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Nursing

 Subject
Subject Source: Lcsh: Library Of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 17 Collections and/or Records:

Arlene Jens papers

 Collection
Identifier: IWA0499
Abstract

Nurse, abortion rights activist and educator from Fairfield, Iowa.

Dates: 1962-2006

Cheryl Britton papers

 Collection
Identifier: IWA0873
Abstract

Career nurse and avid traveler who grew up in Dedham, Iowa and Des Moines.

Dates: 1890-2003

Evelyn Crary Bacon papers

 Collection
Identifier: IWA0012
Abstract

Teacher, decorated veteran nurse and pioneer in the field of nursing education, Bacon served as a captain in the U.S. Army Nurse Corps during World War II and participated in the invasion of Normandy.

Dates: 1917-2000

Geraldene Felton papers

 Collection
Identifier: IWA0330
Abstract

Professor and former dean of the University of Iowa College of Nursing.



Arrangement

Two books that mention Felton and her achievements in nursing are filed in the printed work collection of the Iowa Women's Archives: Complete in All Its Parts: Nursing Education at the University of Iowa, 1898-1998 by Lee Anderson and Kathy Penningroth (1998) and The Path We Tread: Blacks in Nursing Worldwide, 1864-1994 by M. Elizabeth Carnegie (1995).

Dates: 1951-2004

Harriet E. Johnson Palmer papers

 Collection
Identifier: IWA0839
Abstract

Scrapbook featuring the professional and social life of an Iowa nurse in the 1920's.

Dates: 1912-1926

Iowa League for Nursing records

 Collection
Identifier: IWA0580
Abstract

The Iowa League for Nursing's efforts have included active participation in community planning and action for health care, advocating changes such as home health care. The organization made efforts to assure the continuing supply of nurses by providing them with the educational opportunities to reach their maximum career potential, ability to move into management and leadership positions, and promoting a greater public appreciation of nursing as a profession.

Dates: 1952-2002

Iowa Nurses Association, Fifth District records

 Collection
Identifier: IWA0015
Abstract

Local chapter of the Iowa Nurses Association.

Dates: 1922-2001

Iowa Nurses' Association records

 Collection
Identifier: IWA0023
Abstract

State branch of the national organization. The overall purpose of the association has been to promote and improve the professional skills and status of nurses.



Arrangement

Administrative Records, 1904-1989 (boxes 1-18) American Nurses Association, 1928-1989 (boxes 18-24) Committees, 1933-1989 (boxes24-34) Continuing Education, 1955-1989 (boxes 34-36) Conventions, 1904-1989 (boxes 37-44) Districts, 1920-1984 (boxes44-48) Economic Security,1946-1989(boxes 48-57) Iowa League for Nursing,1913-1980 (boxes 57-61 Iowa Organizations, 1926-1989 (boxes 61-68) Membership, 1904-1988 (boxes 68-70) Publications, 1917-1985 (box71) Sections, 1940-1984 (boxes 71-77) Student Nurses Association, 1949-1984 (boxes 77-78) Photographs, 1918-1987 (boxes 78-79) Artifacts, 1981-1988 (box 80) Audiotapes, 1974-1987 (box 81) Oversize, 1916-1987 (box 82 and container 83)

Dates: 1904-1989

Jeanne Jones Cook papers

 Collection
Identifier: IWA0795
Abstract

Nurse Jeanne Jones Cook grew up in Iowa and Colorado. She completed her training with the U.S. Cadet Nurse Corps in 1945.

Dates: 1939-1949

Jo Ann Zimmerman papers

 Collection
Identifier: IWA0351
Abstract

Elected to the Iowa House of Representatives in 1982 and in 1986, she became the first woman Lieutenant Governor of Iowa.

Dates: 1958-1995

Marie Schultz Meyer papers

 Collection
Identifier: IWA0121
Abstract

Postville, Iowa, native who graduated from the University of Iowa School of Nursing in 1940.

Dates: 1901-1993

Marie Tener Havel papers

 Collection
Identifier: IWA0336
Abstract

Nurse who worked in Missouri in the 1930s and at the University of Iowa Hospitals from 1948 to 1965.

Dates: 1931-1997

Marjorie Elizabeth Lyford papers

 Collection
Identifier: IWA0051
Abstract

Public health and visiting nurse who later taught at the University of Iowa College of Nursing.

Dates: 1865-2002

Mary Patricia Donahue papers

 Collection
Identifier: IWA0512
Abstract

Nurse educator and scholar.

Dates: 1872-2006

Mary Ungerer Hauth papers

 Collection
Identifier: IWA0190
Abstract

Nurse in Sioux City during the first half of the 20th century.

Dates: 1905-1948

Teresa E. Christy Papers

 Collection
Identifier: RG99.0292
Abstract

Nursing historian and educator. Correspondence, articles, speeches.

Dates: 1961-1981

University of Iowa College of Nursing records

 Collection
Identifier: IWA0511
Abstract

The history of nursing education at Iowa.

Dates: 1887-2005