This collection contains personal and professional papers and memorabilia of Rita LaCouture (from the 1950s to her death in 1995) as well as books LaCouture owned, Bellevue booklets that fell into her possession, and a memorial binder. The papers include letters, memos, collected materials, presidential notes, eulogies, and event programs. The memorabilia includes awards bestowed on Ms. LaCouture. LaCouture’s books include several books about nursing and Helen Wago’s dissertation materials. The Bellevue Booklets include Bellevue Annual Reports, Bulletins, Histories and editions of Crane and Cross yearbooks. The memorial binder includes materials assembled in honor of Rita LaCouture’s life, ranging from photographs to notes and fliers to copies of the Seventh Annual Nurse Excellence Awards Ceremony and The Red and White, to a negative photograph.