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Nurses House Archives

This collection contains the records of the business activities of Nurses House from 1924-2008. It follows its growth as a vacation and convalescence home for nurses until the sale of the house in 1960. From that point on, it records the activities of Nurses House, Inc., a nationwide charity which works to assist nurses in need. It includes some records of Cobble Court, Inc., an enterprise begun and run by unemployed nurses during the Great Depression, which turned over its resources to Nurses House in 1935.

Highlights of the collection include a selection of portrait photographs of women involved in Nurses House throughout the years. These large, high-quality photos demonstrate the wide variety of leadership directing Nurses House through its various incarnations. Also found in the photograph collection are many candid and casual photos of nurses enjoying the house, grounds and beach house during its heyday in the 1940s and 1950s.

Another strong area in the collection is the very large body of committee reports, meeting minutes and annual reports. These records give a thorough view of the day to day business of Nurses House, as well as the changes that took place throughout the years. They represent a very long period of time, from the late 1920s through the 1990s.

Also of particular strength and interest are the histories of Nurses House. These Histories were written and printed for a variety of commemorative events, and provide insight into the attitudes toward Nurses House at different points in its existence.

 

 

Index code: MC14

Finding Guide:

Finding Aid for the Nurses House Papers, 1924-2010   

Compiled by Rachel Donaldson, Archivist January 23, 2004

 

VOLUME: 16 cubic feet
ACQUISITION: The bulk of the items in this collection were donated to the Bellevue Alumnae Center for Nursing History, Foundation of the New York State Nurses Association by Nurses House, Inc. in April, 1996. Smaller items were donated between April 1996 and 2003.
ACCESS: Access to guest records are restricted. Access to the rest of this records group 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:		 Nurses House Papers, 1924-2002 (MC14), Bellevue Alumnae Center for Nursing History, Foundation of New York State Nurses, Guilderland, NY

Table of Contents

Administrative History

By Molly Beisler and Rachel DonaldsonNurses House is a charitable organization that gives short-term financial assistance to registered nurses in difficulty as a result of injury, illness or disability. Currently based in Guilderland, NY, Nurses House began as house on Long Island that was a place for nurses to go for rest, recuperation, or recreation.

In 1922, Emily Howland Bourne (1835-1922) left a bequest of $300,000 to the New York Association for Improving the Condition of the Poor [which became the Community Service Society] to establish and maintain a country place “where nurses could obtain needed rest.” A “need for such services was demonstrated at the old Red Cross house in Bay Shore, established immediately after the First World War. This home was about to close when a bequest left by Emily Howland Bourne as an evidence of her personal gratitude to nurses who had cared for members of her family was made known.”[1] With part of these funds, a house was purchased and renovated in the township of West Islip, Long Island, on Merrick Road, near town of Babylon, NY. In 1924 Nurses House officially opened to received nurses as guests.

Nurses House was founded to be a place for nurses to go for rest between jobs or for recuperation when ill – for vacation or convalescence. Modest fees were charged according to income. The property had spacious grounds with flower gardens. The majority of nurses who stayed there were from New York and New Jersey, but nurses from around the United States and various foreign countries traveled to stay there.

Nurses House grew in the 1930s and 1940s, attracting many guests to stay there. The house was typically full during the summer months, filling up again during holidays. The Eleanor Robson Belmont Wing was added to the house in 1940 (groundbreaking April 2, 1940) to add more single rooms for guests. The new wing was paid for through a fund drive led by Eleanor Belmont that brought in donations from the New York State Nurses Association, the American Red Cross, nursing school alumnae associations, public health nursing organizations, hospital staff and student nurses. Nurses House purchased beach property on Great South Bay and a beach house was built in 1944.

Much of Nurses House’s growth was related to the transfer of funds and assistance from Cobble Court, Inc., a nurses’ auxiliary established during the Great Depression when unemployment among nurses was widespread. Cobble Court was an “150-yr-old house on First Avenue that was turned into a tea-room and gift shop where unemployed nurses sold they handiwork and shared in an attractive business for those unhappy years. When in 1935 this business was no longer needed, the nurses decided to transfer their interest to the Nurses House in Babylon and to this day, Cobble Court, Inc. stands as a symbol of nurses’ generosity to nurses.”[2]

From 1946 until the sale of the physical structure that was Nurses House, the maintenance and administration of the house had been the sole function of Nurses House, Inc. This organization had a dues paying membership of some 800 individual nurses and a few friends of nursing; a growing number of alumnae associations in the metropolitan area have group memberships.[3]

By early the 1950s, as working situations for nurses improved and moved out of the private arena, fewer nurses chose to use the facilities. Steadily costs rose as fewer and fewer guests came to stay. By the late 1950s it became necessary to dip into capital funds to meet operating costs.

