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Sylvia M. Barker Papers and Memorabilia

Papers and memorabilia of Sylvia M. Barker (1914-2014), a 1936 Mt. Sinai Hospital School of Nursing graduate whose nursing career spanned almost seven decades. She held several key leadership positions at Mt. Sinai Hospital. She has been professionally active in District 13 of the New York State Nurses Association, the Alumnae Association of the Mt. Sinai School of Nursing, the New York State Nurses Association and Nurses House. She has won numerous awards and accolades over the course of her career. Collection includes photographs, scrapbooks, uniforms and personal records.

 


Index code: MC33

Finding Guide:

Finding Aid for the Sylvia M. Barker Papers and Memorabilia

Compiled by Gertrude Hutchinson December 2006

 

VOLUME: 9 cubic feet
ACQUISITION: The items in this collection were donated to the Bellevue Alumnae Center for Nursing History, Foundation of New York State Nurses in multiple accessions by Sylvia Barker between 1993 and 2008.
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:
Sylvia M. Barker Papers and Memorabilia (MC33), Bellevue Alumnae Center for Nursing History, Foundation of New York State Nurses, Guilderland, NY

Biographical Sketch

Sylvia M. Barker, R.N., M.A., C.N.A.A. (Ret.)Born on September 11, 1914, in the Glen Falls Hospital, Glens Falls, New York, Sylvia Margaret Barker is the first-born daughter of Victor Howell Barker and Julia Helen Lansing Barker. She grew up in Clark’s Mills, Washington County, New York and had a younger sister, Emma Lesley Barker. At an early age, Barker learned the importance of hard work, persistence, and the commitment of faith.

In S.M.B. A Memoir, Barker writes about her “altar call at the Tabernacle” at summer camp in Riverside, New York. At the age of 13, “I pledged myself to serve God by becoming a nurse.” Armed with that pledge, upon graduation from Schuylerville High School, she attained her goal of admission to the Mount Sinai School of Nursing in New York City. But her dream of becoming a nurse was almost dashed before it started due to a facial scar. Arriving at the Mount Sinai Hospital School of Nursing in September of 1933, the Director of Nursing felt that the fading but still-visible burn scar from a childhood accident would upset patients in her care. Through Barker’s pluck and persistence, the Director of Nursing relented and allowed her into the class. She graduated fromthe Mount Sinai Hospital School of Nursing in 1936 and was the recipient of the Guggenheim Medal. Barker then enrolled in Teacher’s College, Columbia University. By 1947 she earned her Bachelor of Science degree which provided further opportunities within the nursing profession.

During her nursing career, Barker wore many “caps” and saw many advances. At Mt. Sinai she held positions as a Medical Surgical nurse, as the Head Nurse of Gynecology, and as an Instructor of courses such as Nursing of Children and Nursing Arts. In 1940, she witnessed the institution of the “eight-hour day/forty-eight hour week” with one day off per week. Throughout World War II, Barker showed her commitment to her country and Mount Sinai Hospital. In 1941, a portion of her ration coupons were given to the hospital to cover her meals there; as an Instructor, she trained Mount Sinai’s student nurses participating in the Cadet Nurse Corps.

In 1948, Barker left Mount Sinai for Chicago, where she became licensed in Illinois by endorsement from New York State and assumed the position of Instructor in Charge of Nursing Arts at Chicago’s Michael Reese Hospital. During these years, she realized that her career path would be changing again. By 1950, Barker was ready to return to New York State and Mount Sinai Hospital and Columbia University.

In 1951, Barker assumed the position of Supervisor of Children at Mount Sinai Hospital while earning her Masters of Arts from Teacher’s College, Columbia University. At Mount Sinai, Barker invented a multi-syringe tray holder to secure and expedite delivery of injectable medications to a patient’s bedside. She “colorized” her pediatric department when her nurses switched to pastel uniforms, and she maintained the dignity of her pediatric patients with improved wheelchair safety restraints. Barker included parents as active participants in the hospitalization phase and quantified the rapid recuperation of children through the innovation of open parental visiting hours, and encouraging parents to stay with their children at night. These innovations achieved national recognition.

