Summary Information
Wisconsin Nurses Association. District 3: Records
1903-1974
- Wisconsin Nurses Association. District 3 (Madison)
Mss 580
3.2 c.f. (9 archives boxes)
Wisconsin Historical Society (Map)
Records of the district organization of the Wisconsin Nurses Association which includes Columbia, Dane, Grant, Iowa, Richland, and Sauk counties; several predecessor and related organizations such the Madison Graduate Nurses Association; and the Nurses Official Registry, which was sponsored by the district organization in order to provide private duty nursing. Included are constitutions and by-laws, minutes, annual reports, correspondence, financial records concerning the parent organization and the registry, program information and other administrative records; subject files; and committee and section files.
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Biography/History
Little is known about the origins and early history of this district organization of the Wisconsin Nurses Association. The presence of record books (1903-1916) of the Madison Graduate Nurses Association and the Dane County Graduate Nurses Association, which were formed to provide general nursing information and social activities, suggests these organizations were the forerunners of the district organization. Annual reports make clear that an organization known as the Third District of the Wisconsin Association of Graduate Nurses was in existence at least by 1921. After the parent organization changed its name, the regional group became the Third District of the Wisconsin State Nurses Association in 1922.
Provision of a register of nurses for private duty was an important function of the early district organization. In 1909 a private duty nurses registry was founded in Madison. This registry provided 24-hour service and operated from a drug store and later from the homes of its registrars. During the 1930's this organization was known as the Graduate Nurses' Central Directory. A reorganization in 1942 moved the service into the Tenney Building with the Third District offices. The name was changed to the Nurses Official Registry, an officially sponsored service of the Private Duty Nurses Section of the Third District. World War II allowed the registry to function as a center for war services and civil defense needs. Later it provided an emergency telephone service for area medical personnel. The registry ended during the mid-1950's due to ongoing financial difficulties.
In 1951 the organization became known as the Madison District of the Wisconsin State Nurses Association, later the Madison District of the Wisconsin Nurses Association.
Scope and Content Note
The records of the Wisconsin Nurses Association, District 3, and its predecessor and/or affiliated groups are organized as administrative records, correspondence, financial records, committee records, subject files, and section records. The records are fragmentary and very incomplete for the early years, but cover well the period from the 1930's through the 1960's.
ADMINISTRATIVE RECORDS consist of various revisions of the constitution and by-laws, minutes of regular meetings and meetings of the board of directors from 1945 to 1972, reports, annual meeting programs, newsletters, and manuals. Three early record books (1903-1916) document the intentions, minutes, and membership of two predecessor groups, the Madison Graduate Nurses Association and the Dane County Graduate Nurses Association. The reports section includes materials on committees, office, and the annual reports to the state headquarters (1921-1970).
The correspondence is organized as a general file (1940-1973), much of which is related first to committee work and then to membership, and into several topical files which are of more recent date. The latter include a file of ANA memoranda, correspondence (1968-1970) concerning an effort to restore overtime premium pay for nurses at the University of Wisconsin Hospital, and information on computerized dues billing by the ANA.
The FINANCIAL RECORDS are typical of most professional organizations, with the exception that a sizeable portion of the documentation concerns the business operations of the nurses registry. Related to this activity are an early receipt and disbursement ledger (1919-1951) and monthly statements and audits of the Graduate Nurses Central Directory. For the Third District organization there are additional monthly statements, annual statements, budgets, and audit reports.
Many COMMITTEES were created during the existence of the organization. Some of the most long-lived committees - membership, nominations, and programs - are well represented (1942-1969), but nevertheless incomplete. Even less well represented are materials from the financial committee, the historical materials committee, and the public relations and publicity committee. Of interest in this series is the current and long-term goals steering committee. The aims put forth in this committee were established by the national headquarters and partially followed by the district.
Alphabetically-arranged SUBJECT FILES contain information on diverse topics and organizations related to the Third District, some of which may contain materials which overlap with documentation in other sections of the records. Included are information on national and state conventions (1940's-1972) and material from the WNA Advisory Council. Representing the work of Third District members in community and professional groups are files on the Community Welfare Council of Madison, Inc., the Madison Student Nurses Association, and the Wisconsin Association of Licensed Practical Nurses. 0ther more general files cover disaster planning; economic security; health planning; legislation; scholarships; and medical-surgical, operating room, and psychiatric nursing.
Sections, which conduct their own business and activities beyond the parent organization, play a most important role in WNA. The largest portion of the documentation in the SECTION RECORDS concerns the Nurses Official Registry, which was partially replaced by the Private Duty Nurses Section. For this section there are a constitution and by-laws, correspondence, membership lists and applications, minutes, reports, and assorted miscellany. (The financial records for the Registry are described above.) The General Duty Section activities are reflected in minutes, correspondence, and other general material. The material on other sections, however, is limited in scope and consists chiefly of printed matter from the national headquarters.
Administrative/Restriction Information
Presented by the Wisconsin Nurses Association, District #3, Madison, Wisconsin, via Jean Frank, 1979. Accession Number: M79-229
Processed by Bill Beaudreau, January 1989.
