Collection processed by Gail Erwin
2012
San Joaquin County Historical Society
11793 North Micke Grove Road
Lodi, CA 95241
Phone: (209) 331-2055
Fax: (209) 331-2057
URL: http://www.sanjoaquinhistory.org/
San Joaquin General Hospital School of Nursing Collection, 1900-2010
Collection number: Ms10
San Joaquin County Historical Society
- Processed by:
- Gail Erwin
- Date Completed:
- 2013
- Encoded by:
- Leigh Johnsen
2013
San Joaquin County Historical Society. All rights reserved.
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
Series 1
San Joaquin General Hospital/San Joaquin Delta College.
1906-1998
Scope and Content Note
Lecture notes, accreditation material, procedural manuals, certificates, ephemera, published programs and announcements, administrative
papers, newsletters, yearbooks, and correspondence. Arranged alphabetically and chronologically.
Subseries
Ethel M. Wright Guichou Material.
1940-1993
Scope and Content Note
Lecture notes, published research, correspondence, administrative records, and ephemera. Arranged alphabetically.
Box 1, Folder 1
Guichou, Ethel M. Wright, Papers.
1942-1993
Box 1, Folder 4
Wright, Ethel M., "Pellagra: A Nursing Care Study,"
American Journal of Nursing.
October 1940
Subseries
Student Nurse Newsletters.
1937-1964
Scope and Content Note
Newsletters written and published by nursing students. Arranged chronologically.
Box 1, Folder 5
Lucerna's Glow.
1937-1938
Box 1, Folder 6
Aids for Adjustment.
1941, 1943
Box 1, Folder 7
Drawsheet, vol. 1.
1946-1947
Box 1, Folder 8
Drawsheet, vol. 2.
1947-1948
Box 1, Folder 9
Drawsheet, vol. 3.
1948-1949
Subseries
Yearbooks.
1928-1958
Scope and Content Note
Nursing school yearbooks. Arranged chronologically.
Subseries
Assorted Papers, Reports, and Publications.
1906-1965
Scope and Content Note
Printed material, accreditation reports and certificates, clinical nursing documentation, alumni association handbooks. Arranged
alphabetically.
Box 1, Folder 21
Accreditation Certificates.
1951, 1952, 1961
Box 1, Folder 22
Accreditation Narrative Report.
1956
Box 1, Folder 23
Accreditation Reports.
1917-1964
Box 1, Folder 24
Clinical Nursing Experience, Julia Benson.
ca. 1955-1957
Box 1, Folder 25
Early Printed Material and Certificates.
1906-1939
Box 1, Folder 26
House Staff Manual and Notes.
1956
Box 1, Folder 27
Information Brochures.
1930-1963
Box 1, Folder 28
Manual of Nursing Procedures.
ca. 1940
Box 1, Folder 30
Records of Nursing Practice.
ca. 1951-1954
Box 1, Folder 31
Student Nurses Association Handbooks.
1926-1961
Subseries
Material for Commencement and Other Events.
1963-1998
Scope and Content Note
Guestbook, printed anniversary programs, and invitations to cappings and commencement. Arranged alphabetically.
Box 2, Folder 1
125th Anniversary History of San Joaquin General Hospital.
1983
Box 2, Folder 2
Anniversary Programs, San Joaquin General Hospital.
1956, 1957, 1983
Box 2, Folder 3
Capping and Commencement Programs.
1945-1954
Box 2, Folder 4
Capping Exercise Programs.
1938-1945
Box 2, Folder 5
Capping Exercise Programs.
1946-1950
Box 2, Folder 6
Commencement Announcements and Programs.
1936-1948
Box 2, Folder 7
Commencement Announcements and Programs.
1950-1956
Box 2, Folder 8
Commencement Programs.
1963-1998
Box 2, Folder 9
Delta College Nursing Program, Thirtieth Anniversary Program and Related Events.
1995, 1997
Box 2, Folder 10
Guestbook for Teas and Receptions.
1956-1959
Box 2, Folder 11
Social Functions.
1947-1997
Series 2
Alumni Association.
1934-2010
Scope and Content Note
Correspondence, publications, ephemera, and scrapbooks.
Subseries
Papers and Publications.
1944-2010
Scope and Content Note
Correspondence, publications, and ephemera. Arranged alphabetically.
Box 2, Folder 12
Correspondence, Hooper, Betty.
1944
Box 2, Folder 13
Correspondence, Brown, Barbara.
1957-1958
Box 2, Folder 14
Correspondence, Fortier, Patricia Byrd.
ca. 1987
Box 2, Folder 16
Newspaper Articles.
1955-2010
Box 2, Folder 17
Nursing Alumni Obituaries.
2002-2008
Box 2, Folder 18
Nursing Alumni News.
Summer 1977
Subseries
Scrapbooks.
1900-2001
Scope and Content Note
Scrapbooks comprised of newspaper clippings, notes, and ephemera compiled by alumni. Arranged chronologically.
(See Oversize)
Scrapbook.
1943, 1959-1961
Series 3
Photographs.
1940-1978
Scope and Content Note
Photographs of nursing students in various settings. Arranged chronologically.
Box 3, Folder 6
Photographs.
1945, 1951-1954
Box 3, Folder 7
Photograph Album.
1947-1949
Box 3, Folder 8
Photographs.
1951-1958, 1968, 2005, 2008
Box 3, Folder 10
Photographs.
ca. 1953-1968
Series 4
Oversize.
1900-2001
Scope and Content Note
Scrapbooks comprised of newspaper clippings, notes, and ephemera compiled by alumni. Arranged chronologically.
Box 6, Folder 2
Scrapbook.
1943, 1959-1961
