This collection contains the minutes of Nursing Program’s departmental and committee meetings from the beginning of the then titled “Undergraduate Nursing Program” at Hudson Valley Community College (HVCC) in 1964 to the present Nursing Department now a division within the School of Health Sciences. The committee minutes discuss issues of advocacy, diversity, and professionalism which affect the nursing profession and those who educate subsequent generations of nurses.

Index code: MC60

Finding Guide:

Finding Aid for the Hudson Valley Community College Department of Nursing Records 1964-2002

Compiled by Gertrude B. Hutchinson, Archivist, July 13, 2009

VOLUME:	3.4 cubic feet including 1 oversized box of photographs

ACQUISITION:	The items in this collection were donated by Carol Bosco, PhD, RN, Chairwoman of the HVCC Department of Nursing, to the Bellevue Alumnae Center for Nursing History, Foundation of New York State Nurses in one accession in 2009.

ACCESS:	This collection is open to the public by appointment.

COPYRIGHT:	Please consult the repository for information about duplication or publishing of any materials from this collection.

PREFERRED CITATION:	Hudson Valley Community College Department of Nursing Records, 1964-2002 (MC 60), Bellevue Alumnae Center for Nursing History, Foundation of New York State Nurses, Guilderland, NY

Administrative History
Scope and Contents Note
Series Descriptions
Box and Folder List
- Series 1: Administration
- Series 2: Photographs

Administrative History

The Hudson Valley Technical Institute came into existence in 1953 with its stated mission to provide vocational and technical training for returning World War II Veterans. In 1959, construction on the campus at its present location in Troy, Rensselaer County, NY, began and reached completion in 1961.

Presidents of Hudson Valley Community College

1953-1965	Otto V. Guenther
1965-1979	James J. Fitzgibbons
1979-1996	Joseph J. Bulmer
1996-1998	Stephen M. Curtis
1998-2003	John L. Buono
2004-2005	Marco J. Silvestri (Interim)
2005-Present	Andrew J. Matonak

The Department of Nursing began in 1964 as The Undergraduate Nursing Program. Currently, the Nursing Department is a branch of the School of Health Sciences. Students are educated in nursing theory as well as receiving practical experience in structured clinical settings in area hospitals. Students graduating from the program earn an Associates Degree in Applied Sciences.

Chairwomen of the Department of Nursing

1964-1970	Eileen A. McQuaid
1970-1977	Patricia A. Beck
1978-1979	Janet Fahey
1980-1980
1981-1991	Patricia A. Beck
1991-2007<	Dr. Dicey O’Malley
2007-2009	Dr. Carol Bosco

Scope and Contents Notes

The collection contains the munites from the start of the Nursing Department in 1964 to 2002. The collection contains the minutes from the start of the Nursing Department in 1964 to 2002, as well as minutes from the Standing Subcommittees of the Department: Advisory, Liaison, Major Health Problems II, and Nursing I-IV. Also included are photographs of the Graduating Classes from 1979, 1983, and 1984.

Series Descriptions

Series 1: Administration
3.0 cubic feetWithin this series are minutes from the Nursing Department as a whole and its various standing subcommittees. These minutes are bound and span thirty-eight years from 1964 to 2002.
Series 2: Photographs
0.4 cubic feetWithin this series are color photographs of three graduating classes from 1979, 1983, and 1984.

Box and Folder List

Series 1: Administration

Box 1
Folder:

Minutes: Nursing Department, September 1964-June 1967
Minutes: Standing Subcommittee, September 1967-June 1969
Minutes: Standing Subcommittee, September 1968-May 1969
Minutes: Nursing Department, September 1969-June 1970
Minutes: Standing Subcommittees, September 1969-May 1970
Minutes: Standing Subcommittees, September 1970-April 1971
Minutes: Nursing Department, September 1970- May 1971
Major Health Problems II Subcommittee, September 1970-November 1970
Minutes: Nursing Department, September 1971-May 1972
Minutes: Standing Subcommittees, September 1971-May 1972
Minutes: Nursing Department, August 1972-May 1973;
Nursing Department Curriculum Meetings, October 1972- May 1973;
Standing Subcommittees, August 1972-May 1973
Minutes: Nursing Department, September 1973-May 1974
Minutes: Nursing Department, August 1974-May 1975;
Standing Subcommittees, May 1974-May 1975
Minutes: Standing Subcommittees, September 1974-May 1975
Minutes: Nursing Department, August 1975-May 1976;
Standing Subcommittees, August 1975-May 1976
Minutes: Nursing Department, August 1976- May 1977;
Standing Subcommittees, August 1976-May 1977

Box 2
Folder:

Minutes: Nursing Department, August 1977-May 1978
Minutes: Nursing Department, August 1978-May 1979
Minutes: Nursing Department, 1981-1982;
Standing Subcommittees, 1981-1982
Minutes: Nursing Department, 1982-1983
Minutes: Nursing Department, 1983-1984
Minutes: Nursing Department, Vol. 1, 1984-1985
Minutes: Standing Subcommittees, Vol. 2, 1984-1985
Minutes: Nursing Department, 1985-1986
Minutes: Nursing Department, 1986-1987
Minutes: Nursing Department, 1987-1988
Minutes: Nursing Department, 1988-1989

Box 3
Folder:

Minutes: Nursing Department, 1989-1990
Minutes: Nursing Department, 1990-1991
Minutes: Nursing Department, 1991-1992
Minutes: Nursing Department, 1992-1993
Minutes: Nursing Department, 1993-1994
Minutes: Standing Subcommittees, 1994-1995
Minutes: Nursing Department, 1995-1996
Minutes: Nursing Department, 1996-1997
Minutes: Nursing Department, 1997-1998;
Standing Subcommittees, 1997-1998
Minutes: Nursing Department, 1998-1999;
Standing Subcommittees, 1998-1999
Minutes: Standing Subcommittees, 1999-2000
Minutes: Nursing Department, 2000

Box 4
Folder:

Minutes: Nursing Department, 2000-2001
Minutes: Standing Subcommittees, 2001-2002
Policies of the Nursing Department, 1984

Series 2: Photographs

[See Oversize Box 1]

Folder:

Photograph, Class of 1979.
Photograph, Class of 1983.
Photgraph, Class of 1984.

Revisions:
Gertrude B. Hutchinson	July 13, 2009

Hudson Valley Community College Department of Nursing Records