Online Content: Not Available / Subject: Nursing / Year: <span class="from" data-blrl-begin="1950">1950</span> to <span class="to" data-blrl-end="1999">1999</span> - Philadelphia Area Archives Search Results

Marietta H. Madden papers, 1928-1997 (inclusive)

Extent:: 2.1 linear feet
Abstract:: Marretta H. Madden was a graduate of the University of Pennsylvania and a military nurse during World War II. This collection includes documents relating to her army career, along with publications and artifacts.

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

Philadelphia Mayor's Commission on Health in the Eighties (1980s), 1982- 1984

Extent:: 1.0 linear feet
Abstract:: This collection is a series of reproductions of original reports on the city’s health programs and gathered to make recommendations on priority and funding in 1984.

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

Lankenau Hospital School of Nursing records, 1871-1992 (inclusive)

Extent:: 52.5 linear feet
Abstract:: This collection chronicles the long history of one of Philadelphia's most respected diploma schools of nursing, that of the Lankenau Hospital. It contains records which span the entire life of the school, from its inception in 1899 (at Lankenau's institutional predecessor, the German Hospital) to its eventual close in May of 1992.

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

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]

Anne L. Austin papers, 1910-1986 (inclusive)

Extent:: 1.0 linear feet
Abstract:: Anne Austin was a prominent nursing historian. This collection contains research-related materials concerning three of her major works: A History of Nursing Sourcebook (1957), A History of Nursing from Ancient to Modern Times (1962) and The Woolsey Sisters of New York (1971).

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

Mabel Harmon Morris papers, 1966-1984 (bulk) 1935-1990 (inclusive)

Extent:: 3.0 linear feet
Abstract:: Mabel Morris was a public health nurse. After graduating from Mercy Hospital Columbia University Teachers College, she was employed by the United States Department of Health, Education, and Welfare, Temple University, and the Visiting Nurse Society of Philadelphia. This collection contains correspondence, speeches, newspaper clippings, and alumni memorabilia, articles, teaching aides, and a small selection of photographs.

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

Edith Nunan collection, 1887-1977

Extent:: 21.0 linear feet
Abstract:: Edith Nunan was a librarian at Philadelphia General Hospital. This collection contains publications, correspondence, and other materials related to Philadelphia General Hospital's Training School for Nurses and its nurse graduates. This collection also includes the records of a Nurse Biography Project, which documented significant nurses, as well as Nunan's collection of non-PGH materials related to nursing history.

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

Edna LaPorte Strumpf papers, 1933-1991 (inclusive)

Extent:: 0.75 linear feet
Abstract:: Edna LaPorte Strumpf was an Army nurse during World War II, as well as a longtime nurse in Veterans Hospitals and a Red Cross volunteer. This collection consists predominantly of lecture notes and exams from the period of Edna Strumpf's attendance at Mt. Sinai Hospital Training School for Nurses in Philadelphia, from 1934-1937.

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

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]

Presbyterian School of Nursing records, 1871-1988 (inclusive)

Extent:: 152.0 linear feet
Abstract:: This collection documents the founding, flourishing and eventual closing of the Presbyterian School of Nursing, a hospital-based nursing school in Philadelphia. The hospital itself was founded in 1871 under the sponsorship of the Presbyterian Church. Its nurse training program was begun in 1889. The collection's strength is the relative completeness of student records, good documentation of the school's curricula and teaching materials. The supportive role both the Ladies Aid Society and the Alumni Association played in the growth of the School are evident in these records.

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

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