San Joaquin General Hospital School of Nursing Collection, 1900-2010, bulk bulk 1941-1959

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Summary

Title:
San Joaquin General Hospital School of Nursing Collection
Dates:
1900-2010, bulk bulk 1941-1959
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.
Extent:
10 linear feet
Language:
Records written in English
Preferred citation:

Preferred citation: [Item name], San Joaquin General Hospital School of Nursing Collection, Ms10, San Joaquin County Historical Society and Museum, Lodi, California.

Background

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.

Biographical / historical:

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.

Physical location:
Erickson Vault

About this collection guide

Collection Guide Author:
Collection processed by Gail Erwin
Date Prepared:
2012
Date Encoded:
Machine-readable finding aid prepared by Leigh Johnsen February 21, 2013

Access and use

Restrictions:

Collection is open for research by appointment.

Terms of access:

The library can only claim physical ownership of the collection. Users are responsible for satisfying any claimants of literary property.

Preferred citation:

Preferred citation: [Item name], San Joaquin General Hospital School of Nursing Collection, Ms10, San Joaquin County Historical Society and Museum, Lodi, California.

Location of this collection:
11793 North Micke Grove Road
Lodi, CA 95241, US
Contact:
(209) 331-2055
info@sanjoaquinhistory.org
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