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Florence S. Downs papers

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Call Number:
MC 130
Repository:
University of Pennsylvania: Barbara Bates Center for the Study of The History of Nursing
Extent:
6.0 linear feet
Language:
English
Preferred Citation:
Florence S. Downs papers, Barbara Bates Center for The Study of The History of Nursing, University of Pennsylvania
Date:
1938-2005 (inclusive)
Creator:
Downs, Florence S., 1925-2005
Form:
Faculty papers and Personal papers
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.

Florence S. Downs’ distinguished career as a scholar, mentor, editor, researcher and educator shaped the foundation of nursing through her writings and active involvement in nursing education and research. Downs was born in New York on August 20, 1925, the daughter of Charles H. and Marion R. Gregory Downs. She received a diploma from St Luke’s Hospital School of Nursing in 1947 and worked for six years as a public health nurse in New York City. In 1960, while in the doctoral program in the College of Education at New York University, she held her first teaching position as instructor in the Division of Nursing. In 1964, upon completion of the Ed.D. degree, Downs was promoted to assistant professor and appointed Director of the Training Program in Psychiatric Nursing. In 1968 she was promoted to associate professor and appointed Director of Post-Master’s Programs and Research. She was promoted to professor in 1972 and remained at New York University until 1977. Under her direction, the first computer-based course in the country was developed at New York University. Downs also secured the first federal support under the Nurse Scientists Program awarded to a nursing program. For the first time, students could receive scholarships for doctoral study in nursing rather than in anther field.

In 1977, Downs was appointed Associate Dean and Director of Graduate Studies at the University of Pennsylvania School of Nursing. At Penn she was responsible for establishing the doctoral program, the first in nursing at an Ivy League university. At Penn, Downs also obtained the first federal funding in the form of a doctoral emphasis grant. This grant supported faculty and student research as a means of strengthening the doctoral program. In 1994, Downs retired to become professor emeritus. She remained active with universities nationally and internationally as a visiting professor and as a consultant on graduate curricula and research.

In 1979, Downs accepted the editorship of the journal Nursing Research and remained editor until 1994. She was the first academic editor. Her scholarship and expertise in research and methods reflected wit and wisdom in at least 27 of her editorials. During her tenure as editor of this foremost research journal, both the circulation of the periodical and knowledge of the field was brought to new heights.

Downs was the author and co-author of several books. She published three editions of A Source Book of Nursing Research with Margaret Newman and wrote A Handbook of Research Methodology. She published 80 articles including editorials focusing on scholarship and research in nursing. She also presented numerous papers at conferences, conventions and universities.

She was active with several professional organizations in nursing. Downs served on the Commission on Nursing, Council of Nurse Researchers, for the American Nurses Association, and on the National League for Nursing Research Committee. She was associated with the Metropolitan Life Insurance Company Maternity, Infant Care-Family Planning Project.

During her life Downs was recipient of many honors including the National League for Nursing, Martha E. Rodgers Award for Scholarly Contributions to Nursing Science; Sigma Theta Tau, Elizabeth M. Miller National Award for Excellence in Research, and was inducted as a ‘Living Legend’ into the American Academy of Nursing.

Florence S. Downs died September 8, 2005.

This collection spans Downs’ professional life documenting both educational and academic experience prior to appointment at the University of Pennsylvania School of Nursing as Professor, Associate Dean and Director of Graduate Studies and Professor Emeritus. Also included are collections of articles, books, papers, and files documenting her association with various universities, professional organizations and other institutions. Correspondence, photographs, diplomas and certificates are also included.

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University of Pennsylvania: Barbara Bates Center for the Study of The History of Nursing
Finding Aid Author
Finding aid prepared by Center staff, updated by Bethany Myers
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Collection Inventory

Scope and Contents note

This small series includes Downs’ biographical information, curriculum vitae, yearbooks from St Luke’s School of Nursing and St John’s University School of Education, and “Oral History of Florence Downs The Early Years.”

