Miscellaneous small manuscript collections include letters, reports, speeches, awards, diplomas, examination papers, photographs, and miscellaneous materials. These records provide information on the development of nursing in New York state. Included are the papers of Janet P. Mance, president of NYSNA from 1974-1975. Other notable items are papers of NYSNA leaders Beatrice Van Homrigh Stevenson and Marion Sheahan Bailey; an 1878 letter from Florence Nightingale; and correspondence of Lavinia Dock which provides information on and insight into the political activities and liaisons involved in the passage and signing into law of New York’s Nurse Registration Bill of 1903. Also included are the records of some small nursing organizations such as the Schenectady R.N. Club.

Index code: MC5

Finding Guide:

Finding Aid for the Miscellaneous Small Manuscript Collections

Compiled by	Gertrude Hutchinson	November 2008
Revisions by	Gertrude Hutchinson	May, July, September, December 2009, February 2010, May 2011, July 2011, September 2012, September 2014, December 2015, June 2016
	Susan Birkhead	June 2019, February 2021

VOLUME:	22.5 cu. ft.

ACQUISITION:	The items in this collection were donated to the Foundation of New York State Nurses Bellevue Alumnae Center for Nursing History in multiple accessions by various donors between 1989 and 2010.

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	Miscellaneous Small Manuscript Collections (MC5), Bellevue Alumnae Center for Nursing History, Foundation of New York State Nurses, Guilderland, NY

Collection History

This dynamic artificial collection began in 1989 with nurses contributing artifacts from their alma maters and their careers. Many schools of nursing represented in this collection include Lincoln Hospital, St. Catherine’s Hospital, Albany Memorial, Prospect Heights Hospital (Brooklyn), Long Island Hospital, Samaritan Hospital, Ellis Hospital, The Troy Hospital (now known as St. Mary’s Hospital), Presbyterian Hospital, Genesee Hospital, Syracuse University, Craig Colony Hospital, Fulton Montgomery Community College, St Joseph’s Hospital, Champlain Valley School of Nursing and Willard State Hospital.

Scope and Contents Note

This collection consists of papers, publications, and ephemera representing various donors and schools of nursing. There is only one series presented as an inventory box and folder list.

Box and Folder List

MC5 Box List

Box 1		Size	Location
A1996-17 Gilston, Jennifer (daughter of S. S. Downing)	Stella Simone Downing’s Amsterdam City Hospital Nursing School papers, 1929-1931 Charts, 1933, 1952 Pamphlets, 1941-1957 Refresher course materials, 1967	0.8 cu. ft.	J 1-1
A2003-36 Clark, Jim	Jeanne Pentz’s nursing school notes (photocopies), c.1914

A2008-82 Britten, Mary X.	Photographs of activities at St. Joseph’s Hospital School of Nursing, Yonkers, NY, 1950s

A2009-17 Valoon, Patricia	Annie Goodrich: Her Journey to Yale, ©1950.

Box 2		0.4 cu. ft.	J 1-1
A1990-08 Binley, Otilia	Personal papers, 1915-1973
A1991-49 Birkhead, Susan Freisem	Myra Hannah Freisem letter, 1973 (SEE ALSO: MC 6, Box 23)

A1992-09 Higgens, Alice	Poem, c.1948 (found by District #15 NYSNA Historian Edith M Waldeman)
A1989-11 Kennedy, Lina	Nursing examination papers, 1914
A1997-10 Matheny, Ruth	Papers, 1952, 1960, 1971, 1975 (SEE ALSO Over size Box 2)
A1989-34 Nightingale, Florence	Letter, 1878
A1990-45 NYSNA	Lavinia Lloyd Dock Papers, c.1901, 1939
A1989-05 Regalia, Ethel	RN licensing exam, 1926
A1989-07 A1989-13 Stevenson, Beatrice van Homrigh	Personal Papers, 1913-1962 (SEE ALSO: Oversize Box 1) NYSNA Report 1914-1937 Nurse Practice Act Information 1913-1938 New York CityTraining School for Nurses 1896 Diploma, NYC Training School for Nurses
A1992-15 Feldhusen, Elizabeth	Health News, 1944
A1993-05 A1994-11 A1996-02 Metzler, Paula	Gertrude Dain Wilens’s Papers, 1920s (Alumna of Rochester General Hospital) (SEE ALSO: Oversize Box 3)
A1993-09 District #15 NYSNA	Minutes, 1936-1940

