Guide to the Jean M. Martin Pinder Papers
Sean Dickerson
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Guide to the Jean M. Martin Pinder Papers
Collection number: MS 212
African American Museum & Library at Oakland
Oakland, California
- Processed by:
- Sean Dickerson
- Date Completed:
- 06/21/2017
- Encoded by:
- Sean Dickerson
© 2017 African American Museum & Library at Oakland. All rights reserved.
Descriptive Summary
Title: Jean M. Martin Pinder papers
Dates: circa 1910s-1972
Collection number: MS 212
Collector:
Martin Pinder, Jean M.
Collection Size:
.75 linear feet
(1 box)
Repository:
African American Museum & Library at Oakland (Oakland, Calif.)
Abstract: Jean M. Martin Pinder (1916-2014) was among the first African American women to graduate from the Yale School of Public Health
and an advocate for health education policy and population family planning policy in pre- and early post-Independence-era
Africa. The Jean M. Martin Pinder papers consist of various certificates and recognitions, photographs of Simms Martin family
members, and a copy of Pinder’s 1935 San Francisco State University
Franciscan yearbook inscribed by classmates and faculty.
Languages:
Languages represented in the collection:
English
Access
No access restrictions. Collection is open to the public.
Access Restrictions
Materials are for use in-library only, non-circulating.
Publication Rights
Permission to publish from the Jean M. Martin Pinder Papers must be obtained from the African American Museum & Library at
Oakland.
Preferred Citation
Jean M. Martin Pinder papers, MS 212, African American Museum & Library at Oakland, Oakland Public Library. Oakland, California.
Acquisition Information
Donated to the African American Museum & Library at Oakland by Jean M. Martin Pinder.
Processing Information
Processed by Sean Dickerson, 06/21/2017.
Biography / Administrative History
Jean M. Martin Pinder (1916-2014) was among the first African American women to graduate from the Yale School of Public Health
and an advocate for health education policy and population family planning policy in pre- and early post-Independence-era
Africa. Born on September 2, 1916 in Oakland, California, she graduated with a Bachelor of Science in Nursing and her RN certification
from UC Berkeley in 1940, taught in the nursing program at Dillard University, 1942-46, and went on to graduate from Yale
School of Public Health in 1947.
Pinder joined the U.S. Public Health Service in 1949 as an educator, and was appointed Health Education Advisor to the Government
of Liberia in 1953 and to the Government of Ghana in 1957. Between 1953 and 1968 she provided advisory services in the development
of health education units in the ministries of health to the countries of Liberia, Ghana, and Sierra Leone. Beginning in 1968,
Pinder began focusing on the development of family planning programs, population policies, and integrative health delivery
systems with the United States Agency for International Development’s (USAID) Africa Bureau. In her later career, Pinder served
as the USAID consultant for Maternal and Child Health across North Africa. She retired in 1982 to Tucson, Arizona, where she
remained active in community public health actions until her death in September 2014.
Scope and Content of Collection
The Jean M. Martin Pinder papers consist of various certificates of membership and achievement, an awards ceremony program
for the Agency for International Development, a letter of recognition from the White House for her public health work, a copy
of Pinder’s 1935 San Francisco State University
Franciscan yearbook inscribed by classmates and faculty, and photographs of Mercedes Simms Martin, mother of Jean M. Martin Pinder,
and Morris Simms, uncle of Jean M. Martin Pinder. The papers are arranged in three series: Series I. Recognitions and awards
Series II. Photographs Series III.
Franciscan yearbook
Arrangement
Series I. Recognitions and awards
Series II. Photographs
Series III.
Franciscan yearbook
Indexing Terms
The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in
the library's online public access catalog.
African American nurses.
Family planning--Africa, Sub-Saharan.
Martin Pinder, Jean M.
Public health administration--Government policy--Africa, Sub-Saharan.
United States. Agency for International Development. Africa Bureau
Recognitions and awards
Physical Description: 3 folders
Series Scope and Content Summary
Includes various certificates of membership and achievement, an awards ceremony program for the Agency for International Development,
and a letter of recognition from the White House for her public health work.
Arrangement
Arranged chronologically.
Box 1:1
Highland School of Nursing plaque awarded for completion of course of instruction
1938-08-31
Box 1:2
Certificate for the International Union for Health Education of the Public
1962-08-10
Box 1:3
Certificate of life membership for the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People plaque
1968-08
Box 1:2
Length-of-service certificate for the completion of twenty years of service with the United States Government from the Department
of State Agency for International Development
1970-11-01
Box 1:2
Certificate for advanced management seminar training given by the Office of Personnel and Manpower at Washington, D.C.
1971-03-26
Box 1:2
Honor Awards Ceremony program from the Agency for International Development
1971-06-08
Box 1:2
Letter from Richard Nixon to Jean M. Pinder re: efforts in U.S. health education policy and population family planning policy
in Africa
1972-03-01
Photographs
Physical Description: 1 folder
Series Scope and Content Summary
Includes two photographs of Mercedes Simms Martin, mother of Jean M. Martin Pinder, and Morris Simms, uncle of Jean M. Martin
Pinder.
Box 1:4
Mercedes Simms Martin
circa 1910s
Franciscan yearbook
Physical Description: 1 folder
Series Scope and Content Summary
Includes a copy of Pinder’s 1935 San Francisco State University
Franciscan yearbook inscribed by classmates and faculty.
Box 1:5
Franciscan, Volume 10
1935