Box 46
Contains 30 Results:
Blodgett News. Spring 1987. “Blodgett Salutes Nursing School's Record of Training Quality Nurses.” With three photos. RE history and closing of BMMC School of Nursing.
This series contains a sizable number of clippings on various topics related to Blodgett Hospital and School of Nursing. Most are from either the Grand Rapids Herald or the Grand Rapids Press, although many are unidentified. Dates span from as early as 1898 to as late as 1991. Clippings are arranged chronologically by decade.
Reproduced diplomas from an early UBA graduating class and the last BMMC graduating class. Caroline Frances Stratton diploma. UBA Hospital. May 25, 1905. Ida Karen Hoffman Reeves diploma. BMMC. June 1, 1987. 00.[0054].1 [Removed from housing with Coll. 216, Box 5.]
This is a small series, containing both blank and completed Blodgett diplomas, as well as other misc. certificates. A few additional certificates have been categorized under other series.
Florence Nightingale Song. Words and music by Dr. John S. Owen. Lansing, Mich., 1920. Engraving of Florence Nightingale on cover.
Florence Nightingale Song; also a piece of music probably sung by the nurses' capped chorus.
Bless Thou, O God, This Day. Words by L.D. Stearns. Music by Thelma Jackson Smith. Theodore Presser Co., 1939. 2 copies, both in worn condition. Engraving of church interior on cover. Note: Originally with Capped Chorus documents [Box 23, Folder 5].
Florence Nightingale Song; also a piece of music probably sung by the nurses' capped chorus.
Calendar. Nursing : the finest art. St. Louis : C.V. Mosby, 1986. Reproductions of fine art depicting nurses.
Includes two Blodgett School of Nursing recruiting posters and a 1986 calendar depicting images of nursing in fine art.
Typed speech (photocopy). N.d. [probably between 1886 and 1891 ]. 5 pages. Speech given by Mrs. Marion Louise (Solomon L.) Withey.
Written at top: “On occasion of a reception given in Mother's honor by the United Worker's Society of Park Church.” Detailed discussion of the founding and early history of First (Park) Congregational Church (est. 1836), including Civil War era. Includes anecdotes about several early Grand Rapids individuals and descriptions of locations.