Descriptive Summary | |
Repository: | Georgia Historical Society |
Creator: | Telfair Hospital Alumnae Association (Savannah, Ga.) |
Title: | Telfair Hospital Alumnae Association records |
Dates: | 1902-1978 |
Extent: | 0.5 cubic feet (1 box, 1 oversize folder) |
Identification: | MS 1282 |
The Telfair Hospital for Women in Savannah, Georgia, formally opened in January 1886, was established under a bequest in the will of Mary Telfair (1791-1875). A training school for nurses was chartered in 1900 and was the first school of its king in Georgia. The first class graduated in 1902 and the school continued operation until 1935.
This collection consists of administrative records and other materials from the Telfair Hospital Alumnae Association. It contains letters, yearbooks, photographs, and other printed materials relating to Telfair Hospital and the nursing school operated there from 1900-1935. Included in the materials is a card file containing the names of all the individuals who joined the alumnae association after graduation.
Custodial History
Material was acquired from creator.
Preferred Citation
[item identification], Telfair Hospital Alumnae Association papers, MS 1282, Georgia Historical Society, Savannah, Georgia.
Acquisition Information
Gift of Mary Ann Colquitt, 1978.
Collection is open for research.
Copyright has not been assigned to the Georgia Historical Society. All requests for permission to publish or quote from manuscripts must be submitted in writing to the Division of Library and Archives. Permission for publication is given on behalf of the Georgia Historical Society as the owner of the physical items and is not intended to include or imply permission of the copyright holder, which must also be obtained by the researcher.
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1 | Correspondence, 1935-1978 (12 items.) | ||||||||||||
Letters to the Association, most of them are notes of appreciation for kindnesses - cards, gifts, flowers - by the Association. | |||||||||||||
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4a | Outside box. Photographs: group photos of classes of 1911, 1928 and one unidentified (3 items.) | ||||||||||||
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42 | Card file of members of Telfair Hospital Alumnae Association (1 item.) | ||||||||||||
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43 | Year Books (1 vol.) | ||||||||||||
Georgia State Association of Graduate Nurses, 1925-1931; Convention Proceedings of Georgia State Nurses' Association, 1931-1937; Bulletin, October 1936. | |||||||||||||