In whatever capacity Barker served, whether at Mount Sinai Hospital as the Assistant Director of Inservice Education, or the Associate/Acting Director of Nursing, or the Associate Directors of Nursing Affairs, or Consultant to Nursing Administration, or as a honorary Clinical Associate Faculty at City College of the City of New York, the education and mentoring nurses occupied a large part of her philosophy in professional and her personal life. In these years, Barker developed her abilities as an author, an editor of nursing class curricula, lectures, nursing texts and journals, and as public speaker for professional groups, church groups, or community groups. From 2001 to 2003, Barker published three volumes of her memoirs.

Another way that Barker advocated for nurses came by encouraging nurses to become members of and involved in the myriad professional organizations available to them. She attended her first American Nurses Association (ANA) convention in 1942. She is proud of her “50+ year memberships” in ANA, the New York State Nurses Association (NYSNA), and the New York Counties Registered Nurses Association. In tribute to her and recognition of her contributions to the nursing profession, she received many awards and accolades. In 1994, Barker received the highest award bestowed by the NYSNA; in 1998, she received the Distinguished Membership Award – the highest award bestowed by the American Nurses Association.

In 1986, Barker retired from the payroll of Mount Sinai, but not from its halls. She remained on for another eight years as a consultant. “Finally,” Barker says, she “really retired in June of 1994.” Throughout her adult life, Barker has been involved in the nursing community through her Alumnae Association, Nurses House (originally a house on Long Island where nurses went to rest and recuperate at minimal or no expense – now a philanthropic group), and in her church community of Schuylerville Methodist and St. Paul and St. Andrew Methodist in New York City. Since her “retirement,” she involved herself more deeply on the Board of Directors and elected offices of these groups.

Scope and Contents Note

This collection contains professional papers, personal papers, artifacts and photographs. These series are described in the Series Descriptions.

Series Descriptions

Series 1: Professional Papers, 1942-2008
2.6 cubic feetThis series contains papers written while attending Teachers College of Columbia University, paper and conference presentations, publications (both professional and the Memoirs, Vol. I-III), lectures, speeches, and professional correspondence spanning Barker’s career at Mount Sinai Hospital in New York City, New York. Included in this series are scrapbooks, slides, and video tapes. Barker’s scrapbook from 1933-1936 chronicling her life while at Mount Sinai Hospital School of Nursing and containing her graduate cap is in Box 2. Also included in this series is Barker’s 1936 diploma from Mount Sinai Hospital School of Nursing and photograph of her class (each individual identified on the photocopy) and her 1951, 1947 MA and BA degrees from Teacher’s College Columbia University (in Oversize Box #2 of Series 3).

Series 2: Personal Papers, 1932-1998
0.5 cubic feetThis series contains Barker’s parents wedding invitation, her 1932 high school year book (senior year) and graduation invitation, “year-end” news letters, personal correspondence, newspaper clippings, and church materials from Schuylerville Methodist and St. Paul and St. Andrew Methodist Churches. This series also includes scrapbooks.

Series 3: Artifacts, undated
3.2 cubic feetThis series contains two- and three-dimensional artifacts: Barker’s baby book, patches from Mount Sinai Hospital and Columbia University, award plaques, twenty-one pins from various Nurse Day events at Mount Sinai Hospital, ANA, and International Conventions. This series also contains framed and unframed awards accorded to Sylvia M. Barker. This series also contains the student nurse uniform, cape and Mount Sinai Hospital School of Nursing pin of Helen E. Burgess, Class of 1932, in Oversize Box #6 of Series 3).

