Annie Warburton Goodrich
Papers, 1871-1955
MC 4

Extent:1.25 linear feet

Provenance: Irene Matthews

Access: This collection is unrestricted.

Citation: Annie Warburton Goodrich Papers, Center for the Study of the History of Nursing, School of Nursing, University of Pennsylvania

Biographical Sketch. Annie Warburton Goodrich (1866-1954) trained at New York Hospital School of Nursing from 1890 to 1892. Following her training, she went on to become head nurse at New York Hospital. Goodrich held a number of supervisory positions in New York City including the Post-Graduate Hospital, St.Luke's Hospital, Bellevue Hospital, Allied Hospital, and Visiting Nurse Service of Henry Street Settlement. She also taught in the Department of Nursing and Health at Teachers College, Columbia University. From 1914 until 1923, Goodrich served as an inspector of training schools for the New York State Department of Education.

Goodrich established the United States Student Nurse Reserve, more commonly known as the Army School of Nursing, in 1918-1919. In 1923, she became 1st Dean of the new Yale University School of Nursing begun with money from Rockefeller Foundation. In 1935, now Dean Emerita, she spent a year helping the now University of Pennsylvania School of Nursing serving as Special Lecturer on Nursing Education.

Summary. Goodrich's papers constitute 1.25 linear feet and include files of organizations with which she associated, biographical material, miscellaneous documents, and photographs. The collection is particularly strong in documenting her role as dean of the Army School of Nursing and Yale University School of Nursing. The collection also includes a typed manuscript of Harriett Rose (Berger) Koch's biography, America's Militant Angel.

Series Description. This collection has been arranged into four series:

Series I. Organizations, 1913-1938. This series consists of records that document the organizations with which Goodrich was active. There is one brief file documenting her work as an inspector of training schools for the New York State Department of Education. The United States Student Nurse Reserve, more commonly known as the Army School of Nursing, is represented with reproductions from the National Archives. The files representing Goodrich's work at Yale University School of Nursing consist of reports relating to the establishment of the school, lectures delivered in class and at professional meetings, reports prepared for the Connecticut's Board of Examination and Registration of Nurses, and the proceedings of a 1938 National Health Conference.

Series II. Biographical, 1949-1955. This series includes the unpublished biography of Annie Goodrich by Harriet Rose Berger. In addition to the Berger manuscript, this series also contains some of Berger's general files and correspondence.

Series III. Miscellaneous Documents, 1930-1948.

Series IV. Photographs, 1871-c.1950s. The photographs that make up this collection are arranged chronologically and consist of her early life through training at New York Hospital, the Army School of Nursing, the 1935 Rockefeller tour of Europe, Western Reserve University, Atlantic City, NJ, Yale University School of Nursing and her retirement.

Series I. Organizations, 1913-1938
Box 1
f.1 New York State Nurses' Association, "Report of the Inspector for the Year Ending 1913"

f.2 Correspondence and Memoranda, 1918

f.3 "The Contribution of the Army School of Nursing"
f.4 "The History of the Army School of Nursing"
f.5 "Report of the Plan and Creation of the Army School of Nursing"

f.6 Development

f.7 "The Fundamental Principles Underlying the Training of the Nurse forPublic Health Work," 1931
f.8 "Education Verses Training," 1931

f.9 "Session I. Community Nursing - The Patient"
f.10 "Session II. Community Nursing - The Nurse"
f.11 "Session III. Community Nursing - The Nurse of Tomorrow"
f.12 "The Evolution of Nursing Education," n.d.
f.13 "How the Nurse Can Contribute the Service the Public Expects," n.d.
f.14 "A New Emphasis in Nursing Education," n.d.
f.15 Connecticut Board of Examination and Registration of Nurses, "Reports of Visits to Yale School of Nursing," 1935
f.16 Proceedings, National Health Conference, 1938

Series II. Biographical, 1949-1955
f.1 General, 1955

f.2 Admission/Regulations to the National Archives

f.3 Louise DeWilde
f.4 Mrs. Maud M. Jack, 1949
f.5 Annie W. Goodrich, 1949

f.6 Introduction, etc.
f.7 "The Formative Years"
f.8 "Early Professional Responsibilities"
f.9 "St.Luke's Hospital, New York"
f.10 "New York Hospital"
f.11 "Bellevue and Allied Hospitals"
f.12 "Army School of Nursing"
f.13 "The Yale School of Nursing"
f.14 "Retirement"
f.15 "Notes"
f.16 Publisher's Notes and Editorial Comments

Series III. Miscellaneous Documents, 1930-1948
f.1 Publication, "The Definition of Nursing"
f.2 Miscellaneous Notes, 1930-1948

Series IV. Photographs, 1871-c.1950s
Box 2
f.1 Early Life, 1871-c.1905
f.2 United States Student Nurse Reserve (Army School of Nursing), c.1919
f.3 Rockefeller Tour, 1935
f.4 Western Reserve University, 1940
f.5 Atlantic City, NJ, c.1946
f.6 Yale University School of Nursing, 1948
f.7 Retirement, 1946-c.1950s

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