Guide to the Linfield College-Good Samaritan School of Nursing Collection
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Linfield University DigitalCommons@Linfield Linfield Archives Finding Aids Linfield Archives 3-13-2017 Guide to the Linfield College-Good Samaritan School of Nursing Collection Linfield College Archives Follow this and additional works at: https://digitalcommons.linfield.edu/lca_findingaids Part of the History Commons Recommended Citation Linfield College Archives, "Guide to the Linfield College-Good Samaritan School of Nursing Collection" (2017). Linfield Archives Finding Aids. Finding Aid. Submission 32. https://digitalcommons.linfield.edu/lca_findingaids/32 This Finding Aid is protected by copyright and/or related rights. It is brought to you for free via open access, courtesy of DigitalCommons@Linfield, with permission from the rights-holder(s). Your use of this Finding Aid must comply with the Terms of Use for material posted in DigitalCommons@Linfield, or with other stated terms (such as a Creative Commons license) indicated in the record and/or on the work itself. For more information, or if you have questions about permitted uses, please contact [email protected]. Linfield Archives Guide to the Linfield College-Good Samaritan School of Nursing Collection Creator: Linfield College-Good Samaritan School of Nursing Title: Linfield College-Good Samaritan School of Nursing Collection Dates: 1890-2012 Quantity: 25.55 linear feet Collection Number: LCA201201 Summary: The collection features a variety of historical documents concerning the Good Samaritan School of Nursing, spanning more than a century. This includes photos, a memoir, personal and professional correspondences, articles, financial analyses, and documentation of key changes throughout the years. Digital items selected to highlight the collection are available here: http://digitalcommons.linfield.edu/nursing/. Collection items available in the digital repository can include documents, photographs and/or oral history interviews. Repository: Jereld R. Nicholson Library Linfield College 900 SE Baker Street McMinnville, OR 97128 Reference Number: 503-883-2734 Reference Email: [email protected] Language: English Historical Note After graduating from Bellevue Hospital School of Nursing in New York City, Emily Loveridge traveled to Portland, Oregon, in 1890 to establish the first school of nursing in the Northwest. The Good Samaritan School of Nursing opened on June 1, 1890, with six students (three of whom were employed by the Good Samaritan Hospital) and graduated 12 students in the first class of 1892. In those days, the hospital was a wooden building housing 50 beds made of straw. It lacked electricity and instead utilized candles and gas lamps. At the time, Portland had a population of 70,000 and the Good Samaritan Hospital was surrounded by several blocks of unoccupied fields. As superintendent of the hospital, Emily Loveridge facilitated the progression of the hospital and nursing school over the years. In her memoir, she documents the exciting introduction of new technology such as an elevator and X-ray machine, the move from a wooden building to a brick building, and the tremendous changes that took place within the nursing field. When Loveridge retired in 1930, she had successfully overseen the growth of the Good Samaritan Hospital from a small, struggling endeavor to a respected and well-known institution. She set a precedent for work ethic and compassion among the nursing community in the Northwest that is still visible today in the Linfield-Good Samaritan School of Nursing. Through the decades, the Good Samaritan School of Nursing worked through the Great Depression, aided in World War II efforts, and traversed the turbulent 1960s and 70s with significant increases in student rights and personal freedoms. Through these years, notable directors have included Hazel Hinds and Lloydena Grimes. In 1985, the Good Samaritan School of Nursing transitioned from an independent Diploma School to a Bachelor of Science in Nursing degree offered by Linfield College. The legacy left by Emily Loveridge, subsequent directors, professors, and more than 4,000 nursing students became Linfield-Good Samaritan School of Nursing. Since then, the Linfield Nursing campus has become one of the top nursing schools in the Northwest, partnering with the Legacy Health System to create more opportunities for students. Today, the nursing campus is across the street from Legacy Good Samaritan Hospital, where students complete their degrees. Content Description The collection includes a diverse array of information about the Good Samaritan Hospital and the Good Samaritan School of Nursing. In total, it contains four series: Documents 1911-2003, Photographs 1870s-2000s, Historical Items and Media 1985, and