Box 3		0.4 cu. ft.	J 1-1
A1993-08 District #12 NYSNA	Board and regular meeting minutes, 1948-1970


Box 4	More available room	0.4 cu. ft.	J 1-2
A1993-12 DelBalzo, Joyce	Papers, 1953, 1993 The Velvet Band A. Barton Hepburn Hospital SON yearbook, 1952, 1953
A2001-11 Swanson, Janet Thomas (Dorothy Abbott, executrix)	Letters, (3) RN licenses tributes from memorial services, (12) photographs, 1957-2001
A2008-08 A2008-49 Newman, Nancy (Ann Schott, executrix)	Irene Lavitt’s (Newman’s mother) Senior Class Book, Connecticut Training School, New Haven; 1924. Picture of Irene Lavitt (sepia; framed), 1924.
A1996-24 Rafson, Dorothy Thorardson	Certificate and work history, 1929-1966
Ober, Emma	Lenox Hill Hospital, 1935, Certification and graduation materials
A2009-61 A2009-62 Steen, Ivan D., PhD	Nursing Stamps, 3¢ honoring Clara Barton and 4¢ honoring Nursing [4-block sets] Not in box
A2009-73 Hasselbarth, Charlotte	Commemorative Calendar: “St. Peter’s Hospital: 125 years of Community Health Care,” 1994; Doctoral Dissertation by Marlene Kramer, 1966: Some Effects of Exposure to Employing Bureaucracies on the Role Conceptions and Role Deprivation of Neophyte Collegiate Nurses Not in box
Anonymous/Unknown	The Medical Society of the County of New York: Nursing Care for Patients – Dilemma 1959 District 13 Bylaws 1924 New York Post-Graduate Medical School and Hospital, Training School for Nurses, Alumnae Association, 1925 ANA Bylaws, 1942

Box 5		0.4 cu. ft.	J 1-2
Elkan, Maxine A1995-29	American Red Cross badge and correspondence, 1945 Bellevue Training School for Nurses circular of information, 1924 Case studies 1-3, 1933 Correspondence, 1928-1940 ICN card, correspondence and issue of Nursing World, 1957 Long Island College Hospital School of Nursing commencement programs, 1927 Membership and identification cards, 1931-1990 Montefiore Hospital School of Nursing memorabilia: booklets, 1925-1932; Montefiore Echo graduation program, 1927-1928; nurse’s pin and cap, undated.; diploma, 1928 Nursing Today with article galleys, January 1938 Post-graduate course certificate, 1933 Reference and employment correspondence, 1950-1953 RN license, 1928

Box 6		0.4 cu. ft.	J 1-2
A2003-24 Heffron, Celia	Photograph, news clippings and eulogy, 1970, undated. Crouse Irving Memorial School of Nursing, Class of 1938

A2005-28 A2009-23 Peters-Donaldson, Linda	“Mount Sinai-An Ideal Hospital,” architecture class paper, 1988 Intervale Registry for Nurses Advertisement Card, undated

A2005-40 Mulvey, Cecilia	“Your Friend the Visiting Nurse” pamphlet, c.1930 Victorian Order of Nurses for Canada stamps, 1997
A2007-43 Mahaffy, Perry R. & Veronica L.	Edward J. Meyers Memorial Hospital School of Nursing Dedication of Historical Area program, commemorative tile and photographs (taken by the Mahaffys)

