklin Manor, and managed the Saranac Inn for 25 years.|
Fred Bernhardt Roedel   2/4/1890 - 8/6/1938 Greitz, Germany/ Clifton, New Jersey Three years curing as young man 93 Riverside Drive Fred Roedel was an engineer and poultry farmer, husband of Pearl Maria Gould|
Dr. Cordt E. Rose           Dr. Rose was an anesthesiologist who lived at 170 Park Avenue.|
William Richard Rosevear Scan0003.jpg]] June 3, 1896 - December 19, 1945 Haverigg, England / Endicott, NY sometime between 1940-1945  
George C. Sageman None 1877 - 1930 Chicago, Illinois   8 Franklin Avenue, Saranac Inn|

After his cure, Sageman worked for Branch and Callanan, and his wife ran a well-regarded cure cottage at 32 Park Avenue.|

Lucy Sandella   - January 11, 1937   late 1930s  
Helen M. Sandhaus   1923 - 2009 Lancaster, PA   Trudeau Sanatorium
William H. Scopes   1877 - 1964   1896 - Adirondack Cottage Sanitarium William Scopes was an architect. With partner Maurice Feustmann he designed many of Saranac Lakes most notable buildings.|
Isabel Shaw   - February 26, 1926 Jay, New York c. 1923 Lane Cottage
Dr. Norman Shefrin Norman%20Shefrin.jpg]] 1907 - 1996 Brooklyn, New York late 1940s - ? Trudeau Sanatorium Dr. Shefrin stayed on after his cure and worked on the medical staff at Ray Brook Sanatorium.|
Helen Yacishyn Simeone   1910-1939 White Plains, New York 1939 Saranac Lake General Hospital
Dwight S. Simpson   1883-1962 New York City 1916-1919 Trudeau Sanatorium
Carol Smith CarolSmith.jpg]]     Late 1940s Stony Wold Sanatorium Carol Smith was a friend of Eileen Leavitt.|
Isabel Smith   - January 19, 1958   1928-1948 Trudeau Sanatorium
Madeline Smith          
Christian Sporck Sporck.jpg]] 1892 - 1985 Brooklyn, New York   Reception Hospital The Sporck family remained in Saranac Lake, operating a taxi stand and grocery store on River Street and then a motel on Lake Flower Avenue.|
William Stearns   - June 6, 1983   1926 - 1930   William Stearns returned to Saranac Lake six years after his cure and became the director of the Saranac Lake Study and Craft Guild for twenty years.|
William Steenken   April 24, 1901 - October 2, 1983 Brooklyn, New York 1925 - 1983   William Steenken after his cure went to work for the Trudeau Foundation|
Robert Louis Stevenson RL%20Stevenson.jpg]] 11/13/1850 - 12/3/1894 Edinburgh, Scotland 1887 - 1888 Stevenson Cottage
Edwin R. Stonaker       1907 - 1910 Adirondack Cottage Sanitarium Stonaker was the president of Northern New York Telephone. He and his wife designed the Stonaker Cottage in Glenwood. He was a founder of the Saranac Lake Golf Club.|
Robert M. Stover   May 27, 1917 - May 5, 1995 Irvington, New York 1940 to 1942  
LaVerne Strough     Dolgeville, New York 1911 - c. 1927  
Harry Sullivan     New York, New York born 1881/2   In 1920 was a TB patient living at 77 Algonquin Avenue|
E. Hallie Sutton   1902-1939 Buffalo, New York 1926 - 1939 Freer Cottage
Samuel D. Telford   May 25, 1898-December 28, 1924 North Hoosick, NY   Ray Brook State Hospital
Anthony Treybal Treybal.jpg]] 1889 - 1935 Queens, New York c. 1927 to 1934 Baker Street
Dr. Charles C. Trembley Trembley.jpg]] September 17, 1873 - October 20, 1957 Utica, New York 1900 - Adirondack Cottage Sanitarium|

After his cure, Dr. Trembley practiced medicine in Saranac Lake for more than fifty years. He was know for his story telling and practical jokes.|

