Montana Nurses Association records, 1912-1987
Table of Contents
Overview of the Collection
- Creator
- Montana Nurses' Association
- Title
- Montana Nurses Association records
- Dates
- 1912-1987 (inclusive)19121987
- Quantity
- 8.5 linear feet
- Collection Number
- MC 170
- Summary
- The Montana Nurses Association is the union and professional organization for Montana nurses. Records (1912-1987) include autobiographical sketches of members; inter-office and general correspondence; financial statements; minutes of annual conventions and the board of directors; organizational materials; reports; subject files; miscellany; and clippings. There are subgroups for District #1, Missoula, and District #2, Butte.
- Repository
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Montana Historical Society, Library & Archives
Montana Historical Society Research Center Archives
225 North Roberts
PO Box 201201
Helena MT
59620-1201
Telephone: 4064442681
Fax: 4064445297
mhslibrary@mt.gov - Access Restrictions
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Collection open for research.
- Languages
- English
- Sponsor
- Funding for encoding this finding aid was provided through a grant awarded by the National Endowment for the Humanities.
Historical Note
The Montana Nurses Association (MNA) is a statewide, voluntary membership organization of registered nurses (RNs) concerned with improving nursing practice, nursing education and working conditions. Its headquarters office is located in Helena where activities are managed by a paid executive and other support staff. The Association is one of fifty-four constituent associations that comprise the American Nurses Association (ANA).
In the autumn of 1912 word circulated among nurses practicing in Montana that a member of the medical profession was working on a plan to induce the 1913 Legislature, which would convene in January, to enact a law requiring certain minimum standards of education and proficiency to be met by trained nurses. Clara Brunelle, president of the Missoula County Nurses Association, invited nurses from other counties to meet and discuss the impact of the proposed legislation. The nine nurses in attendance were not opposed to setting standards for practice, but were opposed to a recommendation in the legislation that the examining board be composed exclusively of doctors of medicine. As a result of the Missoula meeting, Montana's first nursing practice act was drafted and became law in 1913. The law created a Board of Nurse Examiners composed of "trained" nurses and set minimum standards for education and practice.
At the Missoula meeting the small group of nurses also chartered a statewide association, adopted a constitution and bylaws, and elected a slate of officers for the coming year. The pattern of annual sessions began with the first official meeting in Butte in 1913. A House of Delegates composed of elected delegates from county organizations determined the direction and programs for the ensuing year and program sessions were devoted to nursing care issues. Through the years the name of the organization was altered to reflect changes taking place in the licensure status of professional nursing in the state. Incorporated in 1912 as the Montana State Association of Graduate Nurses, the first "official" convention held in Butte in 1913 changed the name to the Montana State Association of Graduate and Registered Nurses to recognize the 672 nurses who received certificates of registration from the newly created Board of Nurse Examiners. In 1924 the convention in Billings changed the name to the Montana State Association of Registered Nurses, a name that was declared illegal two years later by delegates because not all practicing nurses were licensed. The name Montana State Association of Graduate Nurses was reinstituted. Around 1930, ANA recommended a standard name for state organizations: State Nurses Association. This side-stepped any questions as to whether all registered nurses were also graduate nurses and had the sound of embodying all nurses. The change was made in 1936 and the name became Montana State Nurses Association (MSNA). The word "state" was removed in 1959 to avoid any implication of governmental participation.
Prior to 1930 the association functioned between conventions only as the officers were able, through correspondence and such personal contacts as their time and location permitted. In 1930, when Edith L. Brown was appointed as a full-time "field secretary" by the Board of Nurse Examiners, MNA assumed the cost of her travel expenses and paid $100 for a clerk to coordinate the organization's activities. Because of the increasing interest of nurses in the association and the programs being advocated by ANA, Miss Brown recommended the employment of a full-time executive secretary for the association as early as 1931. On September 15, 1942, Margaret Carolus Alsop, RN, became the first full-time salaried executive secretary. She established the headquarters office in Helena and also became secretary for the State Nursing Council for War Services which recruited RNs for military service during World War II. Other RN successors to fill the executive position included Anne Zimmerman, Muriel Lewis, Agnes Pauline, and Mary D. Munger. Traditionally, the executive secretary, or executive director as the position was later called, was expected to promote, coordinate, and implement the programs adopted by the membership; edit the official bulletin; and serve as lobbyist for state legislation. In 1953 the executive was officially delegated to represent nurses in collective bargaining. This arrangement continued until 1974 when a second executive position was created to manage MNA's economic and general welfare program.
Following 1930 more nurses entered fields of practice other than private duty requiring a new structure for MNA. Public health nurses formed the first occupational section in 1932, and eventually MNA had six such sections with the chairman of each section serving as a member of MNA's Board of Directors. These separate groups talked about working conditions and types of duties and expressed ideas for developing programs to help them in their jobs. During the 1950s and 1960s the sections adopted minimum employment standards for their respective groups and participated in a nation-wide effort, spearheaded by ANA, to establish functions, standards, and qualifications for each area of practice. MNA's sections went out of existence in the 1960s when ANA adopted a new structure based on Commissions, Divisions of Practice, and Councils and required changes in the structure of MNA. Complying with federal labor laws to enable MNA's bargaining efforts has also required changes in structure regarding elections, dues, and supervisory domination.
