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Visiting Nurse Association of Allegheny County records
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Pittsburgh of 1918 was a city in its industrial heyday but the wounds of World War I were still fresh and citizens recalled the deleterious effects of the wartime nursing shortage. On top of that, the city's health care system had to deal with a massive influenza pandemic that affected over 23,000 Pittsburgh residents in only an 11 week period. These events pointed to serious shortcomings in Pittsburgh's public health services.
In response to this, the Women's Division of the Allegheny County Council of Defense, under the leadership of Annie E. McCord, conducted a survey of county public health services. With the cooperation of Alice E. Stewart of the Tuberculosis League and Katherine Olmstead of the National Organization for Public Health Nursing, the survey indicated there were, at the time, some 100 public health nurses under the control of over thirty separate and independent organizations. Much of their territory and functions overlapped which resulted in lackluster (and often inadequate) service.
A score of meetings and conferences followed to gain cooperation from the various public health employers. A fund raising campaign was launched and, upon the recommendation of the National Organization for Public Health Nursing, Miss Nan L. Dorsey was invited to become the organizer of the Special Committee for Public Health Nursing. Miss Dorsey was a tireless administrator and fundraiser. She successfully solicited funding from various agencies and, in the following year, she became the first director of the newly formed Public Health Nursing Association of Pittsburgh (PHNA).
Founded in 1919 by the citizens' committee, PHNA offered skilled nursing care on a visiting basis to the sick in their homes. In its first year of operation, PHNA opened six nursing centers (substations) with 28 nurses, a registrar and a stenographer on the staff. In 1920, PHNA branched out to outlying county areas and became affiliated with six local hospitals to provide public health experience for undergraduate nurses. The Association would later (in 1949) become the Visiting Nurse Association of Allegheny County.
The agency grew rapidly in the 1920s, responding to the needs of the poor sick in a heavily industrialized city. Service was extended to more county areas and special programs were added. In its early years, the agency emphasized maternal and child health services and control of communicable diseases. Programs in prenatal care, pre-school health clinics, nutrition and well-baby clinics were developed.
In 1926, Nan Dorsey left the agency to accept a position with the Red Cross in England. Her successor, Helen V. Stevens, directed the agency until 1947. During the 1930s, under Stevens' leadership, the agency's services were extended to cover the entire county so that by 1939 there were 11 substations.
The agency changed its name in 1949 to the Visiting Nurse Association of Allegheny County (VNAAC) and began to focus on the unmet home care needs of the ill and their families. In 1957, the Allegheny County Health Department assumed responsibility for maternal, child health and communicable disease services.
VNAAC witnessed dramatic increases in elderly, chronically ill and handicapped patients during the 1950s and 1960s. In response to this, rehabilitation and supportive services were developed. Physical therapists, speech pathologists, and social workers were added and stroke rehabilitation groups were begun.
The tumultuous 1960s and 1970s brought radical changes in health care as well as in American society. Clinical specialization had arrived in home health care. The agency heralded the new era of acute care in the home by hiring nurse clinicians trained in oncological, cardio-vascular and pulmonary care. Specialty programs in renal and hospice were also developed.
The 1980s saw new leadership under Andrew Peacock, the present director, who was appointed in 1983. The agency continues to address spiraling health costs and to utilize high-technology therapies such as intravenous chemotherapy.
Gift of Andrew Peacock, 1993.
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Collection Inventory
Scope and Contents note
This includes founding organizer and first director Nan Dorsey's correspondence and letters of the Special Committee of Public Health Nursing. There are several historical sketches of the agency written in the period 1931-1958.
Public Health Nursing Association of Pittsburgh, by-laws, correspondence, and reports, 1919-1920.
Box 1
Folder 1
Public Health Nursing Association of Pittsburgh reports, minutes, correspondence for establishing public health nursing service, 1918-1920.
Box 1
Folder 2
Correspondence re: founding of Public Health Nursing Association of Pittsburgh, 1918-1920; historical sketch of PHNA of Pittsburgh, 1942.
Box 1
Folder 3
Correspondence; press releases; brief historical sketch of flu epidemic; pension plan, 1919-1938.
Box 1
Folder 4
Report of Division of Nurses, 1919; Correspondence of Helen K. Stevens, Director, 1925-1931.
Box 1
Folder 5
Personnel file, correspondence, and newspaper clippings of first director, Nan L. Dorsey, 1919-1940.
Box 1
Folder 6
Histories, 1931, 1944, 1958, and 1959.
Box 1
Folder 7
Historical sketch of the Public Health Nursing Association of Pittsburgh, 1934.
Box 1
Folder 8
A Brief History of the Public Health Nursing Association of Pittsburgh, 1942.
