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Philadelphia Association of Occupational Health Nurses Records

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Overview and metadata sections

Call Number:
499, 565, 595, 662
Repository:
Temple University Libraries: Special Collections Research Center
Extent:
5 linear feet (5 boxes)
Language:
English
Preferred Citation:
[Description and date of item], [Box/folder number], Philadelphia Association of Occupational Health Nurses Records, Acc. 499, 565, 595, and 662, Special Collections Research Center, Temple University Libraries, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
Date:
1923-1987 (inclusive)
Form:
Administrative records, Articles of Incorporation, Bylaws (administrative records), Correspondence, Financial records, Manuscripts, Membership lists, Minutes (administrative records), Newsletters, Pamphlets, Photographs, Publications (documents), and Reports
Abstract:

On October 26, 1962, Pennsylvania representatives of the American Association of Industrial Nurses met in Harrisburg, PA for the purpose of forming the Pennsylvania Association of Industrial Nurses (renamed Pennsylvania Association of Occupational Health Nurses in May 1997). Their purpose was to "constitute the professional association of nurses engaged in the practice of industrial nursing; ...to improve health and promote standards for industrial nurses and industrial nursing service; and to stimulate industrial nurse participation in all nursing activities, whether local, state, or national."

The Association provides opportunities for professional exchange and growth through workshops, seminars, lectures, and publications for the nurse employed in industry. The Association studies legislative actions which pertain to the field of industrial nursing and keeps its members informed. Its members receive the Journal of the American Association of Industrial Nurses as well as special manuals and other publications aimed at promoting professional standards. The Committee on Education is responsible for planning and recommending educational programs for nurses preparing to enter the industrial nursing field and for nurses actively employed in industry. As constituents of AAIN, members participate in conferences which are held yearly to provide an opportunity for formal and informal exchange among nurses and physicians concerned with the health of workers.

This collection contains correspondence, membership lists, bylaws, applications for seminars, vitae of seminar participants, programs, bibliography and photocopies of articles, newsletters, photographs, and other materials related to the Philadelphia Association of Occupational Health Nurses (PAOHN). These records additionally document the PAOHN mission of providing educational opportunities to members by documenting a series of seminars which the group organized and presented between 1981 and 1985. The seminars included ones on social issues impacting women's physical and emotional health at work and career pathways.

The collection is arranged into 2 series as follows:

  • Series 1: Accessions 499, 565, and 595, 1923-1987
    • Subseries 1.1: Administration and Organization, 1955-1982
    • Subseries 1.2: Finances, 1950-1982
    • Subseries 1.3: Correspondence, 1923-1984
    • Subseries 1.4: Publications, 1949-1982
    • Subseries 1.5: Projects, 1969-1983
    • Subseries 1.6: Conferences, 1966-1977
    • Subseries 1.7: Memorabilia, 1965-1978
    • Subseries 1.8: Photographs, 1955-1974
    • Subseries 1.9: Miscellaneous, 1958-1959, undated
  • Series 2: Accession 662, 1980-1987
    • Subseries 2.1: Administrative, 1983-1986
    • Subseries 2.2: Programs, 1980-1985
    • Subseries 2.3: Publications, 1985-1987

Accessions 499, was donated by Joan Stevenson, R.N., in January 1982; accessions 565 and 595 were donated in June 1983 and January 1985, respectively. The three accessions were merged in March 1993. Accession 662 was donated in September 1987.

Finding aid revised according to contemporary archival standards in June 2015.

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Publisher
Temple University Libraries: Special Collections Research Center
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Finding Aid Date
May 2025
Access Restrictions

Collection is open for research.

Use Restrictions

The Philadelphia Association of Occupational Health Nurses Records are the physical property of the Special Collections Research Center, Temple University Libraries. Intellectual property rights, including copyright, belong to the authors or their legal heirs and assigns. Researchers are responsible for determining the identity of rights holders and obtaining their permission for publication and for other purposes where stated.

Collection Inventory

Scope and Contents

This subseries contains minutes, reports, history, personnel, and operations. Highlights of the history section are two pamphlets and a fact sheet on the history of the Pennsylvania State Association of Industrial Nurses (PAIN). The Historian of the reports included is Beatrice K. Golden, R.N., COHN.

