Nancy Rockafellar papers, 1931-1994

General Hospital Medical Center Newsletter Article, "WSMA taps Monroe medical historian to write book for Washington's centennial" (March-April 1988). Photocopy of The Herald, Sunday, July 17, 1988, Northwest Lifestyles article: ‘Where healing has been an art and science.’

Handwritten notes. WSMA draft overview of the medical profession. Photocopy of the entire book, "The Histogenic System", by Dr. J. E. Jordan.

Photocopy of Seattle Health and Sanitation Dept. meeting logs.Photocopy of 1893 sewer connection license renewal bond for James Gleason. Photocopies of letters to City Council, in 1907, regarding creation of an Isolation Hospital. Photocopies of 1912 and 1913 report on investigation into Seattle Health and Sanitation Department.

Photocopies of articles.

Includes a biography of Dr. Edwin Hugh Van Patten by Jim Shick, of Walla Walla, WA. Photocopies of Chapters XVIII and XXVII from Bagley's 1916 History of Seattle from the Earliest Settlement to the Present Time.

Highlighted and annotated photocopies of the Seattle Board of Health minutes from 1884-1900.

Highlighted and annotated consolidated photocopy of the Seattle Board of Health minutes from 1890-1908.

Photocopy of the 1895 WA State Board of Health meeting, in Olympia, with sections highlighted authorizing and funding Dr. A. B. Kibbe's Bacteria Lab, in Seattle.

Photocopies of Seattle Board of Health statistics including: population, specific disease mortality, death rate, Sanitary Department reports, weather records and other demographic data.

Annotated and highlighted photocopies of the Department of Health and Sanitation statistics with reports on diseases, water quality, and other public health reports, from June 1908 to December 1909.

Annotated and highlighted photocopies of the Department of Health and Sanitation statistics with reports on diseases, water quality, and other public health reports, from February 1910 to January 1917.

One page of handwritten notes and photocopies of excerpts from various medical journals, public health reports and etc. related to the Plague.

Handwritten notes and mayoral chronologies with public health highlights, in Seattle.

Loose copy of Master's Thesis - "Public Health in Progressive Seattle"

June 21, 1985 letter: Nancy Rockafellar to Professor Burke providing background rationale for paper. Bibliography. Annotated draft of pp 1-27.

Photograph of Dr. Haviland while he was Chairman of the Centennial Medical History Committee. Taken by Nancy Rockafellar.

Release to the WSMA Centennial History Project Steering committee for scholarly and educational purposes.

CV includes a bibliography. Dr. Haviland's submission for to Who's Who.

Notes and communication with Dr. Haviland to organize and prepare for the interview.

Several annotated copies of the transcripts of the interview with Dr. Haviland. Handwritten notes and edits are from participants in the interview.

Clinical publications.

Clinical publications.

"A Moment in History, The 1980 Eruption of Mount St. Helens", by James Haviland. Includes a reference to an ancestor, Alfred Haviland's, 1855 presentation on "Climate, Weather and Disease."

Photocopies of publications by Dr. James Tate Mason, Sr., photocopies of early biographies and obituary.

Biography, and draft, of James Tate Mason, Sr, M.D., published by American National Biography, in 1999, plus notes from interview with Dr. James Tate Mason, Jr.

A typewritten biography of early Seattle female physician, Sarah Johnson Dean titled "Horse and Buggy Doctor", by an unknown author.

WSMA Centennial History Project proposal drafts including photocopies of representative historical images.

Resumes of project committee members and contributors and includes a pamphlet, "This City Seattle", outlining a Seattle Public Library 18 month presentation series (1980-1981), on Seattle's history.

Project schedules, budget proposals, financials and lists of financial contributors to the project - 'Friends of the Centennial History'.

Committee meeting correspondence, meeting notes, Project letterhead, committee correspondence with state and county physician organizations soliciting input on the Centennial History Project.

Correspondence with past WSMA Presidents seeking their input and recommendations for the Centennial History Project.

Lists of physicians to contact for oral histories, oral history correspondence, oral history questionnaires, some oral history notes.