Box 1
Folder 9
Historical sketches, newspaper clippings, personnel regulations, 1922-1958.
Box 1
Folder 10
Scope and Contents note
There is a nearly complete run of annual reports for the period 1940 to 1985. Other than annual reports, documentation is lacking for the 1950s and 1960s; ie. there are no minutes from that period. The minutes pick up in the 1970s.
May 17, 1983 - January 15, 1985; agenda for 1986 annual meeting.
Box 1
Folder 1
January 25 - April 26, 1983, includes record of attendance, 1978-1983.
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Folder 2
January 19, 1982 - December 14, 1982.
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Folder 3
January 20 - November 17, 1981.
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Folder 4
January 15 - November 18, 1980.
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Folder 5
January 16 - September 18, 1979.
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Folder 6
January 13 - November 21, 1978.
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Folder 7
January 18 - November 15, 1977.
Box 2
Folder 8
January 27 - November 16, 1976.
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Folder 9
January 1 - November 19, 1975.
Box 2
Folder 10
Board Members' Manual (Miss O'Donnell's copy), 1970-1971.
Box 2
Folder 11
Memos and Correspondence received (with copies of outgoing replies) by Arthur Van Buskirk, Member Board of Directors, 1936-1941.
Box 2
Folder 12
Deed, correspondence & memoranda re: sale of property at 800 Talbot Avenue, North Braddock Borough, 1940.
Box 3
Folder 13
Retirement Annuity Plan, Federation of Social Agencies of Pittsburgh and Allegheny Counties, 1940.
Box 3
Folder 14
Supervisors' Council Minutes, 1928-1944.
Box 3
Folder 15
Supervisor responsibilities, bibliography, evaluation, criteria, and plan, 1940-1972.
Box 3
Folder 16
Financial Statement for January-February, 1969; Controller's monthly statements of cash receipts and disbursements, 1987.
Box 3
Folder 17
Controller's monthly statements of cash receipts and disbursements, 1987.
Box 3
Folder 18
VNA of Allegheny County General Manual II: Financing VNA Programs, Contractual Agreements, Cooperative Relationships with Community Agencies (Mrs. Russell's copy), 1967.
Box 3
Folder 19
1929, 1930, 1939, 1940, 1942(?)-1946, 1948, 1949.
Box 3
Folder 20
1950-1962, 1964-1968.
Box 3
Folder 21
1971-1979, 1981-1985.
Box 3
Folder 22
Correspondence, 1922, 1934; service reports, 1928-1931; PHNA service brochure, 1947.
Box 4
Folder 23
Pittsburgh Public Health Nurse Reports of Service, monthly, 1926-1929.
Box 4
Folder 24
Pittsburgh Public Health Nurse, general service reports, 1919-1930.
Box 4
Folder 25
Information for Applicants (for Employment) at PHNA, circa 1946.
Box 4
Folder 26
Volunteer Program, 1980 and 1986.
Box 4
Folder 27
Telephone directory, 1983, 1985-1988.
Box 4
Folder 28
Service brochures, 1979, 1990, and undated.
Box 4
Folder 29
General information reports, 1921-1980.
Box 4
Folder 30
Caregiver's survey, 1982.
Box 4
Folder 31
Testimony present at public hearings, 1971, 1972, 1975, and 1976.
Box 4
Folder 32
Agency studies, 1959-1983.
Box 4
Folder 33
Student studies, 1976-1985.
Box 4
Folder 34
1930s and 1940s.
Box 5
Folder 35
1950s.
Box 5
Folder 36
1960s.
Box 5
Folder 37
Proposal for Hospice Demonstration Project 1977-1980 pamphlet,"The Hospice Concept", American Cancer Society, 1978.
Box 5
Folder 38
National League for Nursing Accreditation of Community Service Report, 1968; two-year interim report, 1970.
Box 5
Folder 39
VNA, update meetings, agenda, letters, mailing list, attendance listing, and evaluations, May 1978.
Box 5
Folder 40
VNA, program brochure, notes, memos, and drafts re: physical therapy, hospice care, RENAL, volunteers, childbirth classes, 1981-1984.
Box 5
Folder 41
Plan of treatment Computer Workbook, 1989-1990.
Box 5
Folder 42
VNA of Allegheny County, General Manual III: Service Programs and Procedures (Miss Branon's copy), 1967.
Box 5
Folder 43
Committee on Quality Assessment minutes, January 6-November 3, 1983.
Box 6
Folder 44
Quality Assessment of Patient care, diabetes, reports, survey sheets, and survey results, December 1982, April 1983.
Box 6
Folder 45
Quality Assessment Survey sheets and survey results re: cardio-vascular arteriosclerosis (CVA), October 1983.
