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The Center for Nursing Historical Inquiry collection

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MS-8

Scope and Contents

The Center for Nursing Historical Inquiry collection includes 16 sub-collections. Another CNHI Collection, NAPNAP, has it's own EAD guide (MS-20). Sub-collections include Association of State and Territorial Directors of Nursing Papers (ASTDN)*, 1985-2001 (Boxes 1-4 ), Evelyn Crary Bacon Papers, 1942-1991 (Boxes 1-2), Alice Burford Booth Papers*, 1940-1967 (Boxes 1-2), Dr. Barbara Brodie Papers (Box 1), Rose Marie Chioni Papers*, 1940-1967 (Boxes 1-3), Annie Laurie Crawford Papers, 1934-1987 (Boxes 1-3), Kathryn Jaquette Papers, 1969-1974 (Boxes 1-3), Louise Paris Jones Papers, 1946-1998 (Boxes 1-4), Gloria Nuckles Papers, 1950-1954 (Box 1), Gretchen Osgood Papers, 1963-1990 (Boxes 1-3), JoAnne Peach Papers*, 1962-2001 (Boxes 1-8), SERPN collection (Boxes 1-12), Levato Jacobs Thomas Papers, 1960-1980s (Boxes 1-2), Fay Franklin Thomas-Vaden Papers, 1934-1944 (Boxes 1- 2), White Caps: Virginia Baptist Hospital Yearbook (Box 1), Helen Yura Papers (Boxes 1-2).

*Starred sub-collections are housed at the Center for Nursing Historical Inquiry.

Dates

  • Creation: 1934 - 2001

Language of Materials

English

Conditions Governing Access

Collection is open to research.

Conditions Governing Use

Copyright restrictions may apply to some materials.

Biographical / Historical

The Eleanor Crowder Bjoring Center for Nursing Historical Inquiry (CNHI), established at the University of Virginia in 1991 to support historical scholarship in nursing, is dedicated to the preservation and study of nursing history in the United States. The goals of the Center include the collection of materials, the promotion of scholarship, and the dissemination of historical research findings.

Extent

22.7 Linear Feet

Arrangement

The collection is arranged alphabetically by sub-collection.

Immediate Source of Acquisition

Papers were collected by Dr. Barbara Brodie and the University of Virginia School of Nursing. The Papers of JoAnne Peach were donated by JoAnne Peach.

Physical Description

23.5 linear feet, (53 boxes, 23,000 items)

General

Processed by:
The Center for Nursing Historical Inquiry and Historical Collections Staff
Title
A Guide to the Center for Nursing Historical Inquiry collection, 1934-2001
Subtitle
A Collection in Historical Collections, Claude Moore Health Sciences LibraryMS-8
Author
Historical Collections Staff
Date
2005
Language of description
Undetermined
Script of description
Code for undetermined script
Language of description note
English

Revision Statements

  • Apr 8, 2008: 1. Papers of JoAnne Peach added.
  • 2013-11-21: Converted to schema conforming EAD by dtd2schema.vh.xsl.
  • 2016-03-01: PUBLIC "-//University of Virginia::Health System::Claude Moore Health Sciences Library::Historical Collections//TEXT (US::ViU-H::viuh00008::The Papers of The Center for Nursing Historical Inquiry, 1934-2001)//EN" "viuh00008.xml"

Repository Details

Part of the The Eleanor Crowder Bjoring Center for Nursing Historical Inquiry Repository

Contact:
University of Virginia School of Nursing
P.O. Box 800782
Charlottesville Virginia 22908-0782 United States