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Records, 1894-1952
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Archives and Modern Manuscripts Program, History of Medicine Division
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| Collection Number: | MS C 274 |
| Creator: | National League for Nursing |
| Title: | National League for Nursing Records
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| Dates: | 1894-1952 |
| Quantity: | 6 MS boxes |
| Abstract: | Includes proceedings of annual conventions, minutes of meetings, biographical data of early leaders, correspondence, photos, and miscellaneous material. |
In 1893, a group of courageous women assembled during the Chicago World's Fair to establish the first association of nurses in the United States--the American Society of Superintendents of Training Schools for Nurses. From its inception, the association made its principal objective the "establishment and maintenance of a universal standard of training." In 1912 the society was renamed the National League of Nursing Education (NLNE).
Student nurses served an apprenticeship in which they learned through giving service to a hospital. The preparation of students was a concern to NLNE, which recommended that the two-year training course be lengthened to three years. An eight-hour work day was also encouraged for students. Other critical issues included the qualifications of superintendents, the nature of the curriculum, and the preparation of teachers of nursing. The organization firmly believed that, if the quality of education was to be improved, qualified instructors were essential.
Affiliating nursing training schools with universities, which began in the early 1900s, was viewed by the NLNE as a way of improving the education of nursing students. Nonetheless, the majority of training schools continued to be controlled and administered by hospitals. The lack of standardization in hospital-controlled schools made them difficult to assess. Since no criteria had been established for curriculum construction, it was not possible to determine readily appropriate basic nursing preparation.
At the annual NLNE convention in 1914, members of the Committee on Education initiated discussion on a proposed course of study. Their intent was to elicit ideas from some of the better schools for a model curriculum. The responses were so varied that a Curriculum Committee was formed to define the appropriate education of nurses.
In 1917, the NLNE released the first Standard Curriculum for Schools of Nursing, urging that the document should not be rigidly followed, but rather serve as a guide. Nevertheless, many schools of nursing adhered exactly to the published document. Although the Standard Curriculum had a great impact on the training schools, it was not well received by all groups, particularly the hospital and medical community which criticized the standards for being too high.
On June 16, 1952, at the National League for Nursing Education business meeting, the membership voted to amend the bylaws and become the National League for Nursing, thereby merging with the National Organization of Public Health Nurses (NOPHN) and the ACSN.
For almost six decades, The National League of Nursing Education, parent of all nursing organizations, had been passionately devoted to the cause of advancing nursing education. At the time of the 1952 convention, NLNE members remained fiercely loyal to those traditions and values. Their influence, particularly during the formative period of the National League for Nursing, would have a marked effect on the future of the new NLN.
On June 20, 1952, the National League for Nursing held its first meeting and elected its first board of directors and president.
On June 21, the board had an intensive but enthusiastic session in Atlantic City's Ritz Carlton Hotel where they worked out arrangements for launching a challenging new program made possible by merging the NLNE with the ACSN and the NOPHN. The interests of all three groups would be carried forward at the outset through board representation, staff, and continuation of ongoing programs. Under the new structure, two major divisions would be housed within the NLN: the Division of Nursing Service, responsible for hospital, public health, and industrial nursing; and the Division of Nursing Education, composed of a Department of Diploma and Associate Degree Programs, a Department of Baccalaureate and Higher Degree Programs, and some provision for practical nurses.
The new board authorized the establishment of councils of agency members of the Department of Baccalaureate and Higher Degree Programs and the Department of Public Health Nursing Services. Agency members had automatically transferred to these departments from the ACSN and the NOPHN, respectively.
The National League for Nursing is still very much a leader in advancing the health of diverse communities through nursing. Its current stated mission is to improve education and health outcomes by linking communities and information through collaborating, connecting, creating, serving, and learning.
The NLN membership base consists of more than 2,000 nursing school and health care agencies, and more than 10,000 individual members - nurses, educators, administrators, consumers, and students. There are 43 state and regional constituent leagues.
The National League for Nursing Accrediting Commission (NLNAC), an independent subsidiary of NLN, is the leading accrediting body for all types of nursing education programs - baccalaureate, master's, associate degree, diploma, and licensed practical nursing - within the U.S. and its territories.
NLN is a major provider of testing services. Its comprehensive line of testing products range from pre-admission testing for nursing school applicants to competency certification for specialty nursing groups and health institutions.
NLN Press publishes hundreds of scholarly and consumer-oriented paperback books, and distributes a line of health-related videos.
NLN's Community Health Accreditation Program (CHAP), another subsidiary of NLN with its own Board of Directors and President, accredits community and home health care agencies throughout the country through deemed status conferred by the federal government. CHAP develops standards of excellence that assure ethical, humane, and competent care in home, community, and public health settings. CHAP also develops and distributes relevant products, services, and models of care-conducting seminars, publishing standards, and consulting.