The property was sold in April, 1960 and in May of that year Nurses House, Inc. ceased to be an actual “house” but rather became an organization that provided financial assistance to professional nurses in need.

Nurses House is currently managed by the Foundation of the New York State Nurses Association Inc. in Guilderland, NY. Various chapters have been formed and disintegrated throughout the years. Currently, Nurses House has four chapters: Western New York, Nassau-Suffolk (also in New York), Mid-Hudson (New York) and Cherokee (Chattanooga, TN). The chapters serve as fundraising and publicity distributing bodies for the national charity.

Scope and Contents Notes

This collection contains the records of the business activities of Nurses House from 1924-2002. It follows its growth as a vacation and convalescence home for nurses until the sale of the house in 1960. From that point on, it records the activities of Nurses House, Inc., a nationwide charity which works to assist nurses in need. It includes some records of Cobble Court, Inc., an enterprise begun and run by unemployed nurses during the Great Depression, which turned over its resources to Nurses House in 1935.

Highlights of the collection include a selection of portrait photographs of women involved in Nurses House throughout the years. These large, high-quality photos demonstrate the wide variety of leadership directing Nurses House through its various incarnations. Also found in the photograph collection are many candid and casual photos of nurses enjoying the house, grounds and beach house during its heyday in the 1940s and 1950s.

Another strong area in the collection is the very large body of committee reports, meeting minutes and annual reports. These records give a thorough view of the day to day business of Nurses House, as well as the changes that took place throughout the years. They represent a very long period of time, from the late 1920s through the 1990s.

Also of particular strength and interest are the histories of Nurses House. These Histories were written and printed for a variety of commemorative events, and provide insight into the attitudes toward Nurses House at different points in its existence.

The collection is divided into ten (10) series described in detail below.

Series Descriptions

Series 1: Administrative, 1924-1996, Arranged alphabetically by subject.
4.5 cubic feetThe administrative records of Nurses House, in its varying states. These include the reports of annual meetings, the records of different chapters, professional correspondence, creation and dissolution records, and various subject files. Meeting minutes represent the bulk of this series, approximately 2 cu. ft.
Series 2: Committees, 1924-1994, Arranged alphabetically by subject.
2.0 cubic feetThe reports, minutes, and products of a wide variety of committees. These include Advisory, Chapter Development, Development, Finance, Hospitality, Membership and Nominating Committees.
Series 3: Public Relations, 1938-2002, Arranged alphabetically by subject.
1.4 cubic feetIncludes the products of public relations, including flyers, pamphlets, etc., as well as information on public relations programs, correspondence relating to public relations and exhibits and events performed for public relations purposes. Also includes two large scrapbooks of “Publicity” materials, 1925-1940.
Series 4: Financial, 1936-1996, Arranged alphabetically by subject.
2.0 cubic feetPrimarily annual reports and financial statements of Nurses House. Also includes donor records, including estates and bequeaths left to Nurses House. Includes fundraising records.
Series 5: Publications, 1945-1996, Arranged alphabetically by subject.
1.0 cubic feetPublications of Nurses House, including newsletters, The Dolphin, anniversary publications and pamphlets and flyers. Unique item includes “What’s Cooking?” the Nurses House cookbook produced for fundraising purposes in 1972. Includes the published works of Nurses House leaders.
Series 6: Guests, 1953-1984, Arranged alphabetically by subject.
0.6 cubic feet

This series is restricted as it contains information of a personal nature about past Nurses House guests. Access will be permitted at the discretion of the archivist.

