Finding aid for the Edwin Shaw Hospital Briar Hill Cemetery Records Collection
Title:
Edwin Shaw Hospital Briar Hill Cemetery Records Collection
Repository:
Akron-Summit County Public Library Special Collections Division
http://www.akronlibrary.org/locations/main-library/special-collections
Creator:
Edwin Shaw Hospital
Dates:
1915-2006
Quantity:
.5 linear feet (One document box)
Abstract:
 Assorted documents and records pertaining to Briar Hill Cemetery of Springfield Lake Sanatorium, later Edwin Shaw Hospital. Interred in the cemetery are 246 patients of the hospital who died from tuberculosis from 1915 through 1922.
Identification:
2006-86
Location:
9 B 3
Language:
The records are in English

History of Edwin Shaw Hospital-Briar Hill Cemetery

Springfield Lake Sanatorium opened in East Akron, Ohio, in 1915 as a facility for the treatment of tuberculosis. Located on former farmland near Springfield Lake, the Sanatorium was constructed in response to state law which mandated counties set up facilities dedicated to the treatment of tuberculosis. Originally serving Summit, Stark, Portage, Mahoning and Columbiana Counties, in 1920 Summit County assumed ownership of the Sanatorium. In 1934, the hospital was renamed Edwin Shaw Hospital in honor of Edwin C. Shaw, a B.F. Goodrich executive and early member of the Board of Trustees of the Sanatorium. Edwin Shaw Hospital became part of Akron General Health System in 2005. The Springfield Lake Sanatorium Cemetery on Briar Hill holds the remains of 246 men, women, and children who died from tuberculosis from 1915 through 1922. Over time, the cemetery fell into disrepair. In 1997, a project to restore the cemetery commenced. The restored cemetery was dedicated in 2004.

Scope and Content

This collection includes burial records for the Springfield Lake Sanatorium Briar Hill Cemetery, 1915-1922; records for patient burials in other cemeteries that were paid by the Sanatorium through 1932; correspondence; plot maps; and various documents pertaining to the 1997 cemetery restoration project.

The following terms are used interchangeably throughout the collection:

Briar Hill Cemetery
Springfield Lake Sanatorium Cemetery
Edwin Shaw Cemetery

Statement of Arrangement

Records are arranged in the following series:
Series I: Maps
Series II: Burial Records
Series III: Correspondence
Series IV: Miscellaneous
Series V: Cemetery Restoration Documents

Restrictions on Access

Materials fragile; access by request at Main Library Special Collections only

Indexing Terms

The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the library's online public access catalog.

Subjects:

Burial records -- Ohio -- Akron
Cemeteries -- Ohio -- Akron
Edwin Shaw Hospital (Akron, Ohio) -- History
Springfield Lake Sanatorium (Akron, Ohio) -- Archives
Springfield Lake Sanatorium (Akron, Ohio) -- History

Organizations/Corporations:

Edwin Shaw Hospital (Akron, Ohio)
Springfield Lake Sanatorium (Akron, Ohio)

Places:

Akron (Ohio) -- History -- 20th century
Summit County (Ohio)

Preferred Citation

Edwin Shaw Hospital Briar Hill Cemetery Record Collection. Special Collections Division, Akron-Summit County Public Library.

Acquisition

Donated by the Summit County Law Department, November 2006

Detailed Description of The Collection



Series I: Maps, undated

Box 1 / Folder 1
Plot maps, undated





Seres II: Burial Records, undated

Box 1 / Folder 2
Burial records, Springfield Lake Sanatorium, undated




Box 1 / Folder 3
Burial records, miscellaneous, undated





Series III: Correspondence, 1922-1932

Box 1 / Folder 4
Correspondence, miscellaneous, 1922-1932





Series IV: Miscellaneous Cemetery Records, 1915-1930; undated

Box 1 / Folder 5
Miscellaneous, 1915-1930, undated





Series V: Cemetery Restoration Documents, 1997-2006

Box 1 / Folder 6
Corresponence, email, 1997




Box 1 / Folder 7
Meeting documents, 1997




Box 1 / Folder 8
Revised burial records, 2004-2006




Box 1 / Folder 9
Miscellaneous documents, 1997-2004




Box 1 / Folder 10
Newspaper clippings, 2004-2005