(Adapted from "The Entry Dilemma" by Shirley H. Fondiller)
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Includes proceedings of annual conventions, minutes of meetings, biographical data of early leaders, correspondence, photos, and miscellaneous material.
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Restrictions
Restrictions
Collection is not restricted. Contact the Reference Staff for information regarding access. For online customer service, please visit http://www.nlm.nih.gov/contacts/custserv-email.html.
Copyright
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| These terms are indexed in the National Library of Medicine's on-line catalog LocatorPlus. Researchers wishing to find related materials should serach the catalog using these terms. |
| MeSH Subjects |
| | Nursing |
| | Societies, Nursing |
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[Call Number, Collection Name, Series Number], Modern Manuscripts Collection, History of Medicine Division, National Library of Medicine, USA.
Acquired in 1974.
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Records, 1894-1952
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| 1 | | Historical photographs and history in 6 x 8" booklet publication on early nursing leaders of the National Organization of Public Health Nursing and the National League of Nursing Education. 108 loose pictures with names in paper binders and file folders. Some have biographical information.
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| 1 | | 6 x 9" booklet publication. Cover has a black print on the entrance to old Bellevue, mother of the American Schools of Nursing. 6 x 8" booklet publication. Cover has a black print of the entrance to Teachers College with heading "Leaders of American Nursing." (Prepared by the Publications Committee of the National League of Nursing Education). Dull finish and semi-glossy pictures of various sized (3 x 5" to 8 x 10") of early leaders, identified. See listing of photos attached. |
| 2a | | 7 1/2 x 10 1/2" lined paper in a black hard cover cloth bound notebook with gold lettering, "Minutes of the American Society of Superintendents of Training Schools for Nurses." Index A to Z blank. Pages 1 through 106 utilized; pages 107 to 141 blank.
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| | | Handwritten minutes of annual conventions starting with the first one in 1894 up to the ninth convention in September 1902. The back cover and page 142 lists names of the original committee and their addresses. |
| 2b | | 9x11 1/2" black, hard cover book with same gold lettering identifying the Society.
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| | | Continuation of proceedings of the annual conventions starting with the tenth convention in 1903 and concluding with the eleventh annual convention minutes on page 21 (Pages 22 to 159 are blank). Minutes of the Council, dated October 16, 1904 starting on page 226 are typewritten copies which end April 29, 1914. Contains the petition for change of name from the American Society of Superintendents of Training Schools for Nurses to National League for Nursing Education, July 21, 1914. |
| 2c | | 9 x 12" black hard cover book with gold lettering on the cover "Membership Book of the merican Society of Superintendents of Training Schools for Nurses." Pages 2 to 125 utilized, pages 126 to 200 blank.
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| | | Handwritten listing of membership by name, school graduated from, year and position held covering the period 1893 to 1897 and 1900-1918. |
| 2d | | Black hard cover book, 9 1/4 x 12" with gold lettering on the cover, "Register of Superintendents of Training Schools for Nurses." Pages 1 through 198.
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| | | Beginning of an index on conventions but incomplete. Original signatures of members attending conventions, their addresses, training schools and positions held. Covers 1894 to 1913. Five loose pages, both sides containing more original signatures, addresses and positions. They appear to have been part of a loose leaf book. |
| 3 | | Two (2) light gray cloth bound, cloth covered books, 9 1/2 x 12", made by the Chadwick Copying Book Co. (patented October 16, 1888) indexed A to Z. Society of Superintendents of Training Schools for Nursing is written in red ink on the front cover of both books.
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| | | (3a)ll tissue pages filled and numbering 498 pages. Some not readable.Handwritten listing of members, Superintendents of Training Schools for Nurses: copies of letters sent to them by the secretary, Miss M.A. Nutting July 19, 1903 ending March 31, 1905. Correspondence pertains to preparations for programs, demonstrations, exhibits for conventions and appointments to committees.
(3b) 498 tissue pages. Pages 391 to 498 are blank.Continuation of correspondence March 18, 1905 until May 15, 1906. |
| 3 | | Series of cream colored historical calendars with pictures on the covers. Calendars are about 6 x 10 1/2" (some larger and smaller) on the early leaders in nursing. Prepared by the committee on Education of the National League for Nursing Education. Pages are attached by a cord threaded through two holes at the top of each page.
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| | | Series of annual calendars, representing the more prominent early leaders folowed by contemporary leaders in the different branches of nursing. The series sharts with the Florence Nightingale calendar in 1921 commemorating the 100th anniversary of the founder of modern nursing. The series ends in 1933. (Years missing: 1927, 1929, 1930, 1932) |
| 4 | | Brown and yellow speckled hard cover, lined note book 5 x 7-3/4". |
| | | Record of members who purchased the National Organization Public Health Education pin beginning in May 1920 through 1951.
