Arvella Bentley Vowell Nurses collection, 1943-1994, n.d.

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Arvella Bentley Vowell Nurses collection, 1943-1994, n.d.

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The Arvella Bentley Vowell Nurses Collection, 1943-1994, n.d., consists of clippings, correspondence, books, papers, a scrapbook, a ceramic lamp and a photograph. There is little biographical information, but there are clippings dating from the 1950s to the 1990s. The bulk of the materials consist of books from her personal library, most of which were published in the 1980s. These publications cover varying historical periods on nursing and important events in women's history, and two are signed by the authors. Also of interest, because of the personal nature, is a lamp with Vowell's name and District 8's insignia embossed upon it, and a color photograph of Vowell, an alternate version of photograph used in a 1993 article on her.

5 boxes (4 document boxes and 1 flat box) 1.75 linear feet.

University of Texas at San Antonio, John Peace Library (JPL)

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SNAC Resource ID: 7570333

University of Texas at San Antonio, John Peace Library (JPL)

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Vowell, Arvelia Bentley, 1904-1994.

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Texas Nurses' Association

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The Texas Nurses Association (TNA) is a statewide membership-based association of registered nurses (RNs). Founded in 1907, TNA is the oldest professional nursing association in Texas. Members of the organization fill many roles of nursing, including bedside, administration, consulting, advanced practice, education and legislation. Duties of members are carried out in settings as diverse as hospital, home and community health, public health, higher education, long term care, school health and po...

Vowell, Arvella Bentley, 1904-1994.

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In 1929 Vowell, a widowed mother of two young children, began the three-year nurses training program at Sealy Hospital in Santa Anna, Texas. After becoming a registered nurse in 1933, she moved with her children to San Antonio and began working full-time as a nurse. Over the span of Vowell's 44-year career, she served as a school nurse, private nurse, psychiatric nurse and polio nurse. In addition, she was a visiting nurse at Kelly Field during World War II, a health nurse at Trinity University ...