MNA has worked continuously to improve nursing education through joint meetings with the Montana League for Nursing; participation in the Montana Commission on Nursing and Nursing Education; lobbying for changes in Montana's Nursing Practice Act, and an intensive campaign to change the educational requirements for entry into professional nursing practice. When MNA celebrated its 50th anniversary in 1962, special recognition was given to Anna T. Beckwith and Anna Pearl Sherrick for their contributions to the organization and, in particular, for their efforts to improve nursing education. MNA has also been involved in continuing education for nurses, beginning with program sessions conducted during the group's annual meetings. As the organization developed and occupational sections became a part of the structure, more attention was given to workshops and seminars related to specific areas of practice. In 1967 when ANA issued its first definitive statement on continuing education, MNA began working on protocols for a Continuing Education Approval Recognition Program (CEARP). In 1981 CEARP received initial accreditation from ANA and a part-time staff person was added to MNA's staff. MNA approves continuing education offerings for RNs, maintains the records of nurses who participate in such programs, and also conducts and sponsors continuing education programs.
From the beginning nurses paid dues to a designated district association and thereby became members of MNA and ANA. During the 1960s dues were paid directly to ANA under a computerized system and the nurse had membership in all three organizations. In 1982 ANA bylaws were changed to eliminate individual membership. Affiliation with ANA comes through membership in the state association. Nurses are members of a district association and also MNA which, in turn, is recognized as a constituent of ANA. District nurses associations, replaced the county organizations as membership in the state association increased. In 1987 there were eighteen district associations in Montana.
Content Description
The Montana Nurses Association records are arranged in ten series: Biographical Material, Interoffice Correspondence, General Correspondence, Financial Records, Minutes, Organizational Records, Reports, Subject Files, Miscellany, and Clippings.
The Biographical Material series (1950-1967) consists of autobiographical sketches of members. The Interoffice Correspondence series (1942-1967) contains correspondence between the executive secretary, the board of directors, committee officers, and district leaders. The General Correspondence series (1944-1967) includes a small amount of miscellaneous correspondence.
The Financial Records series (1932-1984) is composed of financial statements. The Minutes series (1912-1970) consists of minutes of annual conventions and board of directors meetings. The Organizational Records series (1919-1977) includes agendas, membership lists, bylaws and constitutions, and an officers' manual. The Reports series (1936-1976) consists of reports of the board of directors, the president, and the executive secretary, plus an occupational analysis report and miscellaneous reports.
The Subject Files series (1912-1987) includes information on organizations and agencies such as the Montana Hospital Association and the Montana State Board of Nursing and on topics such as legislation and recruitment for the military. Subject files of MNA materials are arranged together under MNA and then alphabetically by folder title (i.e., all MNA committees are arranged together by committee name, all MNA sections are arranged together by section name, all MNA surveys are arranged together by title, etc.)
The collection also contains subgroups of records from the MNA Districts. The MNA District No. 1, Missoula, Subgroup includes General Correspondence, Financial Records, Minutes, Organizational Records, Reports, Subject Files, Miscellany, and Clippings. The General Correspondence series (1970-1976) contains a small amount of miscellaneous correspondence. The Financial Records series (1947-1976) consists of account ledgers, a journal, and miscellaneous financial records including financial statements, records from a Nursing Care Planning course, and a MNA payroll deduction ledger for nurses at Missoula General Hospital. The Minutes series (1932-1961) contains minutes of the district board of directors and of district meetings. The Organizational Records series (1931-1980) includes bylaws and constitution, and lists of members. The Reports series is composed of the secretary's annual report for 1968-1969. The Subject Files series (1956-1979) includes materials on collective bargaining at Missoula hospitals, the formation of the bargaining unit at the Missoula City-County Health Department, and the MNA subunit at St. Ignatius.
The MNA District No. 2, Butte, Subgroup includes Minutes (1929-1960) of the district board of directors and of district meetings; Organizational Records (1946, 1957), consisting of bylaws and lists of committees; and Clippings.
Materials from other districts are less numerous and have not been divided into separate subgroups. These materials are all together in the MNA Districts Subgroup. This subgroup includes bylaws (1929-1959)--arranged by district number--for Billings, Bozeman, Glasgow, Glendive, Great Falls, Hamilton, Havre, Helena, Kalispell, Lewistown, Livingston, Miles City, and Sidney; one Subject File from Billings re a car raffle (1947); and Clippings from Helena (1948, 1957, 1962) and from Miles City (1947).
