A Guide to the Papers of The Center for Nursing Historical Inquiry 1934-2001 Center for Nursing Historical Inquiry, Papers, of MS-8

A Guide to the Papers of The Center for Nursing Historical Inquiry 1934-2001

A Collection in
Historical Collections, Claude Moore Health Sciences Library
Accession Number MS-8


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Processed by: The Center for Nursing Historical Inquiry Historical Collections Staff

Repository
Historical Collections, Claude Moore Health Sciences Library, University of Virginia
Accession number
MS-8
Title
The Papers of The Center for Nursing Historical Inquiry 1934-2001
Physical Characteristics
23.5 linear feet, (53 boxes, 23,000 items.)
Language
English

Administrative Information

Access Restrictions

Collection is open to research.

Use Restrictions

There are no restrictions.

Preferred Citation

The papers of The Center for Nursing Historical Inquiry, Accession #MS-8, Historical Collections, Claude Moore Health Sciences Library, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Va.

Acquisition Information

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.

Biographical/Historical Information

The 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.

Scope and Content

The Center for Nursing Historical Inquiry archive includes 16 subcollections. Sixteen collections are located in this EAD. NAPNAP, MS-20, has it's own EAD guide. Subcollections 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).

Arrangement

The collection is arranged alphabetically by subcollection.

Contents List

inclusive: CNHI: Associations of State & Territorial Directors of Nursing Papers 1985-2001
4 boxes, 1.75 linear feet

The materials in this collection consist of administrative documents generated by ASTDN, including correspondence, reports, meeting minutes, bylaws, newsletters, and historical data. The early years of the organization are not represented in the collection, which dates from 1985, although a historical summary dating back to 1935 is included. The ASTDN Papers document the expanding activities and agenda of the organization, as it has acted as an agent in shaping the role and status of the public health nurse.

The collection has been arranged into three series, reflecting the administrative structure and activities of the organization: Series 1: Administrative: By laws, membership lists, meeting minutes and reports. Series 2: Correspondence and related documents: Series 3: Publications and reports, by ASTDN and other organizations ASTDN, cont'd.

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inclusive: CNHI: Evelyn Crary Bacon Papers 1943-1991
2 boxes, .8 linear feet

Evelyn Crary Bacon was born in Iowa in 1916 and earned baccalaureate and master's de-grees from the University of Iowa School of Nursing in 1937 and 1940. From 1942 to 1945 she served in the Army Nurse Corps in the USA and in England, then taught at UCLA and the University of Iowa before enrolling in a doctoral program at the University of Chicago in 1949. Before completing her degree she married Franklin Bacon and moved to Charlottesville, Virginia, where she taught extension courses throughout the state for UVA's Cabaniss School of Nursing Education. She served as acting chair of the University's Department of Nursing Education from 1954 to 1956, then joined the faculty of the Medical College of Virginia School of Nursing in 1960. From 1965 to 1968 Bacon headed the Richmond Professional Institute and during the 1970s and 80s she taught at a number of institutions and was in demand as a consultant. Throughout her career in the state she was a recognized leader in Virginia nursing education, known for her work with the Virginia State Board of Nursing (VSBN), the Virginia Nurses Association (VNA), the Virginia League for Nursing (VLN), and the Southern Regional Education Board. Bacon was also active in the National League for Nursing (NLN). In 1985 she retired from the faculty of the J.S. Reynolds Community College in Richmond

Because the collection presents no clearly defined structure, it has been arranged into one roughly chronological series from 1942 through 1991. Related topical materials have been combined. This is not a comprehensive collection of Bacon's papers, but a fragmented assortment representing various phases of her personal and professional life between 1942 and 1985. Most of the collection comprises reprints, course outlines, references, and guides, with some correspondence and minutes from meetings of the VSBN and the VNA. Her career from 1955 to 1991 is highlighted in documents relating to the Richmond Professional Institute, the Medical College of Virginia, state boards, nurses associations, and junior colleges, as well as the National League for Nursing and the American Nurses Association. The material is most notable for its World War II correspondence, and for an interview of Bacon discussing her war experiences on cassette tape.

