St. Luke’s Hospital School of Nursing Alumni Association Records
Collection
Identifier: Mss 397
Scope and Contents
There are five series: Members, miscellaneous, financials, alumni, and correspondence.
The Members’ series includes alphabetical listing of members by last name that has their application to join the alumni association as well as correspondence to that member. There are also membership lists, statistics on members, and inactive members’ lists.
The Miscellaneous series includes a miscellaneous folder and guest book for the alumni group.
The Financial series includes folders relating to the financials of the alumni group as well as financials relating to state expenditures. This series also includes receipt books for members paying their dues.
The Alumni series deals with lists of members, addresses and location information, and answers to a questionnaire that was sent out and foldered by class year.
The Correspondence series deals with general correspondence, correspondence to North Dakota state Nurses Association and other various correspondences.
Dates
- 1930-1989.
Access
The collection is open under the rules and regulations of the Institute.
Copyrights
Copyrights to this collection is held by the Institute.
History
In 1908, St. Luke’s Hospital was authorized to “arrange for regular instruction in a training school for nurses.” The school was under the direction of Sister Osa Oppedahl, with the first class graduating on May 3, 1910. In 1916 St. Luke’s School of Nursing was accredited by the North Dakota State Board of Nursing. During World War II, St. Luke’s trained nurses as part of the Cadet Nurses Corp and the students received tuition waivers and a monthly stipend in exchange for their service. A new 24-month program was adopted in 1967 to replace the original three-year program. Growing competition from area universities caused St. Luke’s enrollment to decline, eventually leading to the closure of the school. The
last class graduated on May 22, 1987. In its seventy-seven years of operation, 2,811 nurses graduated from the program.
The alumni association was first organized on October 8, 1921.
Extent
3.5 Linear Feet (3.5 linear ft.)
Language of Materials
English
Abstract
There are five series: Members, miscellaneous, financials, alumni, and correspondence. The Members’ series includes alphabetical listing of members by last name that has their application to join the alumni association as well as correspondence to that member. There are also membership lists, statistics on members, and inactive members’ lists. The Miscellaneous series includes a miscellaneous folder and guest book for the alumni group. The Financial series includes folders relating to the financials of the alumni group as well as financials relating to state expenditures. This series also includes receipt books for members paying their dues. The Alumni series deals with lists of members, addresses and location information, and answers to a questionnaire that was sent out and foldered by class year. The Correspondence series deals with general correspondence, correspondence to North Dakota state Nurses Association and other various correspondences.
Provenance
Donated by Mike Smith on January 29, 2016 (Acc. 2016-002irs).
Property rights
The Institute for Regional Studies owns the property rights to this collection.
- Title
- Finding Aid to the St. Luke’s Hospital School of Nursing Alumni Association Records
- Description rules
- Appm
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Repository Details
Part of the Institute for Regional Studies Repository
Contact:
West Building N
3551 7th Avenue North
Fargo North Dakota 58102 United States
ndsu.archives@ndsu.edu
West Building N
3551 7th Avenue North
Fargo North Dakota 58102 United States
ndsu.archives@ndsu.edu