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Please Note: These lists contain both finding aids for fully processed collections, as well as inventories created for collections that have not yet been fully processed. We have included inventories in the interest of alerting potential researchers to collections that might be of use for their work but have not been fully processed yet. Please be advised, however, that collections with inventories may have restrictions on their use. Always contact the Center before planning your visit, to discuss the availability of the material that you are interested in using.

Collections are divided into the following categories:

Hospitals, Schools of Nursing and Nursing Alumnae Associations
Voluntary Non-Profit Associations
Professional and Military Associations
Individuals
Miscellaneous

Hospitals, Schools of Nursing and Nursing Alumni Associations

Albert Einstein Medical Center School of Nursing, 1928-1964, 0.8 lin. ft. Alexian Brothers Hospital, 1885-1981, 0.4 lin. ft. Chautauqua School of Nursing, 1909-1912, 0.4 lin. ft. Chestnut Hill Hospital School of Nursing, 1769-1988, 24.33 lin. ft. Children's Hospital of Philadelphia School of Nursing, 1897-1987, 13.7 lin. ft. Freedmen's Hospital Nurses Alumni Club of Philadelphia, 1973-1986, 0.1 lin. ft. Gynecean Hospital for Nursing Candidates, 1914-1918, 0.5 lin. ft.
Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania School of Nursing, Photos 1886-1974, 0.4 lin. ft. Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania School of Nursing, Records 1886-1989, 36.25 lin. ft. Lankenau Hospital School of Nursing, 1871-1992, 52.5 lin. ft. Lock Haven Hospital, 1896-1964, 0.8 lin. ft. Mercy-Douglass Hospital School of Nursing, 1896-1977, 23.68 lin. ft.
Mercy-Douglass Hospital, School of Nursing, Alumnae Association 1939-1987, 1.5 lin. ft. Mercy-Douglass Hospital School of Nursing, Alumnae Association 1896-1980, 1.68 lin. ft. Muhlenberg Hospital School of Nursing, 1896-1961, 0.2 lin. ft.
Philadelphia General Hospital Training School for Nurses, 1885-1977,50 lin. ft.
Philadelphia General Hospital, Training School for Nurses, Alumni Assoc. 1874-1991, 2.3 lin. ft. Philadelphia General Hospital, Training School for Nurses, Alumni Assoc. Photographs, 1885-1977, 19.2 lin. ft. Philadelphia Orthopaedic Hospital and Infirmary for Nervous Diseases, School of Nursing Records, 1889-1915,0.5 lin. ft. Philadelphia School of Nursing Medical Supply and Dispensary, 1903-1904, 0.4 lin. ft. Presbyterian Hospital [Philadelphia, PA] School of Nursing, 1871-1988, 148.1 lin. ft. St. Luke's Hospital, Philadelphia, PA, c.1900, 1 folder St. Mary's Hospital, Troy, N.Y., c.1920, 0.2 lin. ft. Society of the Alumni of the School of Nursing of the University of Pennsylvania, 1960-1980, 2 lin. ft. Women's Hospital of Philadelphia, 1861-1976, 46.35 lin. ft.

Voluntary Non-Profit Associations

Professional and Military Associations

American Legion, Pennsylvania Division, Helen Fairchild Post No. 412, 1919-1989, 2.25 lin. ft.
American Medical Women's Association, 1981, 6 tapes
American Nephrology Nurses' Association, 1986-1987, 0.2 lin. ft.
Andrew G. Curtin Association of Army Nurses, 1861-1903, 0.2 lin. ft.
Association of Community Health Nursing Educators, 1977-1999, 7 lin. ft.
Council on Graduate Education for Administration in Nursing, 1970-1994, 4.5 lin. ft.
International Council of Nurses, 1946-1970, 16.5 lin. ft.*
National Organization for Public Health Nurses, 1913-1953, 25 reels
Pennsylvania League for Nursing, 1948-1987, 7.5 lin. ft.
Pennsylvania Nurses' Association, District 1 , 1921-1973, 11.25 lin. ft.
Pennsylvania Nurses' Association, District 2, 1919-1978, 1.9 lin. ft.

Individuals

Aiken, Linda H., 1972-1986, 9.8 lin. ft.
Ashley, Jo Ann, 1942-1980, 10 lin. ft.
Austin, Ann L., 1910-1986, 1 lin. ft.
Brennan, Mary, 1903-1992, 3.7 lin. ft.
Brunner, Lillian S., 1910-1995, 20.33 lin. ft.
Capers, Cynthia Flynn, 197?-1983, 0.8 lin. ft.
Chase, Adaline, 1900-1975, 1.6 lin. ft.
Clymer, Mary V., 1888-1889, 0.2 lin. ft.
Darragh, Mildred, 1923-1928, 0.4 lin. ft.
D'Estl, Ernestine Kittl, 1888-1956, 1 volume
DiSandro, Edith Hyde, 1924-1927, 0.4 lin. ft.
Duffy, Eileen M., 1975-1977, 5 folders
Eataugh, Dorothy Mark, 1938, 1 volume
Emonds, Beverly L., 1965-1981, 0.4 lin. ft.
Erikson, Ruth, 1932-1935, 4 folders
Errickson, Sara Maiter, 1937-1989, 0.8 lin. ft.
Fagin, Claire M., 1926-1996, 16.3 lin. ft.
Fagin, Claire M., 1978-2000, 26.25 lin. ft.