Contents List
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Series: Administrative Records
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Box
1
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1
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Constitutions and by-laws, 1945?-1974
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Box
1
Folder
2
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Minutes of the Madison Graduate Nurses Association & the Dane County Graduate Nurses Association, 1903-1916
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Box
1
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3-4
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Regular meeting minutes, 1945-1972
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Board of Directors
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Box
1
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5
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Agendas, 1960-1965, 1968-1970
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Minutes
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Box
1
Folder
6-7
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1945-1962
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Box
2
Folder
1-2
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1963-1972
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Box
2
Folder
3
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Officers and Board of Directors lists, 1940-1970
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Programs
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Box
2
Folder
4
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Holidays and regular meetings, 1948-1968
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Box
2
Folder
5
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Annual meeting programs and reports, 1942-1969
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Box
2
Folder
6
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Annual reports to WNA, 1921-1970
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Box
2
Folder
7
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Newsletters, 1956, 1962, 1966-1970
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Box
2
Folder
8
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President's and district manuals, etc., 1960
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Box
2
Folder
9
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Personnel information re employees, 1954 - 1969
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Series: Correspondence
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Box
3
Folder
1
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ANA computerized dues billing, 1969-70, 1972
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Box
3
Folder
2
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ANA membership directory, 1969-1970
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Box
3
Folder
3
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Memberships mailed to ANA, 1967-1968
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Box
3
Folder
4
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ANA memoranda, 1951-1969
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Box
3
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5
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Economic security (restoration of overtime premium pay), 1969-1970
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Box
3
Folder
6-8
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General correspondence, 1940-1973
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Box
3
Folder
9
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WNA officer nominations, 1951-1968
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Series: Financial Records
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Box
4
Folder
1
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Receipt and disbursement ledger, 1919-1931
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Box
4
Folder
2-5
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Monthly statements, 1938-1968, 1943 (WSNA and Graduate Nurses)
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Box
4A
Folder
1
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Budgets and annual statements, 1944-1968
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Box
4A
Folder
2
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Journal of yearly closing statements, 1944-1968
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Audit reports
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Box
4A
Folder
3
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Graduate Nurses Central Directory, 1933-1942
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Box
4A
Folder
4
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1930 - 1966
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Series: Committee Records
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Box
4A
Folder
5
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Standing committees list, 1952 - 1968
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Box
4A
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6
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Current and Long-Term Goals Steering Committee, 1960-1963
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Box
5
Folder
1
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Financial Committee, 1949-1969
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Box
5
Folder
2
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Historical Materials Committee, 1961-1969
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Membership Committee
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Box
5
Folder
3
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General materials, 1942-1969
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Box
5
Folder
4
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Membership receipts, 1927-1930
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Box
5
Folder
5
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Membership lists, 1946-1953
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Box
5
Folder
6
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Rosters by hospital, 1966-1968
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Box
5
Folder
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Miscellaneous committees, 1945-1969
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Nominating Committee
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Box
5
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8
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Ballots and correspondence, 1942-1967
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Box
5
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Biographical information on candidates, 1959-1967
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Program Committee
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Box
5
Folder
10-11
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Correspondence and planning materials, 1958-1968
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Box
6
Folder
1
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Clinical sessions, 1964-1969
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Box
6
Folder
2
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Public Relations Committee, 1965-1966
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Box
6
Folder
3
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Publicity Committee, 1952, 1966-1967
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Series: Subject File
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Box
6
Folder
4
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ANA conventions, 1960-1970
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Box
6
Folder
5
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Community Welfare Council of Madison, Inc., 1962-1970
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Box
6
Folder
6
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Disasters, 1959-1960
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Box
6
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Economic security, 1962-1970
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Box
6
Folder
8
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Education, 1966-1972
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Box
6
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9
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Exhibits, 1966
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Box
6
Folder
10
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Health planning, 1965-1969
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Box
6
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11
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Institutes, 1965, 1970
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Box
6
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12
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Inter-organizational cooperation, 1956
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Box
6
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13
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Legislation, 1955-1966
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Box
6
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14
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Madison Student Nurses Association, 1959-1968
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Box
6
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15
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Medical-surgical nursing, 1963-1968
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Box
6
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Operating room nurses, 1967
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Box
6
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Payroll deductions, 1971
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Box
6
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Psychiatric nursing, 1965-69
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Box
6
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Scholarships, 1956-1969
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Box
6
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Wisconsin Association of Licensed Practical Nurses, 1965-1969
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Box
6
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WNA Advisory Council, 1961-1962
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Box
6
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22-23
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WNA conventions, 1940's-1972
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Series: Section Records
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Box
7
Folder
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Educational administrators, consultants, and teachers, 1959-1966
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General Duty
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Box
7
Folder
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Minutes, 1949, 1956-1965
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Box
7
Folder
3
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Correspondence, 1956-1966
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Box
7
Folder
4
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General materials, 1950-1966
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Box
7
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5
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Industrial nurses, 1954-1956
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Nurses Official Registry and Private Duty Nurses Section
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Box
7
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6
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Constitution, by-laws, and revisions, 1951, 1955
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Box
7
Folder
7
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History
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Box
7
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8
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Minutes and reports, 1941-1967
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Box
7
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9
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Correspondence, 1942-1967
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Box
7
Folder
10
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Monthly membership reports to ANA, 1943-1954
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Box
7
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11
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General materials, 1943-1967
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Box
7
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12
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Membership lists, 1953-1967
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Box
7
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13
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Application forms, 1937-1953
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Box
8
Folder
1
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Time book and financial miscellany, 1946-1949
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Box
8
Folder
2
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Telephone directory, undated
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Box
8
Folder
3
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Nursing service administrators, 1956, 1963
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Box
8
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4
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0ccupational health, 1955, 1963-1969
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Box
8
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5
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Office nurses, 1957-1959
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Box
8
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6
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Public health, 1953-1965
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