| Title: |
Reminiscences of Florence Jacob Edmunds
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| RLIN number: |
NXCP87-A66
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| Document type: |
Oral history
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| Accessibility: |
Free Only
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| Repository: |
Columbia University. Oral History Research Office
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| Collection: |
Black Women Oral History Project
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| Description: |
Family background, childhood, education and black community, Pittsfield, Massachusetts; Lincoln Hospital Nurses Training program, New York City, 1917-20; visiting nurse, Henry Street Settlement, 1921-23; development of hospital social service field; Harlem in the early 1920s; nursing instruction, Red Cross, World War II; teacher and health coordinator, Pittsfield General Hospital, 1956-68; music and civic activities, honors and awards.
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| Extent: |
Transcript: 58 leaves
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| Restrictions: |
Access: Open. Permission required to cite, quote, and reproduce. Contact Schlesinger Library for information. Original oral history held by: Schlesinger Library, Radcliffe College, Cambridge, MA 02138.
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| Original Language: |
English
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| Time span: |
Not indicated ... to 1980 (Year of interview)
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| Speaker: |
Edmunds, Florence Jacob, 1890-
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| Speaker gender: |
Female
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| Speaker date of birth: |
1890
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| Speaker occupation: |
Nurse
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| Age at speaking: |
90
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| Document date: |
1980
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| Interviewer: |
Hill, Ruth Edmonds
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| Topics discussed - ASP terms: |
African Americans--Medical care; African Americans--Social conditions; Nurses; Nursing; Nursing--Study and teaching; Oral history
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| ASP release: |
2005-06
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| Document code: |
OHI0018449-13892
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