Mercy-Douglass Hospital Records
Records, 1896-1977
MC 78

Extent:18 linear feet

Provenance:Alumnae Association of Mercy-Douglass School of Nursing

Access:Portions of Series I and VI are restricted.

Citation:Mercy-Douglass Hospital Records, Center for the Study of the History of Nursing, School of Nursing, University of Pennsylvania

Sponsorship:This collection was processed with funds provided by the National Historical Publications and Records Commission as part of the Nursing History Processing and Cataloging Project.

Historical Sketch.
The Mercy-Douglass Hospital was formed in 1948 on the basis of the two hospitals serving a predominantly black patient population in Philadelphia: the Frederick Douglass Memorial Hospital and the Mercy Hospital. The Frederick Douglass Hospital was established at 15th and Lombard Streets in 1895 (incorporated in 1896) with Dr. Nathan Mossell serving as the first Superintendent and Medical Director. The hospital instituted the first approved negro nurse training school in Philadelphia the same year under the supervision of Minnie Clemon, the first black nurse to graduate from the Training School for Nurses of the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania. The school remained open until 1935, when the last class was graduated. The Mercy Hospital and School of Nurses opened at 17th and Fitzwater in 1907 with Eugene T. Hinson serving on the first Board of Directors. The Hospital instituted the same year a training school which continued after the hospital moved to 50th Street and Woodland Avenue in Southwest Philadelphia in 1919. At the new location, the school expanded the course of instruction under the direction of Lula G. Warlick, the superintendent of nurses from 1920 to 1943. The two hospitals merged in 1948 to form the Mercy-Douglass Hospital and School for Nurses (later renamed as School of Nursing). The school recessed from 1957 to 1958, reconvened for 1959, and then graduated its last class in 1960. Arrangements were made, however, to provide clinical training experiences for students from the Tuskeegee Institute School of Nursing and other schools which continued intermittently until the Mercy-Douglass Hospital closed in 1973.

Summary:
This collection was donated by the Alumnae Association of the Mercy-Douglass Hospital which took care of the hospital records after the hospital closed down in 1973. The collection consists mainly of records of Mercy-Douglass Hospital and its two predecessors, records of the school of nursing (predominantly its student files), and some 200 photographs related to both hospital and school. The collection provides important documentation of the black experience in nursing. The records of the alumnae association has been kept separately under MC 27.

Series Description:
This collection has been arranged into eight series:

Series I. Frederick Douglass Hospital. This series contains some historical information of the hospital, annual reports, and about 60 personnel files kept by the hospital.

Series II. Mercy Hospital. This series includes history, annual reports, and correspondence.

Series III. Mercy-Douglass Hospital. This series contains history, annual statistical report to the Board, publications, and a big news clipping scrapbook.

Series IV. Mercy-Douglass Hospital Auxiliaries. This series documents the activities of both the Mercy-Douglass Hospital Auxiliaries Board and the Women's Board.

Series V. Mercy-Douglass Hospital, School of Nursing, General Files. This series contains all administrative records of the school of nursing. Included are annual reports to State Board of Examiners, class lists, a class yearbook, correspondence with State Bureau of Professional Licensing and State Department of Public Instruction, student handbook, etc.

Series VI. Mercy-Douglass Hospital, School of Nursing, Student Files. This series is purely of individual records of students. They are divided into three major groups belonging respectively to the three hospitals--Frederick, Mercy, and Mercy-Douglass. The student files are arranged chronologically in each group and then alphabetically by the students' last names within each time period.

Series VII. Other organizations. This series contains miscellaneous material documenting the relations between the Mercy-Douglass Hospital and University of Pennsylvania School of Nursing, Visiting Nurse Society of Philadelphia, and one more organization.

Series VIII. Photographs. This series contains 208 photographs grouped under the time periods of the three hospitals. Within each group, photographs are assorted under such subjects as "Buildings," "Facilities," "People (either students, interns, or staff)," and by all kinds of activities.

Series I. Frederick Douglass Hospital, 1896-1947
Box 1
f.1 History
f.2 Annual reports from Board of Managers, 1896-1897
f.3 National Conference of Hospital Administrators, Souvenir Program, 1946
f.4 Testimonial Banquet, 1947