Box 7		0.4 cu. ft.	J 1-2
A2005-15 Arena, Kathleen Pryce	Mary Immaculate Hospital School of Nursing Papers Anatomy class notes, 1946 Early history of nursing class notes, 1946 Student handbook, 1947 Nurse’s kit, c.1950
A2005-19 Whalen, Geraldine	Kings County Hospital papers and yearbooks, 1943-1947 Newsletters and photographs

Box 8	ST. CATHERINE’S HOSPITAL SON (SEE ALSO MC 44)	1.0 cu. ft.	J 1-2
A2006-27 Borgia, Florence	St. Catherine’s Hospital School of Nursing faculty picnic photo, c.1959 Photo includes Veronica M. Driscoll
A2007-69 Sister Mary Caritas	St. Catherine’s Hospital School of Nursing memorabilia (SEE ALSO MC 7)
A2003-12 McMahon, Kathleen	Catherine Sprufera St. Catherine’s School of Nursing Memorabilia, 1918-1964 (SEE ALSO: MC 6, Textile Box 3)

Box 9		0.4 cu. ft.	J 1-2
A2005-46 Casbeer, Mary Jane	Jennie Butler, Clifton Springs Hospital School of Nursing, 1926 Memorabilia including medical dictionary, publications, diploma, license, photographs, postcards and pins, 1925-1960

Box 10		0.4 cu. ft.	J 1-3
A2007-06 Mason, Esther	Lincoln School for Nurses yearbook, 1947
A2007-23 Isler, Charlotte	Poster: “Excellence in Nursing at Mount Sinai: 1881-1971”
A2008-12 Simpson, M. June	Articles of photographs of Clara Weeks Shaw Catalog of Florence Nightingale Collection, Columbia University/Presbyterian Hospital School of Nursing, 1956 Profession correspondence 1966-1987 Books: Text Book of Nursing by Clara S. Weeks, 1889 Text Book of Nursing by Clara S. Weeks Shaw, 1902 Notes on Nursing by Florence Nightingale, 1860


Box 11	Capital District #9 NYSNA	0.4 cu. ft.	J 1-3
A1989-03 District #9	Event program, 1940
A2003-40 District #9	Capital Nurses Bulletin, 1937-1940
A2000-03 District #9	The Nine Times, 1999-2000 Board and general meeting minutes, 2000-2001

Box 12		0.2 cu. ft.	J 1-3
A1993-10 Albany Memorial Hosp Alumni Association	Records, 1981-1993 Video: “Alumni Remembrances 1897-1989 (SEE ALSO: AV section of Archive)
A1996-06 Hoskins, Helen	Correspondence and memorabilia, 1956-1962
A2000-04 Davison, Barbara	Memoirs and copies of photographs (Memorial Hospital graduate)

A2008-56 Hutchinson, Gertrude	School of Nursing, Memorial Hospital, Albany, NY, Circular of Information, 1935.

Box 13		0.2 cu. ft.	J 1-3
A2000-12 Horan, Eileen	Bound book of Chautauqua School of Nursing Lectures, c. 1925

Box 14		1.0 cu. ft.	J 1-3
A2003-08 Drake, E. Diane	St. Elizabeth’s Hospital School of Nursing (Utica, NY) student papers and some books. Student notes also taken during psychiatric nursing affiliation at Marcy State Psychiatric Hospital. Oral History conducted by Bonita Weddle, 2002
A2017-20 Hodge, Bernadette	Memorabilia of Marion Margaret McNeill- 1928 graduate of St. Elizabeth’s Hosp TSN, Utica, NY: Diploma, NY license registration, invitation to graduation, 2 framed photograph collages of

Box 15		0.4 cu. ft.	J 1-4
A1998-18 Stoklosa, Suzanne	Elsie Marie Rathke school notes, some labeled “Children’s Hospital, Akron, OH” Dated 1929-1931 (SEE ALSO: MC 6, Box 3 and Textile Box 3)

