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Nursing Education Alumni Association at Teachers College, Columbia University, Records
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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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Included in the Nursing Education Alumnae Association at Teachers College, Columbia University (TCNEAA) records are administrative records such as board of directors and executive committee meeting and minutes. Other series include various committee files, financial information, and membership records. In addition, Nursing Hall of Fame materials, conference documents, and their Centennial Celebration files, which include oral interviews and photographs.
Gift of the Nursing Education Alumni Association at Teachers College, Columbia University.
Formerly housed at the Center for Nursing at the Foundation of New York State Nurses (NYSN) until 2025 when their building was sold. In 2025, a selection of materials was arranged to be transferred to the Bates Center based on Center policies and capacity for new collections. Dissertations, theses, and books that alumni produced or were featured in were not included in the transfer. An original inventory of the collection, including a full listing of materials not retained, is kept at the Center and is available by request.
In an effort to assist researchers who may have used or referenced the collection while at Center for Nursing at the Foundation of New York State Nurses (CFNNY), the Bates Center has retained the original box numbers and order of folders per box insomuch as possible, along with series titles. Clarity to sub-series and sub-groups has been made to enhance the researcher experience while using the collection.
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- University of Pennsylvania: Barbara Bates Center for the Study of The History of Nursing
- Finding Aid Author
- Jessica Clark
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This collection is unrestricted.
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Collection Inventory
Contained in this series are some reports and publications produced by TC nursing alumni or relate to Teachers College (TC) nursing education and its alumni.
This series contains the documents related to the administrative activities of the NEAA. This includes annual reports, board minutes and meetings, awards, and various committee files [membership, bylaws, nominations, nursing, history, awards, finance].
The NEAA has a long standing understanding of documenting its history and the importance of archiving their records. This series contains historical files, business documents, and archival guidelines.
This series contains the correspondence conducted by the NEAA as well as administration correspondence.
Contained in this series are documents related to the uncertainty of the nursing department at Teachers College at various years and its impact on alumni and future alumni.
This series holds the newsletters, notes to members, and other small publications about the ongoings of the NEAA operations and news.
This series contains the financial information for the NEAA including statements and reports.
The Stewart Conference on Research in Nursing was established in 1963. The conference provides a forum for all nurses, including students, alumni, and health care professionals to share their research with nursing's scholarly community and to learn about the latest trends and issues in research, education, and practice. This series contains materials related to the organization of the conference as well as programs and conference materials.
This series includes planning documents, correspondence, administration files as well oral interviews with notable Alumni and photographs from the Centennial Celebration event in 1999.
This series contains materials related to the awards presented by the NEAA at their annual conference.
The R. Louise McManus Medal is given to an alumni who holds a graduate degree in nursing from Teachers College in recognition of long-standing contributions of a distinguished nature to the nursing profession. It is named in honor of one of nursing's earliest leaders and one of TC's most distinguished faculty members and chairs, R. Louise McManus. Teachers College established the McManus Medal in 1964 to honor pioneer nurse and nursing education director Louise McManus.
Achievement Awards includes the Nursing Scholarship and Research Award, Nursing Education Award, Nursing Practice Award, Nursing Service Award and Leadership in Professional and Allied Health Organizations Award.
The Teachers College Nursing Education Alumni Association Hall of Fame was established in 1999 during the TC Nursing Centennial Celebration. NEAA Achievement Awards and McManus Medal recipients are automatically inducted into the Hall of Fame.