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inclusive: CNHI: Alice Burford Booth Papers 1940-1967
2 boxes, .8 linear feet

Alice Burford Booth, RN, graduated from Blackstone College in 1940 and from the diploma program in nursing at the Medical College of Virginia (MCV) in 1943. In 1944 she received the bachelor of science in nursing from MCV, based on her course work at other institutions. From 1943 to 1944 she was head nurse on the psychiatric unit, then moved to New York City for post-graduate studies. Returning to MCV in 1945 as clinical instructor in psychiatry, by 1948 she had been promoted to associate professor of psychiatric nursing. After a career hiatus, she returned to MCV from 1965-1967 as instructor in psychiatric nursing in the associate degree program, which closed in 1967, then worked in the Student Health Department at MCV until her retirement in 1982.

The Burford Booth collection consists primarily of lecture notes, exams and educational pamphlets related to mental health and psychiatry (1940-1960), and curriculum guides for MCV. It comprises psychiatric nursing material from her days as a student and from her career as an instructor. Of some note are two 1944 letters from Johns Hopkins Hospital and Traverse City State Hospital regarding "electroshock convulsion syndrome;" pamphlets on depression, alcoholism, mental hygiene and adjunct therapies in the burgeoning field of psychiatric nursing; and the histories of Eastern State, Central State (Va.) and St. Elizabeth's Hospital in Washington, D.C., and of the Virginia Treatment Center for Children. The papers are a useful source of information on medical treatment of the mentally ill in the World War II era, and on changing attitudes toward mental illness in the medical community and society at large.

This collection has been arranged into one largely chronological series.

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inclusive: Dr. Barbara Brodie Papers 1955-1975
1 box, .4 linear feet

Follows school of nursing history in hospitals and schools of practical nursing throughout Virginia.

Arranged alphabetically.

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inclusive: Rose Marie Chioni Papers 1940-1967
3 boxes, 1.25 linear feet

Dr. Rose Marie Chioni, a native of LaSalle, Illinois, received her nursing diploma from St. Francis Hospital School of Nursing in Peoria, Illinois, in 1953. She graduated from the University of Minnesota in 1956 with a B.S.N.Ed., received her M.A. degree in 1958 from the University of Chicago, and was awarded a Ph.D. degree from Ohio State University in 1964. On December 31, 1988, Dr. Chioni resumed a faculty role at the University of Virginia School of Nursing after fourteen years as Dean and Sadie Heath Cabaniss Professor of Nursing. Under her progressive leadership Virginia's first doctoral program in nursing was begun. She retired in May 1995.

This collection consists of personal and professional papers, presentations, and published articles focusing primarily on professional issues in nursing and nursing education, on both the state and national levels. The bulk of the material dates from 1963 to 1994. The Rose Marie Chioni Papers have been arranged chronologically within topical categories: 1950-1994.

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inclusive: CNHI: Annie Laurie Crawford Papers 1934-1987
3 boxes, 1.25 linear feet

This collection consists primarily of publications, presentations, memos, conference reports, and correspondence by Annie Laurie Crawford. These include articles written for professional journals and reports of staff development and consultation activities conducted by Crawford, such as workshops, seminars, institutes and programs for psychiatric aides, LPN's, and RNs. The correspondence includes Crawford's letters to journal editors, communication with health institutions related to psychiatric nursing consulting work, and correspondence with state nurses' associations. The collection also contains pamphlets and articles collected by Crawford, mostly related to mental health and psychiatric nursing, and certificates and awards presented to her over the course of her career. The materials range in date from the 1940s to the 1980s, and represent an overview of Crawford's career and interests rather than an extensive collection of her work.

This series has been arranged into four chronological series. Series 1: Publications, presentations, and memos by Crawford, Series 2: Crawford Correspondence 91942-1984), Series 3: Notes, papers, articles, and news clippings collected by Crawford (1941-1980), Series 4: Certificates and Awards.

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inclusive: CNHI: Kathryn Jaquette Papers 1969-1974
3 boxes, 1.25 linear feet

This collection consists of training program protocols, practice protocols, legislative materials, educational pamphlets, journal articles, and newspaper articles related to the nurse practitioner movement in the 1970s. The materials in the Jaquette Papers are the result of her research into NP protocols for the National Health Service, a task assigned by the Service with the intent to use the data to develop a standard NP protocol. After collecting information from NP public health programs around the country, however, the Service concluded that conditions of practice were so variable, and medical practice changed so rapidly, that the establishment of a uniform national NP protocol was not feasible. The papers reflect the state of NP practice in the United States in the 1970s, a period when the NP movement was just beginning and standards were being determined. The nurse practitioner now constitutes a recognized advanced practice nursing specialty, with established professional organizations, certification standards, and standards of practice. The Jaquette Papers help to shed light on the early development of this important nursing specialty.