Box and Folder List

Series 1: Professional Papers, 1942-2008

Box 1      1942-1984
Folder:

  1. Community Sociology Paper, Teachers College, undated, ca. 1942.
  2. “Women in War,” Teachers College, 1942.
  3. “Ultraviolet Irradiation in Airborne Infection,” Teachers College,1942.
  4. “Strange Fruit,” Teachers College, 1942.
  5. “The Men in Her Life,” Teachers College, 1946.
  6. “An Autobiographical Analysis,” Teachers College, 1946.
  7. “Reading Reports,” Teachers College, 1946.
  8. “Final Examination,” Teachers College, 1946.
  9. “A Supervisory Plan,” Teachers College, 1946.
  10. “Unit Teaching Plan – Pediatric Nursing,” Teachers College, 1946.
  11. Transcript – Student’s Copy, Teachers College, Columbia University, 1947.
  12. “Evaluation: A Means to Greater Achievements in Nursing,” Teachers College,1950.
  13. “Administration in Nursing Education,” Teachers College, 1950.
  14. Other Papers and Speeches, Teachers College, 1950-1951.
  15. “Nursing and the World Health Organization,” Teachers College, 1951.
  16. “Patience: An Indispensable Quality of Leadership,” Teachers College,1951.
  17. “Term Paper,” Teachers College, 1951.
  18. “Term Report,” Teachers College, 1951.
  19. Nursing Licenses: State of Illinois, 1948.
  20. Awards, Tributes, & Recognitions, 1952, 1953, 1974, 1975, 1984 -1988, 1991,1992. [1 of 2]
  21. Awards, Tributes, & Recognitions, 1994 -1996, 1998 -1999, 2004. [2 of 2]
  22. HOSPAC Penicillin Tray (original drawing, sales flyer), undated
  23. National League for Nursing: Report of First Convention of NLN, 1953. Report of Institute, 1954.
  24. Panel Discussions: NYSNA, 1954. Mount Sinai Hospital 50th Anniversary Program, 1956.
  25. Paper: “The Role of the Nurse in the Pediatric Service, New York City, 1957.
    “The Collaboration of Child Psychiatry and Pediatric Nursing,” Chicago, 1957.
  26. Panel Discussion: Why Inservice, “Getting Involved,” Mount Sinai Hospital, 1968.
  27. Continuing Education Today-Getting Involved,” Mount Sinai Hospital, 1970.
  28. “Developing an Inservice Education Program,” Mount Sinai Hospital, 1971.
    “Report of ANA Convention” to Mount Sinai Hospital, 1978.
  29. Panel Presentation: “Overview of Risk Management Philosophy General
    Documentation Requirements,” Bergen Pines County Hospital, 1988.
  30. Newspaper Clippings re: Professional Recognitions, 1936-1984.
  31. Professional Correspondence with Red Cross, 1942-1944.
  32. Professional Correspondence and Résumé, 1941, 1959-1968, 1972, 1974-1977. [1 of 2]
  33. Professional Correspondence, 1982-1986, 1988-1996. [2 of 2]
  34. Publication: Manual of Nursing Procedures, Mount Sinai Hospital School of Nursing, 1946.
  35. Publication: “What a Revision of Curriculum Can Do,” Nursing World, 1950.
  36. Publication: ” Pediatrics, Family Style,” American Journal of Nursing, 1958.
    Pediatric Currents in Nursing, 1958.
  37. Publication: “Wheelchair Idea” RN Magazine, 1964.
  38. Publication: “Risk Management,” Journal of NYSNA, 1983.
  39. Publication: Margreit, 1960.
  40. Publication: Various articles by or about S.M.B., Mount Sinai Nurse, 1982, 1984,1986, 1989, 1992, 1993.
  41. Publication: Various Articles by or about S.M.B., Mount Sinai People, 1985, 1988.
  42. Publication: “Quality Improvement in Action,” Mount Sinai Journal of Medicine,1993.
  43. Publication: S.M.B. A Memoir, 2001. [1 of 3]
  44. Publication: S.M.B. A Memoir-Volume II, 2003. [2 of 3]
  45. Publication: S.M.B. A Memoir-Volume III,2005. [3 of 3]
  46. Publication: Uplands Retirement District, undated
  47. Lecture Course Outline: “Nursing of Children,” Mount Sinai Hospital School of Nursing, undated
  48. Lectures: Pediatric Course: “Child Care and Development,” Lectures 1-11, Mount Sinai Hospital School of Nursing, 1940. [1 of 3]
  49. Lectures: Pediatric Course: Nurses’ and Doctors’ Course Outlines, Mount Sinai Hospital School of Nursing, 1941-1946. [2 of 3]
  50. Lectures: Pediatric Course: Supplemental Articles and Sources, Mount Sinai Hospital School of Nursing, 1941-1946. [3 of 3]
  51. Lectures: “Nursing Arts,” Michael Reese Hospital School of Nursing, 1950.
  52. Lectures: “Risk Management and the Practice of Nursing, Mount Sinai Hospital, 1983.
  53. Lectures: “Developing a Risk Management Program,” 1983.
  54. Lectures: “Nursing Accountability and Liability,” AORN/NYC Seminar, 1986.
  55. Lectures: “AIDS: Risk Management Concerns,” So. NY League for Nursing, 1986.
  56. Lectures: “Risk Management, Quality Assurance and NY State Incident Reporting Regulations,” City College of New York, 1988.
  57. Lectures: “Issues in Risk Management,” Greater NY Chapter AANSN, 1988.
  58. Lectures: “Quality Assurance in Health Care,” Mount Sinai Hospital (MSH), 1990.
  59. Lectures: “Impact of Falls on Nursing and Nursing’s Impact on Falls,” Mount Sinai Hospital, 1991.
  60. Lectures: “Risk Management and the Practice of Nursing,” Mount Sinai Hospital, 1993.v
  61. Speeches: Graduation Exercises, Mercy Hospital, New York, 1955.
  62. Speeches: Employee Recognition Events, Mount Sinai Hospital, 1963-1998.
  63. Speeches: Organizing Meeting of the I.V. Therapists Association, 1973.
  64. Speeches: Memorial Service Tribute to Grace Anne Warman, 1978.
  65. Speeches: Opening Ceremony of Mount Sinai Hospital Nurses Week, 1982.
    Gail K. Weissman 10th Anniversary (MSH) Recognition, 1982.
  66. Speeches: Acknowledgements of Two Awards, 1984.
  67. Speeches: Recognition of 45 years Employment at Mount Sinai Hospital-Response by S.M.B. (Folder also contains Guest Book), 1984.
Box 2      1985-2006
Folder:

