Florence Nightingale Ward papers
1879-1919
Title: Florence Nightingale Ward papers
Dates: 1879-1919
Collection Number: MSS 2011-08
Creator/Collector:
Ward, Florence Nightingale
Extent: 0.5 linear ft. (1 box, 2 medical kits).
Repository:
UC San Francisco. Special Collections
Abstract: The collection contains correspondence and two homeopathic medical kits.
Language of Material: English
Collection is open for research.
Copyright has not been assigned to the Library & Center for Knowledge Management. All requests for permission to publish or
quote from material must be submitted in writing to the UCSF Archivist. Permission for publication is given on behalf of the
Library & Center for Knowledge Management 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.
Florence Nightingale Ward papers. UC San Francisco. Special Collections
Donated by Susan Stone on behalf of Dr. John Erskine in 2012.
Biography/Administrative History
Dr. Florence Nightingale Ward was a prominent homeopathic physician who specialized in obstetrics and gynecology in San Francisco,
CA. She was the first American woman to study medicine in European hospitals and later became the Vice President of the American
Institute of Homeopathy.
Scope and Content of Collection
The collection contains a binder of correspondence and two homeopathic medical kits. The majority of letters were written
by Ward to others while she was in the United States and Europe.
Homeopathy
Women physicians
Obstetrics
Gynecologists