Books 1937-1940. Series 1 features written work by Emily Loveridge, including personal correspondence with friends and family, as well as professional correspondences with colleagues in the medical field. One of the most striking pieces is the copy of a memoir written by Emily Loveridge entitled As I Remember. This memoir is a personal remembrance of the Good Samaritan School of Nursing from 1890 through the early 1900s. Through this memoir she relays challenges she faced, stories of courage and perseverance, stories about memorable patients and employees, and her own commentary on a lifetime spent serving others. The series also contains issues of The Daily Bulletin of the American Hospital Association, yearbooks, pamphlets about the hospital, alumni materials, scrapbooks, and articles about the medical field, among many other documents. Series 2 contains photographs from throughout the years. It includes photos of the Good Samaritan Hospital and the Good Samaritan School of Nursing from the 1870s through the 2000s, photos of Emily Loveridge and family, employees, students, physicians, nurses, alumni, and captures the admittance of minorities and males. Series 2 also features a photo essay of Joanne Nelson (M.D.), the first female Chief Resident in 1980. These photos document the expansion of health services, technological advances in medicine, and the larger societal changes that affected nursing education. Series 3 contains printer’s blocks, as well as a DVD featuring the closing ceremony of the Good Samaritan School of Nursing and the transition to the Linfield College-Good Samaritan School of Nursing. The collection also contains two framed certificates to Emily Loveridge, one designating her as a Registered Nurse in the State of Oregon (1911) and the other designating her as a licensed Anesthetist in the State of Oregon (1914). Series 4 contains classic textbooks used in the education of nurses at the Good Samaritan School of Nursing from 1937-1940. Restrictions on Access Access is by appointment only. Please contact the archivist to make an appointment. Preferred Citation Good Samaritan School of Nursing Collection. Jereld R. Nicholson Library. Linfield College, McMinnville, Oregon. Deposited by Linfield College-Good Samaritan School of Nursing. Provenance Deposited by Linfield College-Good Samaritan School of Nursing by Dr. Pam Wheeler. Location of Originals Jereld R. Nicholson Library, Linfield College Related Material None. Processing Information Processed by archives technicians Rosa Gimson and Anna Vanderschaegen, with the assistance of Rachael Cristine Woody and Rich Schmidt. Arrangement The collection is arranged into four series: Series 1: Documents, 1911-2003 Series 2: Photographs, 1870s-2000s Series 3: Historical Items and Media, 1985 Series 4: Books, 1937-1940 Series 1: Documents, 1911-2003 Box 1: Letters to Emily Lemoine Loveridge, Handwritten notes, Reminiscence Folder 1: Letters to Emily Lemoine Loveridge, 1919 Folder 2: Letters to Emily Lemoine Loveridge, 1926 Folder 3: Letters to Emily Lemoine Loveridge, 1927 Folder 4: Letters to Emily Lemoine Loveridge, 1928 Folder 5: Letters to Emily Lemoine Loveridge, 1929 Folder 6: Letters to Emily Lemoine Loveridge, 1930 Folder 7: Letters to Emily Lemoine Loveridge, 1937 Folder 8: Letters to Emily Lemoine Loveridge, 1940 Folder 9: Letters to Emily Lemoine Loveridge, 1941 Folder 10: Letters from Emily Lemoine Loveridge to Celia Bast, 1929-1931 Folder 11: Typewritten notes by Emily Lemoine Loveridge Folder 12: Handwritten notes by Emily Lemoine Loveridge Folder 13: Handwritten notes by Emily Lemoine Loveridge Folder 14: Churches and Missions Materials Collected by Emily Lemoine Loveridge Folder 15: McLellan, Ruth, letter regarding Emily Lemoine Loveridge, 1941 Folder 16: Reminiscence by Emily Lemoine Loveridge Folder 17: As I Remember Emily Lemoine Loveridge Memoirs (photocopy) Folder 18: As I Remember Emily Lemoine Loveridge Memoirs (photocopy) Folder 19: American Hospital Association, Life Membership and Letter, Emily Lemoine Loveridge Folder 20: Loveridge’s Certificates 1911-1912 Box 2: American Hospital Association and Emily Lemoine Loveridge Materials Folder 1: Emily Lemoine Loveridge, possibly, typewritten notes Folder 2: Church Hospital Notes by Emily Lemoine Loveridge Folder 3: American Hospital Association, Annual Meeting, Toronto, 1931, Visit by Emily Lemoine Loveridge Folder 4: American Hospital Association Folder 5: American Hospital Association Folder 6: Florence Nightingale Pledge Folder 7: Drugs Folder 8: Fire Prevention Folder 9: Examination Questions Folder 10: The Oregon Nurse, Oregon State Nurses’ Association, 1939, 1941 Folder 11: Bengs, Thelma Grace, Registered Professional Nurse License, 1951 Box 3: Good Samaritan Historical Materials Folder 1: Good Samaritan Hospital, Founding Folder 2: