Grim-Smith Hospital Collection

Collection

Identifier: MS G2

Staff Only

Scope and Contents

Financial records and board meeting minutes from the hospital from 1930-1945, as well as employee newsletters from 1985-1987 and 1989-1993.

Dates

Creation: 1939-1946, 1985-1993

Historical Note

The Grim-Smith Hospital was founded November 24, 1909, by Dr. Ezra C. Grim and his brother Dr. Edward A. Grim, and in 1924 they were joined by Dr. E. Sanborn Smith. A year after the hospital was founded, a two-story hospital building was built in Kirksville, Missouri, at the corner of Marion Street and Patterson Avenue. In the 1930s, two prominent physicians joined the hospital - Dr. George L. Grim, the son of Dr. Ezra Grim, and Dr. J.J. Wimp. The hospital expanded and continued under physician leadership when in 1972, five area physicians purchased the hospital. By 1980, the 75-bed hospital had ten physician-owners and employed 240 people. In 1996, the hospital merged with the Kirksville Osteopathic Medical Center to become KOMC’s south facility where only specific medical services were offered. Truman State University bought the land and the hospital building in December 2000 and has used the building to house various services since that time.

Extent

.08 Linear Feet

Language of Materials

English

Additional Description

Immediate Source of Acquisition

The bulk of this collection including the records from the 1930s and 1940s was donated by Sarah A. Grim, a granddaughter of founder Dr. Ezra C. Grim, who researched and scanned the documents in this collection. Tel-A-Grim employee newsletters from April 1985 through November 1987 were donated by Annie Moots. Issues from 1990 through July 1993 were in Special Collections' vertical files about the Grim-Smith Hospital.

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