Correspondence with hospital administrators promoting the Washington State Centennial and suggesting ways that state hospitals can participate with a focus on health care. Includes a 1986 centennial booklet from Sacred Heart Hospital, in Spokane. Pamphlet: Sacred Heart Medical Center (1986).

Museum of History and Industry procedure for inventory of their permanent collection with nomenclature lists and photocopies of other nomenclature lists from various publications.

WSMA Reports Newsletter, October, 1988; WAMPAC News, August 1988; WSMA 'for the record' Centennial History Newsletter, March 1989; photocopy of The Herald - Northwest Lifestyles Nancy Rockafellar article, July 7, 1988. WSMA Reports Newsletter, October, 1988; WAMPAC News, August 1988; WSMA 'for the record' Centennial History Newsletter, March 1989.

Photocopies of captions and other exhibit materials plus notes and invoices associated with the WSMA Centennial exhibits. Color photograph of the WSMA Centennial exhibit booth.

Photocopies of the Minutes of the Annual Sessions of the Washington State Medical Association with researcher's handwritten notes and annotations.

Photocopies of the Minutes of the Annual Sessions of the Washington State Medical Association with researcher's handwritten notes and annotations.

Photocopies of the Minutes of the Annual Sessions of the Washington State Medical Association with researcher's handwritten notes and annotations.

Photocopies of Washington State Workman's Compensation Laws, (1911, 1917, 1919), Washington Industrial Insurance Act First Annual Report (1911-1912, Chp VII) and insurance forms, with researcher's handwritten notes and annotations.

Washington Industrial Insurance Act Annual Report excerpts (1914-1920)

Book Call Number slips, handwritten research notes and note cards related to early Washington state medical history.

Photocopies of articles from NW Medicine with handwritten notes.

Original pamphlets and reprints and photocopies of articles and manuscripts related to NW medical history, medical societies, hospitals, and physicians. Pamphlets: Constitution and By-laws Puget Sound Academy of Ophthalmology and Oto-Laryngology; Milestones in the History of Medicine in the Pacific Northwest (1956); Journey to Seattle, 1883 by Park Weed Willis (1943); Teaching Medical History by James Haviland, M.D. (1966); Virginia Mason Review (1969); Special Collections and Preservation (1986).

Handwritten research notes, photocopies of various memoirs and histories of Base Hospital # 50 from WWI through WWII, Lists of names of assigned medical personnel, various articles.

Original articles, photocopies of Washington State Public Health Historical Information on Past Presidents and Awards (1987), general articles and regional medical history. Articles: Early Medical Men in the Northwest Who Were Naturalists by Murray L. Johnson, M.D. (1943); A Brief History of Graduate Medical Education in Washington, Alaska, Montana, and Idaho by David C. Dale, M.D. (1989).

AIDS booklet, patient confidentiality sticker, photocopies of AIDS articles and physician's guidance. Booklet: AIDS: A Physician's Guide to Medical, Legal, Confidentiality and Ethical Issues (1987); AIDS Confidentiality Label, in envelope.

List of women licensed to practice medicine in Washington State, handwritten research notes, biographies of women physicians, articles on women in medicine. Western Journal of Medicine, Women and Medicine (Dec 1988).

Contact information, copies of information on the Sisters of Providence, published bibliography, handwritten notes. Mother Joseph Of the Sacred Heart - A Bibliography by Sister Rita Bergamini, S. P. (1986).

Photocopies of various lists of organizations.

Photocopies of various lists and tables of state hospitals and physician-legislators.

Photocopy of the Seattle General Hospital 1922 Annual of the Training School for Nurses.

Photocopies of histories of WA state nursing and LPNAWS.

Photocopies of various writings, correspondence, recollections, office manual, of Dr. Park Weed Willis including newspaper articles on Dr. Willis and his uncle, Seattle pioneer physician Dr. Gideon Weed. Most of the research material was provided by Betsy Lawrence, daughter of Park Weed Willis. Letter from Betsy Lawrence to Nancy Rockafellar (January 29, 1989); Seattle Times story on Park Weed Willis (October 2, 1949).

