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Tag Archives: New England Deaconess
Boston Aid Societies Collection
In August 2014, the Burns Library purchased a large collection of almost one hundred pamphlets, flyers and annual reports from many charitable organizations which served the Boston area in the 1800s and early 1900s. This extensive collection provides a window into Boston life … Continue reading
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Archives Diary: Cooking and Healing 100 Years Ago
As the processing team at the Burns Library worked with the New England Deaconess Hospital School of Nursing records, we caught a glimpse of life as a nursing student from the turn of the 19th century through 1989, when the … Continue reading
Posted in Archives & Manuscripts
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“The Little Cap of White”: New England Deaconess School of Nursing and the Nurse’s Cap
There used to be a time when you could tell a nurse’s history by her cap. Here at the Burns Library, the recently processed New England Deaconess School of Nursing collection (NEDH SON) can tell you a lot about the history … Continue reading
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