{"id":116331,"date":"2025-05-06T14:07:19","date_gmt":"2025-05-06T18:07:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/department.va.gov\/history\/?p=116331"},"modified":"2026-03-04T17:35:10","modified_gmt":"2026-03-04T22:35:10","slug":"object-91-scrapbook-dedication","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/department.va.gov\/history\/object-91-scrapbook-dedication\/","title":{"rendered":"Object 91: Hines Scrapbook Dedication"},"content":{"rendered":"<style>.kb-image116331_887365-cd.kb-image-is-ratio-size, .kb-image116331_887365-cd .kb-image-is-ratio-size{max-width:358px;width:100%;}.wp-block-kadence-column > .kt-inside-inner-col > .kb-image116331_887365-cd.kb-image-is-ratio-size, .wp-block-kadence-column > .kt-inside-inner-col > .kb-image116331_887365-cd .kb-image-is-ratio-size{align-self:unset;}.kb-image116331_887365-cd figure{max-width:358px;}.kb-image116331_887365-cd .image-is-svg, .kb-image116331_887365-cd .image-is-svg img{width:100%;}.kb-image116331_887365-cd .kb-image-has-overlay:after{opacity:0.3;}<\/style>\n<div class=\"wp-block-kadence-image kb-image116331_887365-cd\"><figure class=\"alignleft size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/department.va.gov\/history\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2025\/05\/91-1-Dedication-Page-of-Hines-Album.jpg\" class=\"kb-advanced-image-link\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"815\" height=\"1141\" src=\"https:\/\/department.va.gov\/history\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2025\/05\/91-1-Dedication-Page-of-Hines-Album.jpg?w=815\" data-orig-src=\"https:\/\/department.va.gov\/history\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2025\/05\/91-1-Dedication-Page-of-Hines-Album.jpg?w=815\" alt=\"Dedication page of the scrapbook presented to VA Administrator Frank Hines by his co-workers in 1933\" class=\"lazyload kb-img wp-image-116328\" srcset=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%27http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%27%20width%3D%27815%27%20height%3D%271141%27%20viewBox%3D%270%200%20815%201141%27%3E%3Crect%20width%3D%27815%27%20height%3D%271141%27%20fill-opacity%3D%220%22%2F%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/department.va.gov\/history\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2025\/05\/91-1-Dedication-Page-of-Hines-Album.jpg?resize=214,300 214w, https:\/\/department.va.gov\/history\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2025\/05\/91-1-Dedication-Page-of-Hines-Album.jpg?resize=429,600 429w, https:\/\/department.va.gov\/history\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2025\/05\/91-1-Dedication-Page-of-Hines-Album.jpg?resize=768,1075 768w, https:\/\/department.va.gov\/history\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2025\/05\/91-1-Dedication-Page-of-Hines-Album.jpg 815w\" data-sizes=\"auto\" data-orig-sizes=\"(max-width: 815px) 100vw, 815px\" \/><\/a><figcaption>Dedication page of the scrapbook presented to VA Administrator Frank Hines by his co-workers in 1933. The bound volume contained over 200 photos of VA hospitals and staff. (National Archives)<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">On March 1, 1933, the head of the Veterans Administration, <a href=\"https:\/\/department.va.gov\/history\/featured-stories\/frank-hines\/\">Brig. Gen. Frank T. Hines<\/a>, received a unique gift from his associates and staff. They presented him with a handmade scrapbook to commemorate the tenth anniversary of his appointment as director of VA\u2019s predecessor agency, the Veterans Bureau. Addressing Hines as \u201cFriend, Mentor, Leader\u201d on the dedication page, his colleagues commended him for his \u201cintegrity and matchless Leadership during a decade of honorable, faithful Service to his Country and its disabled Veterans.\u201d &nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Hines assumed charge of the Veterans Bureau at a difficult time for the young agency, which had been established in 1921 to oversee all benefit programs for World War I Veterans. Its first director, <a href=\"https:\/\/department.va.gov\/history\/featured-stories\/veterans-bureau\/\">Charles R. Forbes<\/a>, resigned after 18 months, beset by allegations of mismanagement and corruption. Hines, who served with distinction in both the Spanish-American War and World War I, was brought in to restore order. In a letter to a senator, President Warren G. Harding noted that the position required \u201ceminent ability, unfailing patience and endless tact.