The collection has been arranged into one topical series, reflecting the order in which the material was originally organized.

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inclusive: CNHI: Louise Paris Jones Papers 1946-1998
4 boxes, 2.0 linear feet

The collection consists primarily of publications, presentations, memos, professional notes, journal articles, and correspondence related to Mrs. Jones' work as a psychiatric mental health certified nurse specialist and as a licensed counselor. The materials date from the 1940s to the 1990s, and represent an overview of Jones' varied career as clinician, counselor, instructor, administrator, and consultant; documenting her education, professional roles and activities, and continuing education.

The collection has been arranged into five series, reflecting topical and functional divisions imposed by Jones. These are: educational materials, graduate records, research papers, nursing history, and work records. To conserve space, only the first pages of journal articles have been retained.

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inclusive: CNHI: The Gloria K. Nuckles Papers 1950-1953
1 box, .4 linear feet

The papers of Gloria (Rhinesmith) Nuckles include class notes, quizzes and exams from 1950-54, as well as notes taken during her psychiatric nursing training at Eastern State Hospital in Williamsburg (1953).

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inclusive: CNHI: Gretchen Osgood Collection 1963 - 1990
3 boxes, 1.5 linear feet

This collection consists primarily of government publications containing data from numerous nursing surveys. For the most part, these studies concern nursing education and manpower, and legal issues related to the health professions. The collection also contains a 1979 original manuscript on the history of nurse practitioners and miscellaneous other publications, letters, and articles on nursing collected by Ms. Osgood. These materials range in date from the 1960s through the 1990s.

Series Description: The collection has been arranged into three chronological series: Series 1: Nursing Manpower and Education, Series 2: Health Professions Legislation, Series 3: Miscellaneous Documents Related to Nursing Practice.

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inclusive: CNHI: The JoAnne Peach Papers
8 boxes, 3.5 linear feet

JoAnne Hutchinson Peach was born in Goldsboro, North Carolina in 1945. She received her B. S. N. in May of 1968 from West Virginia University School of Nursing in Morgantown, West Virginia. She graduated from UVA School of Nursing in August of 1973. She received her certification as a Nurse Practitioner from the UVA in May of 1976. In May of 1980 she became certified as a Family Nurse Practitioner. Since that time she has served as a valued member of the teaching faculty at the University of Virginia and at Virginia Commonwealth University. She has also worked for various health care providers and hospitals. Most recently, Peach has been a Family Nurse Practitioner in Culpeper County, Virginia.

Peach has served on various committees during her professional career such as Area Health Education Center (AHEC), the UVA School of Nursing planning committee for Pharmacology for Nurse Practitioners and Curriculum Planning. She was president of the University of Virginia SON Alumni Association from 1986-1990. Honors she has received include the Virginia Division Pace Award, the Virginia Division Lifesaver Award and the Charlottesville-Albemarle Unit Special Award in 1986 & 1987 from the American Cancer Society. She is a member of the American Nurses Society, the Virginia Nurses Association and the National Organization of Nurse Practitioner Faculties. Her publications include: "Nursing and the University of Virginia - A Winning Combination," The College Digest - Schools of Nursing , Spring 1989, and "Building on a Tradition of Excellence," The College Digest - Schools of Nursing , Fall 1990.

This is a well rounded collection of the papers of JoAnne Peach, formerly a Nurse Practitioner Instructor at the University of Virginia School of Nursing. The collection includes biographical information such as vitas, teaching evaluations, continuing education, correspondence, and papers from her own experiences as a student nurse. The collection highlights the professional and academic concerns of teaching Nurse Practitioners. It also highlights the experiences of a faculty member of the School of Nursing at the University of Virginia and includes handouts, correspondence, course information, and teaching aids. The political and professional concerns of a Nurse Practitioner are well represented with correspondence and white papers regarding legal and social issues from various organizations Peach was affiliated with. The professional papers created and presented by Peach at various conferences and workshops are in this collection. Her experiences teaching at other institutions such as the Virginia Commonwealth University School of Nursing and Piedmont Virginia Community College are also included. Well represented are the planning committees, correspondences and progress reports on UVA's Primary Care Consortium, Primary Care Education Committee, and Area Health Education Centers (AHEC).

