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Claire M. Fagin papers, 1926-1996 (inclusive)

Extent:
19.3 linear feet
Abstract:
Claire Fagin is an internationally renowned nursing leader. She was Dean of the School of Nursing of the University of Pennsylvania and interim president of the University of Pennsylvania. This collection includes her personal and professional papers, including correspondence, speeches, publications, photographs, and artifacts.

Held at: University of Pennsylvania: Barbara Bates Center for the Study of The History of Nursing [Contact Us]

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Charlotte Tyson Rath papers, circa 1928-1970

Extent:
0.83 linear feet
Abstract:
Charlotte Tyson Rath was known as the executive director of the Lehigh County Homemaker-Home Health Aide Society from the 1960s-1980s. These papers are primarily from her time at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania School of Nursing in the early 1930s.

Held at: University of Pennsylvania: Barbara Bates Center for the Study of The History of Nursing [Contact Us]

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Nadine Landis papers, 1963-1964 (inclusive)

Extent:
0.5 linear feet
Abstract:
This small, unprocessed collection contains typewritten papers from Nadine Landis' time as a student at the University of Pennsylvania School of Education (Nursing Program), with miscellaneous curriculum materials from the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania School of Nursing and other nursing schools.

Held at: University of Pennsylvania: Barbara Bates Center for the Study of The History of Nursing [Contact Us]

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Dorothy A. Mereness papers, 1910-1991 (inclusive)

Extent:
3.5 linear feet
Abstract:
Dorothy Ann Mereness, R.N., Ed.D., F.A.A.N., was Dean of the School of Nursing, University of Pennsylvania from 1965 to 1977 and a pioneer in the development of psychiatric nursing. This collection consists of personal papers and institutional files. The personal papers document Mereness's professional development. Although largely incomplete, the organizational files show the extent of Mereness's involvement in the development of nursing at both regional and national levels.

Held at: University of Pennsylvania: Barbara Bates Center for the Study of The History of Nursing [Contact Us]

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Dorothy Harvey Leonard papers, 1948-1978 (inclusive)

Extent:
4.0 linear feet
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Dorothy Harvey Leonard was a Quaker and psychiatric nurse. This unprocessed collection contains various materials related to her hospital employers.

Held at: University of Pennsylvania: Barbara Bates Center for the Study of The History of Nursing [Contact Us]

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Miscellaneous items collection, 1899-2003 (inclusive)

Extent:
1.4 linear feet
Abstract:
This is an artificial collection of miscellaneous items that came to the Bates Center unsolicited and/or for which provenance is unclear. These individual items are not related to each other by subject, material type, or provenance. Materials may include organizational records, correspondence, personal notebooks, and ephemera.

Held at: University of Pennsylvania: Barbara Bates Center for the Study of The History of Nursing [Contact Us]

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Eileen Sullivan-Marx papers, 1992-2000 (inclusive)

Extent:
4.0 linear feet
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Eileen Sullivan-Marx is Dean of the New York University School of Nursing. She is recognized as a community health leader and primary care nurse practitioner. Her research and teaching focuses on policy and health systems, care of frail older adults in the local and global community, models of care and payment policy, reimbursement for advanced practice nurses, and business and economic issues in health care delivery.

Held at: University of Pennsylvania: Barbara Bates Center for the Study of The History of Nursing [Contact Us]

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Cynthia Flynn Capers papers, 1978- 1983

Extent:
0.8 linear feet
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Cynthia Capers was the first black graduate of the University of Pennsylvania's nursing doctoral program, and has worked as a nurse, family therapist, consultant, researcher, professor, dean, and special assistant to the provost at the University of Akron. This collection contains some of her papers and records, including biographical information, outlines for courses at the Germantown Dispensary Hospital School, and doctoral program materials from the University of Pennsylvania School of Nursing.

Held at: University of Pennsylvania: Barbara Bates Center for the Study of The History of Nursing [Contact Us]

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Florence S. Downs papers, 1938-2005 (inclusive)

Extent:
6.0 linear feet
Abstract:
Florence S. Downs (1925-2005) was nurse scholar, researcher, and educator. She served as Associate Dean at the University of Pennsylvania School of Nursing and established Penn's nursing doctoral program. She later became editor of the journal Nursing Research. These materials include personal and professional correspondence, photographs, publications, and artifacts.

Held at: University of Pennsylvania: Barbara Bates Center for the Study of The History of Nursing [Contact Us]

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Barbara G. Schutt papers, 1930-1986 (inclusive)

Extent:
7.0 linear feet
Abstract:
Barbara G. Schutt was a graduate of two Philadelphia institutions: Jefferson Hospital and the University of Pennsylvania. She became renowned as an editor at the Pennsylvania Nurse and the American Journal of Nursing. This collection is comprised of addresses, articles and files which reflect her associations with national and state nurses associations and the American Journal of Nursing.

Held at: University of Pennsylvania: Barbara Bates Center for the Study of The History of Nursing [Contact Us]

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Theresa I. Lynch papers, 1896-1986 (inclusive)

Extent:
1.4 linear feet
Abstract:
Theresa Lynch (1896-1994) is remembered as the first Dean of the independent School of Nursing at the University of Pennsylvania. The bulk of this collection is related to the Penn School of Nursing, but also includes personal correspondence, speeches, awards, biographical sketches, and photographs.

Held at: University of Pennsylvania: Barbara Bates Center for the Study of The History of Nursing [Contact Us]

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Adaline Chase papers, circa 1900-1975

Extent:
1.6 linear feet
Abstract:
Adaline Chase was a public health nurse and nurse educator who was instrumental in establishing the University of Pennsylvania School of Nursing. This collection documents her nursing and education career, along with her professional organization activities and her personal life.

Held at: University of Pennsylvania: Barbara Bates Center for the Study of The History of Nursing [Contact Us]

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History of Nursing scrapbook, 1938

Extent:
1.0 linear feet
Abstract:
This scrapbook includes newsclippings, photographs and printed matter, assembled by Dorothy Eataugh. Eataugh created this scrapbook in 1938 and presents a cursory development of the nursing profession and the larger world of health care from the Roman Empire to the early twentieth century.

Held at: University of Pennsylvania: Barbara Bates Center for the Study of The History of Nursing [Contact Us]

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