This collection consists of correspondence; newspaper clippings; Lakeland Memorial Hospital records and miscellaneous publicity releases; and newsletters and miscellaneous papers.
The correspondence (1945, 1953-1959) is not Dr. Newcomb's, but that of Clarence P. Wentland, principal of Arbor Vitae-Woodruff High School, who was active in publicizing and promoting the work of Dr. Kate and the drive to build Lakeland Memorial Hospital. Correspondents include Arthur Rubloff, who initiated the hospital fund; Adele Comandini, author of Angel on Snowshoes; and Edward R. Murrow and Ralph Edwards, hosts of the Person to Person and This Is Your Life television shows. Also included is a series of letters between Wentland and the Reverend Milton Leismas concerning the memorial plaque dedicated to Dr. Newcomb, and other miscellaneous letters concerning contributions to the hospital fund.
The substantive section of the collection is the clippings file. Clippings from The Milwaukee Journal, The Milwaukee Sentinel, The Lakeland Times (Minocqua, Wisconsin), The Rhinelander Daily News, and other newspapers and magazines record the work of Kate Newcomb and the growth of the hospital fund from 1946 to 1959. Clippings from 1960 to 1962 report improvements, new staff, and building additions to Lakeland Memorial Hospital.
Lakeland Memorial Hospital records include the 1956 annual report, a statistical report from February 1958, and minutes of the annual meeting of the Lakeland Memorial Hospital Association on September 8, 1958. Among the publicity releases, newsletters, and other miscellaneous papers from 1948 to 1959, are issues of the Woodruff Compass, the script of the This Is Your Life program that featured Dr. Kate, and several photographs of Penny-Parade Queens and local promotional events.
