Table of Contents
- Collection Summary
- Administrative History
- Scope and Content Note
- Subject Headings
- Related Material
- Administrative Information
- Access and Use
- Encoding Information
- Series List
- Container List
Collection Summary
| Repository: | Archives and Special Collections Library, Vassar College Libraries |
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| Creator: | Vassar College. Training Camp for Nurses |
| Title: | Vassar College Training Camp for Nurses Records |
| Inclusive Dates: | 1917-1999 |
| Bulk Dates: | 1918-1919 |
| Quantity: | 1.0 cubic foot (3 boxes) |
| Abstract: | Materials relating to Vassar College's Training Camp for Nurses, a program initiated to supply much-needed nurses for World War I. |
Administrative History
The Vassar College Training Camp for Nurses was the result of a Vassar Alumnae Association request to have the college campus used to aid the war effort during the summer of 1918. A committee was formed to investigate various options, and in the end the nursing program was chosen because it targeted college women and would provide them with skills of continued use after the war. The program was endorsed by the Council of National Defense (CND), the Red Cross, as well as several hospitals. The CND appointed a committee of medical educators to formulate the curriculum. Members included Isabel M. Stewart (Columbia University), Elizabeth Burgess (New York State Inspector of Training Schools), and Annie Strong (Simmons College). Recruiting, fund-raising and publicity responsibilities were handed to a group of alumnae which included Ada Thurston, Mabel Kirk and Minnie Blodgett. Vassar undergraduates contributed as well by volunteering at the farm and dairy in order to feed the participants. The program itself was an intensive 3-month series of courses followed by another year of practical training at the affiliated hospitals.
TopScope and Content Note
Correspondence, news clippings, reports, printed material and photographs relating to Vassar College's Training Camp for Nurses.
TopAccess and Use
Access
This collection is open for research according to the regulations of the Vassar College Archives and Special Collections Library without any additional restrictions.
Restrictions on Use
Permission to quote (publish) from unpublished or previously published material must be obtained as described in the regulations of the Vassar College Archives and Special Collections Library.
Related Material
- Clappison, Gladys Bonner. Vassar's Rainbow Division, 1918. [S.l. : s.n.], c1964. [Available in both the Main Library and Grille: LD7182.9 .C42 1964]
- MacCracken, Henry Noble. "Girls Who Want to Go to France," Independent, 24 (11 May 1918): 248, 258 [Main Library AP2 .I53]
- "Mobilizing Women as Nurses," Literary Digest, 57 (27 Apr 1918): 33 [Main Library AP2 .L58]
- The Thermometer (a publication of Vassar Farm Unit and the Training Camp for Nurses) [Grille Dewey Folio 378.7V Z5 and Folio 378.7V Z52]
Subject Headings
Names:
- Blodgett, Minnie Cumnock
- Stewart, Isabel Maitland
- Stimson, Marjorie
- Thurston, Ada
Organizations:
- Vassar College--Alumni and alumnae
Subjects:
- Nursing--Study and teaching--New York (State)
- Women and war--United States
- World War, 1914-1918--War work
VCL Categories
- Vassar College Special Programs and Projects
Administrative Information
Preferred Citation
Vassar College Training Camp for Nurses Records, Archives and Special Collections Library, Vassar College Libraries.
Processing Information
Date of original processing work unknown. Updated by Laura Streett, June 2009.
Acquisition Information
This collection includes gifts from a number of donors, including Marjorie Mercer Kendig. Other materials were transfered from Vassar College offices, and some materials were collected by staff of the Vassar College Libraries.
Series List
Series I. General Correspondence |
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Series II. Clappison Correspondence > |
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Series III. Speeches And Presentations |
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Series IV. Course Material |
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Series V. Articles and Clippings |
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Series VI. Printed Material |
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Series VII. Lists |
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Series VIII. Miscellaneous |
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Series IX. Photographs |
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Container List
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Details
Materials relating to Vassar College's Training Camp for Nurses, a program initiated to supply much-needed nurses for World War I.
