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Licking County Tuberculosis Sanatorium

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Record of the Month! April Monthly Feature Update: Game Design Challenge deadline extended to June 5 ! The challenge rules remain the same. Please send all entries to archives@lcounty.com with the subject line Activity Challenge Attn: M Shield, and don’t forget to include your name in the email. Winners will be announced the second week of June. For the month of May we are featuring our digital exhibit on the history of the Licking County Tuberculosis Sanatorium and its impact. The link to the exhibit is below: https://apps.lcounty.com/records-and-archives/exhibits/ The exhibit was created by Mary McKinley in 2018, using a range of materials from our collection, as well as from the Licking County Health Department, who took over Tuberculosis Sanatorium building after it closed. The exhibit examines what life was like in Licking County for those affected by Tuberculosis (TB) before and after the sanatorium was built and the compelling story of how women and other