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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
Posted in Boston History
Tagged andrew carney, boston aid societies, boston aid societies collection, boston charitable organizations, boston floating hospital, burns library blog, burns library blog post, burns library boston college, carney hospital, charitable organizations, children of the destitute, early twentieth century boston, early twentieth century charitable organizations, home for little wanderers, needle women's friend society, New England Deaconess, nineteenth century boston, nineteenth century charitable organizations
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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
Tagged Beth Israel Deaconess, boston college burns library, burns blog boston college, Burns blog NEDH, Burns Library NEDH, cooking, elizabeth winslow course notebook, NEDH SON, New England Deaconess, nurses notebook, nurses recipes, nursing records john j. burns library, recipes
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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
Posted in Archives & Manuscripts
Tagged Beth Israel Deaconess, boston college burns library, burns blog boston college, Burns blog NEDH, Burns Library NEDH, cap of white, little cap of white, NEDH SON, New England Deaconess, nurses caps, nurses hats, nurses head wear, nursing records john j. burns library
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