"Letter of Introduction," by Florence Stimpson, Eastern Junior High School, autobiography, 1938.
Box 1 Folder 1
Year book, "The 1947 Triennium," St. Luke's Hospital, School of Nursing, New York, New York, 1947.
Box 1 Folder 2
Year book, "1956, Warrior," St John's University, School of Education, Brooklyn.
Box 1 Folder 3
State of New York Education Department, certificate license, Registered Professional Nurse, 1947.
Box 1 Folder 4
United States of America Passports, 1981, 1987, 1998.
Box 1 Folder 5
Curriculum vitae, 1997.
Box 1 Folder 6
Oral history of Florence Downs, The Early Years, Julie Fairman and Margaret Mahon, 2001.
Box 1 Folder 7
To Florence- Recollections at 5:30 A. M., April 19, 1973, "Honoring Florence Downs In Her Own Words," Neville E. Strumpf, 2004.
Box 1 Folder 8
There's a Great Day Coming", undated.
Box 1 Folder 9

Scope and Contents note

This series documents Downs’ involvement with many professional associations and institutions. It includes files from the American Nurses Association Commission on Nursing Research, as well as the Council of Nurse Researchers (correspondence, meeting minutes, and reports. The National League for Nursing papers document her membership on the Research Committee including correspondence, meeting minutes and other related materials. There are files which include her association with the Metropolitan Life Insurance Company (Maternity, Infant Care-Family Planning Project). Also this series includes files documenting her 17 years of experience with New York University Division of Nursing, 17 years with University of Pennsylvania School of Nursing and three years associated with the University of Maryland School of Nursing.