Mary Trombino   January 15, 1923 - March 18, 2018 Brooklyn, New York 1940-1942 Ray Brook Sanatorium
Denis Troy     New York City 1930's Ray Brook Sanatorium
Peter Troy     New York City 1930's Ray Brook Sanatorium
Thomas Troy     New York City 1930's Ray Brook Sanatorium
Dr. Edward Livingston Trudeau Dr%20EL%20Trudeau.jpg]] 1848 - 1915 New York City 1870s - 1915 118 Main Street Founder of the Trudeau Sanatorium and Saranac Laboratory|
Jack Valdez NoneNone        
Jeanette Valdez          
James Roosevelt Waldron Waldron1.jpg]] December 20, 1902-July 31, 1970 Newark, New Jersey 1928-1954 Hudson Cottage, Noyes Cottage A building contractor, Waldron cured in the village and rented a house in Glenwood through the 1950s.|
Ethel Mae Walsh   October 28, 1893 - July 29, 1988 New York City 1909 -  
Thomas P. Ward   March 22, 1898 - February, 1982   Before 1922 Fallon Cottage
James M. Wardner James%20Wardner.jpg]] 1831 - 1904 Keeseville, New York 1854 - 1855 Osgood Pond James Wardner was one of the first consumptives to cure in the Adirondacks. He went on to found the successful Rainbow Inn on Rainbow Lake.|
Arthur Wareham Arthur%20Wareham.jpg]] June 26, 1914 - March 10, 2005 Yardley, Pennsylvania January 13, 1943 - March 10, 2005 Shults Cottage, Agnew Cottage He was an architect who became William G. Distin's partner starting in 1950. He designed the Trudeau Institute.|
Henry William Wehrle   December 15, 1889 - October 14, 1926 Utica, New York 1925-26 28 Front Street Henry Wehrle was a brakeman for the New York Central; he came for the cure and died in Saranac Lake.|
William Weiss    - c. 1925 New York, New York c. 1925  
Edith R. Schultz Welton Edith%20Welton.jpg]] Jan 1887-circa 1928 Brooklyn, New York 1926-27 Alta Vista Lodge
Max Westhoff

October 13, 1874-

1951||Brooklyn, New York||1902-1917||406 Park Avenue||Architect, partner of W. L. Coulter in Coulter & Westhoff.|

Edwin A. White   c. 1901 - ? Brooklyn, New York 1930 - ? 72 Park Avenue Edwin White's "cure" was not successful; he never returned home.|
Joseph Wiedenmayer   c. 1905   1952-53 Trudeau Sanatorium
James Forbes Williams   c. 1907 - 1960 Wisconsin c. 1949  
Emanuel Wolinsky   born 9/23/1917 New York City 1941-1943,1946-1958 Trudeau Sanatorium
Marjorie Claster Wolinsky   born March 9, 1918 Lock Haven, Pennsylvania 1939-1958 Trudeau Sanatorium
Benjamin William Woodburn   1884-1962 Montreal, Quebec, Canada 1905  
Juanita Hayman Worthington          
Ed Worthington Ed%20Worthington.jpg]] October 2, 1909 - September 24, 1996 Dansville, New York 1934 - Trudeau Sanatorium Worthington met his wife, a nurse, while curing. He was active in rehabilitation activities such as radio, and later taught at the Saranac Lake Study and Craft Guild.|
Robert L. Yeager   1907 - 1988 Mineral Wells, Texas mid-1930s Trudeau Sanatorium
Edward R. Young NoneNoneNone - 1911   Late 1890s Trudeau Sanatorium Young was an insurance agent who wrote policies for the Winter Carnival's Ice Palaces. Later, he was vice-president of the Adirondack National Bank|
The nurses of the D. Ogden Mills Training School for Nurses          
, December 6, 1985

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2011-06-03 08:40:23   I am trying to find out information about my Grandfather, Edwin White who died of Tuberculosis in early 1930s. We only know that he was sent to a sanotarium in Upstate New York. —71.125.0.119

  • Hello — the librarian in the Saranac Lake Free Library archives checked and found 4 records for Edwin White! Please email me at [[4]] and I can send you the information.