  1. Speeches: “Change, Changes, Changing,” Mount Sinai Hospital Nurse Day Keynote Address, 1985.
  2. Speeches: “Meditation – Worship Service,” Harlem Hospital Medical Center, 1989.
  3. Speeches: “Live It Up,” for “Older & Wiser” group, Bridgewater, NJ, 1990.
  4. Speeches: “Remarks at Mount Sinai Hospital Reception” (Honorary Recognition Award), 1992.
    “Remarks”- Retirement of Marjorie G. Lewis, 1993.
  5. Toast to Sylvia,” (on her 85th birthday), 1999.
  6. Speeches: “Origin of Nursing at Mount Sinai Hospital” (Presentation at NYSNA Convention and at Mount Sinai Hospital), 1991.
  7. Speeches: Alumnae Day, MSH School of Nursing Alumnae Association, 2002.
  8. Speeches: Memorial Tribute to Mary Jane Venger Cutler, 2005.
  9. Publication: The Sinai Nurse, authors Marjorie Gulla Lewis, BS, RN & Sylvia M. Barker, MA, RN, CNNA, 2001.  NURSES HOUSE
  10. Last Will and Testament of Emily Howland Bourne, 1920.
  11. Long Range Planning Committee Reports, 1994.
  12. Transition Committee Reports, 1994.
  13. Legal Issues & Correspondence, 1995.
  14. Publication: “Welcome to Nurses House,” Surgical Services Management, 1999.
  15. Report to Voting Body, 1999, 2000.
  16. Certificates of Appreciation and Recognition, 2000, 2004, 2005.
    Photographs of Nurses House Personnel, 2004.