Box 16		0.4 cu. ft.	J 1-4
A2008-87 Godden, Jane Rec’d April 1998	St. Phillip School of Nursing (Richmond, VA) memorabilia Cap and pin, c.1945 Bulletin, 1946 “The Light” yearbook, 1945 ORAL HISTORY, 1999 (SEE ALSO: AV section of Archive)

Box 17		0.5 cu. ft.	J 1-4
A1999-08 Bosher, Frances	Schenectady RN Club Records 1927-1998

Box 18		1.0 cu. ft.	J 1-4
A2003-31 Harrison, Dorothy	Mabel Keaton Staupers memorabilia Scrapbooks, awards and honors, publications, correspondence, and other papers, 1948-1996

Box 19***		0.5 cu. ft.	J 1-4
A2006-14 Lewis, Ann Sister Rita Mawn A2009-42 Welch, Cathryne	Nursing books, photographs and dolls, 1970s belonging to Ann Lewis St. Catherine’s Alumni Association Roll Call Book (September 1946-September 1951); Picket Medical Dictionary belonging to Ann Lewis

Boxes 20 – 24		3.5 cu. ft.	J 1-5
A2009-58 Hofmann, Clara FIC	Personal papers, Central Islip State Hospital Materials, Civil Service Law, Nurses House, Nursing ethics, nursing publications, NYSNA, 1949-1994		J 1-5
	Nursing publications, NYSNA convention material, NYSNA convention canvas bag, 1969-1990		J 1-5
	Public Employees Federation publications and information, Employment and retiree legislation and information, Gero-psychiatric nursing papers, correspondence, NYS Office of Mental Health, 1979-1987		J 1-5
	Framed awards and certificates, professional papers, 1978-1992		J 1-6

Box 25		1.0 cu. ft.	J 1-6
1991-26 1991-32 Mance, Janet P.	NYSNA papers, 1970-1981 GVNA, ANA Activities Keuka College grant files 1969-1980

Box 26		0.4 cu. ft.	J 1-6
A1997-22 Wittmann, M. Elaine	ANA papers including clippings, correspondence, Public Education Task Force, meetings, March of Dimes, 1970-1980

Box 27		1.0 cu. ft.	J 1-7
Walsh, Jean FIC	Publications, predominantly, by the National League for Nursing, c. 1959-1979

Box 28		0.4 cu. ft.	J 1-7
A2002-22 Specht, Robert E., Specht, Patricia Specht, Judith	Robert E., Patricia and Judith Specht materials from Central Islip State Hospital SON and Pilgrim State Hospital SON including nursing publications, photographs, news clippings, and school publications, 1946-1978

Box 29		1.0 cu. ft.	J 1-7
A2005-10 A2007-59 A2007-60 A2008-58 Finnin, Mary J.	Eileen Griffin Finnin papers, 1937 Newspaper article “Central Islip …,” 1980 Photograph of C. Trunzo and Clara Hofmann, 1980s The Quilt: Stories from the NAME Project by Cindy Ruskin, © 1988; Bumper sticker “Remember their Names: The AIDS Memorial Quilt” Slide Atlas of INFECTIOUS DISEASES by Gerald L. Mandell (Editor-in-Chief), Vol. 1 AIDS (SEE ALSO: AV section of Archive) Along the Way, publication of Central Islip Hospital SON, 1938 and 1952, belonging to Alice Sherlocke O’Mara, Class of 1938. (Photocopy of 1952 issue)

Box 30		0.8 cu. ft.	J 1-7
A2007-20 Tyson, Margaret G. A2008-72 Ferrario, Joyce	Photograph scrapbook recognizing M. Tyson’s nursing career, accomplishments, and retirement, 1982 Notes from Sabbatical year, 1970 Distinguished Service Award, SUNY Binghamton, 1982 VIDEO-DVD Interview, (SEE ALSO: AV section of Archive) Portrait of Margaret G. Tyson

