Inventory of the Florence Nightingale Memorial Collection MSS.2015.3
Kelsi Evans
University of California, San Francisco Archives & Special Collections
08-2015
530 Parnassus Ave
Room 524
San Francisco, CA 94143-0840
libraryarchives@ucsf.edu
Language of Material:
English
Contributing Institution:
University of California, San Francisco Archives & Special Collections
Title: Florence Nightingale memorial collection
creator:
McDonald, Country Joe
Identifier/Call Number: MSS.2015.3
Physical Description:
8 Linear Feet
(1 carton, 1 box, 1 oversized box, 76 rare books)
Date (inclusive): 1831-2009
Abstract: Collection contains material regarding Florence Nightingale and the history of nursing collected and created by Country Joe
McDonald. It includes McDonald writings and research, printed material, audiovisual and graphic material, ephemera, and rare
books, dated 1831-2009.
Preferred Citation
[Identification of item], Florence Nightingale memorial collection, MSS 2015-3, Archives and Special Collections, University
of California, San Francisco.
Conditions Governing Access
Collection is open for research. The non-circulating rare book collection is searchable through the UCSF Library catalog and
is available to researchers in the Archives and Special Collections reading room.
Conditions Governing Use
Copyright has not been assigned to the UCSF Library and Center for Knowledge Management. All requests for permission to publish
material must be submitted in writing to the UCSF Archivist. Permission for publication is given on behalf of the Library
and 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.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
This collection was donated to the UCSF archives on September 15, 2014 by Country Joe McDonald.
Biographical / Historical
Country Joe McDonald (1942-) is a singer, songwriter, social advocate, and co-founder of the Country Joe and the Fish rock
band. He began researching and collecting material about Florence Nightingale, the Crimean War, and the Victorian era in 1981.
He eventually built the website, “Country Joe McDonald’s Tribute to Florence Nightingale.” Florence Nightingale (1820-1910)
was a British nurse, statistician, and social reformer. She was born in Florence, Italy, and raised at Lea Hurst in Derbyshire
and Embley Park in Hampshire. She managed the nursing of British and allied forces during the Crimean War at Scutari. She
established the Nightingale School of Nursing in London in 1860 and set up training for midwives and nurses in workhouses.
In 1907 she was awarded the Order of Merit.
Scope and Contents
The collection contains material about Florence Nightingale, the Crimean War, the Victorian era, and the history of nursing
collected and created by Country Joe McDonald, dated 1831-2009. It contains McDonald writings and research, including scripts,
song lyrics, film treatments, website, and photocopies of Florence Nightingale correspondence and writings. Also included
are ephemera, audio and visual recordings, photographs, and printed material, including clippings, booklets, event programs,
maps and travel guides, museum and park brochures, and postcards. The collection includes a number of rare books, searchable
through the UCSF Library catalog.
Arrangement
The collection is arranged in five series: Series I: Country Joe McDonald research and writings, 1855-2009; Series II: Ephemera
and artifacts, undated; Series III: Audiovisual material, 1988-2006; Series IV: Printed material, 1855-2008; Series V: Rare
books, 1831-2008.
Separated Materials
Rare books are housed as a non-circulating named collection searchable through the UCSF Library catalog and available to researchers
in the Archives and Special Collections reading room. Duplicate rare books were removed from the collection and returned to
donor.
Other Finding Aids
An item level inventory is available in the UCSF Archives and Special Collections. Please contact the Head Archivist for access.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Nursing
Crimean War, 1853-1856
McDonald, Country Joe
Nightingale, Florence
carton 1
Country Joe McDonald research and writings
1855-2009
carton 1, folder 2
Original screenplay, "Florence Nightingale, the Lady with the Lamp"
1996
carton 1, folders 3-5
Nightingale tribute - interviews, film treatments, and scripts
1990-2009
carton 1, folder 7
Research notes and clippings regarding Nightingale
1998-2000
carton 1, folder 8
American Civil War nurse research and clippings
1939, 1991-2007
carton 1, folder 9
Photocopies of Florence Nightingale correspondence
1855-1900
Country Joe McDonald's Tribute to Florence Nightingale website
Scope and Contents
A website created by Country Joe McDonald chronicling the life of Florence Nightingale and the development of the nursing
profession has been archived and made accessible on Archive-It at https://www.archive-it.org/collections/6483.
carton 1, folders 10-11
Ephemera and artifacts
undated
Scope and Contents
Includes dust jackets, stamps, copied images of Nightingale, carriage designs, calendar, children's activity book, games,
pins and medals, and commemorative products.
carton 1, box 1, oversized-box 1
Audiovisual recordings and photographs
1988-2006
carton 1, folders 12-13
Photographs
1991-1998
Scope and Contents
Includes prints, negatives, slides, and a glass slide. Subjects include sites associated with Florence Nightingale, including
Lea Hurst house, Embley Park, Kaiserwerth, Scutari, and St. Thomas Chapel.
box 1, folder 1
Compact discs and floppy disks
undated, 2006
Scope and Contents
Subjects include Joe McDonald tribute to Nightingale, photographs of Nightingale and related historical sites, music by the
Sisters of Mercy "Suscipe me Domine," and "the White Angel."
box 1
"Florence: Mystic, Visionary, and Healer" audiocassette
undated
box 1
"Hampshire Constabulary Support and Training Headquarters Past and Present" videocassette
1998
box 1
DVDs
1998-2006
Scope and Contents
Subjects include Florence Nightingale and related historical sites and Vietnam Nurses with Dana Delany.
oversized-box 1, folder 1
Strachey, Lytton,
Queen Victoria, audiobook
1988
carton 1, oversized-box 1
Printed material
1855-2008
carton 1, folder 14
Park guides and museum brochures
1983-2004
carton 1, folders 15-16
Maps and travel guides
late 20th century
carton 1, folder 17
Postcards and greeting cards
20th century
carton 1, folder 19
Serial publications
1999-2006
carton 1, folders 20-22
Pamphlets, booklets, and pocket editions
1861-2004
Scope and Contents
Includes a text in Japanese. Subjects include Florence Nightingale, the history of nursing, midwives, the Victorian soldier
and hospital, American Red Cross, and the Crimean War.
carton 1, folders 23-24
Clippings and photocopies
1863-2008
Scope and Contents
Includes newspaper clippings and photocopies of journal and magazine articles and book excerpts. Subjects include Florence
Nightingale, the history of nursing, and the Crimean War.
oversized-box 1, folders 2-9
Oversized clippings, photocopies, and serial publications
1855-2005
Scope and Contents
Serial publications include the Ladies Home Journal, the Lady's Newspaper and Pictorial Times, and Nurseweek. Clippings include
newspaper clippings and photocopies of a scrapbook, journal and magazine articles, and books and book excerpts. Subjects include
Florence Nightingale, the history of nursing, and the Crimean War.
Rare books
1831-2008
Scope and Contents
The collection includes 76 rare books published between 1831-2008 regarding the history of nursing, the Crimean War, the Vietnam
War, Queen Victoria, Victorian era, housewifery and motherhood, American Red Cross, and Florence Nightingale. The non-circulating
rare book collection is searchable through the UCSF Library catalog, and is available to researchers in the Archives and Special
Collections reading room.
