Records, 1855-1974, 1896-1974 (bulk)

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Records, 1855-1974, 1896-1974 (bulk)

Records of the Methodist Hospital Nursing School and Nursing School Alumni Association. School records include yearbooks, 1923-1969; brochures and announcements, 1939-1946; and report on building of nurses home, ca. 1930. Alumni Association records include minutes, notices, and miscellaneous correspondence, 1896-1974; card file of alumni; scrapbook with clippings and photographs on nursing, Methodist Hospital, and Nursing School, 1935-1963; financial records of scholarship fund; and photographs of nurses and school classes, 1892-1945. Also includes letter and autographed portrait of Florence Nightingale, 1855.

5 cubic ft.

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Nightingale, Florence, 1820-1910

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Florence Nightingale (1820-1910), nursing pioneer and reformer, is regarded as the founder of modern nursing. Born in Florence, Italy, she dedicated her life to the care of the sick and war wounded. In 1844, she began to visit hospitals; in 1850, she spent some time with the nursing Sisters of St. Vincent de Paul in Alexandria and a year later studied at the institute for Protestant deaconesses in Kaiserswerth, Germany. In 1854, she organized a unit of 38 nurses for service in the Crimean War. I...

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