Photocopies of histories of WA state pioneer physicians from various sources.

Research materials, handwritten notes and photocopy of a biography of Dr. Guy William Kennicott by his Daughter-in-law, Florence D. Kennicott.

Handwritten task list for medical society research. Handwritten draft on the role of medical societies in Washington state. Centennial History Organization Sheets listing each Washington state county with associated research tasks and notes. Photocopies of articles and lists of medical societies, in Washington state.

Correspondence and photocopies of materials related to Asotin County history for the WSMA Centennial History Project.

National Register of Historic Places Registration Form for the Smith Hospital and Douglas County Press Building.

Correspondence, photocopy of WSMA Centennial History Timeline, photocopies of various medical histories related to Washington State and King County. WSMA Centennial History Source Material sheets listing publications and book of interest to the centennial history project. Anniversary booklets for UW School of Medicine and King County Medical Society. King County Department of Public Health Newsletter EPI-LOG (June 1988); University of Washington School of Medicine Silver Anniversary Booklet (1970); King County Medical Society Centennial Booklet (1988).

Photocopy of the book 'Beginnings, Progress and Achievement in the Medical Work of King County Washington.

Correspondence, handwritten notes and photocopies of materials related to Lewis County history for the WSMA Centennial History Project.

Correspondence, handwritten notes, physician lists, photocopy of transcribed interview with Vern Bumgarner, photocopies of the Davenport Clinic history, Lincoln Hospital and Lincoln County medical History with handwritten notes, photocopy of biography of Marie Magdalene Einersen Selde.

Copy of 'A History of the Doctor's Hospital of Tacoma' (1988) author unknown.

Photocopy of an excerpt from the History of the Tacoma Orthopedic Association - 1921-1987.

Photocopy of correspondence from Wayne W Zimmerman to Bill Jackson, M.D., President - Pierce County Medical Society, summarizing the history of orthopedic surgery, in Pierce County.

Photocopy of a handwritten history of early physicians practicing in Skagit County and a brief medical history of Skagit and Island Counties with Nancy Rockafellar annotations.

Correspondence between WSMA Centennial Committee and Spokane County physicians, hospitals and medical society. Includes photocopies of county medical histories, physician biographies and recollections, WSMA Centennial History survey sheets, with attachments, submitted by Norm Bolker, M.D. Two original booklets, The Pacific Northwesterner, No. 1, Vol. 32, 1988 and No. 2, Vol. 33, 1988, edited by Norman Bolker, M.D., in original mailer with letter from Norm Bolker.

One page handwritten summary of Stevens County medical history and a photocopy of correspondence with attached WSMA Centennial History survey sheet.

Photocopy of correspondence with Thurston-Mason County Medical Society with attached short history of WSMA and Thurston-Mason County Medical Society history, by Thomas Ingham, M.D.

Photocopies of correspondence between WSMA Centennial Committee and Walla Walla County physicians, hospitals and medical society. Includes photocopies of county medical histories, list of early physicians with some biographical notes, physician biographies and recollections, WSMA Centennial History survey sheets, with attachments.

The 35mm negatives include images of WSMA Centennial Celebration exhibits, original portraits of physicians and unknown persons, images from books and photographs and group photographs. Contact sheets include some larger format images and portraits without corresponding negatives.

Group photograph of 18 Washington state physicians who were honored by the WSMA for having practiced for 50yrs or more. Includes a short news article on the 50 year Club and Park Weed Willis, M.D, and a handwritten paper with names corresponding to some of the members in the group photograph.

Correspondence and recognition from the Washington State Library for the WSMA participation in the state's Centennial Celebration.

Correspondence, handwritten notes, suggestions and comments relating to the purpose, organization and content of the Washington state centennial history book, Saddlebags to Scanners.

Source Material Survey Sheet Templates and completed Source Material Survey Sheets provided by various individuals and organizations supporting the Centennial History Project and the Saddlebags to Scanners book.

Correspondence with potential publishers, book pricing information.