Eight (8) loose pages of typed information on the seal and the pin, interpretation, and distinguished awardees of the 14 Kt. gold pin. (One of the sample rolled gold pins in box.) |
| 4 | | Forty (40) microfilm boxes 3-3/4 x 4", each containing a 16mm microfilm tape on history with the exception of box #1, which contains a 34mm microfilm tape. Each box has a typewritten content identification as to subject and chronological period. (1893-1952) |
| | | The microfilmed records are stored in Mountain, NY. (The microfilm tapes are read on a Document Reader) |
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| 4 | 1 | | Historical Records, 1893-1916 |
| 4 | 2 | | Minutes, Bd. of Directors, 1910-1929 |
| 4 | 3 | | Minutes, Bd. of Directors, 1934-1944 |
| 4 | 4 | | Minutes, Bd. of Directors, 1945-1950 |
| 4 | 5 | | Minutes, Bd. of Directors, 1950-1952 |
| 4 | 6 | | Accreditation Committee, NLNE, etc., 1936-1949 |
| 4 | 7 | | Cabinet Steering Committee, 1932-1951 |
| 4 | 8 | | Minutes of six national organizations, 1929-1952 |
| 4 | 9 | | Minutes, Historical Records, 1917-1952 |
| 4 | 10 | | NOPHN Board, 1950-1933 |
| 4 | 11 | | NOPHN Committees, 1930-1943 |
| 4 | 12 | | NOPHN Committees, 1930-1943 |
| 4 | 13 | | NOPHN Policies, 1926-1950 |
| 4 | 14 | | NOPHN Minutes, 1927-1951 |
| 4 | 15 | | NOPHN Minutes, 1920-1937 |
| 4 | 16 | | NOPHN Minutes, 1937, etc. |
| 5 | 17 | | NOPHN Minutes, Joint, 1936-1949 |
| 5 | 18 | | NOPHN Misc. Committees, 1928-1950 |
| 5 | 19 | | NOPHN Committees, 1931-1952 |
| 5 | 20 | | NOPHN Budget Structure, 1923-1948 |
| 5 | 21 | | Misc. Material (NOPHN), 1949- |
| 5 | 22 | | NOPHN Records, 1927 |
| 5 | 23 | | NOPHN Misc. Material, 1952 |
| 5 | 24 | | NOPHN Misc. materiald, 1928 |
| 5 | 25 | | NOPHN Membership , 1920-1939 |
| 5 | 26 | | NOPHN Convention, etc., 1950 |
| 5 | 27 | | NOPHN Committess, 1912-1952 |
| 5 | 28 | | NOPHN Committee Meeting, 1943-1948 |
| 5 | 29 | | NOPHN Misc. Records, 1948 |
| 5 | 30 | | NOPHN Financial Statement, 1941 |
| 5 | 31 | | NOPHN Structure Correspondence, 1951 |
| 5 | 32 | | NOPHN Miscellaneous |
| 5 | 33 | | NOPHN Miscellaneous |
| 5 | 34 | | NOPHN Convention |
| 5 | 35 | | NOPHN Meeting, 1918 |
| 5 | 36 | | NOPHN History |
| 5 | 37 | | NLNE History, Misc., 1927-1947 |
| 5 | 38 | | NLNE Assoc. of Collegiate Schools, 1939 |
| 5 | 39 | | NLNE Assoc. of Collegiate Schools, 1940-1944 |
| 5 | 40 | | NLNE Assoc. of Collegiate Schools, 1934-1952 |
| 6 | | Dark colored hard cover scrapbook, 9 x 15" with 88 browned pages utilized and 63 blanks. |
| | | (a)Covers the annual conventions of the hstorical Society of Superintendents of Training Schools for Nurses and the succeeding changes in name from the period 1894 through 1920.
(b)Contains an outline of the constitutions, bylaws, ballot forms, applications to conventions, program pamphlets, resolutions, tributes and commemorations for the period.
(c)Includes a 3 1/2 x 4 1/2 picture of Florence Nightingale and letters to her from the secretaries of the Society. A copy of her letter written in 1872 to Dr. W. Gill Wylie, Surgeon, who went to England to study the Nightingale method; pamphlets of some of her literary pieces; a catalog of her published materials, and newspaper clippings on her activities.
