Summary Information
Harriet H. Werley Papers 1922-2002
UWM Manuscript Collection 284; Accession 2016-047
- 17.6 cubic ft. (29 boxes, including safety film and nitrate negatives)
- 1 oversize folder
- 8 audio cassettes
- 1 videocassette
- digital files
- plus additions of 2 cubic ft. (2 boxes)
UW-Milwaukee Libraries, Archives / Milwaukee Area Research Ctr. (Map)
Papers of a distinguished professor in the UWM School of
Nursing. The papers largely document Werley's career, which she began in the 1940s, serving
as an army nurse for over twenty years before moving into a second career in academia. In
particular, the papers document Werley's early work with mass casualty planning and her
later interests in nursing minimum data sets. Some items of a more personal nature are also
found in the collection. English
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Biography/History
Harriet H. Werley was born in 1914 in Pennsylvania. She received a nursing diploma from the
Jefferson Medical College Hospital School of Nursing in Philadelphia in 1940, a B.S. in
nursing education from the University of California, Berkeley in 1948, a M.A. in nursing
administration from the Teacher's College at Columbia University in 1951, and a Ph.D. in
psychology from the University of Utah in 1969.
Werley began her career with the United States Army Nurse Corps (ANC) in 1941 and served
thirty-seven months in the Mediterranean theater during World War II. In 1952 she served as
the ANC career planning officer in the Office of the Surgeon General, and in 1955 was
assigned to the Dept. of Atomic Casualties Studies at the Walter Reed Army Institute of
Research (WRAIR). In 1957 she was appointed chief of the Department of Nursing at WRAIR. In
1962 she became chief nurse for the U.S. 8th Army Headquarters in Korea, and retired as
lieutenant colonel from the ANC in 1964.
After receiving her Ph.D. in 1969, Werley began her second career as director of the Center
for Nursing Research at Wayne State University. In 1974, Werley accepted a position as
professor of general nursing and dean of research at the Medical Center College of Nursing,
University of Illinois. From 1979 to 1983 she was the associate dean for research at the
Columbia School of Nursing, University of Missouri. In 1983 Werley came to the University of
Wisconsin-Milwaukee where she held the position of distinguished professor in the School of
Nursing before retiring in 1991, though she continued to work at UWM until 1997.
Werley was a founding editor of Research in Nursing and
Health, founded in 1977, and the Annual Review of Nursing
Research, founded in 1983. Werley, who was the recipient of numerous awards, died
on October 14, 2002.
For more details, see Werley's autobiography in box 1 of the collection.
Scope and Content Note
This collection largely documents Harriet H. Werley's long and distinguished nursing
career, though a few more personal items, including correspondence and family photos, are
also included in the collection. Papers document Werley's schooling; her work with mass
casualty/disaster nursing at the beginning of her army career; her days in Korea; teaching
and research interests at the institutions where she worked after receiving her Ph.D.,
including Wayne State, the University of Illinois, the University of Missouri-Columbia, and
UWM; her work to establish nursing minimum data sets; and the many awards she received for
her work.
Detailed scope and content notes are provided in the contents list.
Arrangement of the Materials
The files are arranged into the following series:
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Biographical Materials,
1947-2002, undated
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Chronological Files,
1922-1996
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Correspondence, 1942-2002,
undated
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News Clippings and Press
Releases, 1948-1999, undated
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Publication Reprints, 1954-1993,
undated
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Papers and Presentations,
1953-1995, undated
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Photographs and Negatives,
1931-2000, undated
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Audio Cassettes and
Videocassette, 1983-1985, 2002, undated
The collection contains one additional accession.
Preferred Citation
Citation Guide for Primary Sources
Related Material in the UWM Libraries
Other Related Material at UWM
The UWM College of Nursing, Center for Nursing History in Cunningham Hall contains related
items.
Separated Material in the UWM Libraries
Additional visual materials from Werley's time in Algeria, France, and Italy are located in
the American Geographical Society Library's Photograph/Slide Collections.
Administrative/Restriction Information
Researchers must use digital access copies of the safety film and nitrate negatives.
There are no other access restrictions on the materials, and the collection is open to all
members of the public in accordance with state law.
The researcher assumes full responsibility for conforming with the laws of libel,
privacy, and copyright which may be involved in the use of this collection (Wisconsin
Statutes 19.21-19.39).
Laurie Glass, executor of Werley's estate, donated the collection to the Archives in
various stages: December 1996 (accession 1996-022), March 2002 (2001-061), and May 2006
(2005-063). Laurie Glass donated additional materials in August 2013 (accession 2013-020)
and June 2017 (accession 2016-047).
