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Hermann Hospital was a public hospital endowed by George Hermann (1843-1914) with a fortune accumulated through investments in oil and real estate. The hospital opened south of downtown Houston in the summer of 1925. It merged with Memorial Hospital in 1999 to create Memorial Hermann Health System. The original Spanish-style building is now part of Children's Memorial Hermann in the northwest corner of the Medical Center.

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IC086-b380-f3-1945-February28-White-004

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Transcription: Now I live in a large chateau in which also is our work. Its very beautiful - looks like an old castle. Its owned by a very wealthy Frenchman and boasts the age of 96 yrs. If it could only talk it could really tell the tales for its been occuppied by German, French, English and American troops. Some of the very old furniture yet remains and I must say its certainly beautiful. I could never start to describe the surrounding which are very lovely - In the rear our hill overlooks a river and on all sides are hills and trees. (Whose beauty is quite un-describeable) We now enjoy lights, running water, and

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Nurses, Nursing, Military Nursing, m World War, 1939-1945, Military occupation, Hermann Hospital (Houston, Tex.), France, chateaux, letters (correspondence)

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