Ruth Chamberlin Collection circa 1930-1988

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Ruth Chamberlin Collection circa 1930-1988

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The Ruth Chamberlin Collection, circa 1930-1988, contains 0.75 cubic feet, consisting of three scrapbooks and twenty-one folders of material relating to Chamberlin's career as dean of the School of Nursing at MUSC. Files are arranged according to format: papers, scrapbooks, and artifacts. The majority of the papers are collected items including correspondence, newspaper articles and other publicity about Chamberlin and her nursing career. Items pertaining to Ruth Chamberlin's 80th birthday party, 1983, include many birthday cards, an autograph and guest book, papers detailing the planning of the party, and newspaper clippings of the event. Also included are papers with information on Chamberlin's response to her friends and their gifts. Chamberlin's miscellaneous file, 1956-1988, contains personal correspondence, including with her successor as dean, Elizabeth Mills. A newspaper clipping about Dr. William Mellen McCord, a photo of commencement in 1956, a nametag for an MUSC event, and an obituary for Chamberlin are also included. A scrapbook devoted to a 1958 pageant celebrating the School of Nursing's 75th anniversary was disassembled and filed as a folder, which contains the pageant script and publicity for the event. The Nursing History and Miscellaneous scrapbook, 1930s, does not appear to have a single theme; it has many assorted items including news coverage of a "horseback riding nurse" named Mary Breckenridge, random samples of literature, photographs of famous people, and quotes and comics. Also included is a photograph of a nursery school in Moscow dated 1934, a newspaper clipping from the New York Herald Tribune, dated 1928, about aviation, a newspaper article about Marie Curie, and an illustration of a Schick test. The Charleston Tourist scrapbook, 1937-1945(?), contains assorted items such as newspaper clippings, photos, business cards, booklets, and menus pertaining to businesses and locations around Charleston. Chamberlin's retirement scrapbook, 1965-1966, contains birthday greetings and other well-wishing letters to Chamberlin, in addition to photos of her. The Ruth Chamberlin Collection also contains artifacts such as her Bachelor's and Master's hoods and MUSC alumnae scarf.

20 folders; 0.75 cubic feet

Medical University of South Carolina Libraries

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Medical University of South Carolina Libraries

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Medical University of South Carolina. College of Nursing

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The College of Nursing at the Medical University of South Carolina had its origin in 1882 when the City Council of Charleston approved a request by the City Hospital for two thousand dollars to establish a "Training School for Nurses." The school was opened in 1883 (first students accepted in 1884) and continued operating at the City Hospital until it was destroyed by an earthquake in 1886. It was reestablished as "The Charleston Training School" in 1895. A two-year program of instruction was of...

Chamberlin, Ruth 1930-1988

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Ruth Chamberlin was born November 4, 1903 in Yonkers, New York. Chamberlin attended Hunter College in New York and received her B.S. and M.A. degrees from Teachers College at Columbia University in New York. She also graduated from Mt. Sinai Hospital School of Nursing in New York. She was the educational director at University Hospital of the Good Shepherd at Syracuse University, and later was director of the school of nursing there. Chamberlin was administrative head of the School of Nursing at...

Medical College of the State of South Carolina. School of Nursing.

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Chamberlin, Ruth, 1903-1988

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