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Bernice M. Gorski papers

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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

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Call Number:
MC 243
Repository:
University of Pennsylvania: Barbara Bates Center for the Study of The History of Nursing
Extent:
3.0 cubic feet
Language:
English
Preferred Citation:
Bernice M. Gorski papers, Barbara Bates Center for The Study of The History of Nursing, University of Pennsylvania, School of Nursing
Date:
1936-2000 (inclusive)
Donor:
Gorski, Stan
Form:
Printed ephemera
Abstract:
This collection documents Bernice Gorski’s career as a student at Philadelphia General Hospital School of Nursing (PGH) in the mid-1930s; her service in the Naval Nurse Corps stationed in the Aleutian Islands during World War II; and her participation in the PGH SON alumni association and Naval Nurse Corps Association.

Gift of Stan Gorksi.

This collection is unprocessed. A preliminary inventory is given here. Please contact the Center for more information.

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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 Jessica Clark
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This collection is unrestricted.

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Collection Inventory

Class notes- Philadelphia General Hospital, 3 binders, 1936.
Box 1
Papers (preprinted) and exam booklets- 1 binder.
Box 1
Case studies (PGH)- 15 large envelope.
Box 1
Printed ephemera- small pamphlets, announcements, etc. 1 large envelope.
Box 1
Printed ephemera (student orientated): tickets, programs, etc.
Box 1
Alumni Programs- reunion material, lists, announcements, etc.
Box 1
Hunter, Robert Origin of the Philadelphia General Hospital-Blockely Division, 1977.
Box 1
Nursing Procedures, School of Nursing, Philadelphia PA, PGH (annotated and indexed in manuscript, comments throughout. Used while in service during World War II), 1934.
Box 1
Scope yearbook, 1937.
Box 1
Scope yearbook (annotated and signed throughout; students and staff; reunion picture), 1939.
Box 1
Blockley News (student newspaper): V2: 1,2,4,5,6,7,9,10 V3: 1,2,3, Christmas, 6,7,8,9,10 V4: 1,2,3,Christmas,5,6,7,8,9?,10 V5: 7.
Box 3
Bulletin: Alumnae Association Newsletter, 205 issues, 1940s-2000.
Box 3

Copies of military newspapers various stations, 30 pcs/large envelope.
Box 2
Newspaper clippings from various Navy Hospitals.
Box 2
Ephemera from time in Alaska; invitations, announcements, etc.
Box 2
Newspaper clippings regarding activities in Alaska.
Box 2
Letters and correspondence with military personnel.
Box 2
Photo album- mostly while station in Alaska, Group pictures.
Box 2
Photograph oversized, Military Doctors at San Diego Hospital (rolled), 1945.
Box 2
Photograph oversized, Military Nurses at San Diego Hospital (rolled).
Box 2
Clinical notes, procedures (printed): large envelope.
Box 2
US Navy official correspondence: large envelope.
Box 2
Misc. expense record, matchcovers, etc.: large envelope.
Box 2
Misc.: 2 large envelopes.
Box 2
30 issues of newsletter, 1980-1990’s.
Box 3
Presentation on Tuberculous (approximately 15 feet in length), 1947.
Box 3
Reunion.
Box 3
World War II article.
Box 3

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