Membership, Fellowship, incoming and outgoing, 1975.
Box 1 Folder 10
Critique, Ms. Levine paper being presented, at the annual meeting, September 1976.
Box 1 Folder 11
Planning Committee for Program Development, meeting minutes and other related materials, 1972.
Box 1 Folder 12
Appointment to Executive Committee, of the Council of Nurse Researcher, 1971.
Box 1 Folder 13
Joint resolution on membership fee for the Council of Nurse Researchers, 1972.
Box 1 Folder 14
Executive Committee, meeting minutes, 1972-1975.
Box 1 Folder 15
Council, Business meeting minutes, 1973-1975.
Box 1 Folder 16
Task Force to Plan Program for the Third Annual Meeting of the Council of Nurse Researchers, 1974.
Box 1 Folder 17
Intra-office, incoming and outgoing, 1974-1975, 1977.
Box 1 Folder 18
CNR Newsletter, comments, incoming and outgoing, 1975.
Box 1 Folder 19
Reports, 1972-1974.
Box 1 Folder 20
Newsletter, 1974-1975.
Box 1 Folder 21
Materials for the ANA Convention, Atlantic City, New Jersey, to members, 1976.
Box 1 Folder 22
Committee on Interrelationships, Statement on the Roles and Relationships Between Units and Staff, 1974.
Box 1 Folder 23
Structural Units, National Level, 1974.
Box 1 Folder 24
Statement on the Nurse-Physician Relationship in Hospitals, 1975.
Box 1 Folder 25
Proposal for a Study of Credentialing in Nursing, circa 1975.
Box 1 Folder 26
Testimony, House Action on Federal Pay Increase Action, U.S. House of Representatives, 1975.
Box 1 Folder 27
Correspondence, requesting interest in seeking the position of Editor of Nursing Research, incoming, 1972.
Box 2 Folder 1
Correspondence, Ad Hoc Committee to Improve Nursing Research, magazine, 1977-1978.
Box 2 Folder 2
Bulletin, Florence S. Downs, Editor and Chief, Nursing Research, 1978.
Box 2 Folder 3
Budget Worksheet, 1990.
Box 2 Folder 4
City of New York, Department of Health, Notice of Personnel Action, 1956-1957.
Box 2 Folder 5
Correspondence, incoming and outgoing, 1970-1972.
Box 2 Folder 6
Meeting agendas, minutes and other related materials, 1970.
Box 2 Folder 7
Questionnaires and other related materials, 1970.
Box 2 Folder 8
National Foundation, March of Dimes, correspondence, incoming and outgoing, 1976.
Box 2 Folder 9
Appointment letter and meeting minutes, 1975.
Box 2 Folder 10
Correspondence, request to serve on Accreditation Committee and Ad Hoc Committee Development a Statement on Doctoral Education in Nursing, incoming, 1975-1976, 1979.
Box 2 Folder 11
Proposal for Evaluation of the "NLN accreditation of nursing", 1977.
Box 2 Folder 12
Purpose and News Release, 1974.
Box 2 Folder 13
Correspondence, other institutions, incoming, 1974-1975.
Box 2 Folder 14
Meeting minutes and other related materials, 1974-1977.
Box 2 Folder 15
Memos, intra office, incoming, 1974-1978.
Box 2 Folder 16
News, 1974, 1975.
Box 2 Folder 17
Seminar, "How to Analyze the Cost of Nursing", 1976-1977.
Box 2 Folder 18
Reviewers' List and Reviewers' Addresses List, 1972.
Box 3 Folder 1
Manuscript Received List, 1993.
Box 3 Folder 2
Manuscript Received List, 1994.
Box 3 Folder 3
School of Education, incoming and outgoing, graduate and doctorial programs, 1956-1958, 1963, 1977.
Box 3 Folder 4
Appointment to staff and promotions, incoming, 1959-1961, 1963-1966, 1968-1976.
Box 3 Folder 5
Faculty Council, incoming, 1968-1969, 1973.
Box 3 Folder 6
Acknowledgement of achievements, incoming, 1970-1971, 1973, 1975, 1987.
Box 3 Folder 7
Acknowledgement of gift giving, incoming, 1970, 1975, 1977, 1983, 1988 and undated.
Box 3 Folder 8
General, incoming and outgoing, 1973-1977.
Box 3 Folder 9
Resignation, incoming and outgoing, 1977.
Box 3 Folder 10
Bulletin, One Hundred Thirty-third Commencement, 1965.
Box 3 Folder 11
Course, E41-2303, Introduction to Research in Nursing, syllabus and class notes, 1969.
Box 3 Folder 12
Reference materials for research, circa 1970.
Box 3 Folder 13
Report and Recommendations of the Ombudsman, Fall 1970.
Box 3 Folder 14
Faculty evaluation, 1970-1976.
Box 3 Folder 15
Internal (about NYU: for Faculty and Administration), 1971.
Box 3 Folder 16
Certificate, membership appointment in the Education Associates, New York University, School of Education, 1973-1974.
Box 3 Folder 17
New York University Education Quarterly, Spring 1975.
Box 3 Folder 18
Motor Activity Tool (Study), 1975.
Box 3 Folder 19
Distinguished Alumni Achievement Award Ceremony, 1994-1995.
Box 3 Folder 20
Notebook, notation concerning nursing education programs, undated.
Box 3 Folder 21
News release, School of Nursing, announcement of appointment, 1997.
Box 4 Folder 2
By-Laws for Faculty, list of staff, Philosophy of the Graduate Division, and other related materials, 1975-1976.
Box 4 Folder 3
Proposal, Doctor of Nursing Science, 1977.
Box 4 Folder 4
Grant proposal, Biomedical Research Development Grant, 1978.
Box 4 Folder 5
Appointment, Professor of Nursing, 1977, incoming and outgoing, 1977, 1981, 1987.
Box 4 Folder 6
Marion R. Gregory Award and other School of Nursing Funds, incoming, 1983.
Box 4 Folder 7
Intramural, outgoing, 1989.
Box 4 Folder 8
Retirement, incoming, 1994-1985, 1988-1989, 1995, undated.
Box 4 Folder 9
First National Conference on Doctoral Education in Nursing, 1977.
Box 4 Folder 10
Meeting minutes, report and other related materials, 1979.
Box 4 Folder 11
Sub-committee Preliminary report, 1980.
Box 4 Folder 12
Research study, Nursing Journals Read and Assigned Most Often in Doctoral Programs, 1980.
Box 4 Folder 13
The Wizard of Penn ad other related materials, 1988, undated.
Box 4 Folder 14
President's Fund for Faculty-Student Interaction, Request for Reimbursement, 1989.
Box 4 Folder 15
Deed of Gift, Center for the Study of the History of Nursing, School of Nursing, 2000.
Box 4 Folder 16
In Parting, Cynthia Engman, undated.
Box 4 Folder 17

Scope and Contents note

Included in this series are correspondence, incoming and outgoing requests for consultation, personal references, other files documenting participation in conferences and conventions, acknowledgment of participation in various events, and nominations for awards.