Christel Maass began processing the first accession (1996-022) sometime shortly after it
arrived at the Archives. With assistance from Matt Shoemaker, Lucy Waldrop, and Allen
Ramsey, she finished processing the collection in August 2009. Christel Maass processed
the additions (accession 2013-020) in November 2016. Christel Maass minimally processed
accession 2016-047 in July 2017.
Due to the collection's extreme disarray, the bulk of the folders in the collection were
placed in chronological order and received minimal processing. Other
materials–biographical information, correspondence, news clippings and press
releases, publication reprints, papers and presentations, photographs, and audio cassettes
and the videocassette–were processed as separate series.
Contents List
UWM Manuscript Collection 284
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Records, 1922-2002 17.6 cubic ft. (29 boxes); 1 oversize folder; 8 audio cassettes; 1 videocassette
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Series: 1. Biographical Materials, 1947-2002, undated : This series includes an early autobiography, biographical sketches and clippings, and
curriculum vitas through the years.
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Box
1
Folder
1
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Autobiographical Sketch, 1987-1988
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Box
1
Folder
2
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Biographical Information, 1947-2002
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Box
1
Folder
3
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Curriculum Vitas, 1955-1995, undated
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Series: 2. Chronological Files, 1922-1996 : This series contains materials arranged chronologically to coincide with Werley's
life and career. Materials from her schooling, including her Ph.D. dissertation, are
also found in this series. Some personal items are scattered throughout. Particularly
well-documented are materials pertaining to the ANC Career Guidance and Planning
Program; atomic and mass casualty, and disaster nursing from Werley's years with the
Dept. of Atomic and Casualties Studies (DACS) at Walter Reed Army Institute of
Research (WRAIR); her years with the 8th Army in Korea; her research interests in
family planning and home care, but particularly her interests in computer applications
in nursing and nursing minimum data sets. Awards and tributes are found in the boxes
near the end of her life.
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Box
2
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1922-1964 : Includes materials from Werley's early public school years; nursing school years,
in Philadelphia, Berkeley, and at Columbia University; and materials from her years
in the US Army Nurse Corps (ANC).
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Box
3
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1951-1961 : Contains a few materials pertaining to Werley's master's degree work. Most
materials pertain to the ANC and career guidance.
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Box
4
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1953-1959 : Contains materials pertaining to the ANC and career guidance and planning; as well
as materials pertaining to Werley's time with the Dept. of Atomic Casualties Studies
(DACS) at Walter Reed Army Institute of Research (WRAIR), including information on
atomic and mass casualty, and disaster planning, and related civil defense
materials.
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Box
5
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1950-1960 : Contains pamphlets and publications pertaining to atomic weapons and biological
warfare, civil defense, disaster nursing, and the management of mass casualties
which Werley referred to in the mid-1950s.
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Box
6
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1952-1963 : Contains pamphlets, readings, and other materials pertaining to emergency medical
care, mass casualties in nuclear warfare, disaster nursing, and civil defense;
Werley's DACS WRAIR work; Nevada test site operations; and the WRAIR Dept. of
Nursing.
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Box
7
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1959-1965 : Contains information, papers, and a report on the 1959 WRAIR Nursing Research
Conference; a history of the US ANC; and the development of new military nursing
courses. Also included are files pertaining to Werley's days as chief nurse of the
8th Army in Korea.
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Box
8
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1963-1973 : Contains ANC history materials; course work and Ph.D. from Utah; materials from
Werley's position as Director of the Center for Nursing Research, Wayne State
University; and research proposals regarding family planning.
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Box
9
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1971-1982 : Contains materials from Werley's positions at Wayne State and at the University of
Illinois. Included are research materials relating to family planning and home
care.
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Box
10
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1975-1991 : Contains materials from Werley's tenure at the University of Illinois. Included are
a number of research proposals; files pertaining to Werley's work to develop a
nursing research journal, Research in Nursing and
Health (RINAH); and materials relating to the 1977 Research Conference on
Nursing Information Systems.
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Box
11
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1977-1991 : Contains materials pertaining to RINAH; administrative files from the University of
Illinois, including information about the first Nursing Research Forum; materials
relating to Werley's position at the University of Missouri-Columbia; information
about the establishment of the Annual Review of Nursing
Research (ARNR); and materials which begin to document Werley's interest
in the area of using computer applications in nursing.
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Box
12
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1983-1996 : Contains materials from Werley's tenure at UWM, which continue to document her
interest in computer applications for nursing, and her work on the 1985 Nursing
Minimum Data Set (NMDS) Conference.
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Box
13
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1985-1995 : Contains materials pertaining to the 1985 NMDS Conference and Werley's interest in
nursing minimum data sets.
