Instructive District Nursing Association Records
The records of the IDNA constitute 2.5 linear inches and include annual reports, budgets, minutes, correspondence, a photograph and course materials, all relating to Simmons College. While the collection dates from 1912-1926, most of the material falls between 1914 and 1918, with the bulk of it bei...
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| Access Note: | Unrestricted access, with the exception of a paper summarizing the work of specifically named students. |
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| Language: | English |
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| Summary: | The records of the IDNA constitute 2.5 linear inches and include annual reports, budgets, minutes, correspondence, a photograph and course materials, all relating to Simmons College. While the collection dates from 1912-1926, most of the material falls between 1914 and 1918, with the bulk of it being correspondence. The collection records the development of the joint program in public health nursing with Simmons College and the IDNA under the directorship of Mary Beard and Anne Hervey Strong. The correspondence between Mary Beard, Anne Hervey Strong, and Adelaide Nutting during 1916 especially, reflects the desire of the nurses to develop more broadly the public health nursing course at Simmons, and the importance they placed on its being distinguished as a separate department. Correspondence from the later years indicates the desire of the IDNA to strengthen the program by centralizing it at one institution. The shortage of nurses in 1918 caused by World War I resulted in a campaign to improve public health nursing programs and recruit more nurses. Correspondence during 1918 documents the efforts of Mary Beard to increase the number of public health nurses by securing the support of the Red Cross, through offering more scholarships and loans, and to open the four-month course to seniors from hospital schools. The annual reports and course materials are those of the Simmons College School of Public Health Nursing and date from 1918 to 1926. These reports provide yearly summaries of the School's activities. |
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| Physical Description: | 0.33 Cubic feet 1 manuscript container (5 linear inch.) |
| Access: | Unrestricted access, with the exception of a paper summarizing the work of specifically named students. |