Bellevue Hospital School of Nursing Alumnae Association Records

Bellevue Hospital School of Nursing was founded in 1873 and closed in 1969. It was the first school in the United States patterned on Florence Nightingale’s principals of nursing education. Nurses trained at the Bellevue Hospital School of Nursing took courses in and affiliated with hospitals that focused on psychiatric/mental health nursing. The historical materials of the Bellevue School of Nursing Alumnae Association include records about and from alumnae (including many of the most influential nursing leaders) of the closed School of Nursing in New York, NY, photographs, student uniforms, and yearbooks. Of particular interest are photographs of Bellevue Hospital and the School of Nursing over the course of the School’s history. The alumnae papers also include information about military nursing in World War II, especially the papers of Thelma J. Ryan. Coverage of the Mills School of Nursing (for male nurses) and the Bellevue School for Midwives is limited.