Pennsylvania Nurses' Association, District 1
Records, 1921-1973
MC 99

Extent:11.25 linear feet

Provenance:Pennsylvania Nurses' Association, District 1

Access:This collection is unrestricted.

Citation:Pennsylvania Nurses' Association, District 1 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 Pennsylvania Nurses' Association was founded in 1903, by nurses "feeling the need of organization, legislation and registration in the state of Pennsylvania." The immediate objective was for a registration law to control education and entry into the nursing profession, but the specific orientation of regional groups and specialized nurses soon caused the association to branch out in a variety of directions. By 1919, the state association had become unwieldy and districts were formed to better respond to the needs of individual nurses and regional interests within the state. On April 30, 1919, the Philadelphia District Number 1, along with several others, was admitted to membership.

The concerns of District 1, from its inception, revolved around the establishment of a central headquarters with an official registry of nurses. Lack of interest, however, prevented effective action until the Nurses' Official Directory was established in 1929 to facilitate employment. Shortly after, both interest and membership rose dramatically. The Philadelphia district developed into one of the most active sections, involved in legislative actions in all areas of health care, in professional promotion, publicity and education, in addition to many community activities.

Summary. The records of District 1 cover nearly the organization's entire history.

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

Series I. Minutes, Proceedings and Reports, 1923-1970. The first series contains the minutes of the board of directors, the typewritten reports of the proceedings of the annual conventions and various reports of officers. Comprising the dominant series in the collection, the minutes and proceedings chronicle the influence and activities of the Philadelphia district on the nursing profession almost from the organization's inception.

Series II. Committee and Section Papers, 1923-1973. The papers of the various committees and sections within District 1 provide information regarding the interests of specialized nursing groups in addition to insight into the administrative functioning of the organization. The series includes correspondence, minutes and some printed material, and the files are arranged alphabetically by section or committee.

Series III. Subject File, 1935-1972. This is an alphabetically arranged file representing District 1's civic and professional interest activities, including relations with other organizations, legislative goals, health care issues, education and social meetings.

Series IV. Correspondence, 1963-1972. This series consists of incoming and outgoing letters of officers and the office secretary, primarily covering the 1960s. Among the major topics are District 1's administration and relations with other organizations and groups.

Series V. Nurses' Official Directory, 1928-1972. This series includes information detailing the functions and development of the Nurses' Official Directory, which served to put registered nurses in contact with employers. Minutes, correspondence, registrants' meeting proceedings and a history of the N.O.D. chronicle the important role that this section played in the growth of District 1.

Series VI. Publications, Manuals, and Finances, 1921-1972. Contained here are the newsletters, legislative bulletins, clippings, administrative manuals and other printed material of the PNA. In addition, there are dues ledgers and some financial correspondence.

Series VII. Photographs, 1963-1969. This series contains photos of individual PNA members and photos of the Mass Polio Immunization Campaign in 1963. Captions and newsletter clippings are attached.

Series I. Minutes, Proceeding and Reports, 1923-1970
Box 1

f. 1-8 1923-1930

Box 2
f.9-15 1931-1936

Box 3
f.16-24 1937-1944

Box 4
f.25-32 1945-1952

Box 5
f.33-39 1953-1958

Box 6
f.40-47 1959-1963

Box 7
f.48 1964
f.49 1964-1967
f.50 1967-1968

f.51-61 1923-1933

Box 8
f.62-74 1934-1946

Box 9
f.75-83 1947-1964 (MAY)

Box 10
f.84 1964 (SEP)-1967
f.85 1967-1968
f.86 1970

f.87-89 1932-1949
f.90 1962-1968

f.91 Budget, 1948-1952
f.92 Reports of the Treasurer and budgets, 1967-1968
f.93 Proceedings and reports, miscellaneous, 1967-1968

Series II. Committee and Section Papers, 1932-1973

f.1 1960-1964
Box 11
f.2-3 1964-1972

f.4 CERS Section, 1963
f.5 Chronically Ill Committee, 1947-1948
f.6 Committee Lists, 1964
f.7 Complaint Committee, minutes, 1948

f.8 Bylaws and amendments, 1945-1950
f.9 Correspondence, 1945-1948

f.10 1947-1949
f.11 1962-1963

f.12 District Fund-raising Committee, 1962-1963
f.13-15 EACT Section, 1962-1971
f.16-17 Education Section, 1964-1968
f.18 Eligibility Committee, Reports to PNA, District 1, 1919-1940
f.19-20 Emergency Grants Committee, 1963-1967
f.21-22 General Duty Section, 1955-1965
f.23 Headquarters Committee, 1957-1964

