Florence and Henry Wald papers, 1955-2009 (inclusive).

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Florence and Henry Wald papers, 1955-2009 (inclusive).

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The papers document the professional careers of Florence and Henry Wald, pioneers in the hospice movement. The collection includes records documenting the founding, planning, and inception of Hospice, Inc., the first hospice program in the United States. The Hospice, Inc. records also provide particularly useful documentation of an example of a community based institution that relied on grass roots support for its development and administration. Meticulous notes and other documentation Wald kept during the groundbreaking research, "A Nurse's Study of Care for Dying Patients," comprise another substantive part of the collection. Other papers include collected materials from several local, national, and international hospice groups, which document the integral role Wald and Hospice Inc. played within the broader context of the hospice movement. Writings of the Walds, and a small amount of material regarding the Yale University School of Nursing round out the collection.

19.5 linear feet (42 boxes and 1.75 Gigabytes)

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