Box 6
Folder 46
Scope and Contents note
This small series contains mostly manuals used by Monyough, University, Arsenal, and Carnegie sub-stations. There is also a small amount of correspondence, minutes, and financial data.
Correspondence, financial reports, and announcements, 1931-1954.
Box 6
Folder 1
Public Health Nursing Association of Pittsburgh, reports, studies, 1925-1928; Public Health Nursing Quarterly, 1931.
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Folder 2
Public Health Nursing Committee minutes, lists of committees, 1931-1941; By-laws for Local Nursing Committees (undated); Public Health Nursing Association of Pittsburgh manual (undated).
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Folder 3
Petty cash book, 1947-1974.
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Folder 4
General Manual II, 1967.
Box 6
Folder 5
VNA of Allegheny County, Carnegie Office (a.k.a. South Center), correspondence and memos re: building rental.
Box 7
Folder 6
Polk, George and Stella. Patient care record, 1945-1975 (South Hills).
Box 7
Folder 7
Scope and Contents note
This series is comprised of periodicals and brochures of other organizations, as well as the agency's own quarterly newsletter, Close-up. Most significant in this series is a folder of articles written by agency staff.
The Public Health Nurse Quarterly, October 1930 and 1931.
Box 7
Folder 1
Manual of Public Health Nursing, National Organization for Public Health Nursing, 1931.
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Folder 2
Agency publications (articles), 1965-1982.
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Folder 3
Analysis, Stroke Rehabilitation Program, Visiting Nurse Association, by Audrey Hay, April 16, 1985.
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Folder 4
Close-up, quarterly publication of the VNA of Allegheny Country, January 1981-October 1985.
Box 7
Folder 5
undated.
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Folder 6
1950s.
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Folder 7
PHNA illustration, pencil and water color, circa 1935; "Home Care: the Big Question" cartoon, circa 1950.
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Folder 8
Brochure of Kingsley Association, 1968.
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Folder 9
News bulletin of the Visiting Nurse Service of New York, 1950-1953.
Box 7
Folder 10
Guides for Public Health Nurse, Bureau of Public Health Nursing, Allegheny County Health Department, 1961.
Box 7
Folder 11
Scope and Contents note
Most of the promotional materials here center around Visiting Nurse Association Week. The series includes press releases, proclamations, brochures, and letters marketing home care products.
Allegheny County Proclamation of Psychiatric Nurse Week (October 9-15, 1988) with press release and 8" x 10" black & white photo, October 13, 1988.
Box 8
Folder 1
Allegheny County Proclamation of Visiting Nurse Association Week (February 19- 25, 1989), with 8" x 10" black and white photo and press release, February 23, 1989.
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Folder 2
City of Pittsburgh Proclamation of Visiting Nurse Association Week (February 18-24, 1990), February 15, 1989.
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Folder 3
Allegheny County Proclamation of Visiting Nurse Association Week with photo and press release, 1990.
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Folder 4
City of Pittsburgh Proclamation of Visiting Nurse Association Week, January 29, 1990.
Box 8
Folder 5
VNA, marketing/informational letters targeted to specific audience: IV ChemoTherapy Hospice Support, Cardiobeeper, 1978-1982.
Box 8
Folder 6
VNA of Allegheny County historical brochures, 1979.
Box 8
Folder 7
VNA of Allegheny County, photo display schedule, 1974.
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Folder 8
Braddock General Hospital promotional brochure, 1977.
Box 8
Folder 9
Program brochure for Home Health Agencies Day, April 16, 1969.
Box 8
Folder 10
Scope and Contents note
This series reflects the agency's association with other institutions such as the United Fund. Significant documentation in this series is the file on the consolidation of Homestead and St. Joseph's Hospitals' Home Health Care.
Defender's Club (United Fund) leaflet, circa 1943.
Box 8
Folder 1
United Fund Campaign Fair Share Award to the VNA of Allegheny County, 1961 and 1964.
Box 8
Folder 2
P.P.G. United Way News, September 1981 and 1982; retirement party program, 1989.
Box 8
Folder 3
Allegheny County Health Department annual report, 1987.
Box 8
Folder 4
Update/Anniversary meeting with referral sources, agenda, invitation list, attendance, memos, information packet, April 1984.
Box 8
Folder 5
Weekly referral analysis by major referral sources, August 4, 1990.
Box 8
Folder 6
South Hills Health System/Consolidation of Homestead and St. Joseph Hospitals' Home Health Care, memo, proposal, correspondence, and summary of activities, 1964-1978.
Box 8
Folder 7
Certificate of Membership, National League for Nursing, 1984.
