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Thelma M. Schorr papers

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Call Number:
MC 79
Repository:
University of Pennsylvania: Barbara Bates Center for the Study of The History of Nursing
Extent:
2.0 linear feet
Language:
English
Preferred Citation:
Thelma M. Schorr papers, Barbara Bates Center for The Study of The History of Nursing, University of Pennsylvania
Date:
1952-1991 (inclusive)
Creator:
Schorr, Thelma M., 1924-
Form:
Personal papers
Abstract:
Thelma Schorr is known as a former editor of the American Journal of Nursing. This collection consists of her personal and professional papers, which document her time at the American Journal of Nursing Company and her work on her book Making Choices, Taking Chances.

Born and raised in New Haven, Connecticut, Thelma M. Schorr entered Bellevue School of Nursing in 1942, graduating in the Class of 1945. She later received a Bachelor of Science in nursing from Teachers College, Columbia University. While studying at Columbia, Schorr joined the editorial staff of the American Journal of Nursing Company in 1949 after publicizing the "dumping" of tuberculosis patients on open wards at Bellevue Hospital. Over the next thirty years, she held various positions at the American Journal of Nursing Company before becoming editor in 1970, and president and publisher in 1981.Thelma Schorr co-authored a book with Anne Zimmermann on important nursing figures entitled Making Choices, Taking Chances, which was published in 1988.

Thelma Schorr is known as a former editor of the American Journal of Nursing. This collection includes files of her personal and organizational material, as well as material relating to a book she co-authored. This collection is particularly strong in documenting her work at the American Journal of Nursing, and in the development of the book, Making Choices, Taking Chances.

Gift of Thelma M. Schorr.

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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 Center staff, updated by Bethany Myers
Sponsor
This collection was processed with funds provided by the National Historical Publications and Records Commission as part of the Nursing History Processing and Cataloging Project.
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This collection is unrestricted.

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

Collection Inventory

Correspondence, 1968-1990.
Box 1 Folder 1
Congratulatory Cards, 1971.
Box 1 Folder 2
Congratulatory Cards, 1981.
Box 1 Folder 3
Miscellaneous.
Box 1 Folder 4
Programs, 1973-1991.
Box 1 Folder 5
Rutgers University, 1973.
Box 1 Folder 6
New Hampshire Nursing Association, 1975.
Box 1 Folder 7
Boston University, 1975.
Box 1 Folder 8
International Year of the Woman, 1976.
Box 1 Folder 9
Student Nurses Association of North Carolina, 1979.
Box 1 Folder 10
Florida Nurses Association, 1979.
Box 1 Folder 11
American Nurses Foundation, 1980.
Box 1 Folder 12
Iowa State Nurses Association, 1980.
Box 1 Folder 13
Case Western Reserves University, 1981.
Box 1 Folder 14
Nebraska Nmses Association, 1981.
Box 1 Folder 15
American Nurses Association, 1986.
Box 1 Folder 16
National Conference on Cancer Nursing, 1991.
Box 1 Folder 17
Michigan, undated.
Box 1 Folder 18
Texas, undated.
Box 1 Folder 19
Open Letter to President Carter, 1977.
Box 1 Folder 20
Clippings, 1971-1985.
Box 1 Folder 21
Personal Notes from Unknown Conference, 1978.
Box 1 Folder 22
Trip to Israel, 1976.
Box 1 Folder 23
Trip to China, 1977.
Box 1 Folder 24
Unpublished Book, Caring, 1982.
Box 1 Folder 25
Unpublished Book, Caring, cont., 1982.
Box 1 Folder 26

Assignments.
Box 2 Folder 1
Board Reports.
Box 2 Folder 2
1969-1980.
Box 2 Folder 3
1977.
Box 2 Folder 4
1981.
Box 2 Folder 5
1981-1989.
Box 2 Folder 6
Editor's Conference.
Box 2 Folder 7
Miscellaneous.
Box 2 Folder 8
Press Releases.
Box 2 Folder 9
Research Materials.
Box 2 Folder 10

