Patricia Starck, DSN, RN, FAAN papers

Identity elements

Reference code

MS 189

Level of description

Collection

Title

Patricia Starck, DSN, RN, FAAN papers

Date(s)

  • 1984-2015 (Creation)

Extent

26 cubic feet (26 boxes)

Name of creator

Biographical history

Dean Starck was born in Georgia. She earned a masters’ of nursing from Emory University and a doctorate of nursing in 1979 from the University of Alabama in Birmingham. She is also a graduate of the Institute of Educational Management at Harvard University and a licensed nurse practitioner and clinical nurse specialist in mental health and psychiatry. She served as dean of the UT Health Science Center from 1984 to 2014 and continues to serve the UTHSCH as Vice President of Interprofessional Education.

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Scope and content

The Patricia Starck, DSN, RN, FAAN papers covers the career of Dean Patricia Starck as the head of the UTHealth Science Center Houston’s School of Nursing (SON). The papers include administrative records, SON history, annual reports, strategic plans, nursing profession organizations, publications and awards. The collection roughly encompasses the years of Starck’s tenure as dean from 1984 to 2015.

Subjects: University of Texas, School of Nursing (UT SON), pain and suffering, nursing

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Conditions governing access

No access restrictions. Open for research. Collection has been minimally processed.

Physical access

Materials in good condition.

Technical access

Conditions governing reproduction

Copyright and other restrictions may apply.

Languages of the material

  • English

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Finding aids

A box-level inventory is available.

Uploaded finding aid

Acquisition and appraisal elements

Custodial history

Deed-1

Immediate source of acquisition

Patricia Starck, Dean of the University of Texas Health Science Center Houston, School of Nursing in 2015.

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Specialized notes

  • Citation: Patricia Starck, DSN, RN, FAAN papers; MS 189; 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: The collection was processed at tier one level by Philip Montgomery. Most boxes were shelved as they arrived. The contents of some boxes were shifted to archival boxes to better fit the shelving in the HRC. Several framed objects were deframed to better preserve and store the objects. A box level inventory was created.

Alternative identifier(s)

TARO

00289

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Archivist's note

Process by Philip Montgomery, 2015.

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