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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.
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.
University of Pennsylvania: Barbara Bates Center for the Study of The History of Nursing
Finding Aid Author
Finding aid prepared by Jessica Clark
Access Restrictions
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.