Box 12

f.24-25 1947-1948
f.26 1964-1966

f.27 Information

f.28 1947-1948
f.29-31 1965-1972
f.32 Men's Nurses Section, 1940-1948
f.33-34 N.S.A. Section, 1962-1970

f.35 1943-1948
f.36-37 1962-1967

Box 13
f.38 Nurses Education Committee, 1963
f.39-41 Nursing in National Defense, 1957-1963
f.42 Pediatric Nurses' Section, 1971
f.43 Personnel Committee, 1955-1966
f.44-45 President's Conference Group, 1963-1964
f.46 Private Duty Nurses' Section, 1967-1973
f.47-49 Program Committee, 1965-1972
f.50-54 Public Health Section, 1959-1971

Box 14
f.55-58 Public Relations Committee, 1955-1972
f.59 Recruitment Committee, 1969-1972
f.60 Red Cross Committee, 1947-1948
f.61-62 School Section, 1962-1970
f.63 Sections Conference Committee, 1963-1965
f.64 Special Interest Section, 1971
f.65 Structure Committee, 1970
f.66 Study Committee on ANA Functions, 1963

Series III. Subject File, 1935-1972
f.1 American Journal of Nursing, 1970-1972
f.2 American Medical Association, 1963

f.3 Bylaws and Rules, 1958, 1960
f.4 Legislation News, 1964

f.5 Be-Involved Campaign, 1969-1970
f.6 Community News Releases, 1964-1965
f.7 Counseling and Placement Services, 1947-1948
f.8 Deceased members, 1964
f.9 Delaware Valley Hospital Council, 1964
f.10 District Secretaries Conference, 1947-1948
f.11 Dues dispute at Kennedy Hospital, 1969-1970

Box 15
f.12-16 Election candidates, 1963-1964, 1968, 1971
f.17-20 Election teller returns, 1963-1964, 1966-1967
f.21 Employment standards, 1964
f.22 Fiftieth anniversary, 1969
f.23-24 Foreign nurses, 1963, 1971-1972
f.25 Friendship fete, 1964-1965
f.26-27 Health and Welfare Council, 1963-1968
f.28 Health insurance, 1942-1948
f.29 Heart Association of Southeast Pennsylvania, 1963
f.30 Honorary recognition, 1962-1968
f.31 Immigrant nurses, 1968
f.32 Income tax deductions, 1968
f.33 Income tax exemption, 1938-1952
f.34 Industrial nurses, 1957

Box 16

f.35 1960-1963
f.36 1964-1967

f.37 Legal advisor, 1963-1971
f.38-39 Legal documents, Loomis vs. District 1, 1950-1958
f.40 Meeting evaluation sheets, 1962-1963
f.41 National League for Nursing, 1964
f.42 News items, 1963-1964
f.43 Nurses' Week, 1966

f.44 Board of Directors meeting minutes, 1948
f.45 Reports of field visits to District 1 and Nurses' Official Directors, 1952- 1954

f.46 Correspondence, 1962-1970
f.47 Pennsylvania State Board of Nurse Examiners, 1961
f.48 Pennsylvania State Employment Service, 1962-1963
f.49 Pennsylvania Tuberculosis and Health Society, 1964-1965
f.50 Philadelphia County Medical Society, 1964-1965
f.51 Polio Immunization program, 1963
f.52 Practical nurses, 1962-1963

Box 17
f.53 Professional code, 1960-1963
f.54 Social Services Building, 1938-1965
f.55 Southeastern Pennsylvania League for Nursing, 1963-1965
f.56 Squibb & Sons, newsletter "Nurse Notes," 1959-1964
f.57 State Board of Nursing Education, 1958-1963
f.58-60 Student nurses, 1963-1964, 1970-1971
f.61 United Cerebral Palsy Association, 1963
f.62 Wage tax, 1939-1940
f.63 Workmen's compensation, 1935-1937
f.64 World Health Organization, 1958

