All university administrative records are closed for 25 years from date of creation.
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).
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 in approximately 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
Alphabetical and chronological.
Committee records represent Dean’s copies of agendas, minutes, correspondence and reports; the bulk from the Presbyterian Hospital Long Range Planning Committee. Of note is a file “Housing task forces,” addressing the Georgian Apartments and campus housing crisis in 1984-1985. Subject files include the professional organization, Deans and Directors of Nursing of Greater New York, and administrative records regarding the School of Nursing directors of programs and divisional chairs.
Subject Headings and Related Records
Administrative Information
Transfer from the School of Nursing, 2017 (accession #2017.010).
Documents were removed from manila envelopes and rehoused. Folder titles were taken from envelope labels. Records created under the deanship of Mary O. Mundinger were added to her records. Processed by Jennifer Ulrich, March 2018.