Folder Executive Board Minutes, 1965-1966.
Box 1 Folder 1
Executive Board Minutes, 1967-1968.
Box 1 Folder 2
Executive Board Minutes, 1969-1971.
Box 1 Folder 3
Executive Board Minutes, 1972-1973.
Box 1 Folder 4
Executive Board Minutes, 1974-1979.
Box 1 Folder 5
Regular Meeting Minutes, 1967-1969.
Box 1 Folder 6
Regular Meeting Minutes, 1970-1971.
Box 1 Folder 7
Regular Meeting Minutes, 1972-1974.
Box 1 Folder 8
Regular Meeting Minutes, 1974-1975.
Box 1 Folder 9
Regular Meeting Minutes, 1975-1979.
Box 1 Folder 10
Regular Meeting Minutes, 1981-1982.
Box 1 Folder 11
Minutes Re: Legislation, 1977-1980.
Box 1 Folder 12
Annual Reports, 1975-1980.
Box 1 Folder 13
Information for Annual Reports, 1982.
Box 1 Folder 14a
Information for Annual Reports, 1982.
Box 1 Folder 14b
Treasurer's Report, 1969-1970.
Box 1 Folder 15
Annual Report - Entertainment Committee, 1966-1967.
Box 1 Folder 16
History of the P.S.A.I.N., undated.
Box 1 Folder 17
Historian's Report, 1965-1966.
Box 1 Folder 18
Historian's Report, 1966-1967.
Box 1 Folder 19
Historian's Report, 1967-1968.
Box 1 Folder 20
Historian's Report, 1968-1969.
Box 1 Folder 21
Historian's Report, 1969-1970.
Box 1 Folder 22
Historian's Report, 1970-1971.
Box 1 Folder 23
Historian's Report, 1971-1972.
Box 1 Folder 24
Historian's Report, 1972-1973.
Box 1 Folder 25
Historian's Report, 1973-1974.
Box 1 Folder 26
Historian's Report, 1974-1975.
Box 1 Folder 27
Historian's Report, 1975-1976.
Box 1 Folder 28
Historian's Report, 1976-1977.
Box 1 Folder 29
Historian's Report, 1977-1978.
Box 1 Folder 30
Membership and Officers List, 1969-1971.
Box 1 Folder 31
List of Board Members, 1981-1984.
Box 1 Folder 32
Biographical Sketch Forms, 1984.
Box 1 Folder 33
Constitution and By-Laws, 1955.
Box 1 Folder 34
Procedure Manual of P.A.I.N., 1963.
Box 1 Folder 35
Scope and Contents

The Financial subseries includes fund-raising, budget, and financial records. The bulk of this series consists of copies of checks, deposit slips, and receipts.

Fund-Raising: Card Party and Fashion Show, 1950.
Box 1 Folder 36
Budget, 1969-1971.
Box 1 Folder 37
Scope and Contents

This subseries contains Presidential correspondence and general correspondence. The Presidential correspondence is that of Joan Stevenson, R.N., COHN. For all correspondence, responses are filed along with the originating letter. The Nevada Evans correspondence folder contains a list of the nurses who formed PAIN.

President's Correspondence, 1980-1981.
Box 2 Folder 1
President's Correspondence, May 1981-June 1981.
Box 2 Folder 2
President's Correspondence, July 1981-December 1981.
Box 2 Folder 3
President's Correspondence, 1980-1983.
Box 2 Folder 4a
President's Correspondence, 1980-1983.
Box 2 Folder 4b
President's Correspondence, 1980-1982.
Box 2 Folder 5
President's Correspondence, 1982.
Box 2 Folder 6
President's Correspondence, 1982-1983.
Box 2 Folder 7
President's Correspondence, 1983-1984.
Box 2 Folder 8a
President's Correspondence, 1983-1984.
Box 2 Folder 8b
President's Correspondence, 1983-1984.
Box 2 Folder 8c
President's Correspondence, 1983-1984.
Box 2 Folder 8d
Correspondence - State & National, 1980-1983.
Box 2 Folder 9
Correspondence - Legislative, 1969.
Box 2 Folder 10
Monthly Correspondence, 1979-1980.
Box 2 Folder 11
Monthly Correspondence, 1981-1982.
Box 2 Folder 12
General Correspondence, 1982.
Box 2 Folder 13
Correspondence Received, January-June 1980.
Box 2 Folder 14
Correspondence Received, July-December 1980.
Box 2 Folder 15
Correspondence Received, 1981.
Box 2 Folder 16
Correspondence Secretary, 1966-1968.
Box 2 Folder 17
Correspondence Secretary, 1969-1970.
Box 2 Folder 18
Correspondence Secretary, 1970-1971.
Box 2 Folder 19
Correspondence Secretary, 1971-1972.
Box 2 Folder 20
Correspondence Secretary, 1972-1973.
Box 2 Folder 21
Correspondence Secretary, 1973-1974.
Box 2 Folder 22
Correspondence Secretary, 1974-1975.
Box 2 Folder 23
Correspondence Secretary, 1975-1976.
Box 2 Folder 24
Correspondence Secretary, 1976-1977.
Box 2 Folder 25
Correspondence Secretary, 1977-1978.
Box 2 Folder 26
Correspondence Secretary, 1978-1979.
Box 2 Folder 27
Correspondence and biographical information, 1980-1981.
Box 2 Folder 28
Mrs. Nevada Evans, 1923-1981.
Box 2 Folder 29
Mrs. D.M. Hallman, 1968-1969.
Box 2 Folder 30
Newsletters, 1949-1953.
Box 2 Folder 31
Newsletters, 1969-1970.
Box 2 Folder 32
Newsletters, 1982.
Box 2 Folder 33
Scope and Contents

The first part of this subseries contains projects initiated by the Continuing Education Program of the PAOHN. The majority of the series is materials from seminars. Included are correspondence, flyers, attendance records, and program evaluations. The second part of the series contains similar information from the Illinois Association of Occupational Health Nurses seminar and a survey performed by Rohm and Haas containing employee profiles and publication lists.

