Abstract The Blodgett Memorial Medical Center School of Nursing Records was a nursing school in Grand Rapids, Michigan. The school was founded as the Union Benevolent Association Training School for Nurses in 1886 and operated until 1987. It was also known as the Marion Louise Withey Training School for Nurses and Blodgett Memorial Hospital School of Nursing. At its closing in 1987 the schools 101 year legacy included a total of 2,674 graduates. This colletion includes administrative...

Abstract M. Annie Leitch (1894-1989) was the Director of Nursing at the School of Nursing at Butterworth Hospital in Grand Rapids, Michigan from 1936-1952. Throughout her career, Ms. Leitch promoted professionalism in nursing, encouraged the proper recognition of its practitioners and possessed a keen interest in the history of nursing. For these reasons she chose to make public her collection of papers and memorabilia. The bulk of the collection relates to the contributions of Ms. Leitch...

Abstract The Mercy Central School of Nursing was a nursing school based in Grand Rapids, Michigan. The collection documents the history and activities of the school from its founding as the St. Mary's Hospital Training School of Nursing in 1898 through the time of its last graduating class in 1986. The early schools were located in Bay City, Muskegon and Grand Rapids, with the main office in Grand Rapids. These were combined in Grand Rapids under the new Mercy Central name in 1935. The...