2011-09-03 16:15:43   Please add: George Washington Drymalski - patient at Trudeau from July 1941 - October 1943. Resident of Chicago, Illinois. At the time of entry he was 26 years old and a medical student at Northwestern University, Evanston, Ill. After leaving Trudeau, he resumed his medical residency and became a radiologist. He married Cecil Jordan in February of 1945. They eventually settled in a northwest suburb of Chicago, (Northbrook), which was then very rural. They had 9 children, 8 of whom grew up, and 7 of whom are still living. Dr. Drymalski suffered a relapse of TB in the 1950s when he and Cecil had 3 or 4 children. He was quarantined at Cook County Hospital and had a lung collapsed or removed entirely. He worked at Resurrection Hospital for most of his medical career, until he retired in the 1980s. He died peacefully in his sleep, perhaps of heart failure, in February, 1998, just a few weeks short of his 83rd birthday. He rarely talked about Saranac or Trudeau, but wrote letters during his stay there. It is clear that he was changed by his experience at Trudeau, being transformed from a city boy to a country gentleman; he loved being outdoors, especially in the North Woods of Wisconsin where he and his family frequently vacationed and fished. He also read x rays, pro bono, for the TB society in Chicago. He left all his children with an appreciation and love of the outdoors, a love of reading and of handcrafts, such as woodworking. —71.126.185.238

  • Thanks! The entry is done. If you have a photo you would like to add, please email me at [[5]].

2011-09-25 13:37:23   I am trying to find out some information on my Aunt who had TB and was treated I believe at Saranac Lake for 2 or 3 years as a child. Her name was Dorothy M Watt born about 1905. I was told she had some "major operation" to her ribs/lungs that was very drastic and painful but saved her life. She was "cured" and went on to marry and live a good life. —76.203.21.119 — Our librarian looked up your Aunt in the TB cards. She did find a few Watts listed, but unfortunately, no Dorothy M. May we add your information to our table of patients?


2012-04-05 23:49:25   my mother contractded tb around 1929/30 and was in a hospital in upstate new york, her name was delia herling. Born in 1908. I would like to know if she was a patient at saranac lake. Any information would be great. —72.169.224.102


2012-04-06 11:34:12   Hello — We will search for Delia in the library archives and let you know if her name appears there. I will post the info. here, or you can email me at [[6]] —amycatania


2012-06-08 06:05:30   Marc — could you please add Robert Farrell here? — see oral history — thanks. —amycatania


2012-08-28 13:46:26   My name is John Holiday and i am trying to find my Father who was a patient there in 1944 if you have any information i would deeply appreciate it. his name was Frank H Holiday. my email address is [[7]] —67.76.125.71 *Responded 8/28/12- libbyclark


2012-10-14 20:37:12   My grandfather, (Francis) Frank M. Ewing died of Tuberculosis in 1937. I know he was sent to the sanotarium and I am trying to find out more information and where he is buried. My email is [[8]] Thank you. —99.6.147.134


2012-12-19 08:29:24   I was at Ray Brook 1963 1964 was cured.............Barbara Hyatt —174.107.154.14


2013-02-14 13:45:48   this is a lot of people

brandonwhite


2013-05-22 12:24:28   Please add: Paul Ludwig Ott, born 1879 in Ohio and died 1910 in Saranac Lake of TB. I have a photo album of his stay there which I downloaded to a Saranac Lake history website. He married Jane Bowen Phillps and they had one son, Gordon Joseph Ott, born 1907. I know so little as I have found nothing written down. If anyone knows anything else, I would appreciate the information. Kathy Ott Sader, [[9]] —173.246.248.133


2013-07-12 22:27:39   trying to find out information on my great grandfather Joseph Meyers, he contracted TB and died in the 1930`s i can not find out any information on him and i do not even know were he is buried my grandfather did not speak much of him he was only 8 yrs old when he became an orphan, cause his mom died in childbirth. i do know that my great grandfather was born in New brunswick, nj any information would be helpful you can contact me at [[10]] thank you kelly-anne hilliard —71.15.122.205


2013-08-13 14:16:32   I do not find the name of my aunt who was a patient there. I do not know the exact year. ENA AURELIA BONTOMASE, sometimes used Catherine Ena Bontomase was born in Oswego NY 05/06/1905 and died in Oswego 12/16/1940. We know she had to leave medical school in the late 1920's as she developed TB. Thank you. [[11]] —108.183.14.89