SEE ALSO Series 3, Box 4 — Oversize Box

  • NYSNA Resolution Conferring Honorary Recognition, 1992. [framed]
  • Nurses House, Inc. Acknowledgment of gift honoring SMB (Mount Sinai Hospital School of Nursing Alumnae Association), 1998. [framed]
  • Nurses House, Inc. Enrollment as Emily H. Bourne Patron of Nurses House, 1998. [framed]
  • Nurses House Inc. Acknowledgment of gift honoring SMB on her 85th birthday, 1999. [framed]
  • Diploma 1936, photograph of Mount Sinai Hospital School of Nursing Class of 1936 with photocopy identifying each member. M.A. & B.S. Degrees from Columbia U. 1951, 1947 respectively.
Box 3
Folder:

  1. Scrapbook: 1933-1936.
  2. Scrapbook 1941-1950: Years 1941-1942. [1 of 3]
  3. Scrapbook 1941-1950: Years 1943-1945. [2 of 3]
  4. Scrapbook 1941-1950: Years 1946-1950. [3 of 3]
  5. Scrapbook: 1950-1951.
  6. Scrapbook: 1993-1995. [1 of 3]
  7. Scrapbook: 1993-1995. [2 of 3]
  8. Scrapbook: 1993-1995. [3 of 3]
  9. Scrapbook: 1996.
  10. Scrapbook: 1997.
Box 4
Folder:

  1. Scrapbook: 1976-1982.
  2. Scrapbook: 1983-1986.
  3. Scrapbook: 1986-1989.
  4. Scrapbook: 1990-July 1993.
Box 5
Folder:

  1. Bound scrapbook of 45-year employment Anniversary and Award from Mount Sinai Hospital, 1984. [Contains photographs and cards]
  2. Bound scrapbook of Retirement Party from Mount Sinai Hospital, 1986. [Contains photographs]
  3. Bound Guest Book from Retirement Party from Mount Sinai Hospital, 1986.
  4. Bound scrapbook of Cross-country trip and the NYSNA Honorary Recognition Award, 1992. [Contains photographs]
  5. Oral History Interview Transcript conducted by Richard Steele for the Gustve L & Janet W. Levy Library Oral History Project, Mount Sinai Medical Center, 1995.
  6. Loose-leaf-bound scrapbook from ANA Distinguished Membership Award process and reception, San Diego, 1998. [Contains photographs]
Box 6
Folder:

  1. Photograph Book: Party in NYC celebrating ANA Distinguished Member Award, 1998. [35 photographs]
  2. Photograph Book: Reception in San Diego receiving ANA Distinguished Member Award, 1998. [26 photographs, 2 of the 26 are loose]
  3. Photographs: NEAA Award (taken in her apartment), 1999.
    85th Birthday Celebration, 1999.
  4. Slides: Supplements to lecture “Risk Management and the Practice of Nursing,” 1983. [1 of 2]
  5. Slides: Supplements to lecture “Risk Management and the Practice of Nursing,” 1983. [2 of 2]
  6. Video: JCAHO Prep-42 Minutes, 1994.
  7. Video: Risk Management in Nursing Seminar, EENT Clinic, Charleston, W. VA., 1986.
  8. Video: ANA Honorary Awards & Hall of Fame, (27 Jun ’98), 1998. [1 of 2]
  9. Video: ANA Honorary Awards & Hall of Fame, (27 Jun ’98), 1998. [2 of 2]
Box 7
Folder:

  1. Scrapbook Material (mixed professional and personal): 1998.
  2. Scrapbook Material (mixed professional and personal): 1999.
  3. Scrapbook Material (mixed professional and personal): 2000.
  4. Scrapbook Material (mixed professional and personal): 2001.
  5. Scrapbook Material (mixed professional and personal): 2002.
  6. Scrapbook Material (mixed professional and personal): 2003.
  7. Scrapbook Material (mixed professional and personal): 2004.
  8. Scrapbook Material (mixed professional and personal): 2005.
  9. Scrapbook Material (mixed professional and personal): 2006.
  10. Scrapbook Material (mixed professional and personal): 2007.
  11. Who’s Who of American Women 1999-2000, 21st edition