(d)Correspondence copies by distinguished nursing leaders, i.e. Miss Georgia M. Nevia, Miss M. A. Nutting, Mrs. Isabel Hampton Robb, etc. |
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Index of Photographs
| Early Leaders of American Nursing of the Pioneer Period Up to the Early 1950's |
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| Wald, Lillian D. (NOPHN - First President) |
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| Fox, Elizabeth G. (NOPHN - President) |
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| Gardner, Mary S. (NOPHN) |
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| Grant, Ameilia (NOPHN - President) |
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| Hansen, Anne L. (NOPHN) |
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| Harvey, Malinde (NOPHN) |
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| Harvey, P.W. (NOPHN) |
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| Houlton, Ruth (NOPHN - Gen. Dir.) |
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| Patterson, Florence (NOPHN) |
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| Sterling Soule, Elizabeth (NOPHN) |
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| Stevenson, Jessie L. (NOPHN) |
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| Tucker, Katherine J. (NOPHN) |
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Index to Scrapbook: Board of Directors, Executive Committee, Treasurer, President, Vice President and General Director
| Randall, Marian G. |
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| McKinney, Roessle |
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| Deming, Dorothy |
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| NOPHN Board of Directors |
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| PHN Board of Directors |
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| NOPHN Executive Committee |
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| NOPHN Board of Directors |
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| NOPHN Board of Directors |
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| NOPHN Board of Directors |
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| McLane, Lawrence W. Elected Treasurer |
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| Stokes, Emlen S. - Elected Chairman |
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| NOPHN Board of Directors |
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Scrapbook: Index to Board Members 1938
| Barker, Joseph S., Mrs. |
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| Hale, William E., Mrs. |
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| Shipley, Alfred E. Dr. |
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| Walker, Frank W., Dr. |
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| Grant, Amelia |
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| Mumford, Eleanor W. |
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| Eliot, Martha M., Dr. |
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| Waller, Clifford E. |
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| Watkins, James K., Mrs. |
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| Harvey, Malinde I. |
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| Deutsch, Maomi |
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| Hubbard, Ruth W. |
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| Wohlman, Abel |
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| Haupt, Alma C. |
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| Carey, Harry M. |
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| Bosworth, Robert Mrs. |
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| LaMalle, Helen Mrs. |
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| LaForge, Zoe |
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| Ross, Grace |
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| Brown, Charles S. Mrs. |
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Index to NOPHN Photographs
| Board Staff Committee, 1938-1940, etc. |
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| First National Nursing, Ofice - neg. only |
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| Historical Biennial Convention, 1924 |
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| Historical Photos, VNA & PHN, 1926-1939 |
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| Historical Pictures, various |
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| National Foundation for Infantile Paralysis - President's Dinner, 1940 |
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| National Nurse Week, 1940 |
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| Photos Miscellaneous |
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| Pictures of VNA, Posture Fundamentals, Modern & Etc., March of Dimes |
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| Public Health Nursing Photos |
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| Public Health Nursing Photos, Old & New, Before & After |
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| PHN - VNA and School Surgical Photos, 1944 |
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| Silver Jubilee Luncheon Photos, 1937 |
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| Uniforms |
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| Convention Exhibit Photos, 1929 (NLNE) |
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| Historical Pageant Members, June 12, 1933 (NLNE) |
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Index to NLNE Photographs
| Bixler, Roy Dr. and |
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| Bixler, Genevieve K. Dr. |
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| Bolton, Francis P. |
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| Darche, Louise |
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| Davis, Mary E. P. |
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| Delano Memorial Monument |
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| Dock, Lavinia Lloyd |
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| Drown, Lucy Lincoln |
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| Eldredge, Adda E. |
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| Fisher, Alice |
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| Gelinas, Agnes - President |
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| Giles, Ida F. |
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| Goodrich, Anne W. |
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| Gretter, Lystra C. |
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| Hall, Carrie M. - President |
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| Hawkinson, Nellie X. |
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| Jamme, Anna C. |
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| Johnson, Sally - Board of Directors |
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| Keating, Emma J. |
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| Kimber, Diana Clifford |
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| LaForge, Elizabeth |
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| Lawler, Elsie M. |
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| Logan, Larua R. - President |
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| Mayo, Adelaide - Executive Director |
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| Maxwell, Anna Caroline |
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| McCleery, Ada Belle - Secretary |
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| McCrae, Annabelle |
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| McIntyne, Ellen M. |
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| McIsaac, Isabel |
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| McMillan, M. H. |
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| Merrit, Isabel |
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| Muse, Maude B. |
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| Powell, Louise M. |
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| Roberts, Mary M. - Board Member |
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| Palmer, Sophia F. |
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| Redmond, Mary |
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| Richards, Linda |
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| Robb, Isabel Hampton |
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| Sister John, Gabriel |
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| Sister Helen |
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| Snively, Mary Agnes |
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| Stewart, Isabel M. |
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| Stimson, Julia C. |
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| Taylor, Effie J. - Vice President |
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| Thomson, Elnora E. |
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| Tittman, Anna L. |
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| Urch, Daisy Dean - Director |
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| Wheeler, C.A. |
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| Wheeler, Mary C. |
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| Wolf, Anna D. |
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| Wolfman, Abel |
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| Wood, Helen |
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| Young, Helen D. |
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