Correspondence related to pricing and permissions to use photographs, illustrations, etc. from various sources for publication in Saddlebags to Scanners.

Correspondence promoting the Washington State Centennial History Project and the publication of the book Saddlebags to Scanners. Correspondence offers membership in 'Friends of the Centennial' and a complimentary copy of Saddlebags to Scanners. A membership form is included. Original membership form and WSMA Reports Newsletter - January 1989.

Correspondence from Helen Jackson regarding a book on one of the first women physicians, in Washington state and a comment on the publication of Saddlebags to Scanners. Correspondence with Walter Gary noting errors in Saddlebags to Scanners with attached supporting information.

Correspondence, Saddlebags to Scanners advertising pamphlets and WSMA newsletter announcement, a list of Members of the WSMA Centennial Task Force, handwritten notes and hospital lists, final permission letters. Internal WSMA administrative correspondence regarding a conflict associated with two complimentary copies of Saddlebags to Scanners. Pamphlets announcing publication of Saddlebags to Scanners and WSMA for the record Newsletter, Issue 1, January 1989.

Photocopies of selected pages from the final publication of Saddlebags to Scanners.

Negative of a man and woman and photographic prints for proposed use in chapters of Saddlebags to Scanners and / or the WSMA Centennial History exhibits. Includes eight original 4x5 photographs of King County Hospital (KCH) dated 1956, two Board of Trustee photographs dated 1956, one Board of Trustees photograph dated 1964. One photograph is labeled as Main Operating Room St. Elizabeth's Hospital Yakima WA dated 1922, one photograph is labeled Staff of Providence Hospital June 4,1925. One photograph of an operating room is stamped on verso 'Courtesy of Lewis County Historical Museum. Some photographs are annotated on verso and / or have post-it notes attached. One negative and photographic print of a patient in an MRI machine with a technician looking on.

Photocopies and line art of unused illustrations and other line art, some annotated. Some pages are residual information from materials that were cut out and used in various chapters.

Captions and associated primary materials, photographs, photocopies of photographs and illustrations for use in Saddlebags to Scanners and / or the WSMA Centennial History exhibits. Much of the material is annotated with specific instructions for sizing, dodge and burn for photographs, etc. Primary materials include original invitation to the new Harborview Hospital, A Personal Message from Firland Sanatorium, technical publications on diseases, pages from a report from the Seattle public health department.

Drafts of Chapter I with annotations, photocopies of images and captions.

Photocopies of pages from books, handwritten notes and notecards, line art related to Chapter II.

Drafts of Chapter II with annotations, photocopies of images and captions.

Photocopies of pages from books and photographs, handwritten notes, line art related to Chapter III. One 4"x5" copy negative of A. B. Kibbe, one 4"x5" group photograph, two 5"x7" photographs four 8"x10" photographs.

Draft of Chapter III with annotations, photocopies of images and captions.

Photocopies of pages from books, handwritten notes, captions related to Chapter IV. Draft of Chapter IV with annotations, photocopies of images and captions.

Photocopies of pages from books, handwritten notes, captions, line art related to Chapter V.

Photocopies of pages from books, handwritten notes, captions, line art and one 4"x5" copy negative of Joel Baker, one 8"x10" photograph of a hospital bed, related to Chapter VI. Draft of Chapter VI with annotations, photocopies of images and captions.

Photocopies of pages from books, handwritten notes, captions, line art related to Chapter VI. Draft of Chapter VII with annotations, photocopies of images and captions.

Photocopies of pages from books, handwritten notes, line art related to Chapter IX.

Photocopies of pages from books, handwritten notes, line art 35mm negatives , one 8"x10" photograph, related to Chapter X.

Photocopies of pages from books, handwritten notes, line art related to Chapter XI.

St Joseph's Hospital Centennial Book Committee meeting agenda, minutes, correspondence, centennial book outlines and schedules, writers' guides, publisher communications, research notes, sample publications.

Congratulatory correspondence following book publication. St Joseph Hospital Archives folder lists for Centennial book research notes. Final line art and negatives for the project.