Records relating to the guests of Nurses House, both actual houseguests from pre-1960, to guests receiving support, post-1960.
Series 7: Activities and Events, 1943-1995, Arranged alphabetically by subject.
0.5 cubic feetRecords relating to various events hosted by Nurses House, including anniversary celebrations and fundraising events, such as bake sales, arts and craft sales, raffles, parties and dinners.
Series 8: Photographs, 1944-1997, Arranged alphabetically by subject.
2.0 cubic feetPhotos relating to Nurses House, divided by subject and type(Buildings and Grounds, Events, People, Portrait Collection, Publications, Scrapbooks, Negatives). Photo collection is strongest in the Buildings and Grounds and Portrait collections and in the earlier years of Nurses House.
Series 9: Audio/Visual, 1946-2002
1.0 cubic feetFilm, video and audio cassettes created for and by Nurses House.
Series 10: Arifacts, 1994-1998
1.0 cubic feetSmall collection of artifacts created for and by Nurses House.

Box and Folder List

Series 1: Administrative, 1924-1996

Box 1
Folder:

  1. American Nurses Foundation, 1995
  2. Annual meeting, 1959-1962
  3. Annual meeting, 1965-1970
  4. Annual meeting, 1972-1975
  5. Annual meeting, 1976-1979
  6. Annual meeting, 1980-1982
  7. Annual meeting, 1983-1985
  8. Annual meeting, 1986-1988
  9. Annual meeting, 1989-1991
  10. Annual meeting, 1992-1994
  11. Awards, 1991
    1980, 1984, 1985 SEE Oversize Box 1
  12. Beach house, 1960
  13. Beach house, 1961-1962
  14. Board of Directors, 1971-1986
  15. Board of Directors, 1987-1989, 1993
  16. Bylaws, 1948, 1954, 1959-1962
  17. Bylaws, 1964-1966, 1968-1970, 1975, 1976, 1978-1980, undated
  18. Chapters, 1984 (1 of 2)
  19. Chapters, 1984 (2 of 2)
  20. Chapter development, 1984 (1 of 3)
  21. Chapter development, 1984 (2 of 3)
  22. Chapter development, 1984 (3 of 3)
  23. Chapter formation, 1983, 1994
  24. Chapters- Beirut, Lebanon, 1958
  25. Chapters- Cherokee, 1986-1988
  26. Chapters- Cherokee, 1989-1990
  27. Chapters- Cherokee, 1991-1993
  28. Chapters- Connecticut, 1985-1987
  29. Chapters- Nassau-Suffolk, 1984-1987 (1 of 3)
  30. Chapters- Nassau-Suffolk, 1984-1987 (2 of 3)
  31. Chapters- Nassua-Suffolk, 1984-1987 (3 of 3)
Box 2
Folder:

  1. Correspondence, 1935
  2. Correspondence, 1953-1957
  3. Correspondence, 1958-1961, 1963
  4. Correspondence, 1983, 1984, 1986, 1987
  5. Correspondence, 1988, 1990, 1992, 1995
  6. Deaths, 1954, 1957
  7. Executive Secretary reports, 1956, 1958, 1959
  8. Dissolution documents, 1959
  9. Dissolution documents, 1959-1960
  10. Dissolution documents- sale of house hearing transcript, 1959 (1 of 3)
  11. Dissolution documents- sale of house hearing transcript, 1959 (2 of 3)
  12. Dissolution documents- sale of house hearing transcript, 1959, 1996 (3 of 3)
  13. Foundation of New York State Nurses, 1994
  14. Incorporation, 1924-1925, 1932, 1947-1948
  15. Incorporation, 1950, 1959-1962, 1967, 1970
  16. Incorporation/Relocation, 1974-1975, 1980-1984, 1995
  17. Inventories, 1937, 1949, 1954
  18. Legal- attorneys, 1953, 1978
  19. Legal- census of service industries, 1977
  20. Legal- leases, 1982, 1984
  21. Memos, 1986, undated
  22. Minutes, 1932
  23. Minutes, 1933
  24. Minutes, 1934-1939
  25. Minutes, 1940-1942
  26. Minutes, 1943-1946
  27. Minutes, 1947
  28. Minutes, 1948
  29. Minutes, 1949-1950
  30. Minutes, 1951-1952
Box 3
Folder:

  1. Minutes, 1953-1954
  2. Minutes, 1955-1956
  3. Minutes, 1957-1958
  4. Minutes, 1959
  5. Minutes, 1960
  6. Minutes, 1961
  7. Minutes, 1962
  8. Minutes, 1963
  9. Minutes, 1964
  10. Minutes, 1965
  11. Minutes, 1966
  12. Minutes, 1967
  13. Minutes, 1968
  14. Minutes, 1969
  15. Minutes, 1970
  16. Minutes, 1971
  17. Minutes, 1972
  18. Minutes, 1973
  19. Minutes, 1974
  20. Minutes, 1975
  21. Minutes, 1976
Box 4
Folder:

