Effie May Power Collection MS-0374
Special Collections & University Archives
10/29/2007
5500 Campanile Dr. MC 8050
San Diego, CA 92182-8050
askscua@sdsu.edu
Contributing Institution:
Special Collections & University Archives
Title: Effie May Power Collection
Creator:
Power, Euphinnia May
Identifier/Call Number: MS-0374
Physical Description:
0.21 Linear Feet
Date (inclusive): 1909-1927
Language of Material:
English
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Scope and Contents
The
Effie May Power Collection documents Power's time in nursing school at San Diego County Hospital, and her time working as a nurse at Mercy Hospital
in Prescott, Arizona. Highlights include correspondence in which Power refers to construction and rennovations taking place
at San Diego County Hospital, and working with Dr. Charlotte Baker, San Diego's first female doctor, as well as course notes
and the red cross armband Power made for herself. The collection consists of correspondence, press clippings, photographs
and course notes.
Conditions Governing Access
This collection is open for research.
Conditions Governing Use
Some of these materials are in the public domain. However, the nature of historical archival and manuscript collections means
that copyright status may be difficult or even impossible to determine. Copyright resides with the creators of materials contained
in the collection or their heirs. Requests for permission to publish must be submitted to the Head of Special Collections,
San Diego State University, Library and Information Access. Permissions is given on behalf of Special Collections as the owner
of the physical item and is not intended to include or imply permission of the copyright holder(s), which must also be obtained
in order to publish. Materials from our collections are made available for use in research, teaching, and private study. The
user must assume full responsibility for any use of the materials, including but not limited to, infringement of copyright
and publication rights of reproduced materials.
Preferred Citation
Identification of item, folder title, box number, Effie May Power Collection, Special Collections and University Archives,
San Diego State University Library.
Biographical Note
Euphinnia May Power, known as Effie, graduated from San Diego County Hospital's nurse training program in 1909. Her family
lived in Point Loma, and she corresponded with them throughout her time in nursing school and following her graduation when
she took a nursing job at Mercy Hospital in Prescott, Arizona. Power contracted spinal meningitis from a patient at Mercy
Hospital and died in Prescott on January 28, 1913.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Nursing--Study and teaching
Nursing--California--San Diego County
Travel nursing
Personal Papers
Photographs
Nurses--California--San Diego--Biography--Sources
Nurses--California--San Diego--Correspondence
Nursing--California--San Diego--History--Sources
Power, Effie May--Archives
Power, Effie May--Correspondence
San Diego County General Hospital
box 1, folder 1
Correspondence Folder 1
1909-1912
box 1, folder 2
Course Notes Folder 2
n.d.
box 1, folder 3
Course notes on Physiology and Prescriptions Folder 3
n.d.
box 1, folder 4
Nursing School Graduation Folder 4
1909
box 1, folder 5
Obituaries and Condolence Notes Folder 5
1913
box 1, folder 6
Photographs of Family and Friends Folder 6
box 1, folder 7
Red Cross Armband Folder 7
box 1, folder 8
Red Cross and San Diego Public Schools Certificates Folder 8
box 1, folder 9
The Trained Nurse and Hospital Review Folder 9
