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10. Pennsylvania Hospital Nursing Collection, 1876-1995.
Funding Note
This collection was processed through the generous funding
of the Pennsylvania Historical Museum Commission.
Provenance
Large portions of this collection were gathered by Helen
G. McClelland to document the history of nursing at Pennsylvania
Hospital. Much of the rest of the material in the collection
were donated by individual nurses. There are also administrative
papers that were retained by Hospital staff.
Timeline
1875—formation of a Training School
for Nurses discussed; Fannie G. Irwin appointed Chief Nurse
1878—Anna Barkley succeeded Irwin
as Chief Nurse
1879—first students admitted to
nurses training program
1880—Anna R. Bunting appointed Superintendent
of Nurses
1883—Training School for Nurses
established
1884—first graduates from the Training
School for Nurses
1886—Nurses Training course extended
to two years; Marion E. Smith succeeded Bunting as Superintendent
of Nurses; First female nurses assigned to men’s wards.
1888—Anne A. Hintze serves as Superintendent
of Nurses
1891—Elizabeth S. Collier elected
to position of Superintendent of Nurses
1892—new “Nurses Home”
erected with funds donated by the children of William A.
and Maria E. Blanchard
1893—first public commencement of
Training School for Nurses
1894—diet kitchen established with
a dietitian (Alice C. Blennerhassett) in charge of operations
1895—Lucy Walker elected Superintendent
of Nurses
1897—Training course extended to
three years; Alumnae Association organized
1907—Ada Payne appointed to succeed
Walker
1909—Margaret A. Dunlop serves as
Superintendent of Nurses
1914—School of Nursing for Men of
the Pennsylvania Hospital founded by Dr. Owen Copp; Leroy
N. Craig serves as director
1915—Dunlop, Helen G. McClelland,
Mary Mallon and Agnes Guerin organize nurses for the American
Ambulance in Neuilly, France
1916—Pennsylvania Hospital Army
Reserve Corps inaugurated, Richard H. Harte serving as director
1917—the Pennsylvania Hospital unit
(Base Hospital No. 10) called to active duty
1933—Helen G. McClelland serves
as Director of Nursing
1956—Marie Pierce succeeds McClelland
as Director of Nursing
1960—Sandy Mannino serves as Director
of Nursing at the Institute of Pennsylvania Hospital
1965—the two Schools of Nursing
at Pennsylvania Hospital merged; Sandy Mannino serves as
Director of the merged school
1974—the School of Nursing at Pennsylvania
Hospital closes
General Overview of Collection
This collection has been divided into the following twenty-three
series:
- History of Nursing
- History of the
Pennsylvania Hospital School of Nursing, 1888-1974
- Lydia J. Clark
Library
- Lucy Walker Donnell
Papers, 1876-1942
- Council for Nursing
Education, 1920-1927
- Committee on the
Grading of Nursing Schools
- Nurses' Home and
Training Center Plans, 1925-1934
- School of Nursing
- Administrative Records, 1951-1957
- School of Nursing
- Class Records, 1887-1974
- School of Nursing
- Time Books, 1899-1960
- Margaret A. Dunlop
Papers, 1906-1942
- World War I,
U.S Base Hospital No. 10, Le Treport, France, 1915 -1964
- World War II,
Evacuation Hospital No. 52, New Caledonia, 1941-1961
- Helen Grace McClelland
Papers, 1915-1984
- School of Nursing
for Men, 1915-1974
- School of Nursing
Yearbooks, 1928-1974
- Department of
Nursing Education, 1955-1974
- Nurses' Alumnae
Association, 1897-1995
- Student Nurses’ Association,
1962-1972
- Nursing Library, 1962-1975
- History of Pennsylvania Hospital,
1907-1984, n.d.
- Pennsylvania Hospital Museum,
1909-1997, n.d.
- Dorothy Harvey Leonard Papers,
1907-1990
- Textiles
Note on Restricted Access
Not all materials in the collection are publicly accessible
or reproducible. The physical condition of an item, copyright
issues, donor restrictions, and Federal regulations will determine
restrictions on access and reproductions.
According to the Hospital Insurance Portability & Accountability
Act (HIPAA), effective April 14th, 2003, Hospital employees
are not permitted to provide access to identifying information
of any patient - past, present, or future. As a result, access
to, or reproductions of, any images in which patients appear,
cannot be granted, unless the patients' faces are blurred
so as to be unrecognizable.
State law 50 P.S. 7111 prohibits the use of all patient
mental health records.
The Pennsylvania Hospital closes non-mental health patient
records for 100 years. Records older than 100 years are open
for researchers to view. All non-patient related material
is closed for 75 years from its creation. Certain restrictions
might still apply on specific records.
Preferred Citation
Pennsylvania Hospital Nursing Collection. Courtesy of the
Pennsylvania Hospital Historic Collections, Philadelphia,
Pennsylvania.
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