Aiken, Linda.
Box 2 Folder 1
Alfanso, Genrose.
Box 2 Folder 2
Aydelotte, Myrtle K.
Box 2 Folder 3
Banard, Kathryn.
Box 2 Folder 4
Benoliel, Jeanne Q.
Box 2 Folder 5
Bessent, Mattie.
Box 2 Folder 6
Bowman, Rosemary.
Box 2 Folder 7
Burke, Sheila.
Box 2 Folder 8
Carnegie, Elizabeth.
Box 3 Folder 9
Christman, Luther.
Box 3 Folder 10
Cornelius, Dorothy.
Box 3 Folder 11
Curtin, Leah.
Box 3 Folder 12
Cushing, Maureen.
Box 3 Folder 13
Davis, Anne J.
Box 3 Folder 14
Diers, Donna.
Box 3 Folder 15
Donley, Rosemary.
Box 3 Folder 16
Driscoll, Veronica.
Box 3 Folder 17
Dvorak, Eileen.
Box 3 Folder 18
Fagin, Claire.
Box 3 Folder 19
Griffith, Elsie.
Box 3 Folder 20
Hill, Martha.
Box 3 Folder 21
Holleran, Constance.
Box 3 Folder 22
Igoe, Judith.
Box 3 Folder 23
Johnson-Brown, Hazel W.
Box 3 Folder 24
Kalisch, Beatrice J.
Box 3 Folder 25
Kelley, Lucie S.
Box 3 Folder 26
Kinney, Marguerite.
Box 3 Folder 27
King, Imogene.
Box 3 Folder 28
Kowalski, Karen.
Box 3 Folder 29
Kramer, Marlene.
Box 3 Folder 30
Lambertson, Eleanor C.
Box 3 Folder 31
Leininger, Madeliene.
Box 3 Folder 32
Lenburg, Carrie B.
Box 3 Folder 33
Leone, Lucile-Petry.
Box 3 Folder 34
Levine, Myra.
Box 3 Folder 35
Lubic, Ruth.
Box 4 Folder 36
Manthey, Marie.
Box 4 Folder 37
Martinson, Ida.
Box 4 Folder 38
Mauksch, Ingeborg G.
Box 4 Folder 39
McBride, Angela.
Box 4 Folder 40
McCafferty, Margo.
Box 4 Folder 41
Montag, Mildred.
Box 4 Folder 42
Murphy, Catherine.
Box 4 Folder 43
Nichols, Barbara.
Box 4 Folder 44
Ohlson, Virginia.
Box 4 Folder 45
Ripple, Helen B.
Box 4 Folder 46
Roy, Callista.
Box 4 Folder 47
Scaffer, Franklin.
Box 4 Folder 48
Scolofeldt, Rozella M.
Box 4 Folder 49
Schwartz, Doris.
Box 4 Folder 50
Smith, Gloria.
Box 4 Folder 51
Stafford; Margaret .T.
Box 4 Folder 52
Steel, Jean E.
Box 4 Folder 53
Stone, Virginia.
Box 4 Folder 54
Styles, Margretta M.
Box 4 Folder 55
de Tornyay, Rheba.
Box 4 Folder 56
Ufema, Joy.
Box 4 Folder 57
Werley, Harriet.
Box 4 Folder 58
Werner, June.
Box 4 Folder 59
Williams, Virginia T.
Box 5 Folder 60
Woods, Nancy Fugate.
Box 5 Folder 61
undated.
Box 5 Folder 62
1984-1988.
Box 5 Folder 63
Galley Prints.
Box 5 Folder 64
Letters of Inquiry.
Box 5 Folder 65
Memoranda.
Box 5 Folder 66
Negative Responses.
Box 5 Folder 67
Outlines and Notes.
Box 5 Folder 68
Publishing Agreements.
Box 5 Folder 69

Thelma Schorr, undated.
Box 6 Photo 1
At Vermont College, undated.
Box 6 Photo 2
Norman Schorr at Ccommission on Graduate of Foreign Nursing Schools banquet, undated.
Box 6 Photo 3
After Speech at the American Nurses Association Convention, 1952.
Box 6 Photo 4
With Gretchin Gerds Managing Editor of American Journal of Nursing Company, 1972.
Box 6 Photo 5
At International Council of Nursing Congress in Japan, 1977.
Box 6 Photo 6
At Great Wall of China, 1977.
Box 6 Photo 7
As President of American Journal of Nursing Company, 1981.
Box 6 Photo 8
With Norman Schorr at International Council of Nursing Meeting in Israel, 1985.
Box 6 Photo 9
Adele Herwitz at International Council of Nursing Meeting in Israel, 1985.
Box 6 Photo 10
At American Journel of Nursing Company Christmas Party, 1985.
Box 6 Photo 11
At Washington Roundtable, 1986.
Box 6 Photo 12
At podium at the PAHO Meeting in Columbia, 1986.
Box 6 Photo 13
At the PAHO Meeting in Columbia, 1986.
Box 6 Photo 14
At NSNA Convention, 1986.
Box 6 Photo 15
At American Nurses Association Convention in Anaheim, 1986.
Box 6 Photo 16
With Margaret Stafford and Mary Kelly Miellane, 1975.
Box 6 Photo 17
With Shawn Kennedy in New Orleans, LA. at MCN Convention, 1987.
Box 6 Photo 18
Receiving an Award in San Francisco, 1990.
Box 6 Photo 19
With Winners of the Thelma Schorr Award in San Francisco, 1990.
Box 6 Photo 20
Irish Minister of Health at the Podium of National Council of Nurses Meeting in Dublin, 1971.
Box 6 Photo 21
Liberia Awarding Plaque to the National Council Nurses of Ireland in Dublin, 1971.
Box 6 Photo 22
International council of nurses Representatives with Prize Winning Nursing Students Dublin,Ireland, 1971.
Box 6 Photo 23
International Council of Nurses Representatives with the President of Ireland in Dublin, 1971.
Box 6 Photo 24
Group at a Banquet for the International Council of Nurses in Dublin, Ireland, 1971.
Box 6 Photo 25
Adele Herwitz, Executive Director of the International Council of Nurses with Representatives from the Philippines in Dublin, Ireland, 1971.
Box 6 Photo 26

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