Francis, Susan C., 1934-1987, 1 folder
Godfrey, Mary Robinson, 1910-1987, 1 folder
Goodrich, Annie Warburton, 1871-1955, 1.25 lin. ft.
Griscom, Edith Lewis Palmer, 1909-1912, 0.2 lin. ft.
Gruber, Mildred, 1904-1906, 1 folder
Heffernan, Bernardine, 1968-1986, 1 folder
Hoff, Bertha, 1913-1914, 1 volume
Holman, Lydia, 1888-1960, 1 folder
Ives, Edith Erikson C. 1902-1988, 1.8 lin. ft.
Izcka, Jadwiga, 1939-1960, 1 folder
Johnston, Margaret Alice, 1944-1945, 0.4 lin. ft.
Johnstone, Marie, 1906, 1 folder
Jones, Elizabeth, 1899-1946, 1 folder
Keeler, Jane D., 1935-1985, 0.6 lin. ft.
Kennedy, Cecile, 1939-1957, 1 folder
Lambertsen, Eleanor C. , 1915-1977, 7 lin. ft.
Landis, Nadine, 1930-1988, 21 lin. ft.
Lasek, Elinor Fry, 1935-1938, 0.25 lin. ft.
Leininger, Jenny, 1915-1986, 1 folder
Lemley, Alice and Lillie, 1887-1888, 2 folders
Leonard, Dorothy Harvey, 1948-1978, 4 lin. ft.
Lynch, Theresa I., 1896-1986, 1.4 lin. ft.
Madden, Marietta H., 1928-1997, 2.1 lin. ft.
Matthews, Irene, 1871-1944 0.2 lin. ft.
McCarron, Sarah, 1917-1964, 1.7 lin. ft.

McCorkle, Ruth 1941-1998, 2.1 lin. ft.
McCosh, Isabella Guthrie, 1897, 1 folder
M'Cready, Mary Anne, 1904, 0.2 lin. ft.
Mereness, Dorothy Ann, 1910-1991, 3.5 lin. ft.
Morris, Mabel Harmon, 1935-1990, 8.75 lin. ft.
Newman, Edna Albert, 1924-1936, 1 folder
Nightingale, Florence, 1856-1896, 0.2 lin. ft.
Nunan, Edith, 1887-1976, 4.6 lin. ft.
Olinatz, Nanette, 1958-1960, 7 folders
Overholtz, Ella Florence, 1921, 10 folders
Page, Nancy J., 1960-1962, 0.4 lin. ft.
Peplau, Hildegard E., 1949-1987, 2.1 lin. ft.
Radbill, Samuel X., 1985-1989, 1 folder
Rath, Charlotte Tyson, 1928-1970, 0.8 lin. ft.
Rauschenberger, Dorothy, 1914-1986, 1 folder
Ritter, Beatrice, 1947-1957, 3 folders
Roberts, Doris E., 1872-1993, 1.25 lin. ft.

Robinson, Alice Merritt, 1920-1983, 8 lin. ft.
Rogers, Wesley Wiley, 1987, 0.2 lin. ft.
Saba, Virginia, 1937-1981, x lin. ft.
Schlotfeldt, Rozella M., 190?-1993, 3 lin. ft.

Schutt, Barbara G., 1930-1986, x lin. ft.
Schwartz, Doris, 1917-1992, 2.7 lin. ft.
Schorr, Thelma M., 1952-1991, 2 lin. ft.

Scott, Jessie May, 1930-2000, 11.5 lin. ft.
Smith, Dorothy M., 1954-1997, 3.75 lin. ft.
Somers, Anne Ramsey, 1933-1982, 0.4 lin. ft.
Soper, Martha Lenora Collett, 1919-1920, 1 folder
Stachniewicz, Stephanie A., 1967-1977, 1.25 lin. ft.
Stern, Beverly Peril, 1955-1960, 2 folders
Strumpf, Edna E. LaPorte, 1933-1991, 1 lin. ft.
Todd, C. Edwina, 1947-1953, 1 folder
Tram, Rose Anna , 1915-197?, 1.85 lin. ft.
van der Peet, Robert A., 1989, 1 folder
Weiss, Olga, 1928-1974, 1.85 lin. ft.
West, Roberta M., 1886-1937, 10 lin. ft.
Whitmer, Laura Strickler, 1934-1947, 1 folder
Wilcox, Barbara, 1966-1981, 0.8 lin. ft.
York, Edith M., 1922-1923, 1 folder

Miscellaneous Groups

Barbara Bates Center for the Study of the History of Nursing Videotape Collection, 2 lin. ft.
Center for the Study of the History of Nursing,5 lin. ft
Evening Bulletin, 1905-1975, 0.8 lin. ft.
William Helfand Postcard Collection, 1900-1990, 0.4 lin. ft.
William Helfand Sheet Music Collection, 1912-1939, 1 folder
History of Nursing in Philadelphia, 1973-1974, 0.4 lin. ft.
J. B. Lippincott Company, 1871-1931, 1 folder
Loeb Center for Nursing and Rehabilition, 1962-1985, 0.2 lin. ft
Nurses for the Future Conference, 1987, 1 folder
Philadelphia General Hospital History Task Force Oral History Project, 1994, 0.4 lin. ft.
Philadelphia Mayor's Commission on Health in the Eighties, 1983-1984, 0.8 lin. ft.
Peter Short Photograph Collection, 1993-1994, 0.25 lin. ft.
Theodore Starr Savings Bank, 1896-1901, 0.2 lin. ft.
World War I Photographs from France, 1918-1925, 0.4 lin. ft.
Michael Zwerdling Postcard Collection, 1907-1916, 1 folder

*This Collection is restricted. Please contact nhistory@nursing.upenn.edu for more information.

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