The Alumnae Association of the Philadelphia General Hospital School of Nursing Photo Collection totals over 1500 photos that span from 1880 to the 1970s. The collection features images of life in the School of Nursing and on the wards and campus of the Philadelphia Almshouse and the Philadelphia General Hospital. Founded in 1885 as the first school of nursing in Philadelphia established on the ideas of Florence Nightingale, the Philadelphia General Hospital School of Nursing enjoyed a long and excellent reputation as one of the nation's major teaching centers for nurses.
The photos offer visual images of the activities engaged in by nurses and other health care providers, the buildings and settings used for health care delivery, and the patients cared for within the institution. The breadth, depth, and scope of this collection, illuminating the daily life and work of not only nurses, but many others in the hospital community, make it a valuable source on the history of nursing and health care. The entire collection will be available for viewing on a soon to be launched University of Pennsylvania Libraries' Schoenberg Center for Electronic Text and Image web site. For further information on the PGH photo collection and the future website featuring the collection please e-mail nhistory@nursing.upenn.edu and visit the Barbara Bates Center for The Study of The History of Nursing website: http://www.nursing.upenn.edu/history
Now, watch and listen to our audio slideshow that features a selection of PGH images with audio commentary by Jean C. Whelan, PhD, RN, assistant adjunct professor of nursing at the University of Pennsylvania School of Nursing in Philadelphia. Dr. Whelan is also assistant director of the Barbara Bates Center for The Study of the History of Nursing, School of Nursing at the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia.
(Click here to read more about nurse Alice Fisher.)
Help mark the 125th Celebration of Nursing Education at Penn by visiting http://www.nursing.upenn.edu/125th.
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