Box 8
Folder 8
Scope and Contents note
The scrapbooks are chronologically arranged for the years 1938-1960. The clippings were kept by a number of staff members and are not arranged. Included in this series is a sample of fabric used for public health nurses' uniforms.
1920-1954.
Box 8
Folder 1
1954-1968.
Box 8
Folder 2
1969-1974.
Box 8
Folder 3
1974-1990.
Box 8
Folder 4
undated.
Box 8
Folder 5
Scrapbook, 1938-1939.
Box 9
Scrapbook, 1939-1941.
Box 10
Scrapbook, 1942-1960.
Box 11
VNA of Allegheny County, cotton percale fabric for nursing uniform, undated.
Box 12
Scope and Contents note
Photographs are arranged in several subjects: individual nurses, group portraits of nurses, child health care, nurses with adult patients, building, district residents, general public relations, public relations photos with nurse Beth Nolan, public health nursing education, community activities, nursing uniforms and accessories, and contact sheets. Photographs are listed individually under the appropriate categories. Slides have been grouped by a number of events and instructional topics.
General note
Key: letters indicate duplicate photographs (eg. p.2a is the duplicate of p.2).
Elvira "Bootsie" Kramer.
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Photo 1
Elvira "Bootsie" Kramer.
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Photo 2
Elvira "Bootsie" Kramer.
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Photo 3
Rosie Muhlbauer.
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Photo 4
Genevieve Port, 1943.
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Photo 5
unidentified woman on sidewalk, circa 1943.
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Photo 6
unidentified nun, circa 1943.
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Photo 7
unidenfified nun, circa 1943.
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Photo 8
Mrs. Hudson, 1944.
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Photo 9
unidentified woman at doorstep, circa 1940.
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Photo 10
unidentified woman leaving building, circa 1940.
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Photo 11
Olga Yachup, 1950.
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Photo 12
Maureen Swick, circa 1960.
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Photo 13
unidentified nun, 1962.
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Photo 14
unidentified nun, 1962.
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Photo 15
Nurse walking on sidewalk, circa 1970.
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Photo 16
Jeanette Minor (sp?), 1976.
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Photo 17
unidentified, 1989.
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Photo 18
V.N.A. Office, 1908.
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Photo 19
Nurse in uniform, circa 1940.
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Photo 20
unidentified woman (shopping), circa 1960.
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Photo 21
Mrs. Floria, 1961.
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Photo 22
Anne Snowden Webster, 1965.
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Photo 23
unidentified woman giving a lecture, undated.
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Photo 24
Mrs. Bender, 1966.
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Photo 25
Home Health Aide, 1966.
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Photo 26
Mrs. Brown - Nutritionist, 1966.
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Photo 27
Different pose of Mrs. Brown.
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Photo 28
unidentified man, 1988.
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Photo 29
unidentified woman, 1988.
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Photo 30
unidentified woman, 1988.
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Photo 31
unidentified woman, 1989.
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Photo 32
unidentified woman, 1989.
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Photo 33
Ella Phillips Bromdall, Executive Secretary, (undated) Nat'l Organization for Pub. Health Nursing.
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Photo 34
Rosie Muehlbaur, undated.
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Photo 35
Rosie Muehlbaur, undated.
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Photo 36
Bootsie Kramer, 50th anniversary, undated.
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Photo 37
Miss Everett (sp? Ebbert?).
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Photo 38
Miss Everett (sp? Ebbert?).
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Photo 39
Nancy McCormick, 40th year anniversary, undated.
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Photo 40
Laetitia Woods, undated.
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Photo 41
unidentified woman, undated.
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Photo 42
Nancy Donovan, New Director of Clinical Nursing, undated.
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Photo 43
Norma Vidale, undated.
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Photo 44
unidentified woman, undated.
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Photo 45
unidentified woman, undated.
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Photo 46
unidentified woman, undated.
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Photo 47
unidentified woman, undated.
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Photo 48
unidentified woman, undated.
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Photo 49
unidentified woman, undated.
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Photo 50
unidentified woman, undated.
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Photo 51
unidentified woman, undated.
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Photo 52
unidentified woman, undated.
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Photo 53
Group of nurses outside building, 1930.
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Photo 54
Two unidenfied women on doorstep, 1943.
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Photo 55
Time progression of above shot.
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Photo 56
Ida Carettie, Genevieve Port, circa 1945.
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Photo 57
Group of women leaving office, circa 1940.
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Photo 58
Group of women outside P.H.N.A.'s building, circa 1940.
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Photo 59
Dorothy Barbahenn and unidentified woman on doorstep, circa 1940.
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Photo 60
Martha Patton and Riddle, 1940.