Use of the Collection
Restrictions on Use
Researchers must use collection in accordance with the policies of the Montana Historical Society Library & Archives. The Library & Archives does not necessarily hold copyright to all materials in the collection. In some cases permission for use may require additional authorization from the copyright owners. For more information contact an archivist.
Preferred Citation
Item description and date. Collection Title. Collection Number. Box and Folder numbers. Montana Historical Society Library & Archives. Helena, Montana.
Administrative Information
Arrangement
This collection is arranged into four subgroups: Montana Nurses Association; Montana Nurses Association District #1, Missoula; Montana Nurses Association District #2, Butte; Montana Nurses Association Districts #3-#15. Each subgroup is arranged by series. Some material housed in Archives Multi Media cabinet. See inventory below for more information.
Location of Collection
9:1-7Acquisition Information
Acquisition information available upon request.
Separated Materials
Photographs and printed materials have been separated to the Photo Archives and Library respectively. See inventory below for more information.
Related Materials
Montana Nurses Association records, 1913-1992 (MC 273), Montana Historical Society Library & Archives.
Detailed Description of the Collection
The following section contains a detailed listing of the materials in the collection
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Montana Nurses Association
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Biographical Materials
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Description: Biographical sketches: A (includes Edith R. Ackerman, Margaret Carolus Alsop, E. Augusta Ariss)Dates: 1960-1966Container: Box/Folder 1 / 1
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Description: Biographical sketches: B (includes Monta Bane, Sarah Barnes, Anna T. Beckwith, Cora Meneley Bigelow, Florence Bradshaw, Gertrude Jane Buckles, Mayme Sholvin Byrum)Dates: 1960-1966Container: Box/Folder 1 / 2
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Description: Biographical sketches: C (includes Hazel M. Callahan, Irene Rule Callahan, Phyllis Carr, Mary Theresa Cherry, Henrietta Shankell Crockett, Mable Mariom Brusk Cross, Helen Curtis)Dates: 1952-1966Container: Box/Folder 1 / 3
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Description: Biographical sketches: D (includes Mary Ellen Davidson, Anna Rosell Dittmer, Wava L. Dixon)Dates: 1956-1960Container: Box/Folder 1 / 4
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Description: Biographical sketches: F (includes La Verne Fitzgerald, Elsie Larson Flinn, Frances Friedericks, Ione E. Floyd, Blanche M. Fuller)Dates: 1960-1966Container: Box/Folder 1 / 5
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Description: Biographical sketches: G (includes O'Connor "Connie" George, Sister M. Magdaline Greenhill, Ethel Lane Guilkey)Dates: 1960-1966Container: Box/Folder 1 / 6
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Description: Biographical sketches: H (includes Helen Horton Haegle, Mary Ann Hoole, Janett Ellen Howard, Aagot Hoyendahl, Jane Stevenson Hubert, Margaret Hughes)Dates: 1953-1967Container: Box/Folder 1 / 7
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Description: Biographical sketches: K (includes Beatrice Hruska Kaasch, Anne Cassidy Keily, Alice G. Kraft, Helene Marie Kraut, Edna Moore Kuhn)Dates: 1960-1967Container: Box/Folder 1 / 8
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Description: Biographical sketches: L (Edith M. Lamb, Aagot Lian, Grace Linfield, Edith Long)Dates: 1950-1966Container: Box/Folder 1 / 9
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Description: Biographical sketches: M-N (includes Frances Hixson MacDonald, Sister Eugene Teresa McCarthy, Catherine McGregor, Anna Mecum, Mary Delaney Munger, Helen Murphy, Sister Frances Maureen Nicols)Dates: 1960-1966Container: Box/Folder 1 / 10
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Description: Biographical sketches: O (includes Matilda P. Edwards O'Brien, Bertha Odee)Dates: 1966, undatedContainer: Box/Folder 1 / 11
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Description: Biographical sketches: P (includes Agnes Pauline, Thora Firming Phelan, Sister John Marie Pithoud, Daisy Elizabeth Prentice)Dates: 1966Container: Box/Folder 1 / 12
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Description: Biographical sketches: R (includes Sister Mary Robert, Ruth E. Robertson)Dates: 1960-1966Container: Box/Folder 1 / 13
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Description: Biographical sketches: S (includes Anna Pearl Sherrick, Dorothy Spelman, Antoinette Polich Staringer, Josephine E. Stout)Dates: 1960-1966Container: Box/Folder 1 / 14
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Description: Biographical sketches: W, Z (includes Donna E. Watts, Emma White, Agnes M. Wilder, Anne K. Larson Zimmerman, Esther Zwesler)Dates: 1960-1966Container: Box/Folder 1 / 15
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Interoffice Correspondence
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Description: Executive secretary to board of directors, districts, committees, etc.Dates: 1942-1959Container: Box/Folder 1 / 16-20
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Description: Executive secretary to board of directors, districts, committees, etc.Dates: 1960-1967Container: Box/Folder 2 / 1-4
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Description: re Executive secretary selection and resignationDates: 1942-1955Container: Box/Folder 2 / 5
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Description: MiscellaneousDates: 1949-1966Container: Box/Folder 2 / 6
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General Correspondence
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Description: Chronological (correspondents include Billings Polytechnic Institute, American Nurses' Association, Alice Iles, Nurses' Guild of Alameda County, Wyoming State Nurses' Association, Phyllis Cranon, W.L. Beal, Montana State Board of Health, Assistant Secretary of Defense)Dates: 1944-1967Container: Box/Folder 2 / 7
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Financial Records
