Nursing -- West Virginia

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Papers of nurse Libby Hupp including newspaper clippings, newsletters, lecture programs, and other material regarding the West Virginia University Department of Surgery, nursing at Ohio Valley Hospital, and surgery in general. Milestones for the WVU Hospitals highlighted include the first kidney transplant, heart surgery innovations, the Children's Hospital, and the dedication of Ruby Memorial Hospital.

Scope and Contents Dr. Lorilla Frances Bullard Tower’s collection includes photographs of the West Virginia Hospital for the Insane, circa 1900, and correspondence regarding her hiring and retention. The collection also includes documents regarding the treatment of the mentally ill at the time. The photographs, in boxes 1 and 2, are of the interior and exterior of the building and grounds as well as staff and patients, some individual and some groups. Interior photographs show staff living areas...

Scope and Contents Collection of research material, artifacts, and records regarding St. Mary's Hospital School of Nursing. The materials were collected by Barbara Flewellyn for a book titled A Special Place, St. Mary's Hospital School of Nursing, Clarksburg, West Virginia, 1905-1969. Most of the documents are facsimiles of histories, photographs, and lists of graduates. Also in the collection are alumni news and newsletters (1986-2020). Original source...