People's Institute

Abstract The Oregon League for Nursing began in 1922 with a mission focused on all aspects of nursing education, including defining and maintaining minimum standards for education, and promoting professional relationships and collaboration. The League was also pivotal in moving Portland’s nurse training school from the County Hospital to the University of Oregon. This collection consists of records on topics such as becoming a member of the National League; advocating for nursing education and...

Abstract The People’s Institute was organized in 1904 to improve living conditions for the women and children in the northern end of Portland. The impetus for the Institute was a report by Valentine Prichard, supervisor of the public school kindergartens and principal of a training school for kindergarten teachers. This report, given in 1902 to Dr. Edgar P. Hill, pastor of the First Presbyterian Church, along with Caroline Ladd and her daughter Helen Ladd Corbett, described the deplorable conditions...

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The People’s Institute worked to provide social services for the urban poor while the Portland Free Dispensary was an early effort to provide health services to the underserved. They served as a model of collaboration between the city’s charitable organizations and its medical community. This collection contains a variety of reports, correspondence, and other materials relating to the work of the People's Institute and Portland Free Dispensary.

Abstract Started in 1904 by Valentine Prichard and a number of interested parties, the People's Institute grew over the years to provide services to the poor and those unable to pay for medical services. in 1910, members of the University of Oregon Medical School were appointed trustees and assigned fourteen staff to the dispensary. In 1931, after 24 years of operation, the People's Institute and Free Dispensary was re-deployed as the Outpatient Clinic and fully under the Medical School. This...

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The materials cover the range May 18, 1917 to August 3, 1920 and document a wide range of committee business including authorizations, employment, graduation and military issues related to Base Hospital 46.