The collection has been arranged into four series: Series 1: Professional Career; Series 2: UVa School of Nursing and Nurse Practitioners; Series 3: Virginia Commonwealth University School of Nursing, Piedmont Virginia Community College, and Page County Consortium; Series 4: Publications, Media Clippings, and Presentations

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inclusive: CNHI: Catalog of the Jeanette Chamberlain SERPN Archives
12 boxes, 5.0 linear feet

The materials in this collection consist of the Jeanette Chamberlain SERPN (Society for Education and Research in Psychiatric-Mental Health Nursing) archives. SERPN was officially organized on October 13, 1986. The collection contains information on the background of psychiatric-mental health nursing education and research, specifics about the formation and history of the Society for Education and Research in Psychiatric nursing during the period 1986 to 1999 when the autonomous organization became a member in an alliance of psychatric organizations. Dr. Chamberlain was Chief of the Psychiatric Education Training Branch of NIMH and was a strong supporter of SERPN within the Institute during its formative years.

The collection has been arranged into 5 record groups: Record Group 1: Government Aid to P-MH Nursing Programs (1 Box), Record Group 2: Directors of Programs in Psychiatric-Mental Health Nursing (2 boxes), Record Group 3: Society for Education and Research in Psychiatric-Mental Health Nursing Education (7 boxes), Record Group 4: American Nurses Association (1 box), Record Group 5: Jeanette Champerlain Papers (1 box).

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inclusive: CNHI: The Levato Jacobs Thomas Papers
2 boxes, .8 linear feet

Levato Jacobs Thomas is a 1951 graduate of the University of Virginia School of Nursing. For twenty-five years, Ms. Thomas was a nurse with the Glassboro (N.J.) Public School system. The focus of the collection is school health education from the late 1960s to the late 1980s.

The collection has been arranged into two series: Series 1: School Health Services and Series 2: School Health Education

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inclusive: CNHI: Fay Franklin Thomas-Vaden Papers 1939-1996
2 boxes, .8 linear feet

Fay Franklin Thomas-Vaden, RN , a 1937 graduate of the Medical College of Virginia Hospital School of Nursing, was active in nursing throughout her life. Upon her death in 1996, her husband, Joseph Vaden of Keysville, Virginia, donated two boxes of papers from Mrs. Vaden's varied nursing career. The collection includes an autobiographical sketch that details various patient experiences she had while working at Walter Reed Hospital from 1944-1945. General Jefferson Randolph Kean, who worked with Dr. Walter Reed to conquer yellow fever, is one of the patients whom Mrs. Vaden describes. General Kean was a great-great grandson of Thomas Jefferson. A photograph and obituaries from two newspapers provide additional information about the nursing career of Fay Franklin Thomas Vaden.

The Thomas-Vaden collection includes papers from her years as a student at MCV (1934-1935), notes she used as a surgical and obstetric nursing instructor and supervisor in various hospital institutions (1937- 1944), notes from a summer course she took at the University of Virginia on "Curriculums in Schools of Nursing," (1944) and notes from her course in the Army Nurse Corps during World War II.

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inclusive: CNHI: White Caps, Virginia Baptist Hosptial School of Nursing 1985-2001
1 box, .4 linear feet

White Caps is the yearbook of the Virginia Baptist Hospital School of Nursing (Lynchburg, VA). Ms. Eleanor Garrett donated six editions of the White Caps: 1960, 1963, 1965, 1969, 1973, and 1974.

Arranged by date.

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inclusive: CNHI: The Helen Yura Papers
2 boxes, .8 linear feet

As a nurse, educator, and author, Helen Yura, Ph.D., worked for over thirty years to reshape and enhance the American nursing school curriculum. Two of her most important books are The Nursing Process and Human Needs and the Nursing Process. The library's collection includes Dr. Yura's c.v., a typed manuscript of her dissertation (1970, The Catholic University of America, D.C.), various typed manuscripts and reprints of her articles, and an assortment of nursing education conference booklets from the 1960s and 70s.

The collection is arranged into two series: Series 1 contains items authored by Yura, Series 2 contains items about nursing.

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