Incoming, 1959, 1975, 1961, 1967, 1969-1981.
Box 5 Folder 1
Incoming, 1989-1988, undated.
Box 5 Folder 2
Outgoing, 1959, 1969, 1975, 1977, 1989-2001.
Box 5 Folder 3
Incoming and outgoing, 1973-1978.
Box 5 Folder 4
Incoming and outgoing, 1979-1980.
Box 5 Folder 5
Incoming and outgoing, January-June 1989.
Box 5 Folder 6
Incoming and outgoing, July-December 1989.
Box 5 Folder 7
Elizabeth Mc William Miller, nomination, incoming, 1983.
Box 5 Folder 8
Pennsylvania Nurses Association, nomination, incoming, 1884.
Box 5 Folder 9
The Eastern Nursing Research Society, recipient, incoming, 1997.
Box 5 Folder 10
American Academy of Nursing, Living Legend Award, incoming, 1997.
Box 5 Folder 11

Scope and Contents note

This series includes Downs’ dissertation, “An Investigation of Maternal Stress in Primigravidas as a Factor in the Production of Neonatal Pathology” and a number of papers presented at conferences, conventions, seminars and other occasions. There are files relating to correspondence with publishing companies and reprints of some of her published articles. Included are books which Down’s was author and co-author. The many publications which she collected include Future Directions of Doctorial Education for Nurses, Conference Report, U.S., Department of Health, Education and Welfare and Issues in Research: Social, Professional and Methodological. Also in this series is the meeting program for the Ninth Nursing Researchers Conference, American Nurses’ Association.

pages 1-69.
Box 6 Folder 1
pages 70-134.
Box 6 Folder 2
1966, 1972-1975.
Box 6 Folder 3
1977-1978.
Box 6 Folder 4
1989-2000.
Box 6 Folder 5
undated.
Box 6 Folder 6
undated.
Box 6 Folder 7
Co-author, "Evaluation of a Prenatal Leaflet Series in Two Project Centers in New York," Florence Downs and Virginia Fernbach, 1970.
Box 6 Folder 8
Papers by others, 1977, undated.
Box 6 Folder 9
Publication of articles, etc., incoming and outgoing, 1967, 1971, 1974.
Box 6 Folder 10
Issues in Nursing Research, incoming and outgoing, 1975-1977.
Box 6 Folder 11
Doctoral Education: Our Claim to the Future, incoming, 1988.
Box 6 Folder 12
Appleton & Lange and F.A. Davis Company, agreement, "The Relationship of Theory and Research," incoming, 1974, 1990-1991.
Box 6 Folder 13
Appleton-Century-Crofts, "Issues in Nursing Research," incoming and outgoing, 1974-1977.
Box 6 Folder 14
Suburban Features, Inc. "The Wide World of Nursing: How to Become Part of It," agreement and other related materials, incoming and outgoing, 1980.
Box 6 Folder 15
C.V. Mosby Company, incoming, 1989.
Box 6 Folder 16
W. B. Saunders Company, agreement, "Differences Between the ProfessionalDoctorate and the Academic/Research Doctorate", 1989.
Box 6 Folder 17
Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, telecopier transmittal, review draft of article prior to publication, incoming and outgoing, 1990.
Box 6 Folder 18
Galley, "Some Critical Issues in Nursing Research", 1969.
Box 6 Folder 19
A Preliminary Investigation of the Reliability and Validity of a Tool for the Assessment of Body Position and Motor Activity, 1976-1977.
Box 7 Folder 1
Strategies for Teaching Research, and "Schools: A setting for Nursing Practice" and other material, 1979-1980.
Box 7 Folder 2
Articles, Florence Downs, 1973-1974, 1976, 1978, 1980, 1988.
Box 7 Folder 3
Interview, "Clinical Nursing Research-an Interview with Pamela J, Brink, Florence S. Downs and Diane W, Scott, 1985.
Box 7 Folder 4
Florence S. Downs, for Man: A Holistic Conception for Nursing; E Pilot Project Final Report, Faye., Spring 1971.
Box 7 Folder 5
References, 1951, 1966-1972, 1974-1975, 1980, undated.
Box 7 Folder 6
Lennart Levi, "Autosclerosis' World Times," "Population, Environment and Quality of Life," Levi and Anderson, and flyer for Society, Stress and Disease, Volume 2: Childhood & Adolescence, Edited by Lennart Levi, 1975.
Box 7 Folder 7
Programs for various continuing education, convention, lecture series, etc., 1964-1966, 1973, 1980 and undated.
Box 7 Folder 8
Middle Range Theories: Historical and Contemporary Perspectives, Frederick Suppe, Ph.D., 1997.
Box 7 Folder 9
Arrangement note

Box 8, Folders 2 and 3 are not listed on the finding aid.