Box 31		1.0 cu. ft.	J 1-7
A2008-30 Galkin, Ellen Sanders	Kathleen Anne Radicke Hoover Papes Papers and Memorabilia, 1980s – 2008 including diplomas from Kindergarten to framed Doctor of Education from Florida Atlantic University, 1998. Memorial Service, 2008 Educational and Employment records and contracts with Barry University, FL- RESTRICTED ACCESS Awards given by ANA, Nursing Students Association, NYSNA, Sigma Theta Tau (STTI), 1988-2008 (SEE ALSO: Oversize Box 3)

Box 32
A2008-74 Kane, Shirley	Calendars: “1921 Florence Nightingale”, “1925 Early Schools of Nursing”; AJN 1901, 1915, 1916, 1917; 28 Annual Report of the NLNE, 1922; five other texts; graduate uniform from Albany Memorial Hospital SON	0.8 cu. ft.	J 2-1

Box 33
A2009-54 Woods, June D. & James	Willard State Hospital SON photographs and memorabilia 1964-1967. Senior Yearbook; textbooks used by James Woods for continuing education classes. June’s caps. (SEE ALSO: Oversize Box 1) (SEE ALSO: TEXTILE BOX 7, MC6)

Box 34		0.8 cu. ft
A2000 (A. Beisler, archivist) Berdy, Anastasia FIC	Memorabilia, photographs, small artifacts belonging to Wilhelmina Raymond including nursing diploma from Paterson General Hospital Training School for Nurses (Paterson, NJ), graduate and anesthesia pins; photographs from student and Cadet Corps days, Frontier Nursing Service, Mercy Hospital, Long Island, NY. Obituary and bulletin from Memorial Service.

Box 35		0.8 cu. ft
A2002-28 Eaton, Patricia	Memorabilia belonging to Anna May Hickey Coyne including 1921 Graduation program from The Troy Hospital (now St. Mary’s Hospital), (1) B&W photograph with inscription “Joe Kelly, Ella McShane, Helen McCabe, and Margaret _______,” undated; (1) B&W postcard inscribed “Chapel at The Troy Hospital;” (2) notebooks from nursing school, 1916-1921; materials about St. Mary’s Hospital: Biannual Report, 1989, 1990 and Contact Newsletter, 1991; Nurses Alumnae Assoc. of The Troy Hospital, 1924 and Constitution/Bylaws, rev. 1921. Textbooks: Bundy, Elizabeth R., MD, Textbook of Anatomy & Physiology, 4^th ed., 1916 Bumgarte, A.S., Materia Medica for Nurses, 2^nd ed. revised, 1917 Cary, Harry W., MD, Bacteriology for Nurses, 1915 Gould, George M., 35,000 Medical Words Maxwell, Anna Caroline and Amy Elizabeth Pope, Practical Nursing, 3^rd ed., 1914 (SEE ALSO: Oversize Box 2) (SEE ALSO: TEXTILE BOX 8, Artifact Box 25, MC6)

Box 36		1.0 cu. ft.
A2009-81 A2001 Sikso, Frances Sherwood FIC	11 textbooks and one folder of “Procedure Notes” used by Frances Sherwood Sikso during her years of nursing school at St. James Mercy Hospital SON, Hornell, NY, 1952-1955.

Box 37		0.2 cu. ft.
A2009-83 A1997 anonymous FIC	Scrapbook created by Gladys Van Tassel, Student Nurse, Prospect Heights Hospital, [Brooklyn, NY], Class of 1933. Donated by Dolores I. Heinzmann, RN to 1997 Auction for AAHN Scholarship Funds. Possibly obtained by Cathryne A. Welch at the conference that year.