Series IV. Correspondence, 1963-1972
f.1 American Nurses' Association, 1969-1972

f.2-4 A-J

Box 18
f.5-7 K-Z

f.8 Board of Directors, 1964
f.9-10 Executive secretary, 1963-1964
f.11 General, 1969-1972
f.12 Membership, 1964
f.13 Office secretary, 1965-1967
f.14 President, 1965-1966

Series V. Nurses' Official Directory, 1928-1972
Box 19
f.1 Chronicle, 1935-1940

f.2-18 1939-1955
Box 20
f.19-28 1956-1965

f.29 Annual report, 1945-1948
f.30-37 Reports to Board of Directors, 1952-1961
f.38 List of members, 1945-1962

f.39-52 1939-1952

Box 21
f.53-65 1953-1965

f.66 Applications presented, 1962-1965
f.67 Special Committee, memo re applicants of military age, 1945
f.68 Committee to Complete the Business, 1951
f.69 Registry Committee, Minutes, 1928-1929

f.70 1942-1946
f.71 1961-1962
f.72 Charter of the Organization of Registrants, 1954

f.73-79 1936-1956

Box 22
f.80-85 1957-1962

f.86 Description of the organization, no date
f.87 Discontinuance, 1958
f.88 Finance, 1949-1951
f.89 N.O.D. cashbooks, 1958-1965
f.90 Organization and history, [1940-1941?]

f.91 1949
f.92 1970-1972

Box 23
f.93-95 Registrants, 1940-1964

f.96 1940-1948
f.97 1949-1950
f.98 1951
f.99 1952-1954
f.100 1955-1957
f.101 1958-1961
f.102-103 Registrants' returns, 1952

Box 24
f.104-127 Reports of Registrar, 1939-1965
f.128-146 Reports of Treasurer, 1943-1965

Box 25
f.147 Review Committee, 1952
f.148 Rules and personnel policies, 1954
f.149 Survey, 1937
f.150 Termination correspondence, 1965

Series VI. Publications, Manuals and Finances, 1921-1972
f.1 Brochure of the Bucks-Philadelphia County District, 1960
f.2 Committee manual, 1948
f.3-4 District presidents and secretaries manual, 1955, 1964
f.5 Legislation News, 1963
f.6-11 Legislative Bulletin, 1963-1971

Box 26
f.12 Legislative Manual, 1952-1953
f.13 Local Committee programs manual, 1948
f.14-16 Newsletter, 1951-1964
f.17-22 Official bulletin, 1939-1950
f.23 Organization manual, 1951

Box 27
f.24 Style manual, 1961
f.25-26 Calendars, 1921-1927
f.27 Dues ledger, 1965-1967
f.28-33 Finance Committee, 1943-1972
f.34-35 Financial statements, 1964-1971

Box 28
f.36 Tax exempt status, 1937-1938
f.37 Tax exemption, 1969-1972
f.38-39 Tax statements, 1944-1971
f.40-41 Treasurers' membership reports, 1969-1972
f.42-44 Clippings, 1961-1966

Series VII. Photographs, [1963-1969]
p.1 Mrs. Lulu Wolf Hassenplug Receiving the Albert Einstein Medical Center's Centennial Medal

p.2 Arlene Boyer, Faculty Member, 1963
p.3 Eileen Cancelli, President of the Student Nurses Association of Philadelphia, 1963
p.4 Naomi Sayers, Public Health Nurse, 1963
p.5 Arlene Boyer, Eileen Cancelli, and Naomi Sayers, 1963
p.6 Historic Student Nursing Uniforms Being Modeled, Albert Einstein Medical Center School of Nursing, 1965
p.7 Miss Ella W. Allison, Director of Nursing of Albert Einstein Medical Center, 1968 (2 photos)
p.8 P.F. Lucchesi, M.D., Executive Vice-President and Medical Director of Albert Einstein Medical Center, 1968
p.9 Mrs. Edythe Sobel receiving the Nurses Alumnae "Woman of the Year", 1968
p.10 Samuel H. Daroff, Renaming of the Southern Division of the Albert Einstein Medical Center, 1968
p.11 Helen L. Zaborowski, RN, 1968
p.12 Margaret Dolan, 1969

p.13 P.F. Lucchesi, M.D., Albert Einstein Medical Center Executive Vice President and Medical Director, 1969
p.14 Julius Klein, Albert Einstein Medical Center President, 1969

p.15 Unidentified Group on TWA Flight #369
p.16 Unidentified Group at Special Function
p.17 Unidentified Group at Special Function

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