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Description: Financial statementsDates: 1932-1959Container: Box/Folder 2 / 8-10
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Description: Financial statementsDates: 1960-1984Container: Box/Folder 3 / 1-2
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Minutes
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Description: Minute books (includes annual convention, board of directors)Dates: 1912-1953Container: Box/Folder 3 / 3-5
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Description: Minute books (includes annual convention, board of directors, advisory council)Dates: 1953-1976Container: Box/Folder 4 / 1-3
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Description: Annual convention, board of directors, advisory councilDates: 1934-1970, undatedContainer: Box/Folder 4 / 4
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Description: Typed copies of minutesDates: 1912-1938Container: Box/Folder 5 / 1
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Organizational Records
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Description: Board of directors agendasDates: 1945, 1956-1960Container: Box/Folder 5 / 2
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Description: Board of directors, committee memberships, officer listsDates: 1943-1973Container: Box/Folder 5 / 3
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Description: Bylaws, articles of incorporation, constitutionsDates: 1919-1977Container: Box/Folder 5 / 4-5
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Description: Job descriptions, officers' manual, policies and administrative practices for board of directors and staffDates: 1947-1971Container: Box/Folder 5 / 6
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Photographs
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Description: List of photographs transferred to Photo ArchivesDates: undatedContainer: Box/Folder 5 / 7
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Printed Material
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Description: List of printed materials transferred to LibraryDates: undatedContainer: Box/Folder 5 / 8
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Reports
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Description: Board of directors, presidentDates: 1942-1976Container: Box/Folder 5 / 9
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Description: Executive secretaryDates: 1936-1960Container: Box/Folder 5 / 10-11
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Description: Occupational analysis report (Shodair Hospital, Broadwater Hospital, Montana Deaconess Hospital)Dates: 1946-1947Container: Box/Folder 5 / 12
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Description: MiscellaneousDates: 1954-1968Container: Box/Folder 5 / 13
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Subject Files
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Description: Commemorative nursing stampDates: 1961Container: Box/Folder 5 / 14
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Description: Education (re psychiatric nursing training at Warm Springs; National Committee on Educational Problems in War Time; educational standards, etc.)Dates: 1939-1959Container: Box/Folder 5 / 15
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Description: Governor's Conference on Credentialing of Health Care PersonnelDates: 1977-1978Container: Box/Folder 5 / 16
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Description: Governor's Conference on Nursing and Nursing EducationDates: 1971Container: Box/Folder 5 / 17
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Description: International Council of NursesDates: 1956Container: Box/Folder 5 / 18
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Description: Joint Commission for the Improvement and Care of the PatientDates: 1958Container: Box/Folder 5 / 19
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Description: Kennedy Deaconess Hospital, HavreDates: undatedContainer: Box/Folder 5 / 20
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Description: Legislation: H.B. 71 (employer-employee relations legislation for nurses)Dates: 1965Container: Box/Folder 5 / 21
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Description: Legislation: H.B. 100 (employer-employee relations legislation for nurses)Dates: 1966-1967Container: Box/Folder 6 / 1
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Description: Legislation: H.B. 115 (practical nurse license bill)Dates: 1948-1949Container: Box/Folder 6 / 2
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Description: Legislation: H.B. 219 (licensing for practical nurses)Dates: 1967Container: Box/Folder 6 / 3
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Description: Legislation: S.B. 33 and 34 (collective bargaining for nurses; license fee for nurses)Dates: 1958-1963Container: Box/Folder 6 / 4
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Description: Legislation: S.B. 147 (creation of advisory council to Montana State Board of Nursing)Dates: 1965Container: Box/Folder 6 / 5
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Description: Legislation: Nursing Practice ActDates: 1945-1979Container: Box/Folder 6 / 6
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Description: Legislation: Miscellaneous (includes legislative bulletins, "Legislative Log" and "Legislative Alert")Dates: 1945-1979Container: Box/Folder 6 / 7-8
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Description: Linda Richards Day (anniversary of professional nursing in the U.S.)Dates: 1948Container: Box/Folder 6 / 9
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Description: Montana Centennial Exhibition for RehabilitationDates: 1964Container: Box/Folder 6 / 10
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Description: Montana Commission on Nursing and Nursing EducationDates: 1970-1978Container: Box/Folder 6 / 11-12
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Description: Montana Commission on Nursing and Nursing EducationDates: 1970-1978Container: Box/Folder 7 / 1-2
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Description: Montana Consortium of Schools of NursingDates: 1975-1976Container: Box/Folder 7 / 3
