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{"value"=>"Sc Micro R 6565", "type"=>"local_call"}
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{"value"=>"1908-1958", "type"=>"inclusive", "normal"=>"1908/1958"}
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1908
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1958
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1908
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{"value"=>"National Association of Colored Graduate Nurses records"}
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{"format"=>"simple", "value"=>"1.5 linear feet (5 boxes)"}
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{"value"=>"<span class=\"corpname\">The New York Public Library Manuscripts, Archives and Rare Books Division Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture</span>"}
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{"value"=>"English"}
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{"value"=>"National Association of Colored Graduate Nurses", "type"=>"corpname"}
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{"value"=>"<p>The National Association of Colored Graduate Nurses (NACGN) was organized in 1908 when a group of fifty-two graduate nurses met in New York City. Martha Franklin of Connecticut, a graduate of the school of nursing of the Woman's Hospital of Philadelphia, spearheaded the development of the organization. Franklin had spent much of her time and personal monies on collecting data to determine existing conditions among black nurses. At the conclusion of her survey she called a meeting at St. Marks Methodist Church in New York City. The meeting was sponsored by the Lincoln School for Nurses Alumnae Association. Miss Franklin was elected president at the first meeting. The goals of the new organization were: to achieve higher professional standards, to break down discriminatory practices facing black nurses, and to develop leadership among black nurses.</p> <p>The first convention of black nurses was held in Boston in 1909. Twenty-six attended at the invitation of Mary Mahoney, the first black professionally trained nurse in the country. In 1918 temporary headquarters were established in New York City through the courtesy of the 137th Street Young Women's Christian Association. When headquarters in the YWCA were closed, Belle Davis, the executive secretary of the National Health Circle for Colored People provided space at her organization's office.</p> <p>In 1934 a conference was held in New York City to determine a future course of action for the NACGN. Present among the officers and executive board of the NACGN were representatives of the American Nurses' Association, the National Organization for Public Health Nursing, the National League of Nursing Education, the New York State Board of Nurse Examiners, the Julius Rosenwald Fund, the National Health Circle for Colored People, and the National Medical Association. The conference stressed the fact that black nurses needed jobs without the pressures of racial bias. Among other things, the conference participants decided to establish permanent headquarters in office space loaned to them by the National Health Circle for Colored People. The executive board employed a nurse executive with a grant from the Rosenwald Fund, and an executive secretary was hired to implement a day-to-day program. In addition, a Citizen Advisory Committee was organized, regional sections were established, and a program was outlined. The program was carried forward with community assistance and financial support from NACGN's membership. Two years later a substantial increase in membership and volume of work made it necessary for the NACGN to establish an office of its own and to hire additional staff.</p> <p>Through the war years, the NACGN worked tirelessly to interpret the needs of black nurses and led a vigorous campaign to end discrimination in the field. The first quota of fifty-six black nurses for the U.S. Army was announced in 1942; at the end of the war the Army had commissioned over five-hundred black nurses. During the same period the Federal government was taking other steps to increase the numbers of and opportunities for black nurses. An important breakthrough was the passage of the Bolton Act (1943) which provided for the training of nurses for the armed forces, government and civilian hospitals, health agencies, and war industries through grants to institutions providing such training. The act stated that there would be no discrimination in the administration of benefits and thus brought about an increase in the number of black nursing students in the country.</p> <p>As early as 1942, the National League of Nursing Education had set a precedent by changing its by-laws. These changes made it possible for any eligible applicant to be admitted into the national organization if barred from membership in her state League. This stimulated several state Leagues to admit black nurses. By 1948 only nine states and the District of Columbia still barred black nurses. In 1949 at the NACGN convention in Louisville, Kentucky, the NACGN unanimously accepted the suggestion of the American Nurses Association (ANA) that NACGN functions be taken over by the ANA and that its program be expanded for the complete integration of black nurses. Under the leadership of President Mabel Staupers, author of a history of the organization titled <span class=\"emph\">No Time for Prejudice,</span>NACGN membership voted the NACGN out of existence in 1951.</p>"}
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{"value"=>"<p>The records of the National Association of Colored Graduate Nurses document the organization and development of the association, and its eventual dissolution. Some files for the Citizens' Committee Affiliated with the New York Local of Colored Graduate Nurses are included. The materials have been divided into the following series: Minutes, By-Laws And Articles Of Incorporation, Correspondence, Memoranda, Speeches And Testimony, Studies And Reports, Publications Of The National Association Of Colored Graduate Nurses, and Printed Material.</p>"}
