Breckinridge, Mary, 1881-1965

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In 1925, Mary Breckinridge founded the Frontier Nursing Service to provide infant and maternal care in the mountains of southeastern Kentucky. She was the granddaughter of Kentucky statesman and former vice-president of the United States, John Cabell Breckinridge.

From the description of Letter, 1960, July 12. (Kentucky Historical Society). WorldCat record id: 38488930
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referencedIn Frontier Nursing Service, inc. Frontier Nursing Service collection, 1902-2006 University of Kentucky Libraries
creatorOf Papers-Oxmoor Collection additional papers, 1920-1968 The Filson Historical Society
referencedIn John C. Campbell and Olive D. Campbell papers, 1836-2005 (bulk 1865-1950). University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
referencedIn John Mason Brown papers, 1922-1967. Houghton Library
referencedIn Robinson, Corinne Roosevelt, 1861-1933. Papers, 1847-1933 Theodore Roosevelt Collection, Harvard College Library, Harvard University
referencedIn Frontier Nursing Service newspaper articles, 1935-1940. Middlebury College
referencedIn Berea College. Hutchins Library. Special Collections,. Frontier Nursing Service Collection 1923-1970. Berea College, Hutchins Library
referencedIn Family Planning Oral History Project. Records, 1909-1984 (inclusive), 1973-1977 (bulk). Arthur and Elizabeth Schlesinger Library on the History of Women in America‏
referencedIn Winslow, C.-E. A. (Charles-Edward Amory), 1877-1957. Charles-Edward Amory Winslow papers, 1874-1977 (inclusive), 1915-1945 (bulk). Yale University Library
referencedIn Papers of Martha May Eliot, 1898-1975 Arthur and Elizabeth Schlesinger Library on the History of Women in America‏
referencedIn Frontier Nursing Service, inc. Frontier Nursing Service records, 1789-1985, 1925-1985 (bulk dates) University of Kentucky Libraries
creatorOf Wallace, Tom, 1874-1961. Tom Wallace papers, 1925-1960. The Filson Historical Society
referencedIn Lexington Cemetery (Lexington, Ky.). Cemetery records, 1849-[ongoing]. Kentucky Department of Libraries and Archives, Kentucky Guide Project Office
referencedIn Edward Sanford Martin correspondence and compositions, 1882-1939 (inclusive), 1900-1938 (bulk). Houghton Library
creatorOf Breckinridge, Mary, 1881-1965. Letter, 1960, July 12. Kentucky Historical Society, Martin F. Schmidt Research Library
referencedIn Frontier Nursing Service, Washington Committee Records, 1976-1994, (bulk 1981-1994) Library of Congress. Manuscript Division
referencedIn Johnson family. Johnson family : papers, 1859-1971. The Filson Historical Society
referencedIn Interviews, 1973-1977 Arthur and Elizabeth Schlesinger Library on the History of Women in America‏
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