Scope and Content of the Series From the Series:

This small series includes clippings and biographical items, resume material, educational records, family and personal notes and correspondence. See Series IX for personal artifacts.

Scope and Content of the Papers From the Collection:

The bulk of the items in this collection are memorabilia from Judy Moody's time as a student at Grady including her diploma from January 1945. Other items include photographs, a commemorative history of Grady Memorial Hospital School of Nursing from 1898-1962, and three nursing pins. Of particular interest are her blue and red nursing cape and three white nursing caps.

Scope and Contents of the Papers From the Collection: The Bernice Dixon papers, 1851, 1881-1882, 1899-2015 (bulk 1954-1982), consist of correspondence, annual reports, catalogs, bylaws, programs, student materials, scrapbooks, photographs, yearbooks, and other printed material. The materials document the activities of the Grady Memorial Hospital School of Nursing, relevant institutions, organizations, students, alumni and the hospital’s nursing service. Bernice Dixon collected the materials during her employment at Grady Hospital and while...

Scope and Contents of the Sub-Series From the Sub-Series: Minutes, correspondence, Committee and section reports, and other papers documenting the day-to-day operations of the Fifth District.This subseries is divided into two sets of files: Sub-subseries 1: Alphabetical subject files. This sub-subseries serves as an organizational catch-all for the fifth district 1913-1991 (bulk 1950-1979). The fifth district had committees and sections that fulfilled the same specialized role at the district level that they did at the state and...

Scope and Content of the Series From the Series:

This small series includes clippings and biographical items, resume material, educational records, family and personal notes and correspondence. See Series IX for personal artifacts.

Scope and Contents of the Papers From the Collection: The Bernice Dixon papers, 1851, 1881-1882, 1899-2015 (bulk 1954-1982), consist of correspondence, annual reports, catalogs, bylaws, programs, student materials, scrapbooks, photographs, yearbooks, and other printed material. The materials document the activities of the Grady Memorial Hospital School of Nursing, relevant institutions, organizations, students, alumni and the hospital’s nursing service. Bernice Dixon collected the materials during her employment at Grady Hospital and while...

Scope and Contents of the Collection From the Collection:

The Labor Periodicals Collection is a collection of printed journals, newspapers, newsletters and other published materials separated from various Southern Labor Archives organizational collections, or acquired through subscription. Most titles are the official publications of AFL-CIO affiliated labor organizations, primarily in the Southeast, however the collection also includes many national and international union publications.

Scope and Contents of the Papers From the Collection: The Bernice Dixon papers, 1851, 1881-1882, 1899-2015 (bulk 1954-1982), consist of correspondence, annual reports, catalogs, bylaws, programs, student materials, scrapbooks, photographs, yearbooks, and other printed material. The materials document the activities of the Grady Memorial Hospital School of Nursing, relevant institutions, organizations, students, alumni and the hospital’s nursing service. Bernice Dixon collected the materials during her employment at Grady Hospital and while...

Scope and Content of the Papers From the Collection:

The bulk of the items in this collection are memorabilia from Judy Moody's time as a student at Grady including her diploma from January 1945. Other items include photographs, a commemorative history of Grady Memorial Hospital School of Nursing from 1898-1962, and three nursing pins. Of particular interest are her blue and red nursing cape and three white nursing caps.

Scope and Contents of the Papers From the Collection: The Bernice Dixon papers, 1851, 1881-1882, 1899-2015 (bulk 1954-1982), consist of correspondence, annual reports, catalogs, bylaws, programs, student materials, scrapbooks, photographs, yearbooks, and other printed material. The materials document the activities of the Grady Memorial Hospital School of Nursing, relevant institutions, organizations, students, alumni and the hospital’s nursing service. Bernice Dixon collected the materials during her employment at Grady Hospital and while...

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Dixon discusses the various nursing positions she held throughout her career, including working as the director of the school of nursing at Grady Hospital. She also discusses the history of the Grady Hospital School of Nursing, including the school's integration in the 1960s, the evolution of the nursing profession, and other topics.

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Interviewed by Traci Drummond. Dixon discusses her career path and the difficulties she had in going back to school for her Master's degree. She also discusses the accreditation process and how the Grady School of Nursing lost its accreditation as well as the associate degree program and how that affected the enrollment rate of the school of nursing. She explains how that and many other factors lead to the closing of the Grady School of Nursing and how her life changed afterwards.

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Interviewed by Traci Drummond. Dixon discusses her family and childhood, her time as a nursing student, and her career as a nurse. She also discusses jobs she held before becoming a nurse, segregation and integration at the Grady Hospital School of Nursing, and the nursing shortage caused by World War II.

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Interviewed by Traci Drummond. In this interview, Clary discusses her childhood and her family life. She also discusses segregation and the Vietnam War during her childhood. She extensively talks about her time at the Grady School of Nursing, and then describes her subsequent nursing jobs in hospitals and industrial settings.

Scope and Contents Interviewed by Traci Drummond and Judy Clary. Boykin discusses her family, childhood, and young adulthood in south Alabama. She talks about her time as a student at Grady and at DePaul, and her work as a nurse. She and Judy Clary discuss the similarities and differences between their experiences as nursing students at Grady (Clary attended the school twenty years after Boykin). Boykin describes her relationships with coworkers, who were often surprised by her assertiveness. She also...

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The Historical Files series consists of the last of the materials Bernice Dixon utilized while writing the book Grady Memorial Hospital School of Nursing: The History, the People, the Memories, with Judy (Lee) Clary and Mary (Sutton) Rau-Foster (2015).

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Interviewed by Traci Drummond. In this interview, Wilson discusses her family and childhood, her time as a nursing student, her work as a nurse, and the nursing profession in general.

Scope and Contents note These pamphlets have been separated to the Labor Pamphlet Collection and are filed under Nurses Association, Georgia; Nurses Association, American; and Civil Defense Planning. Interpretation of the Statements of the Code for Professional Nurses, American Nurses' Association, 1963The Role of the Nurse in National Disaster, United States Department of Health, Education, and Welfare, 1965...

Scope and Contents Interviewed by Andrew Reisinger. Gillmor talks about the influence her parents had on her life, and how her early political views were shaped by her father and the boarding school she attended. She explains how she came to be interested in nursing and midwifery, and talks about her long career in the field. Gillmor talks about her involvement with the Great Speckled Bird in the mid-1970s, and the relationships she has maintained with people who were also...

Scope and Contents Interviewed by Traci Drummond: Claire Bowman begins the interview with a little bit of her family background as well as schooling and education. She then discusses moving to Atlanta and her time working at the Bird. She talks about her experience living in the South and the Bird's presence. She later talks about leaving the Bird and joining the Georgia Communist League and her marriage. She moves back to Los Angeles and talks about working in factories and union organizing until her divorce...