\u201d Harding went on to express his belief that Hines \u201cwho has an exceptional record as an organizer and administrator\u201d possessed the requisite qualities to succeed as director. &nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n<style>.kb-image116331_b8ebd3-15.kb-image-is-ratio-size, .kb-image116331_b8ebd3-15 .kb-image-is-ratio-size{max-width:363px;width:100%;}.wp-block-kadence-column > .kt-inside-inner-col > .kb-image116331_b8ebd3-15.kb-image-is-ratio-size, .wp-block-kadence-column > .kt-inside-inner-col > .kb-image116331_b8ebd3-15 .kb-image-is-ratio-size{align-self:unset;}.kb-image116331_b8ebd3-15 figure{max-width:363px;}.kb-image116331_b8ebd3-15 .image-is-svg, .kb-image116331_b8ebd3-15 .image-is-svg img{width:100%;}.kb-image116331_b8ebd3-15 .kb-image-has-overlay:after{opacity:0.3;}<\/style>\n<div class=\"wp-block-kadence-image kb-image116331_b8ebd3-15\"><figure class=\"alignright size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/department.va.gov\/history\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2025\/05\/91-2-Hines_c1923_LoC.jpg\" class=\"kb-advanced-image-link\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"957\" height=\"686\" src=\"https:\/\/department.va.gov\/history\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2025\/05\/91-2-Hines_c1923_LoC.jpg?w=957\" data-orig-src=\"https:\/\/department.va.gov\/history\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2025\/05\/91-2-Hines_c1923_LoC.jpg?w=957\" alt=\"General Hines in 1923\" class=\"lazyload kb-img wp-image-116330\" srcset=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%27http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%27%20width%3D%27957%27%20height%3D%27686%27%20viewBox%3D%270%200%20957%20686%27%3E%3Crect%20width%3D%27957%27%20height%3D%27686%27%20fill-opacity%3D%220%22%2F%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/department.va.gov\/history\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2025\/05\/91-2-Hines_c1923_LoC.jpg?resize=300,215 300w, https:\/\/department.va.gov\/history\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2025\/05\/91-2-Hines_c1923_LoC.jpg?resize=600,430 600w, https:\/\/department.va.gov\/history\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2025\/05\/91-2-Hines_c1923_LoC.jpg?resize=768,551 768w, https:\/\/department.va.gov\/history\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2025\/05\/91-2-Hines_c1923_LoC.jpg 957w\" data-sizes=\"auto\" data-orig-sizes=\"(max-width: 957px) 100vw, 957px\" \/><\/a><figcaption>General Hines in 1923. His tenure as head of the Veterans Bureau and Veterans Administration lasted a combined 22 years. (Library of Congress) <\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Hines vindicated Harding\u2019s confidence in his abilities. He proved so effective at his job that he stayed on through three successive changes in presidential administrations. He also skillfully handled the tremendous logistical and managerial challenges that came with the consolidation of all Veterans programs within the federal government into a single agency, the <a href=\"https:\/\/department.va.gov\/history\/featured-stories\/va-created\/\">Veterans Administration<\/a>, in 1930.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Many hands contributed to the making of the scrapbook. The lining was made of buckskin from a deer shot in the Ouray Mountains of Utah, Hines\u2019s home state, by the manager of the Salt Lake City regional office. A division chief in the Washington, D.C. central office wrote the testimonial on the dedication page and a draftsman in the Construction Division did the ornate lettering. Mounted on the pages within were over 200 photographs featuring images of every hospital in the VA system alongside individual pictures of their medical staffs. The collection also included posed shots of essential personnel from the regional offices and various divisions within the central office. As a finishing touch, the group photos were all signed by the individuals who appeared in them. A few even added a handwritten or typed message of thanks to Hines below their signatures.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Originally intended as a personal memento for Hines, the scrapbook also has value as a historical artifact, showing the growth of VA\u2019s 2nd generation hospital system. By 1933, VA had replaced or renovated most of the older hospital facilities it had inherited from the <a href=\"https:\/\/department.va.gov\/history\/100-objects\/64-public-health-service\/\">U.S. Army and U.S. Public Health Service<\/a> after World War I. The scrapbook contains photos of 71 hospitals; just over half depict new facilities added to VA\u2019s inventory in the ten years since Hines\u2019s initial appointment. And while the onset of the Great Depression led to the contraction of some Veterans benefits, VA\u2019s medical services continued to expand. Eight photos were of hospitals built within the past 12 months.