  1. Minutes, 1977 (1 of 2)
  2. Minutes, 1977 (2 of 2)
  3. Minutes, 1978
  4. Minutes, 1979
  5. Minutes, 1980
  6. Minutes, 1981
  7. Minutes, 1982
  8. Minutes, 1983
  9. Minutes, 1984
  10. Minutes, 1985
  11. Minutes, 1986
  12. Minutes, 1987
  13. Minutes, 1988
  14. Minutes, 1989
  15. Minutes, 1990
  16. Minutes, 1991
  17. Minutes, 1992
  18. Minutes, 1993
  19. Minutes, 1994 (1 of 2)
  20. Minutes, 1994 (2 of 2)
  21. Minutes, 1995
  22. Peer assistance, 1986-1988, 1993
  23. Personnel records, 1954-1956, 1959
  24. Personnel records, 1978, 1981, 1982, 1985, 1988
  25. Plan of action, 1982
  26. President’s reports, 1956-1963
  27. President’s memos, 1964-1985
  28. Service Program Council, 1985-1987
Box 5
Folder:

  1. Service Program Council, 1988-1991
  2. Service Program Council, 1994
  3. Staff- Beard, Mary, 1946
  4. Staff- Biographical sketches, undated
  5. Staff- Detmold, Peter, 1972
  6. Staff- House, Oscar, undated
  7. Staff- Johnson, Florence Merriam, 1954
  8. Staff- Notter, Lucille, 1993
  9. Strategic planning, 1986
  10. Strategic planning, 1989 (1 of 2)
  11. Strategic planning, 1989 (2 of 2)
  12. Volunteers, 1983, 1984
  13. Volunteers program, 1986-1988, 1990, 1992

Series 2: Committees, 1924-1994

Box 6
Folder:

  1. Advisory Committee, 1960-1967
  2. Advisory Committee, 1968-1969
  3. Advisory Committee, 1970-1979
  4. Advisory Committee, 1980
  5. Advisory Committee, 1981
  6. Advisory Committee, 1982
  7. Advisory Committee, 1983
  8. Advisory Committee, 1984
  9. Annual Reception Planning Committee, 1988
  10. Bylaws Committee, 1978-1987
  11. Chapter Development and Liaison Committee, 1982-1983
  12. Chapter Development and Liaison Committee, 1983 (1 of 2)
  13. Chapter Development and Liaison Committee, 1983 (2 of 2)
  14. Committee on Geographical Expansion of Services, 1960-1962
  15. Committee on Management, 1924-1941
  16. Committee on an NYSNA/Nurses House Collaboration, 1986
  17. Development Committee, 1987-1988
  18. Development Committee, 1989-1991
  19. Development Committee, 1992-1994, undated
  20. Dinner Committee, 1973-1974
  21. Executive Committee, 1963-1964, 1966, 1968-1970, 1975, 1977, 1979
  22. Executive Committee, 1987-1993
  23. Finance Committee, 1956-1978
  24. Finance Committee, 1979-1980
  25. Finance Committee, 1981
  26. Finance Committee, 1982
  27. Finance Committee, 1983
  28. Finance Committee, 1984
Box 7
Folder:

  1. Finance Committee, 1985
  2. Fundraising Committee, 1980-1981, 1983
  3. Funds Committee, 1959
  4. Goal 1 Committee, 1994
  5. Hospitality Committee, 1954, 1960
  6. Hospitality Committee- Accounts, 1961
  7. Hospitality Committee- Activities, 1962
  8. Hospitality Committee, 1963-1964
  9. Hospitality Committee, 1965-1967
  10. Interim Policy Committee, 1960
  11. Membership Committee, 1960-1964
  12. Membership Committee, 1979-1980
  13. Membership Committee, 1981-1982
  14. Membership Committee, 1983-1987
  15. Nominating Committee, 1961-1965, 1967-1969
  16. Nominating Committee, 1972
  17. Nominating Committee, 1973
  18. Nominating Committee, 1974
  19. Nominating Committee, 1975
  20. Nominating Committee, 1976
  21. Nominating Committee, 1977
  22. Nominating Committee, 1978
  23. Nominating Committee, 1979
  24. Nominating Committee, 1980
  25. Nominating Committee, 1981
  26. Nominating Committee, 1982
  27. Nominating Committee, 1987-1988
  28. Nominating Committee, 1992
  29. Photograph Committee, 1945
  30. Public Relations/Membership Committee, 1960-1967, 1969
  31. Public Relations/Membership Committee, 1970-1975
  32. Publications Committee, 1966-1979
  33. Publications Committee, 1980-1982, 1985
  34. “Save Nurses House Committee,” 1959-1960
  35. Search Committee, 1973
  36. Search Committee, 1985
  37. Strategic Planning Committee, 1985-1989
  38. Transition Committee, 1994-1995