f.5 Adams, Laura B.
f.6 Adams, Mattie
f.7 Alston, Annette
f.8 Anderson, Edith M.
f.9 Bailey, Dorothy L.
f.10 Bailey, Mary N.
f.11 Banton, Naomi
f.12 Barnes, Blanch F.
f.13 Barrett. Shirley H.
f.14 Beaty, Evelyn E.
f.15 Bennett, Ossilyne
f.16 Bishop, Nannie B.
f.17 Bowser, Dorothy A.
f.18 Bronner, Jeanette A.
f.19 Browning, Coretha O.
f.20 Burris, Rochell D.
f.21 Byers, Dorothy B.
f.22 Caldwell, Dorothy E.
f.23 Camachio, Mamie G.
f.24 Carter, Elizabeth F.A.
f.25 Carter, Emma B.
f.26 Carter, Nacoma W.
f.27 Chainey, Ruth M.E.
f.28 Charleston, A.C.
f.29 Clarke, America L.
f.30 Clayton, Wrennetta O.
f.31 Clifton, Lillian R.
f.32 Coble, Martha V.
f.33 Cochran, Mary L.
f.34 Cooper, Ada E.
f.35 Craddock, Rosalie
f.36 Crawford, Willie M.
f.37 Day, Lena D.
f.38 Donaldson, Eva M.
f.39 Drake, Geneva L.
f.40 Eleby, Annie D.
f.41 Evans, Winnifred
f.42 Faison, Theopia E.
f.43 Farris, M. Towns
f.44 Folk, M. Julia
f.45 Foreman, Carolyn J.
f.46 Francis, Edith I.
f.47 Galey, Mary M.
f.48 Gardner, N. Roberta
f.49 Garrison, Pauline E.
f.50 Gideon, Annie E.
f.51 Glenn, Helen E.
f.52 Goins, Daisy T.
f.53 Gordon, Flora L.
f.54 Green, Mary E.
f.55 Griffin, Alice R.
f.56 Hagans, Jeuverna
f.57 Haith, Ruth E.
f.58 Hall, Edna O.T.
f.59 Hamilton, Mildred
f.60 Harrall, Agolda A.
f.61 Hawkins, Helen I.
f.62 Henry, Lucy N.
f.63 Hines, Lattie B.C.
f.64 Quarles, Gladys H.
f.65 Roache, Arnetta
f.66 Winters, Ruth A.

Series II. Mercy Hospital, 1919-1952
Box 2
f.1 History of Mercy Hospital and School for Nurses, no date
f.2 Announcement, 1937-1938
f.3 Annual Reports, 1919-1939
f.4 Annual reports to State Board of Examiners for the Registration of Nurses, 1933-1947
f.5 Brochure: "For the Health of a Race," 1930
f.6 Commencement program and Capping ceremony, 1944-1946
f.7 Correspondence, 1938-1946
f.8 Henry M. Minton, "Problems of Hospital Administration," 1927
f.9 Qualifications of nursing executive staff, 1942-1952

f.10 Applications to the State Board of Examiners for Registration of Nurses, 1921-1932
f.11 Nurses' Home dedication, 1930
f.12 1929 class programs
f.13 Programs, 1938-1948
f.14 1934 class yearbook
f.15 Regulations for student nurses, no date
f.16 "Survey of Negro Nurses in Philadelphia," Summary, 1946

f.17 Constitution and bylaws, no date

Series III. Mercy-Douglass Hospital, 1948-1968
f.1 History, 1951
f.2 Annual statistical report to the Board of Directors, 1951-1952
f.3 Handbook for psychiatric attendants, undated
f.4 Organizational and operational charts, [1961]
f.5 Philosophy of the Nursing Department, undated
f.6 Proposed budget, 1955
f.7 Publications, 1960-1968
f.8 Turnover statistics, 1958
f.9 Miscellaneous, 1948-1965
Oversize News clipping scrapbook, 1954-1965

Series IV. Mercy-Douglass Hospital Auxiliaries, 1950-1962
f.1 Board, Constitution and bylaws, no date
f.2 Programs, 1957-1962
f.3 Pyramid Club, group photograph, 1950

f.4 Charity ball program, 1961
f.5 Miscellaneous, 1951-1962

Series V. Mercy-Douglass Hospital, School of Nursing, General Files, 1909-1977
f.1 Annual report to New York State Education Department, 1939-1951
f.2 Annual report to State Board of Examiners for the registration of nurses 1948-1961
f.3 Bulletin, no date

Box 3
f.4 Class lists, 1935-1960
f.5 1953 class yearbook "Invictus 1953"
f.6 Commencements, Capping ceremony, Proms, 1950-1960
f.7 Contracts with other institutions for nursing student practice, 1930-1961

f.8 General, 1938-1977
f.9 Graduate outfits, 1957-1959

f.10 Director of Nurses, Reports, 1959-1960
f.11 Faculty organization, Constitution, undated
f.12 Graduation prizes for classes of 1954 & 1960
f.13 List of Graduates, 1909-1960
f.14 Miscellaneous, 1923-1952
f.15 Nursing care instructions, 1961

f.16 Minutes, agenda, reports, 1951-1958
f.17 Correspondence, 1949-1958

f.18 State Board examination results, 1950-1961

f.19 Reports and Statistics, 1942-1959

f.20 State Bureau of Professional Licensing, Correspondence, 1957-1973

f.21 Statistics and correspondence, 1928-1957
f.22 List of schools of nursing in PA approved, 1946

f.23 State Department of Welfare, Appropriation requisition forms, 1949-1960
f.24 Students handbook, undated
f.25 Testimonials, 1954-1960

