The New York County Nurses Association was the original name of this entity now known as the New York Counties Registered Nurses Association, Inc. (NYCRNA), District 13 of the New York State Nurses Association (NYSNA). The organization formed in 1904 for the expressed purpose of forming a society to “affiliate with the State Association for the advancement of our mutual aims and interests.” The records in this collection span one hundred and five years chronicalling the activities of nurses banded together for a common purpose to improve nursing care and all other aspects of the nursing profession. Members of NYCRNA, District 13, NYSNA championed improvements in working environments in the community and the hospitals; advocated for an 8-hour work day; increased pay and benefits for Private Duty nurses; and many nurses worked tirelessly for suffrage. In recent decades, the New York County Registered Nurses Association worked to combat the scourge of HIV/AIDS and attack the problem of homelessness and disparate healthcare issues associated with these social and community conditions.