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Description: Montana Deaconess Hospital, Great FallsDates: 1918-1947Container: Box/Folder 7 / 4
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Description: Montana Health Planning Council / Statewide Health Coordination CouncilDates: 1947-1981Container: Box/Folder 7 / 5
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Description: Montana Hospital AssociationDates: 1946-1966Container: Box/Folder 7 / 6
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Description: Montana Hospital Survey CommitteeDates: 1946Container: Box/Folder 7 / 7
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Description: Montana League for NursingDates: 1953-1960Container: Box/Folder 7 / 8
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Description: Montana League of Nursing EducationDates: 1943-1951Container: Box/Folder 7 / 9
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Description: M.N.A. Committee on BylawsDates: 1942-1958, 1969Container: Box/Folder 7 / 10
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Description: M.N.A. Committee on Careers in Nursing (includes student nurse recruitment, National League for Nursing Committee on Careers, Coordinating Council Committee on Careers)Dates: 1950-1959Container: Box/Folder 7 / 11
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Description: M.N.A. Continuing Nursing Education CommitteeDates: 1980Container: Box/Folder 7 / 12
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Description: M.N.A. Convention Planning CommitteeDates: 1956-1975Container: Box/Folder 7 / 13
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Description: M.N.A. Committee on Current and Long Term GoalsDates: 1956-1960, 1969Container: Box/Folder 7 / 14
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Description: M.N.A. Committee on Economic and General WelfareDates: 1959, 1969Container: Box/Folder 7 / 15
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Description: M.N.A. Entry into Practice CommitteeDates: 1983-1987Container: Box/Folder 7 / 16
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Description: M.N.A. Entry into Practice CommitteeDates: 1983-1987Container: Box/Folder 8 / 1-2
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Description: M.N.A. Finance and Budget CommitteeDates: 1942-1960Container: Box/Folder 8 / 3
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Description: M.N.A. Committee on History of Nursing (includes materials re hospitals, nurses, etc. collected for Nursing in Montana publication)Dates: 1909-1966Container: Box/Folder 8 / 4
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Description: M.N.A. Committee for the Improved Relationships among the Members of the Nursing Team (includes workshop)Dates: 1948-1952Container: Box/Folder 8 / 5
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Description: M.N.A. Information and Press CommitteeDates: 1942-1944Container: Box/Folder 8 / 6
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Description: M.N.A. Committee on LegislationDates: 1946-1962Container: Box/Folder 8 / 7
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Description: M.N.A. Committee on NominationsDates: 1942, 1959 1969Container: Box/Folder 8 / 8
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Description: M.N.A. Committee on Nurses' Professional RegistriesDates: 1960Container: Box/Folder 8 / 9
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Description: M.N.A. Committee on Nursing in National DefenseDates: 1958-1960Container: Box/Folder 8 / 10
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Description: M.N.A. Committee on Nursing Practice (includes grant applications, workshops, brochure on assigning responsibilities to nursing personnel, etc.)Dates: 1956-1960Container: Box/Folder 8 / 11
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Description: M.N.A. Committee on Nursing Resources to Meet Civil and Military Nursing Needs (includes State Advisory Committee to the Selective Service; Professional Advisory Committee for Montana Civil Defense Health Services; and "Nursing in Civil Defense" workshop)Dates: 1950-1958Container: Box/Folder 8 / 12-13
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Description: M.N.A. Personnel Policies and Salaries Committee (includes Montana Hospital Association participation and survey at Montana hospitals)Dates: 1944-1957Container: Box/Folder 8 / 14
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Description: M.N.A. Committee on Policies for Practical NursesDates: 1944-1946Container: Box/Folder 9 / 1
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Description: M.N.A. Policy CommitteeDates: 1942-1943Container: Box/Folder 9 / 2
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Description: M.N.A. Committee on Professional Counseling and Placement Services (includes A.N.A. nationwide telephone roll call campaign of 1947; M.N.A. fundraising campaign for counseling and placement service; etc.)Dates: 1943-1959Container: Box/Folder 9 / 3
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Description: M.N.A. State Nursing Committee for Procurement and Assignment Service (associated with the War Manpower Commission)Dates: 1943-1945Container: Box/Folder 9 / 4
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Description: M.N.A. Committee on Promotion of Public Relations and Membership (includes membership statistics; A.N.A. Committee on Promotion of A.N.A. Membership)Dates: 1942-1978Container: Box/Folder 9 / 5
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Description: M.N.A. Public Relations Committee and Program (includes National Nurses Week; State Nurses Week; A.N.A. campaign to end nursing shortage; etc.)Dates: 1946-1960Container: Box/Folder 9 / 6
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Description: M.N.A. Committee on Research and StudiesDates: 1956-1961Container: Box/Folder 9 / 7
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Description: M.N.A. and Montana State and Local Committees on Red Cross Nursing Service (re recruitment of nurses)Dates: 1926-1946Container: Box/Folder 9 / 8
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Description: M.N.A. Student Nurse Enrollment Committee (includes State Student Recruitment Committee; and U.S. Cadet Nurse Corps)Dates: 1943-1949Container: Box/Folder 9 / 9
