Pinala West Monroe papers

Access and use

Location of collection:
Virginia Commonwealth University, Cabell Library
James Branch Cabell Library
Virginia Commonwealth University
P.O. Box 842003
901 Park Avenue
Richmond, VA 23284-2003
Contact for questions and access:
POC: SCA Staff
Phone: (804) 828-1108
Fax: (804) 828-0151
Restrictions:

The collection is open for research.

Terms of access:

There are no restrictions.

Preferred citation:

Pinala West Monroe papers, 1939-1980, Collection # M 593, Special Collections and Archives, Health Sciences Library, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA.

Summary

Extent:
1 Folders
Creator:
Monroe, Pinala W. (Pinala West), 1918-2003 and Monroe, Pinala W. (Pinala West), 1918-2003
Language:
English
Preferred citation:

Pinala West Monroe papers, 1939-1980, Collection # M 593, Special Collections and Archives, Health Sciences Library, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA.

Background

Scope and content:

This collection contains materials related to St. Philip Alumnae Association, a 1939 St. Philip graduation program, the Constituion and By-Laws of the Old Dominion Graduate Nurses Assocation, and publications related to MCV Hospital and the Department of Nursing, MCV-VCU.

Biographical / historical:

Pinala Forestine West Monroe was born on 23 December 1918 in Richmond, Virginia to Oscar West and Mildred Mallory West. She attended the St. Philip School of Nursing, graduating in 1939. The St. Philip School of Nursing was a segregated program for Black nursing students that began in 1920 with the opening of St. Philip Hospital. At that time, Virginia law required racially segregated facilities. The Medical College of Virginia (MCV) operated the school until 1962 when it closed due to declining enrollment and the integration of the MCV School of Nursing. Monroe actively supported the St. Philip Alumnae Association, including co-authoring A Historical Bulletin of the Saint Philip School of Nursing and Alumnae. She worked as a nurse at the McGuire Veterans Affairs Medical Center. West died in 2003.

Acquisition information:
Gift of Mrs. Pinala West Monroe in 1985.
Rules or conventions:
Describing Archives: A Content Standard