Nurses -- Maine
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:
Rachel Rice Deans nursing collection
Collection
Identifier: Coll. 4145
Scope and Content note
Photographs, correspondence, Maine State Nurses Association items, Maine General Alumnae Association audits, by-laws, member lists, financial records, guest books, yearbook.
Dates:
1920 - 1984
Found in:
Maine Historical Society
Rebecca Usher papers
Collection
Identifier: Coll. 9
Scope and Content note
This collection includes correspondence and essays from Rebecca Usher's days at the Ursuline Convent and a diary, account book and much correspondence from her period of service in Chester, Pennsylvania, and in City Point, Virginia. The Civil War correspondence, mostly between Rebecca and her sisters, depicts the duties and experiences of a Civil War nurse, as well efforts on behalf of Maine women to aid soldiers.
Dates:
1837 - 1899; Majority of material found within 1862 - 1865
Found in:
Maine Historical Society