Scope and arrangement
The collection contains a video of an NYBNA event dated 1991, and two videos from an NBNA conference dated 1999. They are organized chronologically.
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- Creator
- New York Black Nurses Association
- Call number
- Sc MIRS NY Black 2004-37
- Physical description
- 3 video_recordings
- Language
- English
- Preferred Citation
- New York Black Nurses Association moving image collection, Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Moving Image and Recorded Sound Division, The New York Public Library
- Sponsor
- An anonymous donor funded preliminary processing for this collection. The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation supported a research library-wide grant for the digitization, and funded the Schomburg for the description and production of the finding aid as part of The Next Century of Black Studies Project.
- Repository
- Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Moving Image and Recorded Sound Division
- Access to materials
- Appointment preferred: Request an in-person research appointment.
The New York Black Nurses Association (NYBNA) and its parent organization, the National Black Nurses Association (NBNA), were founded in 1971 to combat inequities in healthcare for Black Americans. The collection contains a video of an NYBNA event dated 1991, and two videos from an NBNA conference dated 1999.
Biographical/historical information
The New York Black Nurses Association (NYBNA) and its parent organization, the National Black Nurses Association (NBNA), were founded in 1971 to combat inequities in healthcare for Black Americans. Their mission includes education and employment opportunities for Black nursing students and health professionals, and the improvement of healthcare for Black communities.
Administrative information
Source of acquisition
New York Black Nurses Association, 2004.
Processing information
Collection inventoried by Nathan Evans. Collection processed and described by Lyric Evans-Hunter, archivist; and Shola Lynch, curator. Finding aid published in 2024.
Separated material
See the Manuscripts, Archives, and Rare Books Division for the New York Black Nurses Association records, Sc MG 744.
Using the collection
Location
Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Moving Image and Recorded Sound Division515 Malcolm X Boulevard, New York, NY 10037-1801
Third Floor