Special Collections, University of Washington Libraries
King County Nurses Association photograph collection
King County Nurses Association (King County, Wash.)
PH0091
1 vertical file
13 photographic prints ; 8 x 10 inches; 1 folder
1954-1959
Photographs documenting King County Nurses Association events, including the annual convention, annual meeting, and 50th anniversary dinner
Collection materials are in English.
The King County Nurses Association is the professional nursing association of King County, Washington. The organization was established in 1903 as the King County Graduate Nurses Association. It is linked closely on the state and national levels with the Washington State Nurses Association and the American Nurses Association. Its membership currently comprises about 2,000 registered nurses.
The collection contains photographs documenting the King County Nurses Association 50th Anniversary Dinner of 1954, the Washington State Nurses Association 50th Annual Convention of 1955, and the King County Nurses Association Annual Meeting of 1959. Also pictured is a demonstration by Mrs. Betty Harrop, a Red Cross first aid instructor.
The collection is open to the public.
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Processed by Julie C. Turner, 2002.
The photographs were relocated from the King County Nurses Association Records, Accession No.3049, in 1979.
King County Nurses Association records (Mss Coll 3049)
The King County Nurses Association website was captured by the Internet Archive Wayback Machine several times in 2014 and has been regularly captured since 2020. The snapshots can be viewed here: https://wayback.archive-it.org/3988/*/https://kcnurses.org/
Betty Harrop--Photographs
King County Nurses Association (King County, Wash.)--Photographs
Washington State Nurses Association--Photographs
Congresses and conventions--Washington (State)--King County--Photographs
First aid in illness and injury--Photographs
Nurses--Washington (State)--King County--Photographs
Visual Materials Collections (University of Washington)
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Medicine and Health
Photographic prints
King County Nurses Association 50th Anniversary Dinner
January 4, 1954
Frank Jacobs Photographers (photographer)
Woman speaking to association members at the anniversary dinner
January 4, 1954
PH0091 Folder 1
1-2
Evelyn Grant
January 4, 1954
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3-4
Grant was president of the association in 1930.
Grace Christensen
January 4, 1954
PH0091 Folder 1
5
Christensen was president of the association during 1951-1952.
Lillian B. Patterson and Marguerite Cobb
January 4, 1954
PH0091 Folder 1
6
Harriett H. Smith
January 4, 1954
PH0091 Folder 1
7
Washington State Nurses Association 50th Annual Convention, Hotel Chinook, Yakima, Washington
April 20-22, 1955
Custom Photographic Service (photographer)
Guests seated at tables
April 20-22, 1955
PH0091 Folder 1
8-9
King County Nurses Association Annual Meeting at Fort Lawton Officer's Club
October 5, 1959
Harry Jourdan (photographer)
King County Nurses Association president Dorothy [Fletcher?] and Mrs. Pauline Beauchamp, chairman of King County Red Cross District Nursing Service
October 5, 1959
PH0091 Folder 1
10
Women seated at table
October 5, 1959
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11
Caption: "...Left to right: Miss Margaret Nelson, General Duty; Mrs. Mary Bowden; Miss Nancy Love, Private Duty; Miss Dolores Little; Miss Dorothy Glynn, Director Nursing Service; Miss Marie Sandrig, Head Nurse; Mrs. Betty Ferry, General Duty."
Mrs Betty Harrop, Red Cross First Aid Instructor, Demonstrating First Aid Techniques
March 18, 1959
Forde Photographers (photographer)
Mrs. Betty Harrop demonstrating the use of newspapers as an improvised splint for a fractured forearm
March 18, 1959
PH0091 Folder 1
12
Mrs. Harrop is practicing on Captain Virginia Brown, Army Nursing Service, and being assisted by Renee Johnson, student nurse at St. Cabrini Hospital.
Mrs. Betty Harrop practicing the use of a cardboard carton as a splint for a neck injury in an automobile accident
March 18, 1959
PH0091 Folder 1
13
Caption: "Patient in demonstration is Mrs. Mildred Lervold, RN, representing private duty nurses on county combined disaster committees."