Series VI. Mercy-Douglass Hospital School of Nursing, Student Files, 1909-1960
Box 4

Class of 1909-1935

Box 5

Class of 1920-1934, Daily Time Books

Box 6
Class of 1935-1939

Box 7
Class of 1940-1942, 1943 (A-R)

Box 8
Class of 1943 (R-W), 1944, 1945 (A-I)

Box 9
Class of 1945 (J-W), 1946

Box 10
Class of 1947
Mercy-Douglass Hospital Student Records
Class of 1948 (B-G)

Box 11
Class of 1948 (G-W), 1949

Box 12
Class of 1950-1951, 1952 (C,D)

Box 13
Class of 1952 (D-R), 1953

Box 14
Class of 1954, 1955 (B-G)

Box 15
Class of 1955 (G-W), 1956

Box 16
Class of 1959, 1960 (incomplete)

Box 17
Incomplete, Dropped, Withdrawal, Special Students

Box 18

Box 19

Series VII. Other Organizations, 1939-1962
Box 20

f.1 Promotion brochure: custom made uniform, [1939]

f.2 Meeting of representatives of cooperation agencies: agenda, 1962

f.3 Correspondence, 1940-1955

Series VIII. Photographs (208 images)
Box 21

p.1 Frederick Douglass Hospital, 1896

p.2 Reception Room
p.3 Sewing Room
p.4 Sewing Room with nurse Charlotte Carr sitting at the table
p.5 Laundry Room, pre-1920
p.6 Laundry Room, post-1920
p.7 Dining Room
p.8 Dining Room
p.9 Roof Garden decorated for Halloween
p.10 Roof Garden at Halloween, filled with the students of Durham School
p.11 Nurses Bedroom
p.12 VD Clinic Building Room

p.13 Nathaniel F. Mossell, Superintendent and Medical Director of Frederick Douglass hospital upon its founding in 1895. Also first graduate of University of Pennsylvania's medical school, 1882

p.14 A group of Douglass Hospital nurses presenting a check to the Stephen Smith Home to buy a bathroom chair-lift in memory of Mrs. Marie Carter, a deceased Douglass nurse

oversize/p.15 Class of 1923
p.16 Beatrice Cooley, student ca. 1928

Box 22

p.17 Mercy Hospital, 1907-1919, 17th and Fitzwater Streets
p.17a Mercy Hospital, 1907-1919, 17th and Fitzwater Streets
oversize/p.18 Mercy Hospital, 1919, 50th and Woodland Ave.
oversize/p.18a Mercy Hospital, 1919, 50th and Woodland Ave.
oversize/p.18b Mercy Hospital, 1919, 50th and Woodland Ave.
p.19 Mercy Hospital, ca 1920s
p.20 Mercy Hospital, ca 1930s
p.20a Mercy Hospital, ca 1930s
p.21 Mercy Hospital, ca 1930s
p.22 West Front corner of Mercy Hospital, Philips Auditorium, lower right

p.23 Children's Ward
p.24 Mercy Hospital Ambulance
p.25 Recreation Room
p.26 Recreation Room
p.27 Living Room
p.28 Dining Room
p.29 Supply Room, 2nd Floor

p.30 Group photo includes: Dr. Strickland, Dr. James, Dr. Hilton, Dr. Cherry, Dr. Warrick, Dr. Abele, Dr. Boyer, Dr. Minton, Dr. Jackson, Dr. Howard, Dr. Hinson, and Dr. Coates
p.30a Group photo
oversize/p.30b side A Group photo

p.31 Dr. Eugene T. Hinson, on first Board of Managers of Mercy Hospital, 1907-1922
p.32 Plaque erected in honor of founding fathers

