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Collection
Title
Connie Brady Nursing School Papers
Date(s)
- 1960-1964 (Creation)
Extent
.25 cubic foot (1 box)
Name of creator
Biographical history
Connie Brady was a nursing student at the Shannon West Texas Memorial Hospital School of Nursing in San Angelo, Tom Green County, Texas, in 1960-1964.
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Scope and content
Connie Brady was a nursing student at the Shannon West Texas Memorial Hospital School of Nursing in San Angelo, Tom Green County, Texas, in 1960-1964. This collection includes a 1964 diary Brown wrote for a nursing course, school-related correspondence and papers, school publications, and nursing publications. The material is in good condition and is about 0.25 cubic feet (1 box). 1960-1964.
Shannon West Texas Memorial Hospital, which grew to Shannon Medical Center and to its current incarnation as Shannon Health System, opened in 1932, according to the Shannon West Texas Memorial Hospital Shannon Memorial School of Nursing Bulletin 1961-1962. West Texas ranchers J. M. and Margaret Shannon provided the funding to create a foundation that in 1931 established the hospital to serve San Angelo and Tom Green County.
The hospital and clinic has 19 locations, 17 of them in San Angelo, and includes three hospitals in San Angelo. It also has clinics in Del Rio and Ozona. Its nursing school is no longer in operation, but the foundation offers nursing scholarships through Angelo State University.
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This collection is arranged into the following series.
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Conditions governing reproduction
This material is unrestricted.
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Custodial history
Deed-3
Immediate source of acquisition
This material was purchased in March 2010 from an online eBay auction and acquired by Elizabeth White, director of the McGovern Historical Collections and Research Center.
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Accruals
No accruals are expected for this collection.
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- Citation: Connie Brady Student Nursing papers; MS 087; John P. McGovern Historical Collections and Research Center, Houston Academy of Medicine-Texas Medical Center Library. Please cite the box and folder numbers where appropriate.
- Processing information: This small collection had no apparent natural order. The items were organized into series according to types of materials.
Alternative identifier(s)
TARO
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Rules or conventions
Finding aid based on DACS (Describing Archives: A Content Standard).
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Archivist's note
Finding aid prepared by Brenda Gunter on December 13, 2010.
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Name access points
- Shannon West Texas Memorial Hospital School of Nursing. (Subject)
- Shannon Medical Center. (Subject)
- Brady, Connie (Subject)