{"value"=>"<p>The following items were removed from:</p> <p><span class=\"emph\">Name of Collection/Papers</span>National Association of Colored Graduate Nurses Papers</p> <p><span class=\"emph\">Accession Number</span>MG 16</p> <p><span class=\"emph\">Donor:</span>Alma Vessels John</p> <p><span class=\"emph\">Date received:</span>March 1951</p> <p><span class=\"emph\">Date transferred:</span>1951</p> <p>The item(s) listed below have been sent to the division indicated, either to be retained or disposed of there. Any items that should receive special disposition are clearly marked.</p> <p> <span class=\"emph\"> <span class=\"emph\">Schomburg Photographs and Print Division:</span></span></p> <p>1 albumen print of the First Convention of the National</p> <p>Association of Colored Graduate Nurses</p> <p><span class=\"emph\">Accessioned by:</span>Debra Carter</p> <p><span class=\"emph\">Date:</span>1978</p>"}
{"value"=>"<p class='list-head'>The National Association of Colored Graduate Nurses records are arranged in eight series:</p>\n<ul class='arrangement series-descriptions'>\n<li><div class='series-title'><a href='/scm/20744#c649606'>Minutes</a></div>\n<div class='series-description'><p>There are two volumes of MINUTES (1908-1937) containing minutes of the Association's first meetings, annual meetings and minutes of executive board meetings.</p></div></li><li><div class='series-title'><a href='/scm/20744#c649609'>By-Laws And Articles Of Incorporation</a></div>\n</li><li><div class='series-title'><a href='/scm/20744#c649610'>Correspondence</a></div>\n<div class='series-description'>The CORRESPONDENCE (1937-1951) documents a later period, particularly efforts to integrate black nurses into the armed forces during World War II. Letters from the Citizens' Advisory Committee are included.<p>The CORRESPONDENCE (1937-1951) documents a later period, particularly efforts to integrate black nurses into the armed forces during World War II. Letters from the Citizens' Advisory Committee are included.</p></div></li><li><div class='series-title'><a href='/scm/20744#c649613'>Memoranda</a></div>\n<div class='series-date'>1937-1951</div>\n</li><li><div class='series-title'><a href='/scm/20744#c649614'>Speeches And Testimony</a></div>\n<div class='series-date'>1937, 1951</div>\n<div class='series-description'><p>SPEECHES AND TESTIMONY (1937-1951) includes a transcript of the public hearing on the condition of the urban black population held by New York State in 1937, during which Mabel Staupers, secretary of the NACGN, testified, and a copy of a speech by attorney William Hastie at an NACGN testimonial dinner in 1951.</p></div></li><li><div class='series-title'><a href='/scm/20744#c649615'>Studies And Reports</a></div>\n<div class='series-description'><p>The series STUDIES AND REPORTS contains a report to the Board of Directors of the American Nurses Association from the NACGN, as well as a report on a series of programs sponsored by the New York Local Association of Colored Graduate Nurses and the Citizens' Committee in 1942.</p></div></li><li><div class='series-title'><a href='/scm/20744#c649622'>Publications Of The National Association Of Colored Graduate Nurses</a></div>\n<div class='series-description'><p>PUBLICATIONS OF THE NACGN includes scattered issues of the Newsletter, the <span class=\"emph\">National News Bulletin</span>and programs from the regional conferences.</p></div></li><li><div class='series-title'><a href='/scm/20744#c649632'>Printed Material</a></div>\n<div class='series-description'><p> PRINTED MATERIAL (1942-1951), the largest series, consists principally of scrapbooks of clippings about NACGN, black women in the nursing profession and black nurses' struggles against racial discrimination.</p></div></li></ul>\n", "type"=>"arrangement"}
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{"value"=>"<p>The papers and pamphlets were presented by Alma Vessells John, Executive Secretary of the NACGN, March 1951.</p> <p>The minute books were acquired July 1981.</p> <p>SCM8l-3</p>"}
- arrangement
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{"value"=>"Records organized into seven series: I Minutes, By-laws and Articles of Incorporation; II Correspondence; III Memoranda; IV Speeches and Testimony; V Studies and Reports; VI Publications of the National Association of Colored Graduate Nurses; and VII Printed Material", "supress_display"=>true}
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{"value"=>"<p>Researchers are restricted to microfilm copy.</p>"}
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{"value"=>"<p>Collection available on microfilm; Scholarly Resources, Inc</p>"}
- note
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{"value"=>"<p>Photographs transferred to Photographs and Prints Division</p>", "encodinganalog"=>"500"}
{"value"=>"<p>\"National Association of Colored Graduate Nurses Records, 1908-1951\" in \"Manuscript Collections from the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture: Guide to the Scholarly Resources Microfilm Edition.\" Wilmington, DE: Scholarly Resources, Inc</p>", "encodinganalog"=>"555"}
- abstract
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{"value"=>"Records document the organization and development of the Association consisting of minutes, 1908-1937; correspondence, including letters from the Citizens' Advisory Committee especially documenting efforts to integrate black nurses into the Armed Forces during World War II, 1937-1951; reports and speeches, 1937-1955; studies and surveys, 1940-1950; and printed material consisting of newsletters, convention programs, pamphlets, press releases, and scrapbooks of news clippings of the Association and black women in the nursing field."}
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{"value"=>"National Association of Colored Graduate Nurses records, Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, The New York Public Library"}
- processinfo
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{"value"=>"<p>Processed by Debra Carter; Machine-readable finding aid created by Apex Data Services; revised by Terry Catapano.</p>"}
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1908
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1958