Thompson, Shirley M.

Doernbecher Children's Hosptial is an academic teaching hospital affiliated with Oregon Health & Science University, established in 1926 through a donation by Ada Doernbecher Morse. This collection, which dates from 1925 to 2015, consists of a variety of records evidencing the growth and inner workings of the Hospital and its administration and fundraising over the past century.

The papers of the Oregon Nurses Association Legislative Committee under the leadership of Shirley M.Thompson have been added to the Archival collection. They show the process by which a landmark piece of legislation got passed in Oregon and the US Congress.