Recent Acquisitions
Jacqueline Fawcett Papers, 197?-1996, 0.8 linear feet. A faculty member at the University of Pennsylvania, Dr. Fawcett, Ph.D., FAAN, is a leading interpreter of nursing theory who has also done considerable research related to the health care of women. Her papers consist of correspondence, lecture notes, memorabilia, meeting minutes, photographs, printed materials, reports, and articles.
Marietta Madden Papers, 1928-1997, 2.5 linear feet. These papers span the professional activities of this nurse as a member of the U.S. Army Nurse Corps, active and reserve duties, as well as her involvement with promoting and providing services for the elderly. Included are correspondence from various state and federal congress members, memorabilia, lecture notes, printed materials and reports.
Edith Nunan Papers, 19??-199?, 11.5 linear feet. Miss Nunan had been the School of Nursing Librarian for several decades at the Philadelphia General Hospital (PGH) when it closed in 1977. PGH student nurses relied on her as a great resource of information on many nursing subjects. She has voiced concern that the PGH’s long history be preserved and has been an active supporter of nursing records preservation. Among her files are correspondence, lecture notes, ephemera, photographs, printed materials, reports, scrap books, and subject files.
| Lankenau Hospital, Postcard, circa 1922. The Lankenau Hospital began its long existence in 1860, when the German Hospital of the City of Philadelphia was incorporated. With the entrance of the United States into the war in Europe in 1917, the Board of Trustees decided to change the name of the hospital to honor one of its founders and major benefactors, businessman John D. Lankenau. Relocated twice in its history, the German/Lankenau Hospital became a local landmark in its facilities at Corinthian and Girard Avenues, (pictured at right) before moving in December 1953 to its present site on Lancaster Avenue in Wynnewood. |
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Tuberculosis: The Illness, the Treatment, the Lifestyle with accompanying booklet of same title. Videocassette, 1997. Produced by Dr. Patrick J. Brennan, University of Pennsylvania Medical School Faculty, as an instructional tool for medical school curriculum. The video, which uses images from the Center’s collection, gives a brief history of TB treatment in the United States.
Addition to Linda H. Aiken Papers, 198?-199?, 2.5 linear feet. Trained both as a nurse and a sociologist, Dr. Aiken is prominent in national health policy circles. This addition includes correspondence, memorabilia, meeting minutes, printed materials, and reports.