<\/p>\n\n\n<style>.kb-image116331_1005fa-8f.kb-image-is-ratio-size, .kb-image116331_1005fa-8f .kb-image-is-ratio-size{max-width:555px;width:100%;}.wp-block-kadence-column > .kt-inside-inner-col > .kb-image116331_1005fa-8f.kb-image-is-ratio-size, .wp-block-kadence-column > .kt-inside-inner-col > .kb-image116331_1005fa-8f .kb-image-is-ratio-size{align-self:unset;}.kb-image116331_1005fa-8f figure{max-width:555px;}.kb-image116331_1005fa-8f .image-is-svg, .kb-image116331_1005fa-8f .image-is-svg img{width:100%;}.kb-image116331_1005fa-8f .kb-image-has-overlay:after{opacity:0.3;}<\/style>\n<div class=\"wp-block-kadence-image kb-image116331_1005fa-8f\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/department.va.gov\/history\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2025\/05\/91-3-Columbia-SC-Hospital.jpg\" class=\"kb-advanced-image-link\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1068\" height=\"423\" src=\"https:\/\/department.va.gov\/history\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2025\/05\/91-3-Columbia-SC-Hospital.jpg?w=1068\" data-orig-src=\"https:\/\/department.va.gov\/history\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2025\/05\/91-3-Columbia-SC-Hospital.jpg?w=1068\" alt=\"Scrapbook photo of the new VA hospital complex in Columbia, South Carolina, that opened in 1932 with a bed capacity of 304\" class=\"lazyload kb-img wp-image-116329\" srcset=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%27http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%27%20width%3D%271068%27%20height%3D%27423%27%20viewBox%3D%270%200%201068%20423%27%3E%3Crect%20width%3D%271068%27%20height%3D%27423%27%20fill-opacity%3D%220%22%2F%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/department.va.gov\/history\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2025\/05\/91-3-Columbia-SC-Hospital.jpg?resize=300,119 300w, https:\/\/department.va.gov\/history\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2025\/05\/91-3-Columbia-SC-Hospital.jpg?resize=600,238 600w, https:\/\/department.va.gov\/history\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2025\/05\/91-3-Columbia-SC-Hospital.jpg?resize=768,304 768w, https:\/\/department.va.gov\/history\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2025\/05\/91-3-Columbia-SC-Hospital.jpg 1068w\" data-sizes=\"auto\" data-orig-sizes=\"(max-width: 1068px) 100vw, 1068px\" \/><\/a><figcaption>Scrapbook photo of the new VA hospital complex in Columbia, South Carolina, that opened in 1932 with a bed capacity of 304. The grounds included a main hospital building and a separate facility for African American patients (National Archives)<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The volume also offers a snapshot of VA\u2019s workforce. The names and the faces of the persons posing stiffly before the camera have largely receded into history, but the photos still tell a story. The individuals pictured are predominantly male, save for the women dressed in white on the hospital staffs who served as nurses or medical aides. There is also a group portrait of nine women from the central office that carries the cheeky caption \u201cThe Real Workers.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The faces are exclusively white with one exception: the African American doctors, nurses, and other medical personnel standing on the steps of the VA hospital in <a href=\"https:\/\/department.va.gov\/history\/100-objects\/object-11-staff-of-tuskegee-veterans-hospital\/\">Tuskegee, Alabama<\/a>. The opening of the hospital in 1923 to provide medical care to Black Veterans triggered protests and threats of violence, especially when it became known that Hines had agreed to staff the facility with African American physicians and attendants. Hines was not deterred by the backlash. He carried through with his plan to ensure the hospital was operated by a full complement of Black medical professionals, led by hospital director Dr. Joseph H. Warren, who stands front and center in the 1933 photo. &nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n<style>.kb-image116331_71aff9-2f.kb-image-is-ratio-size, .kb-image116331_71aff9-2f .kb-image-is-ratio-size{max-width:555px;width:100%;}.wp-block-kadence-column > .kt-inside-inner-col > .kb-image116331_71aff9-2f.kb-image-is-ratio-size, .wp-block-kadence-column > .kt-inside-inner-col > .kb-image116331_71aff9-2f .kb-image-is-ratio-size{align-self:unset;}.kb-image116331_71aff9-2f figure{max-width:555px;}.kb-image116331_71aff9-2f .image-is-svg, .kb-image116331_71aff9-2f .image-is-svg img{width:100%;}.kb-image116331_71aff9-2f .kb-image-has-overlay:after{opacity:0.3;}<\/style>\n<div class=\"wp-block-kadence-image kb-image116331_71aff9-2f\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/department.va.gov\/history\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2025\/05\/91-4-Tuskegee-Medical-Staff_Cropped.jpg\" class=\"kb-advanced-image-link\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1941\" height=\"1922\" src=\"https:\/\/department.va.gov\/history\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2025\/05\/91-4-Tuskegee-Medical-Staff_Cropped.jpg?resize=1400,1386\" data-orig-src=\"https:\/\/department.va.gov\/history\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2025\/05\/91-4-Tuskegee-Medical-Staff_Cropped.jpg?resize=1400,1386\" alt=\"Photo with signatures of the medical staff at the VA hospital in Tuskegee, Alabama\" class=\"lazyload kb-img wp-image-116327\" srcset=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%27http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%27%20width%3D%271941%27%20height%3D%271922%27%20viewBox%3D%270%200%201941%201922%27%3E%3Crect%20width%3D%271941%27%20height%3D%271922%27%20fill-opacity%3D%220%22%2F%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/department.va.gov\/history\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2025\/05\/91-4-Tuskegee-Medical-Staff_Cropped.jpg?resize=300,297 300w, https:\/\/department.va.gov\/history\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2025\/05\/91-4-Tuskegee-Medical-Staff_Cropped.jpg?resize=600,594 600w, https:\/\/department.va.gov\/history\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2025\/05\/91-4-Tuskegee-Medical-Staff_Cropped.jpg?resize=768,760 768w, https:\/\/department.va.gov\/history\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2025\/05\/91-4-Tuskegee-Medical-Staff_Cropped.jpg?resize=1400,1386 1400w, https:\/\/department.va.gov\/history\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2025\/05\/91-4-Tuskegee-Medical-Staff_Cropped.jpg?resize=1536,1521 1536w, https:\/\/department.va.gov\/history\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2025\/05\/91-4-Tuskegee-Medical-Staff_Cropped.jpg 1941w\" data-sizes=\"auto\" data-orig-sizes=\"(max-width: 1941px) 100vw, 1941px\" \/><\/a><figcaption>Photo and signatures of the medical staff at the VA hospital in Tuskegee, Alabama. Hospital director Dr. Joseph Warner is front row center. Chief nurse Esther Bullock stands two over on his right. (National Archives) <\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The scrapbook marked a major milestone in Hines\u2019s career at VA. Yet, as it turned out, his career still had a long ways to go. He remained in his position for another 12 years, establishing a record for continuous service that no subsequent VA leader has come close to equaling. His long honeymoon at VA finally came to an end during WWII. He resigned in 1945 amid mounting criticism over the shortcomings in VA medical care during the war and its slow processing of disability claims. His successor was also a military man, albeit one who was still on active duty: <a href=\"https:\/\/department.va.gov\/history\/featured-stories\/omar-bradley\/\">Gen. Omar N. Bradley<\/a>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Hines retained the scrapbook for a few years after leaving VA. On August 4, 1949, he donated it to the VA hospital in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.va.gov\/salt-lake-city-health-care\/about-us\/history\/\" rel=\"noopener\">Salt Lake City<\/a> with a note saying it was his \u201csincere desire that this beautiful testimonial\u201d should reside in his place of birth. The volume remained there for another 60 years until a public affairs officer transferred it to VA historian Darlene Richardson for safekeeping in 2009. She arranged for the National Archives and Records Administration to take possession of the scrapbook in 2017. It has since been digitized and is now <a href=\"https:\/\/catalog.archives.gov\/id\/83740240\" rel=\"noopener\">accessible<\/a> in its entirety through the National Archives online catalog.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In 1933, VA staff presented agency chief Frank Hines with a scrapbook commemorating his ten years of service to Veterans. 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