Finding Aids

Finding aids for our manuscript collections are listed below. Manuscripts 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.
    Alumni Assoc. of the Training School for Nurses of Philadelphia General Hospital, 1874-1991, 2.3 lin. feet
    Alumni Assoc. of Philadelphia General Hospital Training School for Nurses, Photographs, 1885-1777
    Alumnae Assoc. of the Mercy-Douglass Hospital School of Nursing, 1896-1980, 1.68 lin. ft.
    Chautauqua School of Nursing, 1905, 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.
    Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania School of Nursing, 1894-1970, 35.2 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.
    Muhlenberg Hospital School of Nursing, 1896-1961, 0.2 lin. ft.
    Philadelphia General Hospital, 1885-1977, 50 lin. ft.     
    Philadelphia School of Nursing Medical Supply and Dispensary, 1903-1904, 0.4 lin. ft.
    Presbyterian School of Nursing, 1871-1987, 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.
    Woman's Hospital of Philadelphia, 1861-196, 46.35 lin. ft.

Voluntary Non-Profit Associations

    Athens County Visiting Nurses Association, 1982-1992, 1.7 lin. ft.
    Brandywine Home Health Agency, 1917-1990, 8.3 lin. ft.
    Montgomery County Homemaker Home Health Aid Service, 1967-1990, 3.75 lin. ft.
    Moorestown Visiting Nurse Association, 1909-1986, 3.6 lin. ft.
    National Fund for Medical Education, 1949-1990, 178 lin. ft.
    Neighborhood Visiting Nurse Association, 1900-1990, 11.15 lin. ft.
    Princeton Community League Visiting Nurse Committee, 1924-1950, 0.2 lin. ft.
    Starr Centre Association of Philadelphia, 1894-1973, 6.45 lin. ft.
    Tri-County Visiting Nurse Association, 1894-1991, 2.9 lin. ft.
    Visiting Nurse Association of Allegheny County, 1918-1990, 6.5 lin. ft.
    Visiting Nurse Association of Ambler & Vicinity, 1922-1987, 8.5 lin. ft.
    Visiting Nurse Association of Eastern Montgomery County, 1922-1984, 23 lin. ft.
    Visiting Nurse Association of Greater Philadelphia, 1976-1981, 6.45 lin. ft.
    Visiting Nurse Association of South Central Connecticut, 1905-1987, 6 lin. ft.
    Visiting Nurse Service of New York, 1993, 1 videotape
    Visiting Nurse Society of Philadelphia, 1855-1987, 23.8 lin. ft.

Professional and Military Associations

    American Legion, Pennsylvania Division, Helen Fairchild Post No. 412, 1919-1986, 1.33 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, 1977-1998, 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, 1948-1989, 11.25 lin. ft.
    Pennsylvania Nurses' Association, District 1 , 1919-1973, 11.7 lin. ft. 
    Pennsylvania Nurses' Association, District 2, 1920-1978, 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., 1940-1970, 1 lin. ft.
    Brennan, Mary, 1941-1982, 2 lin. ft.
    Brunner, Lillian S., 1910-1995, 20.33 lin. ft.
    Capers, Cynthia Flynn, 1978-1982, 0.8 lin. ft.
    Chase, Adaline, 1900-1975, 1.6 lin. ft.
    Clymer, Mary V., 1886-1889, 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, 0.5 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, Edith Ives, 1928-1985, 0.4 lin. ft.
    Erikson, Ruth, 1932-1935, 4 folders
    Errickson, Sara Maiter, 1937-1989, 0.8 lin. ft.
    Fagin, Claire H., 1926-1991, 11.18 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
    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, 1947-1987, 2.5 lin. ft.
    Lynch, Theresa I., 1896-1986, 1.4 lin. ft.
    Matthews, Irene, 1871-1944 0.8 lin. ft.
    McCarron, Sarah, 1917-1964, 1.7 lin. ft.
    McCosh, Isabella Guthrie, 1897, 1 folder
    M'Cready, Mary Anne, 1904, 0.2 lin. ft.
    Mereness, Dorothy Ann, 1910-1991, 3.2 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., 1985, 1 folder
    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
    Robinson, Alice Merritt, 1920-1983, 8 lin. ft.
    Rogers, Wesley Wiley, 1987, 0.2 lin. ft.
    Saba, Virginia, 1937-1972, 1 lin. ft.
    Schlotfeldt, Rozella M., 190?-1993, 3 lin. ft.
    Schwartz, Doris, 1917-1992, 0.8 lin. ft.
    Schorr, Thelma M., 1968-1989, 1.6 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 , 1915-1976, 1 lin. ft.
    van der Peet, Robert A., 1989, 1 folder
    Weiss, Olga, 1928-1974, 0.8 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

    Center for the Study of the History of Nursing
    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
    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