p.33 Miss J. Imogene Howard, first Superintendent and Board of Directors at Mercy Hospital, seated right
p.33a Miss J. Imogene Howard, first Superintendent and Board of Directors at Mercy Hospital, seated right
p.34 Unidentified nurse making a phone call
p.34a Unidentified nurse making a phone call
p.34b Unidentified nurse making a phone call
p.34c Unidentified nurse making a phone call
oversize/p.35 Group of Nurses, 1921
p.36 Mercy Hospital Nursing Staff with Miss Lula G. Warwick at center: Earnestine Eller, Fredericka Jones, Thelma Johnson Smith,Viola Terrell White, Eva Taylor Kinzer Reid, Eleanor Caire, Nora Lloyd Norman, Alberta Martin, Frances Young, Alvie Madison, and Dorthy Maguire (dietician)
p.37 Mercy Hospital Nursing Staff, Miss Lula G. Warlick standing, 3rd from right
oversize/p.38 Miss Lula G. Warlick, Director of Nurses, 1917, 1920-1943
p.39 Miss Lula G. Warlick, 1943
p.40 Reta Miller, class of 1924, Educational Director
oversize/p.41 Interns and Nurses in front of an ambulance
p.42 Mercy Hospital Attending Staff, 1930: Standing-Dr. James L. Martin, Dr. Carter (5th from left), Dr. Chancy Harlett, Dr. Aldridge Burton, Dr. Sullivan (10th from left). Sitting-Dr. E. Hinson, Dr. William J. Harvey, Dr. W. Sutton, Dr. George Strickland, Dr. Fred Hopkins, Dr. Henry Minton, Dr. Edberg Scott, Dr. Frank Baston, Dr. V.S. Wiggins. Sitting on the ground-Dr. Sammual F. Sewel and Dr. Frederick Fortune

p.43 Mercy Hospital Interns, 1928-1929: Standing-Townes, William Jackson, Lester Freeton. Sitting-Johnson and William Sullivan
p.44 Mercy Hospital Interns, 1929-1930: includes Dr. Minton
p.45 Mercy Hospital Interns, 1930-1931: far left-Dr. Earl Fisher
p.46 Mercy Hospital Interns, 1930-1031: far left- McKnight, far right- David Taylor
p.47 Mercy Hospital Interns, 1931-1932: 2nd from left-Sims, 4th from left-Gaskins, far right-Hawkins
p.47a Mercy Hospital Interns, 1931-1932: 2nd from left-Sims, 4th from left-Gaskins, far right-Hawkins
p.48 Mercy Hospital Interns, 1932-1933: 3rd from left-Dr. Harold Farmer
p.48a Mercy Hospital Interns, 1932-1933: 3rd from left-Dr. Harold Farmer
p.48b Mercy Hospital Interns, 1932-1933: 3rd from left-Dr. Harold Farmer
p.49 Mercy Hospital Interns, 1933-1934: far left-Arthur Thomas, 2nd from left-Farmer, 5th from left-Earl Hawkins
p.49a Mercy Hospital Interns, 1933-1934: far left-Arthur Thomas, 2nd from left-Farmer, 5th from left-Earl Hawkins
p.50 Dr. Graves, intern, early 1930s
p.51 Dr. Russell Minton
p.52 Unidentified intern, 1930s
p.53 Unidentified intern
p.54 Unidentified intern with nurse

p.55 Miss Valentine Green
p.56 Three unidentified men

p.57 Unidentified people at special dedication ceremony
p.58 Cornerstone laying of the Nurses' Home, 1930
p.59 Cornerstone laying of the Nurses' Home, 1930
p.60 Miss Lula G. Warlick at special function with Dr. Henry Minton and Mrs. Vioris Kirton Bartholomew
p.61-66a William P. Roche Post 21 of the American Legion, presents gifts to MDH, 1943

p.67 Civic Exposition of Mercy Hospital at the Commercial Museum, May 15-June 10, 1916

