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 File — Box: 6, Folder: 1-108

Scope and Contents

(a)Covers the annual conventions of the hstorical Society of Superintendents of Training Schools for Nurses and the succeeding changes in name from the period 1894 through 1920.(b)Contains an outline of the constitutions, bylaws, ballot forms, applications to conventions, program pamphlets, resolutions, tributes and commemorations for the period. (c)Includes a 3 1/2 x 4 1/2 picture of Florence Nightingale and letters to her from the secretaries of the Society. A copy of her letter written in 1872 to Dr. W. Gill Wylie, Surgeon, who went to England to study the Nightingale method; pamphlets of some of her literary pieces; a catalog of her published materials, and newspaper clippings on her activities.(d)Correspondence copies by distinguished nursing leaders, i.e. Miss Georgia M. Nevia, Miss M. A. Nutting, Mrs. Isabel Hampton Robb, etc.

Dates

  • 1894-1952

Extent

From the Collection: 3.2 Linear Feet (8 boxes)

Language of Materials

From the Collection:

Collection materials primarily in English

Restrictions

Collection is not restricted. Contact the Reference Staff for information regarding access.

Scope and Contents

(a)Covers the annual conventions of the hstorical Society of Superintendents of Training Schools for Nurses and the succeeding changes in name from the period 1894 through 1920.(b)Contains an outline of the constitutions, bylaws, ballot forms, applications to conventions, program pamphlets, resolutions, tributes and commemorations for the period. (c)Includes a 3 1/2 x 4 1/2 picture of Florence Nightingale and letters to her from the secretaries of the Society. A copy of her letter written in 1872 to Dr. W. Gill Wylie, Surgeon, who went to England to study the Nightingale method; pamphlets of some of her literary pieces; a catalog of her published materials, and newspaper clippings on her activities.(d)Correspondence copies by distinguished nursing leaders, i.e. Miss Georgia M. Nevia, Miss M. A. Nutting, Mrs. Isabel Hampton Robb, etc.

Creator

Collecting Area Details

Part of the Archives and Modern Manuscripts Collection Collecting Area

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