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Photo 61
Byrne, Norris and unidentified woman walking on sidewalk, circa 1940.
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Photo 62
Duplicate of above.
Box 14
Photo 62a
Time progression of above.
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Photo 63
Two women on street, circa 1940.
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Photo 64
Alice Woolrich (sp?) and unidentified woman on doorstep, circa 1940.
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Photo 65
Closeup of above picture.
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Photo 66
Alice Wooldridge (sp?) and unidentified woman on doorstep, circa 1940.
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Photo 67
Group picture outside Nurses Home, circa 1950.
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Photo 68
Nurses at banquet, circa 1920.
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Photo 69
Nurses assembled in gymnasium, circa 1920.
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Photo 70
Nurses receiving morning assignments, 1937.
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Photo 71
Nurses with their paperwork (Mrs. Davis - supervisor), circa 1940.
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Photo 72
Miss Morgan and Helen Joos, circa 1940.
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Photo 73
Ida Faust Carethe, Martha Evertt Donovan, Marie Steurnagel Mangold, and Genevieve Port, 1943.
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Photo 74
Closeup of above.
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Photo 75
Marie Steurnagel and Genevieve Port, 1943.
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Photo 76
aDuplicate of above.
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Photo 76
Same people as above.
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Photo 77
Ida Carethe, Martha Ebbert (sp? Evertt), circa 1945.
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Photo 78
Woman at a celebration, 1948.
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Photo 79
urses with their paperwork, 1950.
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Photo 80
Nurses with their paperwork, 1953.
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Photo 81
Florence Fralin, VNA Nutritionist, 1956.
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Photo 82
Smith, Hennigan, Fleming, Suehr (sp?), circa 1950.
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Photo 83
Aniceta Welsh Donovan, R.N. and Ethel Diggs Gandi, R.N. Valley Substation, 1964.
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Photo 84
Two nurses talking at table, circa 1965.
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Photo 85
Two nurses sitting, circa 1965.
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Photo 86
Annie Kinkella, R.N., circa 1965.
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Photo 87
Guild for the Blind, 1975.
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Photo 88
Group of nineteen women, 1971.
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Photo 89
Two unidentified women, February 1989.
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Photo 90
Two unidentified women, February 1989.
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Photo 91
Group of four women, September 1989.
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Photo 92
Group of people in kitchen, January 1990.
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Photo 93
Chas Strehl and Ron Potts, undated.
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Photo 94
Mrs. Lang, undated.
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Photo 95
Group of women at banquet, undated.
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Photo 96
Miss Riddle, undated.
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Photo 97
Two unidentified women, undated.
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Photo 98
Two unidentified women, undated.
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Photo 99
unidentified man and woman, undated.
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Photo 100
woman lecturing to crowd, undated.
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Photo 101
woman lecturing to crowd, undated.
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Photo 102
lecturer and Helen Ference, undated.
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Photo 103
negative of multi-image photo on acetate(?) film, Christmas Party, undated.
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Photo 104
Nurse talking with mother and child at door.
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Photo 105
Nurse talking with children in street.
Box 14
Photo 106
Group picture of mothers and their babies and nurse(s).
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Photo 107
Group picture of mothers and their babies and nurse.
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Photo 108
Nurse looking for cavities, circa 1900?.
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Photo 109
Miss Washington, school nurse, circa 1910?.
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Photo 110
Nurse bathing baby, circa 1940.
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Photo 111
Nurse watching doctor examine baby, circa 1940.
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Photo 112
Nurse helping mother care for baby, circa 1940.
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Photo 113
Nurse watching doctor examine child, circa 1940.
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Photo 114
Nurse washing baby while aid cares for mother, circa 1940.
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Photo 115
Nurse washing baby, circa 1940.
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Photo 116
Nurse washing baby, circa 1940.
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Photo 117
Nurse weighing baby, circa 1940.
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Photo 118
Nurse watching doctor examine baby, circa 1940.
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Photo 119
Nurses measuring child's height, circa 1940.
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Photo 120
Duplicate of above.
Box 15
Photo 120a
Nurses measuring child's height, circa 1940.
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Photo 121
Nurse talking with mother, circa 1940.
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Photo 122
Nancy McCormick putting on leg brace on child, 1947.
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Photo 123
Nancy McCormick watching child walk with brace, 1947.
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Photo 124
Nurse with mother and child, circa 1945.
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Photo 125
Nurse with mother and child, circa 1945.
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Photo 126
Above Nurse with different mother and child, circa 1945.
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Photo 127
Nurse with mother and child, circa 1945.
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Photo 128
Nurse with mother and child, circa 1945.
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Photo 129
Nurse with mother and child, circa 1945.