Box 23

p.68 Class of 1922: Standing-Ellenteen E. Deas, Bertha Bryant, Adelaide Harty Fleming, Rosa Lee Turner, and Margie Anderson. Sitting- Irene Estella Morris, Bertha Ramsey Bolden, Lucille V. Darnell, and Oralce Brown Harris
p.68a Class of 1922
p.68b Class of 1922
p.69 Class of 1922 with nursing capes
p.70 Class of 1923: left-right, Viola Abrahams (Pierce), Flora Alexander Brown, Elsie Davenport Raymond, Geraldine Pollard Briggs, Florence Mae Richardson and Frances Richardson Addeson
p.70a Class of 1923
p.71 Class of 1924: Rita Miller, RN, Educational Director Mercy-Douglass Hospital; Ethel Davis (Dackett), RN; Inez Sasportas (Bosnett), RN Public Health Nurse; and Senora Robinson (Hosein), RN
p.72 Class of 1925: Ethel Campbell, Hannah S. Booker, Elsie Harris, Emily Arrington, Lonnie Theus, Clarice M. Blue, Ruth Wright, Mary Thompson, Georgia L. Brown, and Myrtle Crigler (see back of photo for titles and positions)
p.73 Class of 1928: Gladys Jenkins, Laura Cook, Garnett Armstrong, Gertrude Scott, Ruth Mason, and Alberta Banks (titles and positions on back of photo)
p.74 Class of 1929: Helen Richardson, Doreas Taylor, Hester Garner, Catherine Belton, Marion Ewell, Dora Oxley, Mae Turner, Zoella Young, and Beala Jessie (titles and positions on back of photo)
p.75 Class of 1930: Lazerenah Miller, Corrine Woodson, Viola T. White, Ruth Duncan, Nettie Mae Robinson, Annie Allen, Vioris Kirton, Elinor Turner, Willa Mae McCrum, Catherine Cheatam, and Grace Cheatam (titles and positions on back of photo)
oversize/p.75a Class of 1930
p.76 Training School Students, 1930
p.77 Class of 1931: Anna Roberts Smith, Lenora Erby, Helen McClellen, Cleo C. Hudson, Myrtle M. Booth (Ashhurst), Gladys Armstead, Mary F. Rochester, Marguerite F. Burris, Edith Curtis (Longly)
p.78 Class of 1932: Marion Griffen, Pauline Turner, Lucy Hammon, Marjorie Stokes, Emily Johnson (Cromwell), Estella Smith, Rachel Conner, Carolyn Hubbard (Smith), Henrietta Hulbell (Butler), Clyda Barrett, Martha Lloyd, and Janice R. Phillips
p.79 Class of 1932
p.80 Class of 1933: Susie E. Watson, Elizabeth Morgan, Mary Louise Grass, Gertrude I. Daley, Alice G. Johnson, Marion E. Jackson, Mary L. Mazique, Viola Steward, and Wilhelmina McKinney
p.80a Class of 1933
p.81 Class of 1934: Anna Webb Hogan, Nora Floyd Norman, Ester P. Henry, Margaret Busbane, Eleanor M. Thompson, Margaret Jackson, Clara B. Motley, Marquerite Parker, and Juanita Bentley
p.81a Class of 1934
p.82 Class of 1935: Louisa L. Brashears, Virginia Burrell Lang, Margaret L. Campbell, Caroline Crosby Lovin, Virginia L. Coad, Cecelea Finke, Edith Francis, Hyacinth Freeman, Florence M. Hargett, Pauline Holland Hord, Margaret Richardson, Alice Rogers Mayo, Dorothy Savage Miller, Lenora Williams Cole, Ruth B. Hutchins Gray.
p.82a Class of 1935
p.83 Class of 1936: Garret Carter Bridges, Ruth J. Cornes Odom, Ruby Lee Hatcher King, Nancy B. Johnson Allen, Mae Elizabeth Lane Benson, Evelyn J. Pearce Issacs, Dorothy Shields, Francis Turner Forsyth, Loretta Smallwood, Nora Elizabeth Wallace Cave, and Wilma R. Washington Bravis
p.83a Class of 1936
p.84 Class of 1937: Helen E. Allie Nightingale, Helen Brown, Lucille Copeland Mitchell, Hattie B. Dabrey Mishoe, Louise H. Lindsay, Ellis Davis, Ethel E. Hall Gashins, Mary P. Hammond Lawrence, Marguerite Huston Lucas, Betty Martin Falver, Freda Reese Davis, Edna Templeton Collins, Hildegarde Simons, and Edna Wheeler Smith
p.85 Class of 1938: Louise E. Brown Wise, Thelma Marie Clark, Marie C. Crawford Cowans, Carrie D. Durry Taylor, Racel Elliott Robinson, Edith Gertrude Harrison, Katherine Henderson Peterson, Florence May Lee Dobyn, Marian Morton, Ella Mae Colbert Murray, Evelyn Pannell Crampton, Margaret J. Patterson Jones, Ernestine Hill Tansome Thomas, Nettie B. Townsend Berronett, Hazel Wagstaff Bush, and Shirley Willis Nolley
p.86 Class of 1939: Phyllis Brodis Barton, Alice Cash Chavous, Dorothy Doyle Watts, Frances Fanner Graves, Joanne Franklin Jackson, Mildred Heidson William, Edna Phillips Fisher, Alya I. Macky, Thelma Faliafer Heywood, Janet Magurdor Edward, Edith A. Parker Williams
p.87 Class of 1940: Hazel Bayard, Bertha Fulton Bolden, Rebecca Woods, Dorothy Bailey, Autren Shepherd, Mary Parker, Winefred Sinclair, Daryl Vaster, Frances Watkins, Reid, Laura Smith, Parsons, Ruth Washington, and Lillie Lesene. Taken in 1937 in front of the Nurses Home
p.88 Class of 1941: Louise Warren, Marian Fripps, Esther Burrell, Joyce Harmon, Irene Simons, Marion Sessons, Pauline Wilson, Julia Joseph. Top row-Sarah Henry, Louella Mitchell, Lourene Martin, Danease Mason, Sarah Harris, Arthurlyn Vassel, and Armentry Hullum
p.89 Class of 1941 with signatures
p.90 Class of 1942: Top row-Gene Payne, Louise Jenkins, Elizabeth Meredith, Frances Kee. 2nd row-Mildred Wheeler, Alberta Martin, Harriet Hubert, Marie Brown, Winifred Simr, Rosetta Jones. Bottom row-Jeanne Stone, Catherine Harris, Frances Gill, Vera Adams, Catherine Jenkins, and Gladys Nickleby
p.91 Class of 1943: Mary J. Reynolds, Helen E. Robinson, Hattie M. Johnson, Mabel M. Harmon, Ethel M. Huie, Margie M. Rodman, Minnie K. Reeves, Ruby L. Rose, Rose S. Wilson, Evelyn R. Page, and Anne E. Terrel
p.92 Class of 1944: Myrtle Collins Lawler, Bertha Fletcher, Madeline Griffin Hayman, Nora Haith Bingle, Emma Harris Smith, Virginia Hawkins Garland, Fredia Hill Wilson, Nellie King, Marion March Austin, Salom Pearson Moffett, Annie Press Edwards, Evelyn Lawrence Robinson, Alberta Wycke, and Elizabeth Whitney Haddin
p.93 Class of 1945: Seated-Eva Bibbins, Corrine Brown, Rose Cyburn, Olivia Cuff, Jessie Dantzler, Harriet Graves. Standing-Earline Johnson, Lillian Allen, Anna King, Ruby Reid, Mary Macklin, Louise Robinson, Valburg Marquis, Mary Quarles, Dorothy Montague, Frances Talyer, Anna Parker, Leona Wycoff, Jo V. Parrion, Dorothy Hammond, and De Melba Price (not shows- Justine Ingersoll, Carolyn Jone, Mattie Moore, Ruth Pinders, and Elizabeth Tames). From a copy made by Earline J. Ford, August 17, 1977
p.94 Class of 1946: Corine Adams Fortune, Dorothy Baynard, Daisy Alberta Bell, Mary Frances Bragg, Dorothy Caldwell Prichett, Norma Cave Wolcott, Martha Ford Hopkins, Catharine Virginia Fortune, Rosemary Goens Burkes, Beatrice Greene, Ruth Sarah Harris, Elva Heastie, Carmen Olivier Lewis.
p.95 Class of 1947: Edith Virginia Carter, Martha Diggs, Naomi Hicks, Doris Higgins Harris, Thelma Johnson Smith, Anna Lee Jones Garland, Lorraine Jones Hinton, Beryl Elaine McLeod, Louise Mitchell Small, Hazel Palmer Fletcher, Louise Thornton Bector, Delores Watson Bennett, Cora Bell Williams, Dorothy Williams, Elnora Wilson, and Lela Ruth Bethel