Series 2: Personal Papers, 1932-1998

Box 1
Folder:

  1. Personal Papers: Wedding Invitation for Sylvia M. Barker’s parents, 1913.
    Sylvia M. Barker’s High School Graduation Invitation, 1932.
  2. Personal Papers: The Schuyler, Schuylerville (NY) High School Yearbook, 1932.
  3. Personal Papers: Wesleyan Service Guild Speech, 1940.
  4. Personal Papers: Auto Accident, 1952
  5. Poster: Carl Spitzweg 1808-1958, 1958.
  6. Personal Papers: St. Paul and St. Andrew United Methodist Church-related Papers, 1955-2002 (not all years inclusive).
  7. Personal Papers: Schuylerville Methodist Church-related Papers, 1959-1995 (not all years inclusive).
  8. Personal Correspondence: “Year End” Letters (with one set of copies), 1959-1979. [1 of 2]
  9. Personal Correspondence: “Year End” Letters (with one set of copies), 1980-1998. [2 of 2]
  10. Personal Papers: Letters of Military Invitations, 1960, 1962, 1963, 1970.
  11. Personal Correspondence (Various years), 1980s.
  12. Personal Papers: NY Times “Letter to the Editor-Schuylerville Still Stands,” 1990.
  • Scrapbooks: See Series 1, Boxes 3, 4, and 7
  • Video-tape: 41 years at the Church of St. Paul and St. Andrew United Methodist Church, 1956-1997.
    (SEE ALSO Series 1, Box 6)

Series 3: Artifacts, undated

Box 1
Folder:

  1. Sylvia M. Barker’s Baby Book (contains a lock of her sister Leslie’s hair), 1914.
  2. Graduate Nurse Cap from Mount Sinai Hospital School of Nursing, 1936 (see Box 2-Scrapbooks-of Series 1)
  3. Necklace: ANA Distinguished Membership Award, inscribed, in green velvet case, 1998.
  4. Nursing Service Administration Award, NYSNA, 1984. (Carved wood 6.5 x 3.5 x 1.6 inches)
  5. Paperweight: NYSNA Center for Nursing, undated (blue and gold medallion on white marble 3 x 2 x.75 in)
  6. Patches:
    Columbia University, undated
    MSH Patch, ca. 1933.
  7. Pins:
    Order of Eastern Star 50-year pin, undated
    Sixteenth Quadrennial Congress of the International Council of Nurses/Japanese Nursing Association, Tokyo, 1977.
    Political Buttons (7) from ANA Conventions and projects, various years, 1980-1990.
    Mount Sinai Hospital Department of Nursing, 1980-1989, (not all years inclusive).
    S.M.B. Name Pins from Mount Sinai Hospital, various years, ca.1933 on.
Box 2     OVERSIZE BOX
Folder:

  1. Diploma, Mount Sinai Hospital School of Nursing, 1936.
    Leather cover for diploma with inscription of School pin and Sylvia Margaret Barker, 1936.
  2. Photograph of Mount Sinai Hospital School of Nursing, Class of 1936 (taken by Champlain Studios, NY). Includes a photocopy of this picture with each person identified by SMB. [unframed]
  3. New York State Registered Nurse License # 73481, 1937.
  4. Bachelor of Science Degree, Columbia University (in original blue envelope), 1947.
    Photocopies of NY Times coverage of the graduation, in articles dated June 3 and 4, 1947.
  5. Master of Arts Degree, Columbia University (in original blue envelope), 1951.
  6. NYSNA Membership Certificate, 1965. [framed]
  7. Certificate of Completion on Labor Management Relations, Mount Sinai Hospital, 1962. [framed]
Box 3
Folder:

  1. Certificate for Meritorious Service as Instructor of the U.S. Cadet Nurse Corps Federal Security Agency (USPHS), ca, 1941, [unframed]
  2. Membership Certificates.
  3. U.S. Department of HEW Continuing Education Certificate, 1968. [unframed]
  4. Citation of Recognition on 45 years of employment at Mount Sinai Hospital, 1984 [unframed]
    Letter of Recognition from Mayor Ed Koch, 1984. [framed]
  5. Official Citation, NYSNA Nursing Administration Award, 1985. [unframed]
  6. Lifetime Achievement Award for a “Cecil B. De Mille” Spectacular JCAHO Production, Mount Sinai Hospital, undated [framed]
  7. Murry Guggenheim Scholarship Fund Medal with Mount Sinai Hospital School of Nursing pin with explanation about the Scholarship Fund, 1936. [framed]
  8. Distinguished Alumna Award, Mount Sinai Hospital School of Nursing, 1990. [glass sculpture in additional box]
  9. Certification in Nursing Administration, Advanced, ANA, 1990 [framed]
  10. Notification Letter from NYSNA of Honorary Recognition designation, 1992 [framed]
  11. NYSNA Honorary Recognition, 1992. [wood and metal plaque]
  12. Award for Distinguished Nursing Achievement, Nursing Education Alumni Association of Teacher’s College, Columbia University, 1994. [framed]
  13. Distinguished Achievement Award in Leadership in Professional and Allied Organizations, NEAA Teachers College, Columbia University, 1999. [wood and metal plaque]
  14. School of Nursing Alumnae Recognition Award, Excellence in Nursing Practice (picture with other recognized recipients, 2002. [framed]
Box 4     OVERSIZE BOX
Folder:

  1. NYSNA Resolution Conferring Honorary Recognition, 1992. [framed]
  2. Nurses House, Inc. Acknowledgment of gift honoring SMB (Mount Sinai Hospital School of Nursing Alumnae Association), 1998. [framed]
  3. Nurses House, Inc. Enrollment as Emily H Bourne Patron of Nurses House, 1998. [framed]
  4. Nurses House Inc. Acknowledgement of gift honoring SMB on her 85th birthday, 1999. [framed]
Box 5     OVERSIZE BOX
Folder:

  1. Jane Delano Distinguished Service Award, New York Counties Registered Nurses Association, District 13, NYSNA, 1982. [framed]
  2. Invitation (on a background picture of SMB) to dinner honoring her Distinguished Achievement Award in Leadership, 1999. [framed]
  3. “Toast to Sylvia” for her birthday, 9/9/1999. [framed]
  4. Official Citation, Maryland House of Delegates, 1999. [In paper folder imprinted with the Maryland State Seal] ** Presently in its original mailing cardboard.
  5. Mount Sinai Hospital School of Nursing Alumnae Appreciation Award, 2002. [framed]
  6. 2 posters of Virginia Henderson, undated
  7. Poster created for Sylvia M. Barker’s Memorial Service, 2014
Box 6       Textiles       OVERSIZE BOX
Folder:

  1. Pins:
    Mount Sinai Hospital School of Nursing, Helen K. Burgess engraved on the inverse
    3-inch straight pin with pearl fob used to secure student nurses cap
    2¼-inch name pin “Helen Gilbert, R.N.”
  2. Student Uniform, ca. 1929-1932:
    Organdy Student Nurse cap, pleated front, plain back, with black velvet ribbon sewn on above the pleated brim of the cap.
    Organdy apron with 3 waist buttons.
    Organdy wrist coverlets (2).
    Flat piece of organdy, 1 sq. yard
    Blue Plaid long-sleeved, one-piece uniform with “Helen K. Burgess” identification label sewn on the back facing.
  3. Student Cape, ca. 1929-1932: Navy Blue wool with “MSH” patch sewn on left exterior; red lining, “Helen K. Burgess” identification label sewn on the neck lining.

 

 


 

Revisions:
 Gertrude B. Hutchinson December 2006
 May, 2008
 January, 2010
 September, 2012
May, 2014

 

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