PARTNERS (Providing Advancement Resources to Nursing Education, Research, and Students) records contain materials documenting the organization's efforts in support of the Cizik School of Nursing at UTHealth Houston.

A significant portion of the collection concerns events such as luncheons, coffees, and other events held by PARTNERS. In many cases there is extensive documentation relating to the planning of these events.

Other materials in the collection include financials (budgets, deposit records, invoices); board records (chair's notebooks, meeting minutes); membership records (lists, invitations); scholarships and research grants (reports, scholarship information, grant proposals); public relations and print material (media, annual reports, brochures); and correspondence (development, thank you letters).

The records date back to 1992, just prior to the formal beginning of the organization. The latest records in the collection date from 2017. Most of the records are from the Houston area.

This collection consists of records including catalogs, brochures, annual report, six-year plan, 1979 roster, and information memorandum from the University of Texas, School of Nursing The materials were created between 1978-2006.

This collection consists of Dorothy Otto's personal and professional papers related to her long career on the faculty of the Cizik School of Nursing at the University of Texas Health Sciences Center in Houston.

The bulk of the collection dates from the founding of the UT School of Nursing in 1972. Dr. Otto's papers include her office files, records of her professional involvement, and some materials reflecting her personal interests. In addition to paper records, there are also a small number of VHS tapes, floppy disks, optical media, and flash drives, as well as artifacts and four large foam presentation boards. The materials labeled "Personal" contain historical nursing stamps she collected, thank you cards and other correspondence, artifacts, and historical nursing quotes Otto made into bookmarks.

Much of the collection documents Otto’s work at the Cizik School of Nursing, as well as the history of the School itself. There are faculty meeting minutes, handbooks, and other records from the School’s early development in the 1970s. Later records include programs and presentation materials relating to Nursing School anniversaries, where Otto often spoke about history of the School.

There is also substantial coverage of Otto’s professional and personal endeavors in nursing beyond Houston. Multiple boxes document her role as Academic Leader for Nursing International Journeys educational trips. Her work on various nursing education committees and in other leadership roles is reflected in printed email correspondence, meeting agendas and minutes.

Otto’s interest in the history of nursing is apparent throughout the collection. There are photocopies of articles and other sources she shared with colleagues or used in preparation for her lectures and speeches. There are also artifacts such as historical nursing stamps and brochures she collected on her travels to places like London’s Florence Nightingale Museum.

There are also copies of Dr. Otto’s master’s thesis and doctoral dissertation.

The Nancy Bergstrom, RN PhD papers contains awards, AHCPR guidelines, Academy Nominations, small grants, videos, early papers, references, NIH and ARSA applications, job offers following PhD, selected honors and awards, licensure documents form original state (MD) to current (1960-2015), Travel committees (2003-2015)—profession service, Joanna Briggs Institute, American Academy of Nursing—various presentations, reviews, NIH grant proposals, and data tapes & protocol books (1985-1995). Materials document the career of Dr. Bergstrom in nursing, her leadership at the UT School of Nursing and the Center on Aging, Dr. Bergstrom was the Associate Dean for Research at the University of Texas School of Nursing and the Director of the Center on Aging from 2000-2015. The collection consists of 14 boxes and equals 12.5 cubic feet.

Subjects: UT School of Nursing, Center for Aging

This collection contains three yearbooks, two 8x10" photographs, two newspaper clippings and two programs that document the Memorial Hospital Nursing School graduating class of 1945, including Irma Elizabeth "Betty" Hightower of Marshall, Texas.

The Texas Medical Center Nursing Education Consortium records contains by-laws and meeting minutes from the Texas Medical Center Nursing Education Consortium.

Subjects: Nursing