p.96 Unidentified
p.97 Miss Lula G. Warlick is present

p.98 Class of 1929 attending lecture

p.99 Dora Axley (Atwell), class of 1929
p.100 Catherine Belton, class of 1929
p.101 Class of 1929 student holding a newborn

p.102 Nurses Basketball Team, 1924-1925
p.103 Basketball team, ca. 1946

p.104 "Not room enough for two, not air enough for one."
p.105 "Ministering to health of others--yet risking their own by overcrowding."
Box 24

p.106 Postcard of the pre-1956 Mercy-Douglass Hospital
p.107 Mercy-Douglass Hospital, 1956
p.108 Sketch of the new hospital
p.109 Sketch of the new building by architect Howell Lewis Shay
p.110 Sketch of the new building by architect Howell Lewis Shay, ca 1958
p.111 Nurses' Homes--The Warlick Building
p.112 The New Nurses' Home
p.113 The New Nurses' Home

p.114 Laboratory
p.115 OB ward in old Mercy-Douglass Hospital
p.116 Tuberculosis Department--White Haven Sanitorium
p.117 Operating Room
p.118 Pathological Laboratory
p.119 Women's Surgical Ward

p.120 Dr. Beck, pathologist, 1956-1960
p.121 Dr. Daniel B. Taylor
p.122 Dr. John L. Graves and Helen Brown ('37) in pediatric ward
p.123 Dr. Minton performing an X-ray with the help of two nurses
p.124 Anesthesiologist preparing a patient for surgery

