Descriptive Summary
Historical Sketch
Scope and Content
Access Points
Descriptive Summary
Title: San Joaquin General Hospital School of Nursing Collection
Date: 1900-2010
Date (bulk): bulk 1941-1959
Collection Number: Ms10
Location:
Erickson Vault
Extent:
10 linear feet
Contributing Institution:
San Joaquin County Historical Society and Museum
11793 North Micke Grove Road
Lodi, CA 95240
Language of Material: Records written in English
Abstract: This collection was created by members of the San Joaquin General Hospital Nurses Alumni Association. It consists of materials
donated by various alumni members that date from 1900 to 2010, with the bulk from 1941 to 1959. The collection provides a
picture into the day-to-day training of nurses in a hospital-based program, as well as their comaraderie and the pride and
dedication they held for their profession. In addition, it documents the evolution of the program from one based in a hospital
to the campus of a community college.
Access Information
Collection is open for research by appointment.
Conditions of Use
The library can only claim physical ownership of the collection. Users are responsible for satisfying any claimants of literary
property.
Preferred citation: [Item name], San Joaquin General Hospital School of Nursing Collection, Ms10, San Joaquin County Historical
Society and Museum, Lodi, California.
Related Material
Title: San Joaquin County (Calif.) Schools Collection,
Date (inclusive): 1866-1973 (Ms41)
Title: San Joaquin Valley College (Woodbridge, Calif.) Collection,
Date (inclusive): 1884-1977 (Ms40)
Historical Sketch
The original San Joaquin General Hospital was built in Stockton in the early 1860s to serve the indigent sick. After fire
destroyed it around 1866, bonds were sold to acquire four hundred acres of land in French Camp for a new hospital, construction
for which was completed in 1895. The new hospital contained nine wards, with sleeping quarters for nurses. At the turn of
the twentieth century, however, the only source for training nurses in San Joaquin County was Saint Joseph's Hospital School
of Nursing, in Stockton. In 1906, the San Joaquin General Hospital organized a three-year nurses' training program under the
direction of hospital superintendent Dr. J. D. Dameron. To begin, all of the training occurred on the premises of the San
Joaquin General Hospital. Starting in 1942, however, students in the program took academic classes at Stockton Junior College,
with clinical training at the San Joaquin General Hospital and other facilities in Stockton and the San Francisco Bay Area.
In 1964, the nursing school formally changed from a hospital-based program to one headquartered at the community college.
Scope and Content
The collection consists of four series: 1. San Joaquin General Hospital/San Joaquin Delta College, 2. Alumni Association,
3. Photographs, and 4. Oversize. It includes original material from nursing graduates, as well as newsletters, yearbooks,
accreditation reports, early admission forms, diplomas, newspaper articles, capping and graduation announcements, scrapbooks,
memorabilia, and photographs.
Access Points
Personal Names
Guichou, Ethel Wright
Subjects
San Joaquin County (Calif.)--History
San Joaquin County--Schools
San Joaquin Delta Community College
San Joaquin General Hospital. School of Nursing