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Photo 130
Nurse Ebbert with mother and child, circa 1945.
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Photo 131
Nurse Ebbert with mother and child, circa 1945.
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Photo 132
Nurse Ebbert with mother and child, circa 1945.
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Photo 133
Nurse Ebbert with mother and child, circa 1945.
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Photo 134
Nurse Ebbert with mother and child, circa 1945.
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Photo 135
Mother and child, circa 1945.
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Photo 136
Nurse with baby, circa 1945.
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Photo 137
Nurse watching mother care for baby, circa 1945.
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Photo 138
Mary McAteer putting bandage on child's leg, circa 1945.
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Photo 139
Nurse watching mother care for baby, 1950.
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Photo 140
Nurse and mother watching baby crawl, circa 1950.
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Photo 141
Nurse weighing baby, circa 1950.
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Photo 142
Nurse helping child stand, circa 1950.
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Photo 143
Nurse taking boy's blood pressure, circa 1955.
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Photo 144
Marjorie Perrin testing child's eye sight (Open House at Alex and Mary Child Health Center, Sewickley, PA), 1956.
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Photo 145
Nurse with mother and children, circa 1960.
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Photo 146
Stacy Miller examining child, circa 1965.
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Photo 147
Contact sheet of nurse with mother and family, 1961.
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Photo 148
Four photos; nurse with adult patient or child, 1940s - 1950s.
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Photo 149
Nurse washing baby, undated.
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Photo 150
Speech therapist (?) with patient, undated.
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Photo 151
Nurse with child patient, undated.
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Photo 152
Mary Lou Lane weighing baby, undated.
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Photo 153
Mary Lou Lane with mother and baby, undated.
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Photo 154
Mother and baby, undated.
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Photo 155
Mary Florian one of the VNA's first physical therapists, 1953?.
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Photo 156
Kathy Englert, 1953-1955?.
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Photo 157
Nurse propping pillow behind patient's back, 1959.
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Photo 158
Mrs. Vanda Adams, and Florence G. Fralin, 195?.
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Photo 159
Duplicate of above.
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Photo 159a
Miss Cecilia Raisbech - Nurse Aids housekeeper, January 1962.
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Photo 160
Duplicate of above.
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Photo 160a
Duplicate of above.
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Photo 160b
Woman tending patient's foot, June 1965.
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Photo 161
Woman tending patient's finger nails, June 1965.
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Photo 162
Homemaker/Home Health Aide and nurse entering home, June 1965.
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Photo 163
Homemaker helping woman with walker.
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Photo 164
Homemaker carrying tray with tea.
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Photo 165
Homemaker doing some ironing.
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Photo 166
Homemaker washing dishes.
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Photo 167
Homemaker preparing a meal tray.
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Photo 168
Homemaker preparing a meal tray.
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Photo 169
Mrs. Betty Hepner, social group worker, with group at Young Men and Women's Hebrew Association, July 1965.
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Photo 170
Nurse with elderly woman, circa 1965.
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Photo 171
Nurse washing patient, circa 1965.
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Photo 172
aDuplicate of above.
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Photo 172
Nurse talking with elderly man, circa 1965.
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Photo 173
Nursing talking with woman, circa 1965.
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Photo 174
Joan Minogue with patient using walker, circa 1965.
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Photo 175
Duplicate of above.
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Photo 175a
Joan putting a physical therapy device on patient.
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Photo 176
Joan conversing with patient.
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Photo 177
Duplicate of above.
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Photo 177a
Nurse taking patient's temperature, circa 1965.
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Photo 178
Miss Peczyski with woman in wheelchair, circa 1965.
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Photo 179
Duplicate of above.
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Photo 179a
Mary Florian exercising patient's leg, circa 1965.
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Photo 180
Nurse with patient and his wife, 1966.
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Photo 181
Woman advising elderly couple on nutrition, February 25, 1974.
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Photo 182
Guild for the Blind, Mildred Tahl helping member, November 1975.
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Photo 183
Four nurses helping patient celebrate 101st birthday, mid(?), 1970s.
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Photo 184
Helen Joos and Nancy McCormick, making tools for patients' use, undated.
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Photo 185
Making tools for patients' use.
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Photo 186
Mrs. Smith, speaker therapist, with patient, Ed Carpenter, undated.
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Photo 187
Nurse, Mrs. Kramer, with patient and his wife, undated.
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Photo 188
Nurse comforting patient.
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Photo 189
Nurse taking patient's temperature.
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Photo 190
Nurse helping patient with walker.
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Photo 191
Nurse helping patient exercise his arm.
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Photo 192
Nurse washing patient.
