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DeKalb General Hospital mass resignation records
Collection
Identifier: L1995-01
Abstract:
In 1968, the nurses at DeKalb General Hospital elected to form a local unit of the Georgia State Nurses Association to act as their bargaining agent for collective bargaining purposes. The Hospital administration refused to budge and over 100 nurses resigned in protest. The collection consists of records pertaining to the mass resignation of nurses at DeKalb General Hospital in 1968-1969. These records were collected by Cathleen Conway Johnson while researching her doctoral thesis, "The...
Dates:
1959-1973
Found in:
Special Collections
District of Columbia Nurses Association records
Collection
Identifier: L1979-16
Abstract:
The District of Columbia Nurses Association was founded in 1903 in order to promote the advancement of the educational standards of nursing and to adopt a code of professional ethics. Later, the organization lobbied for nursing legislation, and acted as a collective bargaining agent for District of Columbia nurses. District of Columbia Nurses Association records, 1903-1977, include correspondence (1908-1974); executive board, committee, and section minutes (1903-1971); reports (1905-1971);...
Dates:
1903-1977
Found in:
Special Collections
Georgia Nurses' Association records
Collection
Identifier: L1976-39
Abstract:
The Georgia Nurses' Association (GNA) was founded in 1907 as a professional organization to unite nurses in Georgia, to advocate for high standards for nurses and nursing education, and to improve patient care. Minutes and proceedings, correspondence, reports, constitutions, bylaws, articles of incorporation, printed material, notes, financial records, scrapbooks, legal documents, photographs, sound recordings, and artifacts make up the records of the Georgia Nurses' Association and document...
Dates:
1903-1998
Found in:
Special Collections
Grady School of Nursing oral history project
Collection
Identifier: L-OH_Grady
Abstract
The Grady School of Nursing Oral History Project consists of 6 oral history interviews conducted between 2014-2016.
Dates:
2014-2016
Found in:
Special Collections
Jeff Cornett papers
Collection
Identifier: Q184
Abstract
Jeff Cornett, a nurse and public health activist and trainer, helped battle the AIDS crisis during the 1980s and 1990s in Atlanta, Georgia. The Jeff Cornett papers, 1984-1993, consist of flyers, research papers, posters, medical training materials, 2 videotapes, periodicals, and t-shirts. The majority of the collection relate to the AIDS crisis.
Dates:
1984-1993
Found in:
Special Collections
Jewel Dean Moody papers
Collection
Identifier: W067
Abstract:
Jewel (Judy) Dean Moody, originally of Lake Alfred, Florida, attended Grady Memorial Hospital School of Nursing in Atlanta, Georgia. She graduated on January 26, 1945. The bulk of this collection is memorabilia from her time at school including her diploma, a class photograph, her nursing cape, and nursing caps.
Dates:
1945, 1962, undated
Found in:
Special Collections
Kentucky Nurses Association records
Collection
Identifier: L1978-20
Abstract:
The Kentucky Nurses Association (KNA) was organized in 1906 by nurses wanting to assure that those who care for patients in Kentucky are professionally trained, licensed, and regulated. The records document the founding of the Kentucky Nurses Association; its development as a professional organization concerned with the legal, economic and professional status, education, and training of nurses; its evolution as a collective bargaining agent for nurses; the day-to-day administration of the...
Dates:
1906-1990; Majority of material found within 1957 - 1977
Found in:
Special Collections
Mary N. Long papers
Collection
Identifier: W062
Abstract:
Primarily correspondence, minutes and agendas, notes and writings, printed material including reports, and artifacts and ephemera make up the papers of nurse, administrator, and advocate Mary N. Long, 1957, 1965-2000. Materials relate to her employment at Grady Memorial Hospital and the Arthritis Foundation; to her service to the Georgia Nurses' Association, Georgia Nurses' Foundation, American Nurses Foundation, and other organizations; and to her work as an activist and community...
Dates:
1957, 1965-2000
Found in:
Special Collections
Maryland Nurses Association records
Collection
Identifier: L1979-33
Abstract
The Maryland State Association of Graduate Nurses established its priorities as creating a state registration program, fostering relationships among Maryland nurses, promoting nursing standards, and later, serving as the primary collective bargaining agent for nurses. The records of the Maryland Nurses Association document its creation in 1903; its organizational structure and everyday activities; its annual conventions; and its commitment to the establishment of nursing professional...
Dates:
1882-1989
Found in:
Special Collections
South Carolina Nurses Association records
Collection
Identifier: L1977-37
Abstract:
The South Carolina Nurses Association, founded in 1907, is a professional organization devoted to promoting high standards for nurses, to encouraging their advancement and welfare, and to improving health care generally. Its records include minutes and proceedings, correspondence, reports, constitutions and by-laws, printed material, notes and writings, financial records, legal documents, scrapbooks, photographs, motion pictures, sound recordings, works of art on paper, and artifacts, which...
Dates:
1897, 1907-1992
Found in:
Special Collections
South Carolina Nurses Association records
Collection
Identifier: L2016-33
Abstract
The South Carolina Nurses Association (SCNA), established in 1907, is a professional organization focused on elevating nursing standards, advancing nurses' welfare, and enhancing healthcare. Its history involves the role of women in shaping nursing policy and legislation. The SCNA records, 1892-2015, encompass a wide array of materials including books, minutes, membership data, correspondence, annual reports, constitutions, newsletters, financial records, scrapbooks, grant applications,...
Dates:
1892-2015
Found in:
Special Collections