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Nursing History Small Collections, 1856-2008 (inclusive)

Extent:
1.87 linear feet
Abstract:
The Bates Center's Small Collections are various, unrelated accessions that have been individually assigned collection numbers. Many of the Small Collections consist of a single folder.

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

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Tommi Avicolli Mecca collection, 1967-1992 (inclusive)

Extent:
11.25 linear feet (26 document boxes, 3 flat boxes)
Abstract:
Tommi Avicolli Mecca (b. 1951) is a writer, singer/songwriter, performance artist, and activist. Throughout the 1970s and 1980s, Avicolli Mecca was involved in many Philadelphia-area Gay rights organizations. The collection is comprised of six series: 1) Subject files; 2) Gay Activists Alliance (Philadelphia) records; 3) Gay Media Project (Philadelphia) records; 4) Gay Community Center of Philadelphia records; 5) Photographic slides; 6) Audiovisual material.

Held at: John J. Wilcox, Jr. LGBT Archives, William Way LGBT Community Center [Contact Us]

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Charles E. (Charles Eugene) Fager Papers, 1976-1999 (inclusive)

Extent:
15 linear ft. (30 boxes)
Abstract:
Charles Eugene Fager is a Quaker writer, publisher, educator, and activist. Born in 1942, "Chuck" Fager graduated from Colorado State University and attended Harvard Divinity School. After working for the Southern Christian Leadership Conference in Selma, Alabama, he performed Vietnam CO alternative service at Friends World College in 1966. He left FWC the following year, devoting his time to writing and freelance work. In the mid 1980s Fager started Kimo Press, a small publishing operation and began to edit "A Friendly Letter," an independent Quaker periodical. "A Friendly Letter" was discontinued in early 1993 after 134 issues. In 1994, Chuck Fager joined the staff of Pendle Hill, a Quaker center for study and contemplation near Philadelphia, as coordinator of the Pendle Hill Issues Program.. He presently teaches at Penn State University. The collection includes the personal papers of Charles E. Fager, as well as the records of Kimo Press and "A Friendly Letter." The author has...(see more)

Held at: Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College [Contact Us]

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Oral History Among Friends in Chester County (Pa), 1978-1979 (inclusive)

Extent:
2 linear ft. (4 boxes) and 35 gb
Abstract:
Audio cassettes and some transcripts of interviews with 55 Quakers, chiefly born in Chester County between 1889-1910. Interviews contain largely autobiographical data, as well as information about Quaker life and Chester County in general.

Held at: Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College [Contact Us]

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Manrico A. Troncelliti - Philadelphia General Hospital Oral History project, 1987-1990 (bulk) 1982-1990 (inclusive)

Extent:
3.0 linear feet
Abstract:
This is a collection of Philadelphia General Hospital oral histories conducted by Manrico A. Troncelliti in the late 1980s. The interviewees are doctors who work at Philadelphia General Hospital at various stages of their careers, generally between 1920 and 1980, though more content is from pre 1950s.

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

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Swarthmore College Oral History Project, 1982-1983 (inclusive)

Extent:
3 linear ft. (8 boxes)
Abstract:
The collection consists of oral history interviews conducted with more than 50 current and former Swarthmore College faculty, staff, and students, conducted by Regina Smith Oboler from 1982-1983.

Held at: Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College [Contact Us]

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Pan American Network of Nursing and Midwifery Collaborating Centers [PANMCC] Oral History Project Records, 2004-2013 (bulk) 1988-2013 (inclusive)

Extent:
1.0 linear feet
Abstract:
The Pan American Network of Nursing and Midwifery Collaborating Centers [PANMCC] Oral History Project records shed light on the founding and development of the organization as well as its contributions to nursing and midwifery. Documents include correspondence, reports and meeting materials, oral history transcripts and audiocassette tapes.

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

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Philadelphia General Hospital oral history collection, 1993-1994 (inclusive)

Extent:
0.4 linear feet
Abstract:
This collection consists of transcripts of oral history interview project by the Temple University Urban Archives in 1993 and 1994. Interviewees discussed their memories of the Philadelphia General Hospital.

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

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