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Photo 193
Nurse helping patient with crutches, undated.
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Photo 194
Nurse removing patient's arm brace, undated.
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Photo 195
Woman talking with patient, undated.
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Photo 196
Woman helping woman blind person eat, undated.
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Photo 197
Woman helping patient with crossword puzzle, undated.
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Photo 198
Duplicate of above.
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Photo 198a
Woman helping patient wash dishes.
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Photo 199
Maureen Swick, nurse, helping patient in kitchen, undated.
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Photo 200
Nurse, Miss Porter, helping young woman with walker, undated.
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Photo 201
Woman, with elderly patient, undated.
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Photo 202
Home Health Aide (?) helping patient prepare food.
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Photo 203
Nurse, Jane Brennan, talking with bed-ridden patient, undated.
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Photo 204
Two nurses and a young woman with patient, undated.
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Photo 205
One (or two) nurses with adult male patient, undated.
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Photo 206
Florence Thompson and Mary Kelly helping patient with walker, undated.
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Photo 207
Physical therapist with several patients, undated.
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Photo 208
contact sheets with same P.T.
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Photo 209
contact sheets with same P.T.
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Photo 210
Woman lecturing to male passengers on a bus, undated.
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Photo 211
Nurse attending patients bandage, undated.
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Photo 212
Nurse washing patient, undated.
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Photo 213
Miss Jane Brennan wearing a summer uniform, undated.
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Photo 214
Nurse caring for elderly patient, undated.
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Photo 215
Nurse attending patient's bandage, (four pictures on one page,), undated.
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Photo 216
Nurse holding a meeting, undated.
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Photo 217
Visiting Nurse Association, Valley Substation, Braddock, 1959.
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Photo 218
Closeup of above.
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Photo 219
Man drawing water from outdoor faucet.
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Photo 220
Child sitting under clothesline.
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Photo 221
Duplicate of above.
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Photo 221a
Sidney Poorbaugh travelling in a lift.
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Photo 222
P.H.N.A. community information booth, 1937.
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Photo 223
P.H.N.A. community information booth, circa 1940.
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Photo 224
Duplicate of above.
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Photo 224a
P.H.N.A. community information booth, 1941.
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Photo 225
V.N.A. community information booth, January 1959.
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Photo 226
United Fund Campaign, September 1959.
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Photo 227
Duplicate of above.
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Photo 227a
Duplicate of above.
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Photo 227b
Duplicate of above.
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Photo 227c
Margaret Barclay, LPN, 1959.
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Photo 228
Duplicate of above.
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Photo 228a
Margaret Barclay and Catherine Barrow, 1959.
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Photo 229
Duplicate of above.
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Photo 229a
Duplicate of above.
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Photo 229b
Linda Wilson in summer uniform, 1965?.
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Photo 230
Visit to People's Natural Gas Gateway Center, November 1966.
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Photo 231
Harriet Miller at community information booth, circa 1970.
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Photo 232
Allegheny County Proclamation of "Visiting Nurse Association Week (February 19-25, 1989)".
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Photo 233
Duplicate of above.
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Photo 233a
Allegheny County Proclamation of "Visiting Nurse Association Week (February 18-24,1990)".
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Photo 234
Duplicate of above.
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Photo 234a
Empty Bulletin Board.
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Photo 235
Beth in classroom, circa 1940.
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Photo 236
Close-up of Beth in classroom, circa 1940.
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Photo 237
Duplicate of above.
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Photo 237a
Portrait of Beth and coworker, circa 1940.
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Photo 238
Portrait of Beth, circa 1940.
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Photo 239
Portrait of Beth, circa 1940.
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Photo 240
Beth and coworkers (Olive Wetzel Gallagher, and Mary Huber) leaving the Community House for work, circa 1940.
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Photo 241
Time progression of above shot.
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Photo 242
Beth constructing a home-made crutch for woman, circa 1940.
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Photo 243
Duplicate of above.
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Photo 243a
Beth taking temperature and pulse of woman, circa 1940.
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Photo 244
Beth talking with man outdoors, circa 1940.
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Photo 245
Beth directing child in neighborhood, circa 1940.
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Photo 246
Time progression of above picture.
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Photo 247
Beth holding patient's baby as patient is placed in ambulance, circa 1940.
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Photo 248
Close-up of above.
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Photo 249
Beth with mother weighing baby, circa 1940.
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Photo 250
Beth bathing baby, circa 1940.
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Photo 251
Beth administering fluids to bedridden child, circa 1940.
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Photo 252
Close-up of above.
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Photo 253
Beth administering fluids to same child, circa 1940.
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Photo 254
Close-up of above.
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Photo 255
Beth cutting child's hair, circa 1940.