Series 3: Public Relations, 1938-2002

Box 8
Folder:

  1. American Academy of Nursing, 1984
  2. American Association of Colleges of Nursing, 1984
  3. The American Nurse, 1986, 1989-1990
  4. American Nurses Association Convention, 1995-1996
  5. American Nurses Association proposal, 1985
  6. American Nurses Association resolution, 1985
  7. Dolphin pin, 1984-1985
  8. Dolphin symbol, 1965, undated
  9. Nurses Association conventions, 1991
  10. Exhibit booths, 1938, 1973, 1981-1987
  11. Exhibit booths, 1988-1992
  12. Exhibit booths, 1993-1994
  13. Membership, 1957-1960, 1974, 1981-1982
  14. Membership drive, 1984
  15. Members in the news, 1980-1987, 1992, undated
  16. National League for Nursing, 1982-1985, 1987-1988, 1991, 1993
  17. Nurses Association of the Counties of Long Island, District 14 mini-conventions, 1994-1995
  18. Nurses Recognition Week, 1980, 1982-1983, 1985
  19. New York State Nurses Association Convention, 1995
  20. Presentation, c. 1995
  21. Press coverage, 1929, 1944, 1961-1963
  22. Press coverage, 1965-1968, 1981-1983
  23. Press coverage, 1985, 1986, 1988, 1989
  24. Press coverage, 1990-1995, undated
  25. Press releases, 1962-1963, 1968 1979-1980, 1984-1986
  26. Press releases, 1988
  27. Professional nursing organizations, 1960-1961, 1964-1965, 1975, 1978-1981
  28. Professional nursing organizations, 1982, 1985, 1987, 1990, 1992, undated
  29. Promotion and Publicity Guidelines, 1983
  30. Publicity, 1956
  31. Publicity, 1968, 1983-1986, 1988, undated
  32. Queens Hospital Center, 1983-1984
  33. “The Roundtable,” 2002
  34. Visiting Nurse Service of New York, 1967-1968, 1983-1984

Box 9

  1. Publicity scrapbooks, 1925-1940, 1940

Series 4: Financial, 1936-1996

Box 10
Folder:

  1. Annual Appeal, 1995
  2. Annual Reports, 1946-1949, 1951
  3. Annual Reports, 1958-1959
  4. Annual Reports, 1960-1969
  5. Annual Report, 1970
  6. Annual Report, 1971
  7. Annual Report, 1972
  8. Annual Report, 1973
  9. Annual Report, 1974
  10. Annual Report, 1975
  11. Annual Report, 1976
  12. Annual Report, 1977
  13. Annual Report, 1978
  14. Annual Report, 1980
  15. Annual Report, 1981
  16. Annual Report, 1982
  17. Annual Report, 1983
  18. Annual Report, 1984
  19. Annual Report, 1985
  20. Annual Report, 1986
  21. Annual Report, 1987
  22. Annual Report, 1988
  23. Annual Report, 1989
  24. Annual Report, 1990
  25. Annual Report, 1991
  26. Annual Report, 1992
  27. Annual Report, 1993
  28. Appraisal, 1958
  29. Better Business Bureau, 1977, 1984
  30. Bequest- Bradley, Williemae, 1990
  31. Bequest- John, Alma V., 1987
  32. Bequests, 1959, 1962, 1965, 1968-1970, 1975-1976, 1979-1981, 1983-1984
  33. Budgets, 1934, 1936, 1941-1944
  34. Budgets, 1957-1969
  35. Budgets, 1970-1979
  36. Budgets, 1980-1985
  37. Corporate gifts, 1977, 1979-1982
  38. Donations, 1938, 1973, 1981-1984, 1987
  39. Estate- Bernstein, Edna, 1994
  40. Estate- Bourne, Emily Howland, 1958
  41. Estate- Carston, Dorothy M., 1992
  42. Estate- Constantine, Virginia P., 1994
  43. Estate- Cravath, Barbara, 1995
  44. Estate- Loly, Virginia, 1992 (1 of 2)
  45. Estate- Loly, Virginia, 1992 (2 of 2)
  46. Estate- Martin, Ruth M. 1992
  47. Estate- Morse, Henrita A., 1990
  48. Estate- Notter, Dr. Lucille E., 1993
  49. Estate- Pettengill, Lillian V., 1982
  50. Estate- Salzer, Josephine M., 1983
  51. Estate- Thompson, LaVerne Ruth, 1991
  52. Estate planning, 1993
  53. Financial statements, 1948-1951
  54. Financial statements, 1952-1954
  55. Financial statements, 1955-1956
  56. Financial statements, 1957-1959
  57. Financial statements, 1960-1961
  58. Financial statements, 1962-1963
  59. Financial statements, 1964-1965
  60. Financial statements, 1966-1967
  61. Financial statements, 1968-1969
Box 11
Folder:

  1. Financial statements, 1970-1971
  2. Financial statements, 1972-1973
  3. Financial statements, 1974-1975
  4. Financial statements, 1976-1977
  5. Financial statements, 1978-1979
  6. Financial statements, 1980-1981
  7. Financial statements, 1982-1983
  8. Financial statements, 1984-1985
  9. Financial statements, 1986-1987
  10. Financial statements, 1988-1992
  11. Florence Burden Foundation, 1981-1982
  12. Foundation, 1971, 1981-1983, 1985-1989
  13. Fundraising, 1979
  14. Fundraising, 1980
  15. Fundraising, 1981
  16. Fundraising, 1982
  17. Fundraising, 1983
  18. Fundraising, 1984-1987
  19. Johnson and Roberts Memorial Fund donation letters, 1959-1960
  20. Johnson and Roberts Fund Committee, 1955
  21. Johnson and Roberts Hospitality Committee reports, 1954-1959
  22. Johnson and Roberts Hospitality Committee reports, 1960-1961
  23. Johnson and Roberts Hospitality Committee reports, 1962-1967
  24. Johnson and Roberts Memorial Fund, 1954-1962, 1966, 1968
  25. Johnson and Roberts Memorial Fund, 1969-1973, 1980-1981, 1983
  26. Memorial donations, 1988
  27. Memorial donations, 1989
  28. Memorial donations, 1990
  29. Memorial donations, 1991
  30. Memorial donations, 1992
  31. Memorial donations, 1993
  32. Memorial donations, 1994
  33. Memorial donations, 1995
  34. Memorial donations, 1996
  35. New York City Combined Federal Campaign, 1987-1993
  36. Roberts Memorial Fund, 1959-1960
  37. Special gifts, 1961-1963, 1966, 1968, 1971, 1973, 1975, 1977-1980, 1983, 1986
  38. St. Mary’s Alumnae Fund, 1942, 1947, 1949, 1951
  39. United Way, 1995
  40. Year-end statements, 1971-1978
  41. Year-end statements, 1979-1991

Series 5: Publications, 1945-1996

Box 12
Folder:

  • 20th Anniversary, 1945
  • 60th Anniversary 1925-1985 Journal, 1985
  • 60th Anniversary Journal advertising, 1985 (1 of 2)
  • 60th Anniversary Journal advertising, 1985 (2 of 2)
  • 60th Anniversary Journal Committee, 1985
  • 60th Anniversary Journal contributions, 1985
  • 60th Anniversary Journal correspondence, 1985
  • 60th Anniversary Journal honorary membership, 1985
  • 60th Anniversary Journal listings, 1985
  • Appeal letters, 1964-1966, 1968-1970, 1974, 1976-1977, 1979-1984, 1988, 1990
  • Brochures, 1982, undated
  • Cards, undated
  • Detmold, Mabel, “The Brownstones of Turtle Bay Gardens,” 1964
Box 13
Folder:

  • The Dolphin, 1960-1963, 1965, 1967-1969
  • The Dolphin, 1970-1979
  • The Dolphin, 1980-1989
  • The Dolphin, 1990-1996, 2000, 2002
  • Newsletter, 1950-1959
  • Newsletter, 1960-1961
  • Newsletter, 1979-1982, 1984, 1986-1987
  • History, 1944
  • History, 1963, c.1990, undated
  • Pamphlets and flyers, undated
  • “The Story of Nurses House,” 1954
  • “What’s Cooking?,” 1972Poster sized ad removed to Box 27: Oversized Materials

Series 6: Guests, 1953-1984

Box 14
Folder:

  1. Admission forms, 1956-1959 (1 of 2)
  2. Admission forms, 1956-1959 (2 of 2)
  3. Admission forms and bills, 1955-1959
  4. ANA Task Force on Alcohol and Substance Abuse in the Profession of Nursing, 1983
  5. Applications, 1963-1964
  6. “Convalescents-Special Service,” 1953-1955
  7. Correspondence, 1983
  8. deKay Foundation, 1984
  9. Demographic and Descriptive Study of Nurses House Guests for 1972-1973 and 1982-1984
  10. Impaired Nurse Program, 1988-1989
Box 15
Folder:

  1. Notebooks, 1973-1976
  2. Notebooks, 1976-1979
  3. Substance abuse, 1979, 1981-1986

Series 7: Activities and Events, 1943-1995

Box 16
Folder:

  1. 50th Anniversary, 1975
  2. 60th Anniversary, 1985 (1 of 2)
  3. 60th Anniversary, 1985 (2 of 2)
  4. 60th Anniversary awards banquet, 1985 (1 of 5)
  5. 60th Anniversary awards banquet, 1985 (2 of 5)
  6. 60th Anniversary awards banquet, 1985 (3 of 5)
  7. 60th Anniversary awards banquet, 1985 (4 of 5)
  8. 60th Anniversary awards banquet, 1985 (5 of 5)
  9. 60th Anniversary awards ceremony- awards protocol, 1985
  10. 60th Anniversary Awards Committee, 1985
  11. 70th Anniversary, 1995
  12. Arts and crafts sales, 1984-1985
  13. Bake sale, 1982
  14. Benefits, 1943, 1954, 1983
  15. Fundraising events, 1954, 1956-1959
  16. Raffles, 1982, 1985
  17. Wine and cheese party, 1980

Series 8: Photographs, 1944-1997

Box 17
Folder:

  1. 60th Anniversary Commemorative Book, 1985
  2. Beach house, 1946, 1958, 1960, undated
  3. Dolphin fountain, undated
  4. The Dolphin newsletter, Summer 2001
  5. The Dolphin newsletter, Fall/Winter 2002
  6. Exteriors, undated
  7. Grounds, 1960, undated
  8. Interiors, 1944, undated
  9. Nassau/Suffolk Chapter publication, c. 1985
  10. Postcards- exteriors, undated
  11. Postcards- grounds, undated
  12. Postcards- interiors, undated
  13. Postcards- people, undated
Box 18
Folder:

  1. 60th Anniversary, 1985
  2. Annual meetings, 1982, 1988, 1992-1993, 1996, 2001
  3. Arts and crafts sale, 1985
  4. Beach party, 1944
  5. Bellevue arts and crafts sale, undated
  6. Conventions, 1954, 1963-1964, 1967, 1982, 1984, 1988, 1997, 2003, undated
  7. Eleanor R. Belmont Wing groundbreaking, undated
  8. Foreign students party, 1957
  9. Fundraisers, c. 1944, 1988, 1994, 2000
  10. KCHC/CNP, 1988
  11. McManus Medal receptions, 1985
  12. Nurses House Proclamation, 1980
  13. St. Luke’s exchange, 1957
  14. Unidentified events, undated
  15. Unidentified events with negatives, undated
  16. WNY Chapter Irish Spring Social, 2001
Box 19
Folder:

  1. Barker, Sylvia, undated
  2. Belmont, Eleanor Robson, undated
  3. Craupt, Maude, undated
  4. Eliot, Margaret, undated
  5. Groups, 1947, 1956, 1960, 1965, 1982, 1985, 1990-1991, undated
  6. Hoffman, Clare, 1996
  7. Jefferies, Sallie, undated
  8. Johnson, Florence, undated
  9. Kohnke, Mary F., 1984
  10. Lee, Eleanor, 1956
  11. Leone, Lucille Petry, c. 1944
  12. McDonough, Mary T., 1985
  13. Mole, Eleanor W., undated
  14. O’Brien, Heidi and Mark Loomis, 2004
  15. Puget Sound Chapter, 1995
  16. Roberts, Mary M., 1957
  17. Sand, Annie, 1957
  18. Schwarzenberg, Irma, 1945
  19. Stark, H.A., 1949, 2004
  20. Stimson, Julia C., undated
  21. Stone, Grace K., 1957
  22. Unidentified people, 1958, 1960, undated
  23. Wales, ?, undated
Box 20
Folder:

  1. Hicks, Emily
  2. Anne Hansen
  3. (Robb), Isabel Adams Hampton (with 2 copies and negative)
  4. Wald, Lillian
  5. Stimson, Julia
  6. Goodrich, Annie Wharburton
  7. Lawler, Gail
  8. Nurses House Groundbreaking, 1940 (with Alta E. Dines and others)
  9. Petry, Lucille Frances
  10. McVey, Mrs. Frances Ann
  11. Dines, Alta Elizabeth
  12. Noyes, Clara D. (with negative)
  13. Johnson, Florence M.
  14. Delano, Jane A.
  15. Red Cross Nurses, group picture
  16. Army Navy Nurse statue
  17. Stewart, Isabelv
  18. Nutting, Adelaide
  19. Beard, Mary (2 portraits)
  20. Beard, Mary
  21. Belmont, Eleanor
  22. Maxwell, Anna C.
  23. Bolton, Frances Payne
  24. Roberts, Mary
  25. Dauser, Sue
  26. Davies, E.
  27. Dunbar, Virginia
  28. Young, Helen
  29. “Squibb Tour” group photo, 8/13/59
  30. Crandall, Ellen Phillips
  31. Flikke, Julia O.
  32. Scott, Alma H.
  33. Sleeper, Ruth
  34. Anderson, Lydia E.
  35. Goostray, Stella
  36. “Fair” (several people at Nurses House event)
  37. Haupt, Alicia C. (sp?)
  38. Wood, Frances H.
  39. Hall, Ruth G.
  40. Tennant, Mary Elizabeth
  41. Gage, Nina D.
  42. Houlton, Ruth
  43. Corbin, H.
  44. Bosoman (first name unknown)
  45. Taylor, Effie J.
  46. Blanchfield, Florence A.
  47. Byrne, A. Isabelle
    Ewing, Harris and Wolf, Ann removed to Box 27: Oversized Materials
Box 21
Folder:

  1. Unidentified, undated
  2. Bazaar, 1948

Box 22

  1. Negatives, undated

Series 9: Audio/Visual Materials, 1946-2002

Box 23

  1. Slides, 2002, undated

Box 24

  1. Slides, 1946

Box 25

  • Cassettes:
    • Nurses House Board Meeting, 1994
    • The Roundtable, 2002
  • Film:
    • Annual Picnic, c. 1946
  • Videos:
    • “Nurses House: A Tetraplex, Inc. Production,” undated
    • “Nurses House 1922-1994,” 1994

Series 10: Artifacts, 1990-1998

Box 26

  • Archon Award, 1990
  • “Dolphin Duo,” 1994
  • “Crystal Grace,” 1998
  • tee-shirts, undated
  • buttons, undated
  • keychains, undated
  • magnets, undated
  • tile/coaster, undatedFramed art SEE Oversize Box 2

Oversized Materials

Box 1

  • Series 1: Administration
    • Awards, 1980, 1984, 1984
  • Series 5: Publications
    • Advertisement, undated
  • Series 8: Photographs
    • Ewing, Harris, undated
    • Wolf, Anna, undated

Box 2

  • Series 10: Artifacts
    • Framed painting of Nurses House, undated
    • Framed drawing of Cobble Court, undated
    • Framed painting of birds, undated

Footnotes

  • [1] Public Health Nursing May 1941 p. 320
  • [2] Mt. Sinai Alumnae News April 1946
  • [3] American Journal of Nursing p. 1172-3
Revisions:
Rachel Donaldson January 23, 2004
September, 2006
Gertrude B. Hutchinson October, 2014
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