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Records of the Office of the Dean of the Columbia University School of Nursing, largely from the administrations of Helen F. Pettit (1976-1981) and JoAnn S. Jamann (1981-1986). A wide range of School of Nursing activities and programs are documented, especially curriculum, research, and student life.
Included are minutes and reports of numerous School committees, as well as records of the School's various nursing majors including acute care, gerontology, maternal-child, midwifery, pediatric nurse-practitioner, and psychiatric/mental health. Student life is documented in the records on admissions, affirmative action, grievance committee, the honor board, and the office of student affairs. Research reports give a good view of the growing importance of faculty research during this period.
History and Biography
The School of Nursing was founded in 1892 by the Presbyterian Hospital Board of Managers as the Training School for Nurses. It became the Presbyterian Hospital School of Nursing ca. 1904 and in 1928 moved with Presbyterian Hospital to the new Columbia-Presbyterian Medical Center in northern Manhattan.
Responsibility for the School’s educational program was assumed by the Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons in 1935. This relationship was formalized in 1937 when the University established the Department of Nursing of the Faculty of Medicine, at which time the Director of the School became the Associate Dean for Nursing. However, most of the School’s budget was still funded by Presbyterian Hospital which also continued to own and operate the School’s physical plant. In 1974, the Dept. of Nursing became the Columbia University School of Nursing, though it remained part of the Faculty of Medicine.
Organization
Records of the Office of the Dean of the Columbia University School of Nursing, largely from the administrations of Helen F. Pettit (1976-1981) and JoAnn S. Jamann (1981-1986), though there are scattered records dating back to 1962. A wide range of School of Nursing activities and programs are documented, especially curriculum, research, and student life.
Included are minutes and reports of numerous School committees, including Admissions, Appointments and Promotion, Curriculum, Grievance, and Research Review. There are considerable records on the School’s various nursing majors including acute care, gerontology, maternal-child, midwifery, pediatric nurse-practitioner, and psychiatric/mental health. More information on these programs can also be found in the annual report files for 1981/82-1984/85.
Student life is documented in the folders on admissions, affirmative action, the grievance committee, the honor board and the office of student affairs. Research reports and records of the May Rudin Clinical Nursing Research Fund give a good view of the growing importance of faculty research during this period.
Subject Headings and Related Records
Administrative Information
Transfer from the School of Nursing, 1999 (acc.#1999.03.05).
Processed by Henry Blanco, 2000; finding aid written by Stephen E. Novak, 2010.