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Photo 256
Learning to organize materials in nurse's satchel, circa 1940.
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Photo 257
Alice Wooldridge, 1940s.
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Photo 258
Closeup of above.
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Photo 259
Closeup of above.
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Photo 260
four students examining contents of nurse's satchel, circa 1940.
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Photo 261
four students examining contents of nurse's satchel, circa 1940.
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Photo 262
time progression of above.
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Photo 263
two students examining contents of nurse's satchel, circa 1940.
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Photo 264
three students examining contents of nurse's satchel, circa 1940.
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Photo 265
four students examining contents of nurse's satchel, circa 1940.
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Photo 266
older nurse instructing two younger nurses (Margretha Ruth Barup (sp?), Geraldine Larabee, Mabel Norris), circa 1940.
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Photo 267
Learning how to fill out patients' records (Wilcynski, Gribben (sp?), ? (Gribben?), Everett), circa 1940.
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Photo 268
Learning how to fill out patients' records, circa 1940.
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Photo 269
Learing how to fill out patients' records, circa 1940.
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Photo 270
Marjorie Perrin, Open House at the Alex and Mary Child Health Center, 1956.
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Photo 271
Instruction on nutrition, circa 1965.
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Photo 272
Instruction on nutrition, circa 1965.
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Photo 273
Learning how to handle a syringe, undated.
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Photo 274
Teaching a patient, undated.
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Photo 275
Learning infant care, undated.
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Photo 276
Group instruction, undated.
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Photo 277
Telephones "ringing" at the P.H.N.A.
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Photo 278
Mother League - Munhall, 1924.
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Photo 279
Boy Scouts with an improvised (heated) infant crib, 1943.
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Photo 280
Closeup of the construction.
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Photo 281
Closeup of the construction.
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Photo 282
Duplicate of above.
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Photo 282A
Annual meeting of the Girl Scout Nurses' Aides, 1944.
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Photo 283
Sketch of different nursing uniforms.
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Photo 284
Nurses' hat and satchel.
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Photo 285
Nurses' hat and satchel.
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Photo 286
8:30 am Skilled Nursing - Family Nurse Practioner assessment "thyroid examination", March 25, 1974.
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Photo 287
8:45 am Nutrition - Wall chart and normal nutrition for the family, March 25, 1974.
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Photo 288
9:00 am Speech Therapy - Word formation (Writing and Verbal), March 25, 1974.
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Photo 289
9:15 am Skilled Nursing - Cancer Nursing - "Illeostomy Teaching", March 25, 1974.
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Photo 290
9:30 am Social Service - Team conference, March 25, 1974.
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Photo 291
9:45 am Skilled Nursing - Instruction with Injection Technique, March 25, 1974.
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Photo 292
10:00 am Skilled Nursing - Applying an ace bandage, March 25, 1974.
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Photo 293
10:15 am Social Service - Family Counselling, March 25, 1974.
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Photo 294
10:30 am Stroke Goup Program - One hand kitchen activity and Short term group teaching, March 25, 1974.
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Photo 295
11:00 am Physical Therapy - Ambulating with Quad Cane and Leg Brace, March 25, 1974.
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Photo 296
11:15 am Physical Therapy - Ambulating with Walkerette, March 25, 1974.
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Photo 297
11:30 am Physical Therapy - Application of Hot Packs, March 25, 1974.
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Photo 298
1:30 pm Homemaker Home Health Aide Program, March 25, 1974.
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Photo 299
2:45 pm Nurse outside home, March 25, 1974.
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Photo 300
Social Service for Senior Citizens ?, March 25, 1974.
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Photo 301
Visiting Nurse, 1959.
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Photo 302
Campaign Film, 1965.
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Photo 303
Campaign Film, 1965.
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Photo 304
Christmas Party, undated.
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Photo 305
Christmas Party, undated.
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Photo 306
Christmas Party, undated.
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Photo 307
Christmas Party, undated.
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Photo 308
Poster Boards and Nursing Equipment on Display, 1968.
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United Way, 1975.
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Staff and Services of VNA of Allegheny County are represented by physical therapist, stroke group therapist, social worker, and nurse.
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Visiting Nurses Care on the ALCOA sign atop Mt. Washington, February 13-20, 1984.
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VNA banner at City County Building, April 29-May 6, 1984.
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VNA Slide Tape Series (1977) with script.
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Features neighborhood, services offered, and staff of the VNA. Not all slides mentioned on script are present. A "#" of a slide (on the script) may refer to a group of similar slides.
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Home-maker/Home Health Aide Bag Technique Slide Series.
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Features narrative with accompanying illustrative pictures.
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Unidentified Slides.
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