p.125 Mercy-Douglass nurses, ca. 1950
p.126 Group of nurses with Mr. Prosoe: Mrs. Alfred Smith, Fredericka Jones, Mrs. Johnson Smith, Annie Johnson, Catherine Jenkins, V. Terrell White, and Mrs. Mohr Norman
p.127 Mrs. V. Terrell White, Directress of Nursing 1950-1956, October 12, 1956
p.128 Terrell White, Directress of Nursing
p.129 Mrs. Davis, class of '59, Head Nurse of Nursery
p.130 Mildred Lee, class of '59 with pediatric patients, 1959
p.131 Pauline Hammand and unidentified others with newborns
p.132 Unidentified nurse holding cardex
p.134 Unidentified nurse

p.135 Includes: Dr. Russell Minton, Dr. Lances McKnight, Dr. Daniel B. Taylor, Dr. Arthur Thomas, and Dr. Wilson Strickland
p.136 Includes: Dr. Russell Minton, Dr. Lances McKnight, Dr. Daniel B. Taylor, Dr. Arthur Thomas, and Dr. Wilson Strickland
p.137 Attending Staff Meeting: Dr. F.M. Hopkins, Dr. C. Hardee, Dr. E.T. Hinson, and Dr. Russell Minton. Seated-Dr. H.E. Iownes, Dr. Lances McKnight, and Dr. F.W. Fortune
p.138 Group of physcians and one nurse. Meeting includes: Dr. Edward Holloway, Dr. Arthur H. Thomas, Dr. Edward Cooper, Dr. Wilbur Strickland, Dr. Melvin Chisum, and Dr. J.O. Brown

p.139 Nurse shows guests components of medication/supply cart, ca. 1940
p.140 Personnel demonstrates use of electron microscope
p.141 Gracie Hill Perry ('60) conducts tour of respiratory isolation ward
p.142 Unice Davis explains the isolette

p.143 Unidentified student donates blood to the Red Cross
p.144 Red Cross nurse hands 1 unit of citrated whole blood to Beverly Russell, class of 1960, ca. 1960
p.145 Unidentified nurse showing patient Red Cross poster Hospital Women's Board of Auxiliaries
p.146 Easter Zone Regional Women's Ausiliaries to the NMA, March 15, 1950. Includes: Dr. Russell Minton, Dr. C.T.C. Nurse, Dr. Eugene Hinson, and Dr. Helen Dickens
p.147 Les Dilettante Belles present a check from their 4th annual soiree to the Hospital Women's Board of Auxiliaries
p.147a Les Dilettante Belles present a check from their 4th annual soiree to the Hospital Women's Board of Auxiliaries
p.148 Last Board of Auxiliaries present a check to MDH

p.149 Directress of Nurses, Terrell White (3rd from left), present honor to Estelle Massey Osbourne (2nd from left)
p.150 Unidentified award
p.151 Nurses Tea: far left-Dr. E.T. Hinson, far right-Dr. John H. Graves
Box 25

p.152 Class of 1949: Zelpha Baltimore, Lois Jean Bentley, Mancey Busherville, Sarah Eberhardt, Edna Hibbert, Moyelle Merrett, Louise Murphy, Annabelle Peterson, Lillian Thomas, Alma Thompson, Martha Watkins, and Louise West
p.153 Class of 1949
p.154 Class of 1950: Mary June Hill, Careen Fields, Lucille Woody, Lois Pelzer Pearson, Elma Dunbar, and Ruth Elaine Tate
p.155 Class of 1951: Alberta Alston, Earlene Christopher Chester, Bernice Fields, Amelie Gladman Gabriel, Virginia Winchester Gray, Charlotte Hatcher, Annie Lynton Johnson, Alice Kyler, Cordelia O'Connor, Hermine Odom, Corrine Pannel Sampson, Helen Peterson, Rosa Rybor, Jeannette Robert, Evelyn Shaw, Edna Simon, and Gladys Chester
p.156 Class of 1953: Marine Allman, Phyllis Blackston, Ella Bryant, Maryland Dunston Mobley, Grace England Scott, Florence Hawell, Mary Lowe Evans, Verna Laidley Longstretch, Marnie Nicholson, Elizabeth Ramsey, Shirley Smith, Mollie Ware, Josephine Washington, Barbara Upshaw Floyd, and Peggy Long
p.157 Class of 1955: 1st row-Mrs. Viola T. White, Director of Nurses; Fillian Harris; Elsie Lee Wakefield; Herbertz Mae Gibson (honor students); Miss Frederick Jones, Educational Director. 2nd row- Geraldine Bradford, Cora L. Burton, Thelma Danbar, Vera Garvin, Alberta Gillard, Era C. Gomez. 3rd row-Anna Jackson, Geraldine Johnson, Doris Jones, Naomi Lee, Lydia Guattlebaum. 4th row- Delores Parker, Bertha Rawley, Valerie Swarez, Ester Taylor, Grace Tyson, and Juanita Williams
p.157a Class of 1955
p.158 Class of 1955
p.159 Class of 1956: Gwendolyn E. Braxton, Elnora Haynes, Myrtle Feilds, Barbara Jordan, Sylvia Kitchen, Etlel Williams, Loretta Mitchell, Jeanette Haye, Victoria Fields, Mary Frances Wright, and May Leoia Caley
p.160 Class of 1956 in streetclothes