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Description: M.N.A. Committee to Study the Structure of Nursing OrganizationsDates: 1947-1949Container: Box/Folder 9 / 10
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Description: M.N.A. Conference on Functions Standards, and QualificationsDates: 1954-1957Container: Box/Folder 9 / 11
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Description: M.N.A. Operating Room Nurses Conference Group (includes workshops and institutes)Dates: 1957-1962Container: Box/Folder 9 / 12
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Description: M.N.A. ConventionsDates: 1912-1955Container: Box/Folder 9 / 13-14
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Description: M.N.A. ConventionsDates: 1956-1982Container: Box/Folder 10 / 1-6
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Description: M.N.A. Economic Security ProgramDates: 1938-1972Container: Box/Folder 10 / 7-8
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Description: M.N.A. Educational Administrators, Consultants, and Teachers Occupational Section [EACT]Dates: 1943-1960Container: Box/Folder 10 / 9
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Description: M.N.A. memorial funds (includes Florence Nightingale International Foundation in France)Dates: 1946-1960Container: Box/Folder 10 / 10
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Description: M.N.A. Montana League for Nursing-Montana Student Nurses Association Coordinating CouncilDates: 1956-1960Container: Box/Folder 11 / 1
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Description: M.N.A. nominations for A.N.A.Dates: 1945-1969Container: Box/Folder 11 / 2
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Description: M.N.A. Nurse of the Year / Student Nurse of the YearDates: 1972-1975, undatedContainer: Box/Folder 11 / 3
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Description: M.N.A. General Duty Nurse Occupational Section (includes Institutional Staff Nurse Occupation Section)Dates: 1942-1964Container: Box/Folder 11 / 4
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Description: M.N.A. Nursing Service Administrators Section (includes Institute on Human Relations and Performance Appraisal Workshop)Dates: 1946-1963Container: Box/Folder 11 / 5
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Description: M.N.A. Private Duty Nurses Occupational SectionDates: 1944-1963Container: Box/Folder 11 / 6-7
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Description: M.N.A. Public Health Nurses Occupational SectionDates: 1932-1969Container: Box/Folder 11 / 8-9
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Description: M.N.A. Special Groups Nurses Section / Office Nurses SectionDates: 1954-1959Container: Box/Folder 11 / 10
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Description: M.N.A. Participation in A.N.A. Roll Call (membership campaign)Dates: 1958Container: Box/Folder 11 / 11
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Description: M.N.A. Relief FundDates: 1934-1952Container: Box/Folder 12 / 1
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Description: M.N.A. Research Fund Campaign (local effort for American Nurses Foundation)Dates: 1961Container: Box/Folder 12 / 2
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Description: M.N.A. Study of Nursing Functions (fund raising and research grants as part of A.N.A. program)Dates: 1950-1954Container: Box/Folder 12 / 3
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Description: M.N.A. Economic Security SurveyDates: 1955Container: Box/Folder 12 / 4
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Description: M.N.A. Employment Practices SurveyDates: 1964Container: Box/Folder 12 / 5
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Description: M.N.A. "Survey of Graduates of the Last Four Classes from Schools of Nursing in Montana, 1947-1948"; "Survey of Salaries and Personnel Policies for Institutional Staff Nurses in Montana Hospitals"; "Survey on Membership in M.S.N.A. by Hospitals"Dates: 1948Container: Box/Folder 12 / 6
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Description: M.N.A. Hospital Survey for Procurement and AssignmentDates: 1943Container: Box/Folder 12 / 7
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Description: M.N.A. Survey of Nurses Working in MontanaDates: 1947Container: Box/Folder 12 / 8
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Description: M.N.A. Nursing Needs and Resources SurveyDates: 1949-1963Container: Box/Folder 12 / 9-11
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Description: M.N.A. surveys (miscellaneous)Dates: 1950-1969Container: Box/Folder 12 / 12
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Description: M.N.A. vs. Marie Waits (competency case; includes bylaws and minutes for M.N.A. District #6, Great Falls)Dates: 1960-1961Container: Box/Folder 12 / 13
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Description: M.N.A. workshop: "The Law and Health Care Today"Dates: 1968Container: Box/Folder 13 / 1
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Description: M.N.A. workshop: "The Nurse in Society"Dates: 1962Container: Box/Folder 13 / 2
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Description: M.N.A. workshop on poliomyelitisDates: 1953-1954Container: Box/Folder 13 / 3
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Description: M.N.A. workshops, institutes, in-service education, refresher courses, continuing educationDates: 1943-1978Container: Box/Folder 13 / 4
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Description: Montana Nurses Political Action CommitteeDates: 1976Container: Box/Folder 13 / 5
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Description: Montana Public Health AssociationDates: 1943-1948Container: Box/Folder 13 / 6
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Description: Montana State Advisory Committee for the Improvement and Extension of Practical Nurse TrainingDates: 1958Container: Box/Folder 13 / 7
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Description: Montana State Board of Examiners for Nurses (includes 1943 survey of hospitals and nurses' salaries)Dates: 1925-1943Container: Box/Folder 13 / 8-9