Cardiac Emergencies Conference, 1983.
Box 3 Folder 1
Continuing Education Program, 1981.
Box 3 Folder 2
Continuing Education Program, 1982.
Box 3 Folder 3
Nutrition Conference, 1981.
Box 3 Folder 4
Ophthalmology Program, 1980.
Box 3 Folder 5
Ophthalmology Program, 1981.
Box 3 Folder 6
Smoking Cessation Training, 1981.
Box 3 Folder 7
Speakers Bureau, 1969.
Box 3 Folder 8
Wellness Promotion, 1981.
Box 3 Folder 9
Wellness Promotion, 1983.
Box 3 Folder 10
Illinois AOHN Program, 1982.
Box 3 Folder 11
Rohm and Haas CEU Program, 1983.
Box 3 Folder 12
Scope and Contents

This subseries contains seven folders representing assorted years of the PAOHN Education Conferences. Each folder contains flyers and attendance records.

Educational Conferences, 1966-1969.
Box 3 Folder 13
Educational Conferences, 1970.
Box 3 Folder 14
Educational Conferences, 1971.
Box 3 Folder 15
Educational Conferences, 1973.
Box 3 Folder 16
Educational Conferences, 1975.
Box 3 Folder 17
Educational Conferences, 1976.
Box 3 Folder 18
Educational Conferences, 1977.
Box 3 Folder 19
Scope and Contents

This subseries contains Achievement Awards from 1965-1978. The majority of the awards are parchment papers with hand-written calligraphy.

Achievement Awards, 1965-1978.
Box 3 Folder 20
Scope and Contents

Contains black and white photographs from dinners, symposiums, and educational conferences.

IMA Symposium, 1955.
Box 3 Folder 21
AAIN Conference, 1956.
Box 3 Folder 22
Nurse-Management Dinner, 1963.
Box 3 Folder 23
Educational Conference, 1957.
Box 3 Folder 24
Educational Conference, 1964.
Box 3 Folder 25
Educational Conference, 1965.
Box 3 Folder 26
Educational Conference, 1966.
Box 3 Folder 27
Educational Conference, 1967.
Box 3 Folder 28
Educational Conference, 1968.
Box 3 Folder 29
Educational Conference, 1970.
Box 3 Folder 30
Educational Conference, 1971.
Box 3 Folder 31
Educational Conference, 1974.
Box 3 Folder 32
Miscellaneous photographs, undated.
Box 3 Folder 33
Scope and Contents

Contains a PAIN banner, photograph album, and oversize photographs.

PAIN Banner, undated.
Box 4
Miscellaneous oversized photograph, undated.
Box 4
Photograph album, 1958-1959.
Box 4

Administrative, 1986-1985.
Box 5 Folder 1
Administrative, 1985-1984.
Box 5 Folder 2
Administrative, 1983-1986.
Box 5 Folder 3
Seminars: "Social Issues Impacting Women's Physical and Emotional Health", March 16, 1985.
Box 5 Folder 4
Seminars: "Social Issues…" (2), 1984, 1985.
Box 5 Folder 5
Seminars: "Roads to Recognition: Career Pathways", October 27, 1984, 1984-1982.
Box 5 Folder 6
Seminars: "…Career Pathways" Evaluations, October 27, 1984.
Box 5 Folder 7
Seminars: "OHN Looks at Sexuality", 1984.
Box 5 Folder 8
Seminars: "OHN Looks at Sexuality" Evaluations (1), March 17, 1984.
Box 5 Folder 9
Seminars: "…Sexuality" Evaluations (2), March 17, 1984.
Box 5 Folder 10
Seminars: "Cardiac Emergencies in the Worksite", October 29, 1983.
Box 5 Folder 15
Seminars: "Cardiac Emergencies…" (2), 1983.
Box 5 Folder 12
Seminars: "Cardiac Emergencies…" Evaluations (1), October 29, 1983.
Box 5 Folder 13
Seminars: "Cardiac Emergencies…" Evaluations (2), October 29, 1983.
Box 5 Folder 14
Seminars: "Meeting the Challenge of Emergencies in the Work Environment" Evaluations (1), March 19, 1983.
Box 5 Folder 15
Seminars: "Meeting….Emergencies" Evaluations (2), March 19, 1983.
Box 5 Folder 16
Seminars: "Meeting…Emergencies" Evaluations (3), March 19, 1983.
Box 5 Folder 17
Seminars: "The Lung and the Workplace Environment in the 1980s", October 30, 1982.
Box 5 Folder 18
Seminars: "…Lung…" (2), 1982.
Box 5 Folder 19
Seminars: "The Employee with Arthritis: Evaluation & Treatment," with model 1982, 1981, 1982, 1981.
Box 5 Folder 20
Salary Survey (1), October 1980.
Box 5 Folder 25
Salary Survey (2), October 1980.
Box 5 Folder 22
Publications, 1987.
Box 5 Folder 23
Publications, 1985-1987.
Box 5 Folder 24

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