Conditions Governing Access

This collection is unprocessed but is open for research. Please contact the West Virginia & Regional History Center in advance to request access.

Audiovisual recordings must be digitized for research access. Researchers must contact the West Virginia & Regional History Center reference department at https://westvirginia.libanswers.com/wvrhc.

Immediate Source of Acquisition

Gift of Alexander, Anna Beard and Alexander, Dan, 2025 January 31 and 2025 March 20 Additional contributions made by Vaughn, Delores and Vaughan, Mike

Scope and Contents

Records of the Raleigh General Hospital Nurses Alumnae Association, which consisted of 145 nurses who graduated from the Raleigh General School of Nursing in Beckley between 1928 and 1951, some of whom were members of the U.S. Army Nurse Corps who volunteered for service in World War II. Materials include graduation programs, photographs, newspaper clippings, and more. Also includes two nurses caps and other artifacts.

Also includes photographs, printed ephemera, and other material regarding Jacqueline Tackett Beard, the former recordkeeper of the Alumnae Association, and artifacts, printed ephemera, photographs, and more depicting Madalene Vaughan's career as a nurse at Raleigh General Hospital and Dr. Paul E. Vaughan's career as a nursing instructor and surgeon at Raleigh General Hospital.

Subjects and Indexing Terms

• Alexander, Anna Beard