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Description: Montana State Board of Health (includes Public Health Nursing Division; Maternal and Child Health Division; Advisory Committee; etc.)Dates: 1942-1967Container: Box/Folder 13 / 10
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Description: Montana State Board of NursingDates: 1953-1976Container: Box/Folder 13 / 11
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Description: Montana State Committee on Practical NursingDates: 1951-1953Container: Box/Folder 13 / 12
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Description: Montana State Organization for Public Health Nursing (SOPHN)Dates: 1937-1948Container: Box/Folder 13 / 13-14
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Description: Montana State Organization of Student Nurses / Montana Student Nurses AssociationDates: 1947-1960Container: Box/Folder 14 / 1
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Description: Montana State Practical Nurses AssociationDates: 1957-1960Container: Box/Folder 14 / 2
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Description: Public Health League of Montana (includes Murray-Dingle bill re health insurance; Initiative 48 re licensing of osteopaths; etc.)Dates: 1944-1966Container: Box/Folder 14 / 3-4
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Description: Recruitment for the militaryDates: 1944-1955Container: Box/Folder 14 / 5
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Description: Sacred Heart Hospital, HavreDates: 1983Container: Box/Folder 14 / 6
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Description: Saint John's Hospital School, HelenaDates: 1928-1943Container: Box/Folder 14 / 7
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Description: Sidney Deaconess Hospital, SidneyDates: 1919-1932Container: Box/Folder 14 / 8
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Description: State Committee on Maternal and Newborn Care (includes institute and workshop)Dates: 1956-1962Container: Box/Folder 14 / 9
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Description: State Nursing Council for War Service (includes Nursing Council on National Defense; National Nursing Council, Inc.; recruitment of student nurses; scholarship program sponsored by Montana Federation of Women's Clubs)Dates: 1941-1947Container: Box/Folder 14 / 10
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Description: Western Interstate Commission for Higher Education (WICHE)Dates: 1957-1960Container: Box/Folder 14 / 11
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Miscellany
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Description: List of sound recordings transferred to Archives Sound Recording CollectionDates: undatedContainer: Box/Folder 14 / 12
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Description: Dorothy Kelly MNA House of Delegates Address (reel-to-reel) [Archives Multi Media Cabinet]Dates: 1966Container: Multimedia 41
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Description: MHA/MHA Relations Committee Meeting (reel-to-reel) [Archives Multi Media Cabinet]Dates: 1965 October 28Container: Multimedia 41
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Description: MNA/MHA Relations Committee Meeting (reel-to-reel) [Archives Multi Media Cabinet]Dates: 1986 March 30Container: Multimedia 41
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Description: District #5, Billings, Celebration of Nurses Week (reel-to-reel) [Archives Multi Media Cabinet]Dates: 1966 JanuaryContainer: Multimedia 41
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Description: Radio Spots: Announcement for Nurses Week (reel-to-reel) [Archives Multi Media Cabinet]Dates: circa 1966Container: Multimedia 41
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Description: Unknown speaker to Nursing Students at St. Vincent Hospital, Billings (reel-to-reel) [Archives Multi Media Cabinet]Dates: circa 1960-1969Container: Multimedia 41
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Description: Trudy Malone Radio Interview (reel-to-reel) [Archives Multi Media Cabinet]Dates: circa 1960-1969Container: Multimedia 41
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Description: Marie Brazier, Mary Munger, Evelyn Brown Radio interview (reel-to-reel) [Archives Multi Media Cabinet]Dates: 1965, May 27Container: Multimedia 41
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Description: Nurses' fee scheduleDates: 1944-1946, undatedContainer: Box/Folder 14 / 13
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Description: Nurses' manual of schools, alumnae associations, A.N.A. services, district associations, ethics, legislation, etc.)Dates: 1934Container: Box/Folder 14 / 14
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Description: Resolutions (re appreciation; voluntary health insurance plans; platform; code of ethics; Professional Counseling and Placement Service; nurse practitioners)Dates: 1943-1979Container: Box/Folder 14 / 15
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Clippings
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Description: Miscellaneous (re founding of association; name change; meetings; Red Cross nurses for World War I; nurse shortage)Dates: 1912-1918, 1943-1965Container: Box/Folder 14 / 16
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Montana Nurses Association District #1, Missoula
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General Correspondence
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Description: Chronological (correspondents include Montana Tuberculosis Association; Missoula County High School Board; Western Montana Fair; Western Interstate Commission for Higher Education; U.S. Dept. of Health, Education, and Welfare Civil Rights Director; Ethel Monroe)Dates: 1970-1972, 1976Container: Box/Folder 15 / 1
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Financial Records
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Description: Account journalsDates: 1947-1965Container: Box/Folder 15 / 2-4
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Description: Miscellaneous (includes financial statement; records from Nursing Care Planning course; M.N.A. payroll deduction ledger for nurses at Missoula General Hospital; sample check)Dates: 1957, 1974 1976Container: Box/Folder 15 / 5
