Title: Visiting Nurse Service Records
Inclusive Dates: 1924-1960

Creator:

• Visiting Nurse Service (Madison, Wis.)

Call Number: Mss 162; Micro 2038

Quantity: 0.2 c.f. (1 archives box) and 1 reel of microfilm (35mm)

Repository:

Wisconsin Historical Society, Division of Library, Archives, and Museum Collections

Archival Locations:

Wisconsin Historical Society (Map)

COLLECTION MAY BE STORED OFF-SITE: see catalog entry to request materials and for additional information.

Abstract:

Records of the Visiting Nurse Service in Madison, Wisconsin, an organization which provides in-home nursing care for sick and chronically ill patients at the request of doctors, hospitals, families, or social agencies. VNS was a part of the Attic Angels, a private charitable organization, from its founding in 1908 until separation in 1950. The records document activities of both the Service and the Attic Angels in minutes, reports of the Nursing Committee, and correspondence.

Language: English

URL to cite for this finding aid: http://digital.library.wisc.edu/1711.dl/wiarchives.uw-whs-mss00162

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In 1908, the Attic Angel Association, a private charitable organization, sponsored the first visiting nurse for Madison. The service grew, but continued to be under the auspices of the Attic Angel Association until 1950. At that time the Visiting Nurse Service was incorporated separately. Therefore, much of the early history of the Visiting Nurse Service is closely tied to the Attic Angels.

For information on the early history of the Visiting Nurse Service, the researcher should consult the Attic Angel Association Papers. The Visiting Nurse Service began keeping separate files in 1924. Most of this material before 1942 consists of Nursing Committee reports and minutes of their meetings. The minutes kept from 1942 to 1950 include minutes of the Attic Angel Association meetings. The articles of organization of the Visiting Nurse Service are filed with the minutes for October, 1950. A separate section entitled “Correspondence and Reports with Particular Historical Significance” covers the years 1926 to 1956. The minutes and correspondence are arranged chronologically and each is preceded by a subject index.

Acquisition Information

Presented by the Visiting Nurse Service, Madison, Wisconsin, via Mable L. Johnson, July 11, 1969. Minutes from 1924 to September, 1950 were microfilmed in 1995 and the originals returned to the Attic Angel Association. Accession Number: M69-204

Processing Information

Processed by J. Cooper, June 8, 1971.

Micro 2038	Minutes
Reel   1 Frame   1	Index, 1924-1960
Reel   1 Frame   13	1924-1936
Reel   1 Frame   195	1947-1950 September
Mss 162 Box   1 Folder   1-3	1950 October-1960 October
Micro 2038	Historical correspondence and reports
Reel   1 Frame   333	Index
Reel   1 Frame   334	1925-1956
Mss 162 Box   1 Folder   4	Annual reports, 1964-1968