Professor of nursing,1957-1976, dean of the College of Nursing, 1949-1957, and director of nursing for the University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics,1968-1976.

The 2004 accession is shelved in boxes 47-50.The total number of boxes in the collection is 52.

The first licensed out-of-hospital birth center in Iowa, specializing in nurse-midwifery.

Clubwoman and conservationist involved in the Council of National Defense Women's Committee during World War I.

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.

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)

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.

1936 graduate of the School of Nursing at the State University of Iowa who was active in Democratic politics and whose correspondence includes round robin letters.

Materials in this collection document the professional activities of Mary Patricia Donahue, nursing educator and scholar. Donahue’s research, scholarship, and teaching primarily focused on Nursing Education and History as well as Ethics and Philosophy within the nursing profession. Materials span from 1872 to 2014 and comprise biographical information, course outlines, published research papers, research materials, administrative files, photographs, and recorded lectures.

Rural nurse who contracted AIDS on the job and became a national spokeswoman for occupational safety.

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.

Nurse and community activist in Iowa City who, as a young Jewish woman, fled Nazi Germany in 1939 and emigrated to the United States.

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

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