Book title proposals, timeline, chapter outline with associated planning notes, materials invoices. Hand drawn note by Nancy Rockafellar's daughter, Kimmi.

Promotional materials and photocopies of book reviews. Pamphlet: St Joseph Hospital Centennial 1891-1991; Pamphlet: Celebrating the Past; photocopy of 'A Beacon of Light' review by Murray Morgan with a post-It note from Jo Sleet; 'The Morning News Tribune - Soundlife', Section F, Sunday February 17, 1991, newspaper book review. Four pamphlets - 'Celebration the Past'; three pamphlets - 'St. Joseph Centennial 1891-1991'; One 'The Morning News Tribune - Soundlife' Section F.

Correspondence and lists of potential interviewees for the St Joseph Centennial book project.

Correspondence and biographical notes from interviewees for the St Joseph Centennial book project.

Note cards, typed newspaper excerpts, photocopies from books, photocopies of photographs, booklet 'Neighborhoods: A Glimpse at Tacoma's History'. One booklet 'Neighborhoods: A Glimpse at Tacoma's History'.

Correspondence with WA Secretary of State requesting Articles of Incorporation, handwritten notes and timeline of amendments to Articles, Tacoma booklet.

Photocopies of pages from 1891-1893 St Joseph Hospital Register handwritten notes on lumber company and mining company hospital care contracts and handwritten tables of patient counts from lumber camps.

Photocopied excerpts from various Catholic publications with highlights and annotations, handwritten note cards.

Photocopies of excerpts from The American Journal of Nursing on nursing by religious orders. A copy of The Nurse's Alma Mater Pledge.

A typed copy of the history of 'Tacoma General Hospital School of Nursing', by Cheryl Davis, R.N., December 3, 1985. Notes and photocopies of the pages from the St. Joseph Hospital training school for nurses.

Photocopies of articles on abortion.

A photocopy of a history of 'The Corbett Mansion', by Sister Imelda Aguirre, O. S. F., July 9, 1976. Several pages of handwritten timelines and notes of Our Lady of Angels, 'Sisters Chronicles', Records of St. Joseph's Hospital, Tacoma, WA.

Correspondence between Nancy Rockafellar and the family of Father P. F. Hylebos, a pioneer priest and one of the founders of St. Joseph Hospital, in Tacoma. Photocopies of Father Hylebos' death certificate, obituary.

Annotated photocopy of book Introduction, annotated line art and photocopies of images.

Photocopies of chapter source material, images and line art.

Typed captions for Chapter II and for Chapters II and III with notes.

Photocopies of images and captions, charts, notes.

Typed draft of chapter with notes and photocopies of chapter source material.

Preliminary research including Chief of Staff chronology, GHC membership contact numbers, GHC organizing chronology, photocopies of GHC finance charts and articles, handwritten notes and chapter timeline draft.

Photocopies of selected pages from GHC Annual Reports to members and selected financial statements. Some pages annotated.

Photocopy of GHC of Puget Sound Subsidiary Analysis year-end report, dated February 29, 1948. Photocopies of Accreditation correspondence with Joint Commission on Accreditation of Hospitals.

Annotated and highlighted photocopies of selected internal and external correspondence between senior staff of GHC Puget Sound and various outside agencies.

Photocopies of GHC medical staff committee assignments (1974-1984), table of contents for GHC staff meeting minutes and correspondence, selected copies of correspondence and meeting minutes. Typed author's notes of selected correspondence and minutes, from 1946 to 1948.

Photocopies of selected GHC Newsletters and 'Progress Notes' covering the period from 1949 to 1989. Photocopy of 1989 Medical Staff Goals and Directions Agenda. Photocopies of miscellaneous articles.

Bound, original, GHC of Puget Sound report based on enrollee survey responses.

Annotated and highlighted photocopies of selected meeting minutes covering a variety of operational, legislative, enrollee and industrial contract topics.

Photocopy of GHC of Puget Sound report on consumer relations based on historical GHC records, meeting minutes, correspondence and other sources covering the period from 1949 to 1979.

Annotated and highlighted photocopies of selected 1953 and 1954 audit correspondence. GHC Board decision on termination of Dr. A. H. Seering association with GHC. GHC growth charts.

