Connecticut Training School for Nurses records and memorabilia
Collection
Call Number: RU 231
Scope and Contents
The records consist of policy and financial records, reports, correspondence, student records and notebooks, photographs, and alumnae records documenting the operations of the Connecticut Training School for Nurses. Topics include curriculum, administration, organization, social work, legal issues, funding, personnel, and social events. Included are two historical sketches of the school by Francis Bacon, a key personality in its founding, and Henry W. Farnum, its president.
Dates
- 1786-1954
Creator
Conditions Governing Access
The materials are open for research.
Arrangement
The records are arranged as follows: I. Policy Records and Reports, 1873-1943. II. Correspondence, 1808-1920. III. Financial Records, 1898-1928. IV. Student Notebooks, Exams, Course Outlines, 1892-1923. V. Student Records, 1875-1926. VI. Diplomas and Certificates, 1883-1918. VII. Alumnae Records, 1873-1935. VIII. Photographs, 1875-1948. IX. Memorabilia, 1846-1894. X. Printed Matter, 1786-1926. XI. Newspaper Clippings, 1919-1931; and subsequent accessions.
Extent
35.25 Linear Feet
Language of Materials
English
Catalog Record
A record for this collection is available in Orbis, the Yale University Library catalog
Persistent URL
Overview
The records consist of policy and financial records, reports, correspondence, student records and notebooks, photographs, and alumnae records documenting the operations of the Connecticut Training School for Nurses. Topics include curriculum, administration, organization, social work, legal issues, funding, personnel, and social events. Included are two historical sketches of the school by Francis Bacon, a key personality in its founding, and Henry W. Farnum, its president.
Biographical / Historical
The Connecticut Training School for Nurses was established in 1873 as an independent school charged with training nurses to provide service to the community. The school quickly developed a relationship with the New Haven Hospital. With financial assistance from the Rockefeller Foundation, the Yale School of Nursing superseded the Connecticut Training School for Nurses in 1926. The Connecticut Training School for Nurses is credited with publishing the first nursing textbook in 1879.
General note
Forms part of Yale Record Group 37 (YRG 37), Records of associations, institutes, centers, and organizations affiliated with Yale University.
- Bacon, Francis, 1831-1912
- Connecticut Training School for Nurses
- Farnam, Henry W. (Henry Walcott), 1853-1933
- Hospitals -- Connecticut
- Hospitals -- Employees
- New Haven Hospital (New Haven, Conn.)
- Nurses
- Nursing -- Study and teaching
- Nursing schools
- Yale University -- Students
- Yale University. School of Nursing
- Title
- Guide to the Connecticut Training School for Nurses Records and Memorabilia
- Status
- Under Revision
- Author
- compiled by Manuscripts and Archives Staff
- Date
- October 1985
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description note
- Finding aid written in English.
Part of the Manuscripts and Archives Repository
Contact:
Yale University Library
P.O. Box 208240
New Haven CT 06520-8240 US
(203) 432-1735
(203) 432-7441 (Fax)
mssa.assist@yale.edu
Yale University Library
P.O. Box 208240
New Haven CT 06520-8240 US
(203) 432-1735
(203) 432-7441 (Fax)
mssa.assist@yale.edu
Location
Sterling Memorial Library
Room 147
120 High Street
New Haven, CT 06511