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Minutes
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Description: Minute book (district board of directors)Dates: 1954-1956Container: Box/Folder 15 / 6
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Description: Minute books (district meetings)Dates: 1932-1948Container: Box/Folder 15 / 7-9
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Description: Minute books (district meetings)Dates: 1949-1961Container: Box/Folder 16 / 1-2
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Organizational Records
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Description: Bylaws and constitutionDates: 1931, 1946 1958Container: Box/Folder 16 / 3
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Description: Membership listsDates: 1958-1980Container: Box/Folder 16 / 4
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Description: Secretary's annual reportDates: 1968-1969Container: Box/Folder 16 / 5
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Subject Files
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Description: Committee for Nurses RegistryDates: 1956-1959Container: Box/Folder 16 / 6
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Description: Missoula City-County Health Department (re firing of nurse supervisor; formation of bargaining unit)Dates: 1972Container: Box/Folder 16 / 7
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Description: Missoula Community Hospital (M.N.A. bargaining unit; grievance procedures)Dates: 1973-1979Container: Box/Folder 16 / 8-9
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Description: St. Ignatius subunitDates: 1973-1975Container: Box/Folder 16 / 10
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Description: Scholarship and loan fund; building fundDates: 1968-1976Container: Box/Folder 16 / 11
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Miscellany
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Description: Certificates received by Virginia Christian; raffle licenseDates: 1974-1976Container: Box/Folder 16 / 12
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Description: Program announcements; "Nurses Do It Better: a Workshop on Physical Assessment" announcementDates: 1966-1979Container: Box/Folder 16 / 13
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Clippings
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Description: Miscellaneous (re public relations; medicare)Dates: 1959, 1962Container: Box/Folder 16 / 14
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Montana Nurses Association District #2, Butte
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Minutes
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Description: District Board of DirectorsDates: 1955Container: Box/Folder 16 / 15
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Description: Minute book (district meetings)Dates: 1929-1942Container: Box/Folder 16 / 16
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Description: Minute book (district meetings)Dates: 1943-1960Container: Box/Folder 17 / 1
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Organizational Records
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Description: BylawsDates: 1946Container: Box/Folder 17 / 2
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Description: List of committeesDates: 1957Container: Box/Folder 17 / 3
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Clippings
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Description: Re annual meetingDates: 1957Container: Box/Folder 17 / 4
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Montana Nurses Association Districts #3-#15
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Organizational Records
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Description: District #3, Bozeman: bylawsDates: 1934, 1946Container: Box/Folder 17 / 5
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Description: District #4, Helena: bylawsDates: 1933, 1946 1950Container: Box/Folder 17 / 6
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Description: District #5, Billings: bylawsDates: 1940, 1946, 1955Container: Box/Folder 17 / 7
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Description: District #6, Great Falls: bylawsDates: 1946, 1959Container: Box/Folder 17 / 8
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Description: District #7, Havre: bylawsDates: 1929, 1937 1946, 1959Container: Box/Folder 17 / 9
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Description: District #8, Kalispell: bylawsDates: 1933, 1946Container: Box/Folder 17 / 10
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Description: District #9, Lewistown: bylawsDates: 1940, 1946 1955Container: Box/Folder 17 / 11
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Description: District #10, Miles City: bylawsDates: 1933, 1946 1955Container: Box/Folder 17 / 12
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Description: District #11, Glendive: bylawsDates: circa 1930, 1946Container: Box/Folder 17 / 13
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Description: District #12, Sidney: bylawsDates: 1929, 1946Container: Box/Folder 17 / 14
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Description: District #13, Hamilton: bylawsDates: 1944, 1946, 1958Container: Box/Folder 17 / 15
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Description: District #14, Livingston: bylawsDates: 1946Container: Box/Folder 17 / 16
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Description: District #15, Glasgow: bylawsDates: 1946Container: Box/Folder 17 / 17
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Subject Files
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Description: District #5, Billings car raffleDates: 1947Container: Box/Folder 17 / 18
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Clippings
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Description: District #4, Helena (re 75th anniversary of nursing profession; National Hospital Day; Nurses Week)Dates: 1948, 1957 1962Container: Box/Folder 17 / 19
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Description: District #10, Miles City (re opportunities for graduate nurses)Dates: 1947Container: Box/Folder 17 / 20
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