Box 38	Prospect Heights Hospital

Box 39	First year of the NYSNA SPAN program

Box 40	Lenox Hill Hospital

Box 40 A	Lenox Hill Hospital

Box 41	District 15
	Scrapbook, 1937-1997 Contents note the formation of the District “in mid-1937 from the counties of Otsego and Chenango with Delaware joining soon after” and include assorted documents, photographs and newspaper clippings pertaining to District 15, NYSNA, ANA, nursing education institutions and healthcare organizations and other aspects of the nursing profession. Checkbook Register of District Checks, July 24, 1970 – November 15, 1974 Checkbook Register of District Checks, November 22, 1974 – October 15, 1979 Checkbook Register of District Checks, October 18, 1979 – March 18, 1982 Folder – Copies of Reports from District 15, NYSNA, 1939-1956 as published in New York State Nurse, 1939-1956 Folder – Copies of Annual Reports Sent to NYSNA, 1951-1986 Folder – Newsletters, Assorted, 1985-1994 Folder – Correspondence, November 1999- October 2001 Folder – Assorted District Materials, Newspaper Clippings, ANA and NYSNA items Folder – Assorted newspaper clippings, District 15 materials, NYSNA Report 12-88 & 4-89, ANA American Nurse 3-89
Box 42
A2015-35	Martha Orr papers Florence Nightingale Pamphlet, W. B. Saunders Company, undated; Photograph of Katherine Rehder & Gov. Averill Harriman, undated; NYSNA Booklet “1957-1997 40 Years of Collective Bargaining”, NYSNA, 1997 NYSNA Booklet “Your Future in Nursing”, second edition, 2000 Assorted speeches and speech outlines, Martha Orr, 11-18-1993 through 9-23-98; one undated Transition Report to (NYSNA) Board of Directors, 6-4-2003, Martha Orr, Executive Director Assorted articles on nephrology nursing by Martha Leonard (Orr), 1974-1979; Article “External Arteriovenous Shunts”, Martha Read and Mary Mallison, 1972


Oversize Box 1		1.0 cu. ft.

A2003-18 Driscoll, Veronica	Diploma, Columbia University Doctor of Education, 1976 ANA Hall of Fame induction poster, 2002
A2000-13 Clair, Virginia	Kate Florence Sharp RN license, 1906
A2005-14 Pollard, Cindy	Life magazine, featuring cover photo of a nurses’ aid, June 8, 1942
A2007-73 Hiestand, Wanda	Certificate of Registration for Laura Franklin Training School, 1905
A2008-27 Gurney, Cynthia A.	Poster of Florence Nightingale (modern rendering)

A2009-54 Woods, June D.; James	Photograph, 8×10” Elmhurst City Hospital Affiliation Class, 1965-1966. (SEE ALSO: Box 33)

Oversize Box 2		1.0 cu. ft.	J 1-2
	Framed calligraphy of The Nightingale Pledge, undated.
A1989-34 Matheney, Ruth	2 awards given to Ruth Matheney from New York University, 1960; MA degree, NYU, 1950. Department of Health Education & Welfare Public Health Service (framed and matted)
Hoffman, Clara	Plaque “Who’s Who in American Nursing, 1986
A2002-28 Eaton, Patricia	Documents belonging to Anna May Hickey Coyne: Diploma from Anthony N. Brady Maternity Home; RN Certificate, NYS, 1921

Oversize Box 3
A2008-30 Galkin, Ellen Sanders	Kathleen Anne Radicke Hoover Papes Papers and Memorabilia, 1980s – 2008 Framed Doctor of Education from Florida Atlantic University, 1998. Awards given by ANA, Nursing Students Association, NYSNA, Sigma Theta Tau (STTI), 1988-2008 (SEE ALSO: Box 31)
Loose on shelf
	Marion Sheahan Bailey negatives- portrait and certificate of registration
A2009-63 Mulvey, Cecilia	Volumes 1-4 of Cherry Ames Series: Cherry Ames Student Nurse; Cherry Ames Senior Nurse; Cherry Ames Army Nurse; Cherry Ames Chief Nurse Statuette: “Nurse Pill” – on display