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Helen Murphey and Mary Murphey Hankinson collection

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Held at: University of Pennsylvania: Barbara Bates Center for the Study of The History of Nursing [Contact Us]Claire Fagin Hall, 418 Curie Boulevard, Floor 2U, Philadelphia, PA, 19104-4217

This is a finding aid. It is a description of archival material held at the University of Pennsylvania: Barbara Bates Center for the Study of The History of Nursing. Unless otherwise noted, the materials described below are physically available in their reading room, and not digitally available through the web.

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Call Number:
MC 218
Repository:
University of Pennsylvania: Barbara Bates Center for the Study of The History of Nursing
Extent:
1.5 linear feet
Language:
English
Preferred Citation:
Helen Murphey and Mary Murphey Hankinson collection, Barbara Bates Center for The Study of The History of Nursing, University of Pennsylvania
Date:
circa 1905-1950s
Creator:
Hankinson, Mary (Polly) Murphey and Murphey, Helen
Donor:
Braly, Mary Ellen
Form:
Photographs
Abstract:
Helen Murphey and Mary (Polly) Murphey Hankinson were sisters who both graduated from Philadelphia General Hospital (PGH). This collection contains PGH-related photographs and correspondence, news clippings, and a syringe kit.

Helen Murphey graduated from Philadelphia General Hospital (PGH) in 1925. After additional education from the University of Pennsylvania, she became an obstetric nursing educator and supervisor of prenatal clinics and obstestrics at PGH. She also initiated a LPN program for the Philadelphia Board of Education. After 20 years at PGH, Murphey joined a government aid program as a director of nursing education. She served in South America and in Liberia as the Director of the Nursing School at Monrovia General Hospital. Murphey retired in 1963.

Mary Murphey Hankinson graduated from PGH in 1935 and worked as a nurse in Lancaster, PA.

Gift of Mary Ellen Braly, 2010.

See also: MC 5A, Philadelphia General Hospital School of Nursing records, and MC 72, Philadelphia General Hospital School of Nursing student files

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Publisher
University of Pennsylvania: Barbara Bates Center for the Study of The History of Nursing
Finding Aid Author
Finding aid prepared by Bethany Myers
Access Restrictions

This collection is unrestricted.

Use Restrictions

Copyright restrictions may apply. Please contact the Center with requests for copying and for authorization to publish, quote or reproduce the material.

Collection Inventory

Set of 4x5 photos of Philadelphia Hospital (#1-12, 16-21, 24-29, 31-42), mounted., 1891?.
Christmas postcard from PGH, Lillian Clayton, 1927.
2 letters re: PGH maternity department, 1930.
Photocopy of yearbook page featuring Murphey, 1925.
2 photographs of Murphey and others in Monrovia, Liberia, undated.
News clipping about Murphey, 1939.
Newspaper page about Hankinson, 1974.
Syringe kit belonging to Hankinson, circa 1935.
1 oversized photo of Easter procession to Alice Fisher's grave, 1931.
PGH Alumni Association banquet menu and program, 1938.

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