Collection ID: MS 155
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Collection context

Summary

Creator:
Edward J. Meyer Memorial Hospital (Buffalo, N.Y.). School of Nursing. Alumni Association and University Archives
Abstract:
The records and personal materials of the Edward J. Meyer School of Nursing Alumni Association.
Extent:
11 Linear Feet and 2 record cartons, 1 manuscript box, 1 flat box, 6 oversize boxes, 1 CD box
Language:
Collection material in English.
Preferred citation:

[Description and dates], Box/folder number, MS 155, E. J. Meyer School of Nursing Alumni Association Records, 1912-2007, University Archives, State University of New York at Buffalo.

See the Special Collections' preferred citations instructions for additional information.

Background

Scope and Content:

The records of the E. J. Meyer School of Nursing Alumni Association Records contains items about the nursing school that were collected by the Alumni Association.

Biographical / Historical:
Date Event
1918
Buffalo City Hospital Training School for Nurses organized
1919
The Board of Education approves the Buffalo City Hospital Training School for Nurses
Erie County Hospital destroyed by fire (present site of The University of Buffalo)
Nursing School registered by University of the State of New York
April 11, 1923
First meeting of the Alumni Association, April 11, 1923
September 30, 1930
Affiliation with the University of Buffalo, September 30, 1930
1939
Name change from Buffalo City Hospital to the Edward J. Meyer Memorial Hospital
1970s
Hospital name change from the Edward J. Meyer Memorial Hospital to the Erie County Medical Center, but the school's name stayed the same
1980
Final graduating class, school closes
June 30, 2007
Alumni Association no longer exists as of June 30, 2007
Acquisition information:
The University Archives received the materials that form this collection in 2009. Please see archivist for more information.
Processing information:

Processed by Jillian Suarez, March 2011.

Arrangement:

This collection is arranged in five series:

  1. School
  2. Alumni Association
  3. Personal
  4. Cadet Nurses
  5. Artifacts
Accruals:

No further accruals are expected to this collection.

Rules or conventions:
Describing Archives: A Content Standard

Access

RESTRICTIONS:

E. J. Meyer School of Nursing Alumni Association Records, 1912-2007 are open for research.

TERMS OF ACCESS:

Copyright of papers in the collection may be held by their authors, or the authors' heirs or assigns. Researchers must obtain the written permission of the holder(s) of copyright and the University Archives before publishing quotations from materials in the collection. Most papers may be copied in accordance with the library's usual procedures unless otherwise specified.

PREFERRED CITATION:

[Description and dates], Box/folder number, MS 155, E. J. Meyer School of Nursing Alumni Association Records, 1912-2007, University Archives, State University of New York at Buffalo.

See the Special Collections' preferred citations instructions for additional information.

LOCATION OF THIS COLLECTION:
420 Capen Hall
Buffalo, NY 14260, United States
CONTACT:
716-645-2916
lib-archives@buffalo.edu