Schools, Nursing

The historical materials used for Dr. Gaines' history of the University of Oregon School of Nursing.

Dorothy Robinson Mann graduated from University of Oregon Medical School Department of Nursing in 1942 and served in the U.S. Army Nurse Corps until 1945. This collection contains photographs taken during Mann’s service which provide insight into the life and training of a nurse at that time, as well as a selection of Army records and additional papers.

The Willamette University School of Medicine, founded in the 1860s in Salem, and the Multnomah School for Nurses, founded in 1910 at the Multnomah County Hospital, eventually merged with the University of Oregon Medical School in 1915 and 1932, respectively. This collection consists of matriculation registries, gradebooks, educational correspondence, and student records evidencing the academic achievements of students from these institutions.

UOMS Dept. of Nursing held clerkships during WWII, which has been defined as "Clinical clerkship: Full-time supervised learning experience in a clinical setting". Several patient studies were made by nurses. Eight of them are included here.

This collection is a multitude of materials reflecting the wide-ranging interests of the Business and Public Relations Offices. Among them are supply invoices; correspondence with campus, city and state offices; finances; hospital and clinic programs and procedures; student education, commencement programs, catalogs, and other printed materials; and press releases.