New York State League for Nursing, Sixth Scientific Session, paper presented "Nursing Intervention in Emotional Crisis: Psychological and Physiological Considerations", Florence S. Downs and others, 1964.
Box 7 Folder 10
A Position Paper, American Nurses Association, 1965.
Box 7 Folder 11
Future Directions of Doctorial Education for Nurses, Conference Report, U.S. Department of Health, Education, and Welfare, Bethesda, Maryland, 1971.
Box 7 Folder 12
Issues in Research: Social, Professional, and Methodological, selected papers American Council of Nurse Researchers, Program meeting, 1973.
Box 7 Folder 13
American Nurses' Association, Ninth Nursing Researcher Conference, San Antonio, Texas, 1973.
Box 7 Folder 14
Catholic University of America, School of Nursing, Washington, D.C., The Doctorate in Nursing Science, a Work Conference, 1973.
Box 7 Folder 15
The Journal of the New York State nurses Association, Vol. 4 No. 4, November 1973.
Box 7 Folder 16
The New York Times Magazine, "After a Heart Attack," Stephan Lesher, and "An Unquiet Quiet on Campus," Ronald Berman, 1974.
Box 7 Folder 17
Reports from the Laboratory for Clinical Stress Research, Department of Medicine and Psychiatry, Karolinska, Stockholm, 1975.
Box 7 Folder 18
Human Rights Guidelines for Nurses in Clinical and Other Research,American Nurses Association, 1975 and "The Ethics of Experimentation with Human Subjects." Bernard Barber, Scientific American, February 1976.
Box 7 Folder 19
Research in Nursing, American Nurses' Association, 1976.
Box 8 Folder 1
The Doctorally Prepared Nurse, U.S. Department of Health, Education, and Welfare, Division, 1976.
Box 8 Folder 1
Preparing New Leaders in Nursing for Better Health Care, School of Nursing, University of Pennsylvania, 1978.
Box 8 Folder 4
Proceedings of the 1978 Form on Doctoral Education in Nursing, College of Nursing, Rush University, Chicago, Illinois, 1978.
Box 8 Folder 5
Proceedings of the 1979 Forum on Doctoral Education in Nursing, University of California, San Francisco, California, 1979.
Box 8 Folder 6
Fifth National Forum on Doctoral Education in Nursing Proceedings,University of Washington, School of Nursing, Seattle, Washington, 1981.
Box 8 Folder 7
Forum: Epistemological Strategies in Nursing, The Research Doctorate, Harriet H. Werley University of Colorado, School of Nursing, Denver, Colorado, 1984.
Box 8 Folder 8
Proceedings of Doctoral Programs in Nursing-Consensus for Quality, American Association of Colleges of Nursing, 1984.
Box 8 Folder 9
Nursing as a Force for Social Chance, proceedings "50th Anniversary Symposium, University of Pennsylvania, School of Nursing, Philadelphia Pennsylvania, 1985.
Box 8 Folder 10
International Perspectives & Implication in Nursing, (papers presented) Oregon Health Sciences University, School of Nursing, Portland, Oregon, 1987.
Box 8 Folder 11
A Source Book of Nursing Research, Florence S. Downs and Margaret A Newman, F. A. Davis Company, Philadelphia, Pa. 1st and 2nd edition, 1973, 1977.
Box 9 Folder 1-2
Issues in Nursing Research, Florence S. Downs and Juanita W. Fleming, Appleton-Century-Croft, New York, 1979.
Box 9 Folder 3
New Careers in Nursing Florence Downs and Dorothy Brooten, ARCO Publishing, Inc. New York, 1983.
Box 9 Folder 4
The Relationship of Theory and Research, Jacqueline Fawcett and Florence S. Downs, Appleton-Century-Crofts, Norwalk, Connecticut, 1986.
Box 9 Folder 5
Handbook of Research Methodology, Florence S. Downs, 1988.
Box 9 Folder 6
Readings in Research Methodology, Edition 2, Florence S. Downs, Lippincott Philadelphia, New York, Baltimore, 1999.
Box 9 Folder 7
Newspaper clipping and other publications re: Florence Downs activities, 1944, 1967, 1980, 1991, 2004, undated.
Box 9 Folder 8

Scope and Contents note

This small series include pictures taken at various ceremonial or social occasions and student nursing days.