Annotated photocopy of a report covering the 10 year administration of GHC of Puget Sound, by Executive Director John A. Kahl, M.D., M.P.H..

Photocopy of Washington State Department of Labor and Industries medical aid contract rates order for 1941.

Photocopy of a 1977 University of Washington Study Grant comparing organizing and financing of healthcare delivery between GHC of Puget Sound and King County Medical/Blue Shield and Blue Cross of Washington and Alaska.

Working group health chronology with key names and notes. Potential interviewee name list, some interview notes.

Correspondence and typed transcriptions of oral history interviews with Dr. Bansmer. Marked on original folder cover 'Maintain Discretionary Confidentiality.' Handwritten on Rough Draft of second transcribed interview with Dr. Bansmer, ' extremely confidential.'

Photocopies of archived correspondence and oral history interview with Dr. Jack Brown, between 1987 and 1988, by Nan Fawthrop.

Handwritten notes and typed and annotated transcription of a 1991 oral history interview of Dr. James Haviland, by Nancy Rockafellar.

Photocopies of a transcribed oral history interview with Dr. William A. MacColl, on July 17, 1981, by Alma Howard.

Photocopies of a transcribed oral history interview with Dr. William A. MacColl, on July 07, 1983, by Alma Howard.

Photocopies of a transcribed oral history interview with Dr. Foster Rodda, on April 13, 1984, by Alma Howard.

Typed notes from GHC research with relevant excerpts from oral history interviews.

Call slips and stamped photocopies of research materials from the Kaiser Papers at the UC Berkeley Bancroft Library.

Photocopies of articles and publications related to administration, operations and quality assurance topics, in health cooperatives. Some handwritten notes and highlights.

Pacific Northwest Quarterly and Group Health Cooperative of Puget Sound periodicals of research interest to group health.

Group Health Cooperative of Puget Sound publications celebrating GHC anniversaries, organization and operations, membership. Includes a typed bibliography of materials available in the GHC Archives.

Handwritten notes, photocopies of pages from journals and other publications related to medical licensing laws.

Highlighted and annotated photocopies of articles on early public health and territorial quarantine legislation.

Handwritten notes, photocopies of selected pages from Pierce County Medical Society Bulletin.

Photocopies of two publications by Dr. Shadid: "Co-Op Hospital Catechism" and "A Doctor for the People".

Annotated photocopies of many news and journal articles related to a variety of health cooperative topics. Photocopies of illustrations.

Photocopies of general and legal correspondence, photocopies of publications related to health cooperative organization, labor union health camp, membership attitudes of group health, selected papers from the proceedings of the 1966 Group Health Institute conference.

Typed notes and narrative. Photocopies of various articles on medical cooperatives, socialism and health cooperatives, costs of cooperatives.

Photocopy of early Washington Territorial and State Medical Society history. Photocopy of 'Milestones in the History of Medicine in the Pacific Northwest", photocopies of articles on forming medical service bureaus including Whatcom County- and Pierce County-specific.

Handwritten notes, annotated photocopies of various articles from journals, books and newspapers related to group practice.

Handwritten notes, annotated photocopies of various articles from journals, books and newspapers related to group practice.

Annotated photocopies of group health-related Daily Journal American newspaper articles.

Photocopy of a group health-related Eastsider newspaper article.

Photocopies of a group health-related Daily of UW newspaper articles.

Photocopies of a group health-related Pandora newspaper articles.

Photocopies of a group health-related Seattle PI newspaper articles.

Photocopies of a group health-related Seattle Sun newspaper articles.

Photocopies of a group health-related Seattle Times newspaper articles.

Photocopies of a group health-related Weekly newspaper articles.

Handwritten notes. Photocopies of a group health-related newspaper articles. Photocopies of two UW Masters theses, "An Assessment of the Needs of Pregnant Adolescents at Group Health Cooperative of Puget Sound: Implications for Health Education", " Evaluation of the Biofeedback Clinic at Group Health Cooperative of Puget Sound".