Hi everyone,

I hope you enjoy the site. I am always looking for feedback so I can keep up with what everyone would like to see.

Karli

Just want to say that my grandfather was in Maybury 1940-41. He first went to Hermann Keifer then transferred to Maybury. Story is he had one of his lungs removed. He died there March 19, 1942. He was only 45.

Goodmorning!

Where can I find a list of patients that were at Maybury? I would like to verify if this is where my husband's Uncle was.

Thanks

You should be able to verify records through The City of Detroit Dept of Health at Herman Keifer Hospital. The phone number is (313) 876-4000. They hold all the remaining records for Maybury Sanatorium.

Oh my goodness, Who are you? Several years ago, well 2002 to be exact, I went looking for the remains of the sanatorium. I had been on a emotional healing journey. I could find very little on the internet at that time, and I began a book about Maybury and my life and how the TB effected our family. I went to the library and found and copied some of the things you have on this site. It is wonderful. My goal is to earn enough money off this book to errect a statue of a nurse with a child in her arms on the old foundations site. My gosh is every thing still there? I went during that summer and saw it, I was there for a year. My little son was digging in the dirt and found artifacts.

I have not had the courage to finish this until now. It will be 50 years next year for me. Do you know if any one else has done a book, maybe I am too late. It hurt so bad to be locked away and never understanding my past and the disease. I will wait to hear from you before I go any farther. By the way there are no medical records that I know of, during my research I was told repeatedly that they were burned up in a fire. Go figure!!!

Thanks again and God Bless, Gayle R. Jackson

Hello again, I recieved a positive letter from the Fof M. Thanks so much

Hi Gayle,

I also got a copy of that letter from the Friends. Let me know if I can be of any help from this history standpoint or just emotional support. It may do you some good to just put a brief story on here so that you can continue to heal with the support of others that have been through this experience. We are a small but warm group that bonds together with healing. I do not know if any other books have been published but for your reasoning of writing one it shouldn't matter. You want to heal from your book and that is what it will do. It doesn't matter if there are others that have gotten out there first. You never know what connections you may make on here. There may be pople that can help you with the publishing or know of someone who can.

Karli

Patient at Maybury ( age 4) 1961-62, for eight months. Would be interested in finding 2 individuals in particular (sp) Faye A. Burns or Ricky both were around 3- 4 years old at that time. Thanks for this site.

Hello everyone. I am new to the site, and new to finding out about Maybury. I had been to the park dozens of time to go biking, and i never knew anything of a TB ward there. Thank you for putting up this site, it has helped me learn a lot, about a subject i love! I was wondering if i could have an e-mail adress for whoever runs this site. I have some questions, but my contact button isnt working. Thanks again, and great site!!!

Good Morning,

I was so happy to find this site. I was a patient in 1957, celebrated my 12th birthday there.

One of my room-mates was Candy Richardson, from Alpena, Mi Her father was in the Coast Guard. After reading on this site, I have begun to trace my journey to and trhough Maybury. It was a very imtimidating place, especially if you were a sick child.

Wow!!! Iwas looking for info about my grandfather Dr. Lauren Busby who worked at the San from 1930- @1945. I was shocked to find your wonder ful web page! I was hoping to find out too about his sister, Mabel Shafer, who was a nurse there, and his brother, Dr. J. Busby. I have pictures of my mother and her family at one of the stone houses provided for the doctors, and a laundry basket from the laundry facility. (We always used it as a bassinet) If any one knows more, please contact me. Warmly, Lauren Long

Hi,

So good to see you found the site. I will look into some things and get back to you ASAP.

Two sisters, a brother, and I were patients here in 1962. I'm not sure anyone visiting this site would want to hear the horror stories I carry with me, but later I'll try to relate some of them.

in 1960 my parents drove my 6 year old sister & me (4 years old) to Maybury just after Christmas. It was to be our new home, for me for about 5 months and for my sister for a full year. I remember the tears in my dad's eyes as he held me close. I didn't realize what was happening, I only knew my dad & mom were very sad, this of course made me very sad too. Just after we got our rooms a meal was brought in, I can't remember anything but some nasty looking peas and a slab of neopolitan ice cream. Contrary to his rules at home, my dad whispered to me "just eat the ice cream".

I remember names of 3 nurses (could have been aids): Lilly, Hattie & Sybil. It was said Hattie had eyes on the back of her head, at 4 I believed but could never get a glimpse of those extra eyes however I knew to be careful around her.

I remember getting "gastrics" & the 2 tubs where we took baths; one was on the floor & the other must have been on a ledge or shelf because it was higher. I remember being tied onto the bed & the urine bottle being just out of reach, crying out & nobody helping. I remember looking out the window & seeing kids playing, it must have been cold because they had coats on.

I remember when my own kids where 6 & 4 and thinking of how horrible it must have been for my parents having to leave us & only see us on the weekends. My dad was a firefighter then, the other firefighters took turns working weekends for him so he could see us. Thank you, for my dad & mom, thank you for my sister & me.

I think my sister was hurt more than I was by the experience, she was 6 so a little more cognizant of what was happening, she was also there much longer & took it badly when I left.

It is a wonder how God uses experiences to shape & mold us.

My Grandfather, Stephen Zemcik, was a patient at Hermann Kiefer Hospital in downtown Detroit in 1928. Spent at least 3 years in the hospital, had one lung removed. Then was transferred to Maybury Sanatorium and was there for 4 years.Grandpa Z. lived to be 66 years old. My Dad, Bob, was 2 years old when his father went into the hospital and was 9 when his Dad came home. I'm writing this with my father ,Bob, who is 84 years old now. He's interested in seeing if there is any patient list from the Sanatorium during those years. Maybury obviously saved my Grandfather's life and we're all very grateful that such a facility was available during that time. Thank God for the internet, which has reconnected my Dad with the past.

You can try contacting Hermann Keifer hospital for records. That is where all remaining records ended up. Please let us know if you came across anything