St John's University, School of Education, Jamaica, New York, Annual Communion Breakfast, 1955.
Flatbox 11 Photo 1
Florence S. Downs and Sue Ann Adams (graduate student),University of, Pennsylvania, School of Nursing, 50th anniversary, 1995.
Flatbox 11 Photo 2
Faculty members, unidentified, University of Pennsylvania, School of Nursing, 1990.
Flatbox 11 Photo 3-4
Florence S. Downs with other faculty members on stage, place unidentified, 1991.
Flatbox 11 Photo 5
Florence S. Downs with three unidentified persons, 1991.
Flatbox 11 Photo 6
Florence S. Downs and unidentified person, undated.
Flatbox 11 Photo 7
Florence S. Downs and Terri Weaver, undated.
Flatbox 11 Photo 8
Florence S. Downs and faculty of Mahidul University, Bangkok, Thailand, undated.
Flatbox 11 Photo 9-10
Florence S. Downs at podium, Mahidul University, Bangkok, Thailand, undated.
Flatbox 11 Photo 11
Florence S. Downs, receiving and accepting the Elizabeth McWilliam Miller Award for Excellence in Research, Sigma Theda Tau, 1983.
Flatbox 11 Photo 12-13
Florence S. Downs receiving and accepting award, unidentified, undated.
Flatbox 11 Photo 14-15
Group placed unidentified, 1975.
Flatbox 11 Photo 16-17
Florence S. Downs with two unidentified persons, N.L.N. Seminar, 1978.
Flatbox 11 Photo 18
Florence S. Downs with one unidentified person, N.L.N. Seminar, 1978.
Flatbox 11 Photo 19
Florence S. Downs, Washington, D.C., 1987.
Flatbox 11 Photo 20
Florence S. Downs with unidentified persons, 1990.
Flatbox 11 Photo 21-22
Florence S. Downs with three unidentified persons, undated.
Flatbox 11 Photo 23
Florence S. Downs and Claire Fagan and six unidentified persons, undated.
Flatbox 11 Photo 24
Florence S. Downs on a camel and three unidentified persons, Egypt, 1999.
Flatbox 11 Photo 25
Florence S. Downs with two unidentified persons, Orient, 1990.
Flatbox 11 Photo 26
Individual reading Nursing Research, undated.
Flatbox 11 Photo 27-31
Infants being monitored, undated.
Flatbox 11 Photo 32-39
Additional.
Florence S. Downs in student nurse uniform St Lukes's Hospital, School of Nursing, 1944-1945.
Flatbox 11 Folder 1
Florence S. Downs and with friends, 1945, 1958, undated.
Flatbox 11 Folder 2
Florence S. Downs with friends and social gatherings, 1965, 1978, 1982, 2004-2005, undated.
Flatbox 11 Folder 3

Scope and Contents note

Included in this series are the Honorary Alumni Award from the University of Pennsylvania School of Nursing, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The certifications include the Founders Day Scholar, New York University, New York, New York, The Century Club, and the American Foundation Club. The plaques include the Sigma Theta Tau Founders Award and the Elizabeth Mc Williams Award for Excellence in Nursing. There are also diplomas from St. Luke’s Hospital, School of Nursing, New York, and New York University, New York. This series also contains poster welcoming Downs to the Mahidul University, Bangkok, Thailand.

Distinguished Alumnus Award, New York University, Division of Nursing Alumnus, 1981.
Flatbox 11
Sigma Theta Tau, Founders Award, "The Elizabeth McWilliams Award E. N. R. S., Founders Award in Recognition of Your Contribution, 1992.
Flatbox 11
T-shirt, "Paradigm Busters," Desk name plate.
Flatbox 11
Founders Day Scholar, New York University, New York, New York, 1964.
Flatbox 10 Folder 1
MA. Honoris Causa, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 1977.
Flatbox 10 Folder 2
The Century Club, American Foundation Club, 1982.
Flatbox 10 Folder 3
Upsilon Chapter, Sigma Theta Tau, International Honor Society of Nursing, 1986.
Flatbox 10 Folder 4
Sigma Theta Tau International, Knowledge Building Campaign, 1989.
Flatbox 10 Folder 5
Honorary Alumni Award, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 1984.
Flatbox 10 Folder 6
St Luke's Hospital, School of Nursing, New York, New York, 1947.
Flatbox 10 Folder 7
Univeritas Saneti, Joannis Neo Eborac, B.S., 1956.
Flatbox 10 Folder 8
New York University, School of Education, New York, Doctor of Education, 1964.
Flatbox 10 Folder 9
Welcome poster: "Welcome to Faculty of Mahidul University, Florence Downs, Bangkok,Thailand, undated.
Flatbox 10 Folder 10

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