p.161 Unidentified
p.161a Unidentified

p.162 Class of 1959 in a laboratory
p.163 Class of 1959 in lecture
p.164 Class of 1959 in library
p.165 Class of 1959 touring new observation room
p.166 Unidentified students with dietary staff
p.167 Unidentified students viewing an isolette

p.168 1952
p.169 1954
p.170 1955
p.171 1959
p.172 (no date)

p.173 1954
p.174 Depressa Burgless receives diploma, 1955
p.175 1959
p.176 Joyce Davidson Chapman receives diploma, 1959
p.177 Joannette Warrington receives diploma 1959
p.178 (no date)

Box 26


p.179-180e Group photo
p.181 Head table with Alumnae Association members
p.181a Head table with Alumnae Association members
p.182 Front of room with head table
p.182a Front of room with head table
p.183 Four alumnae members at head table
p.183a Four alumnae members at head table
p.184 Two alumnae members at head table


p.185 Unidentified students


p.186 Prom for 1947-1948: Front row-Louise Thornton, Thelma Johnson, June Stout, Lela Bicks, and Anna L. Jones. Back row-Geraldine Felton, Sara Butler, Eleanor Jenkins, and Iduma Beard
p.187 Class of 1960 in formal dresses: Gracie Hill Perry--President, Marcia Archibald Newcombs, Alice Hedgemen, Evelyn Beach Dawson, Beverly Russell, Marcia Gray Pope, and Prisilla Hampton Mosley
p.188 Class of 1960 in formal wear
p.189 Alumnae members honoring class of 1960
p.189a Alumnae members honoring class of 1960


p.190 Louise Murphy, Alma Thompson, Audrey Thomas, and Martha Watkins, class of 1949
p.191 Gloria Dabney, class of 1954
p.192 Gloria Dabney, class of 1954


p.193 Basketball Team, 1950-1951: Top row-Alberta Martin, Alma Fleming, Beatrice Brummel Leubada Marbury, Imogene Penn Maryland Dunston, Constance Hill. Bottom row-Virginia Gray, Jeannette Roberts Inez Grenat, Helen Harrison, and Molly Ware
oversize/p.193a Basketball Team, 1950-1951
p.194 Glee Club, 1959-1960: Front row-Ethel Beach Duneson '60, Ann Sutton '59, Alice Christine '59, Marcha Cribba '59, Delores Dean '59, Arnetta Curney '59. Row 2-Joyce Davidson '59, Janette Warrington '59, Jean Wilson '59, and Leona Hill '59. Row 3- Dora Webb '59, and Mildred Lee '59
p.195 Glee Club, 1959


p.196 Unidentified students in dorm
p.197 Unidentified nurses playing ping-pong, 1959

p.198 Greeting Tuskegee students for affiliation (1961-1962). Fourth from the left is Mrs. Wormsley (1963-1965)
p.199 Greeting Tuskegee students, 1962
p.200 Unidentified group of students, 1962
p.201 Class 3-11, January 24-February, 1966
p.202 Class 5, Practical Nurse, completed 1967

p.203 Learning lab, March 11, 1961

p.204 Practical Nurse Class #2 presents lamps to MDH for hospital, 1966
p.205 Licensed Practical Nurse, Class #3 present gifts to MDH, 1960
p.206 Class #5 presents wheelchair to MDH

p.207 Carla Mintz, first recipient of the scholarship with family and scholarship committee, ca. 1970
p.208 Scholarship Committee with Carla Mintz, ca. 1970: Katherine Alexander, Gwendolyn E. Braxton, Marie Sherman Hamilton, Gracie Hill Perry. Winner, Carla Mintz seated, center

Box 27 (Oversize)

p.15 Frederick Douglass Hospital, School of Nursing, Class of 1923
p.18-P.18b Mercy Hospital, 1919
p.30b(side A) Group photo
p.35 Group of nurses, 1921
p.38 Miss Lula G. Warlick, 1917
p.41 Interns and nurses in front of an ambulance
p.75a Class of 1930
p.193a Basketball team, 1950-1951

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