Tuberculosis Thursday: Mary Bundy

This week's Tuberculosis Thursday feature is Mary Bundy. Mary came to cure in the 1940s, and stayed at a few cottages, including the Santanoni. Prior to arriving in Saranac Lake, Mary had worked as a cryptanalyst at Arlington Hall, a secret army operation in Virginia. Mary's father was Dean Acheson, who was serving as Assistant Secretary of State at the time, and later Secretary of State. Her father resigned his position as Assistant Secretary in August 1945, and headed to visit her in Saranac Lake. He wrote in his autobiography, 'Present at the Creation,' "the following morning at the crack of dawn a train began its wandering over most of New York State, bringing us in early evening to Saranac Lake, where the first of several anticipatory celebrations of Japan's surrender was being touched off. Our daughter, looking radiant and well on the way to recovery, was awaiting us in her bedroom."

[Photograph of Mary Bundy, Historic Saranac Lake Collection, TCR 713. Courtesy of Kay and Marvin Best.]