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Box
14
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1987-1994 : Contains materials pertaining to Werley's NMDS studies, including data collection
manuals, and conference presentations. Also included are materials concerning awards
and tributes Werley received.
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Box
15
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1990-1996 : Contains materials pertaining to Werley's NMDS work and presentations; 1991
retirement from UWM; and awards received.
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Box
16
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1992-1996 : Contains correspondence, Werley's continued work with nursing minimum data sets,
and information about UWM nursing research awards established in her name.
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Series: 3. Correspondence, 1942-2002, undated : This series largely consists of correspondence of a more personal nature, and
includes letters from colleagues as well as from family and friends. Some of the more
recent materials are of a more professional nature.
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Box
25
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1942-1967
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Box
17
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1951-1997, undated
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Box
26
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1964-1988
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Box
27
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1970-2002
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Box
18
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1982-1998
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Series: 4. News Clippings and Press Releases, 1948-1999, undated : Series contains news clippings and press releases relating to Werley and her career.
One folder contains clippings pertaining to deceased family members.
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Box
19
Folder
1-4
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News Clippings and Press Releases, 1948-1999, undated
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Box
19
Folder
5
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News Clippings, Family, 1986-1989
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Series: 5. Publication Reprints, 1954-1993, undated : Series consists of published reprints of articles written or co-authored by
Werley.
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Box
19
Folder
6-11
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1954-1993, undated
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Series: 6. Papers and Presentations, 1953-1995, undated : This series consists of unpublished papers and presentations written or co-authored
and presented by Werley, beginning with her years with the ANC's Career Guidance
Section. Later papers focus heavily on nursing minimum data sets.
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Box
20
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1953-1980
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Box
21
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1980-1988
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Box
22
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1988-1990
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Box
23
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1990-1995, undated
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Series: 7. Photographs and Negatives, 1931-2000, undated : This series contains images of Werley throughout her career. Also included are
photographs of Werley at home, traveling, and with friends and family. Some images of
nurses on the job are also found in this series. This series includes negatives from
Werley's time in Algeria, France, and Italy in the mid-1940s.
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Box
29
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Negatives, 1996 35 mm safety film negatives (1 sleeve) : Access to the safety film negatives is restricted; researchers must use the digital
access copies.
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Box
29
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Negatives, Algeria, France, and Italy, circa 1944 2.5 x 3.5 nitrate negatives (28 sleeves) : Access to the nitrate negatives is restricted; researchers must use the digital
access copies.
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Box
24
Folder
1
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Photograph Album, undated
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Box
24
Folder
2
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Photograph Album, undated : Dismantled
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Oversize Folder
1
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Photographs, 1931, undated
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Box
24
Folder
3
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Photographs, 1943-1995
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Box
28
Folder
1
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Photographs, 1950-1970s
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Box
28
Folder
2
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Photographs, 1985-2000
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Box
24
Folder
4-5
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Photographs, undated
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Box
28
Folder
3
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Photographs, undated
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Box
24
Folder
6
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Photographs, Italy, 1944-1945
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Box
28
Folder
4
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Photographs, Nursing School Friends, 1962-1987, undated
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Series: 8. Audio Cassettes and Videocassette, 1983-1985, 2002, undated : The audio cassettes consist of recorded conference sessions, workshops, discussions,
as well as Werley's funeral service. This series includes both an audio cassette and a
video of a 1985 recognition dinner for Werley.
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Audio
1-3
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Ambulatory Nursing Administration, undated Audio cassette
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Audio
7
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Funeral Service for Harriet H. Werley,
2002 Audio cassette
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Audio
4
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Publishing, 1984 Audio cassette
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Audio
5
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Publishing, Brown Bag Discussion, 1983 Audio cassette
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Audio
8
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Recognition Dinner for Werley, 1985 Audio cassette
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Video
1
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Recognition Dinner for Werley, 1985 Videocassette (VHS)
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Audio
6
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"Why Publish/APA Format," 1983 Audio cassette
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Accession 2016-047
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Additions, 1972-1995 Additions, dating from 1972 to 1995, largely consisting of Nursing Minimum Data
Set materials, Annual Review of Nursing Research files, and ANA Council on Computer
Applications in Nursing materials. 2 cubic ft. (2 boxes)
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Box
1
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1980-1988 : Nursing Minimum Data Set materials, largely focusing on project testing, 1980-1988;
University of Missouri--Columbia, Biomedical Research Development Program materials,
1980-1983.
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Box
2
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1972-1995 : Annual Review of Nursing Research files, 1981-1985; Papers, Presentations, and
Published Articles, and NMDS and miscellaneous materials, 1972-1995; ANA Council on
Computer Applications in Nursing materials, 1984-1989.
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