The Center for Nursing Historical Inquiry collection

Access and use

Location of collection:
University of Virginia, Special Collections Dept.
Albert and Shirley Small Special Collections Library
University of Virginia
P.O. Box 400110
160 McCormick Rd
Charlottesville, Virginia 22904-4110
Contact for questions and access:
POC: Brenda Gunn
Phone: (434) 924-1037
Phone: (434) 243-1776
Fax: (434) 924-4968
Restrictions:

Collection is open to research.

Terms of access:

Copyright restrictions may apply to some materials.

Preferred citation:

The Center for Nursing Historical Inquiry collection, MS-8, Historical Collections, Claude Moore Health Sciences Library, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Va.

Summary

Extent:
22.7 Linear Feet
Language:
English
Preferred citation:

The Center for Nursing Historical Inquiry collection, MS-8, Historical Collections, Claude Moore Health Sciences Library, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Va.

Background

Scope and content:

The Center for Nursing Historical Inquiry collection includes 16 sub-collections. Another CNHI Collection, NAPNAP, has it's own EAD guide (MS-20). Sub-collections include Association of State and Territorial Directors of Nursing Papers (ASTDN)*, 1985-2001 (Boxes 1-4 ), Evelyn Crary Bacon Papers, 1942-1991 (Boxes 1-2), Alice Burford Booth Papers*, 1940-1967 (Boxes 1-2), Dr. Barbara Brodie Papers (Box 1), Rose Marie Chioni Papers*, 1940-1967 (Boxes 1-3), Annie Laurie Crawford Papers, 1934-1987 (Boxes 1-3), Kathryn Jaquette Papers, 1969-1974 (Boxes 1-3), Louise Paris Jones Papers, 1946-1998 (Boxes 1-4), Gloria Nuckles Papers, 1950-1954 (Box 1), Gretchen Osgood Papers, 1963-1990 (Boxes 1-3), JoAnne Peach Papers*, 1962-2001 (Boxes 1-8), SERPN collection (Boxes 1-12), Levato Jacobs Thomas Papers, 1960-1980s (Boxes 1-2), Fay Franklin Thomas-Vaden Papers, 1934-1944 (Boxes 1- 2), White Caps: Virginia Baptist Hospital Yearbook (Box 1), Helen Yura Papers (Boxes 1-2).

*Starred sub-collections are housed at the Center for Nursing Historical Inquiry.

Biographical / historical:

The Eleanor Crowder Bjoring Center for Nursing Historical Inquiry (CNHI), established at the University of Virginia in 1991 to support historical scholarship in nursing, is dedicated to the preservation and study of nursing history in the United States. The goals of the Center include the collection of materials, the promotion of scholarship, and the dissemination of historical research findings.

Acquisition information:
Papers were collected by Dr. Barbara Brodie and the University of Virginia School of Nursing. The Papers of JoAnne Peach were donated by JoAnne Peach.
Arrangement:

The collection is arranged alphabetically by sub-collection.

Physical description:
23.5 linear feet, (53 boxes, 23,000 items)