Esther Ramsdale photograph album
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Title: Esther Ramsdale photograph album
Date (inclusive): 1925-1926
Collection Number: MS 016
Creator:
Ramsdale, Esther (Sarah Esther Ramsdale), 1902-1926
Extent:
0.96 linear feet
(1 box)
Repository:
Rivera Library. Special Collections Department.
Riverside, CA 92517-5900
Abstract: The collection consists of a photograph album created by Riverside resident Esther Ramsdale in 1925. The album most notably
documents Ramsdale's experience as one of the first graduates of the Riverside Community Hospital School for Nurses, as a
part of the five member Class of 1925. In addition to photographs depicting Ramsdale and her fellow nursing students at home
and in training, the album also includes a humorous handwritten "Last Will and Testament" of the senior class, and a list
of functions for the Class of 1925. Also included in the collection are photographs of Ramsdale's family and trips taken to
various locations around Southern California, postcards, and Ramsdale's obituary.
Languages: The collection is in English.
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Archives, University of California, Riverside.
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The collection consists of a photograph album created by Riverside resident Esther Ramsdale in 1925. The album most notably
documents Ramsdale's experience as one of the first graduates of the Riverside Community Hospital School for Nurses, as a
part of the five member Class of 1925. In addition to photographs depicting Ramsdale and her fellow nursing students at home
and in training, the album also includes a humorous handwritten "Last Will and Testament" of the senior class, and a list
of functions for the Class of 1925. Also included in the collection are photographs of Ramsdale's family and trips taken to
various locations around Southern California, postcards, and Ramsdale's obituary.
The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the
library's online public access catalog.
Riverside Community Hospital
Nursing
Nursing schools
Riverside (Calif.)
Women -- California -- Riverside
Photographs