Collection context
Summary
- Creator:
- Vacchiano, Antoinette
- Abstract:
- This collection contains items formerly belonging to Antoinette Vacchiano, who was a nurse at Community General Hospital in Syracuse, NY. The collection has three series: Printed Materials, Textiles, and Photographs.
- Extent:
- 1.72 linear feet
- Language:
- Collection materials are in English .
- Preferred citation:
Preferred citation for this material is as follows:
Antoinette Vacchiano Collection, Archives and Special Collections in the Health Sciences Library, SUNY Upstate Medical University
Background
- Scope and Content:
This collection contains items formerly belonging to Antoinette Vacchiano, who was a nurse at Community General Hospital in Syracuse. The collection has three series.
Printed Materials: this series contains diplomas, nursing licenses, and newspaper articles about Antoinette.
Textiles: this series includes the nursing cape and cap that Antoinette wore.
Photographs: this series includes one portrait of Antoinette in her nursing uniform when she graduated.
- Biographical / Historical:
Antoinette “Toni” (Martino) Vacchiano was born in Auburn, NY in 1924. She lived in Syracuse for most of her life and graduated from the school of nursing at Community General Hospital in 1946. She also worked at Community General and later married Dominick Vacchiano. Antoinette later worked at St. Mary’s Hospital in Syracuse where she eventually retired. She passed away in September of 2011 at the age of 87.
- Acquisition information:
- Gift of Mathew Vacchiano, 2019.
- Arrangement:
The Antoinette Vacchiano Collection has been arranged into three series.
Indexed Terms
Online content
Access
- RESTRICTIONS:
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There are no access restrictions on this material.
- TERMS OF ACCESS:
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Written permission must be obtained from SUNY Upstate Medical University Health Sciences Library and all relevant rights holders before publishing quotations, excerpts or images from any materials in this collection.
- PREFERRED CITATION:
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Preferred citation for this material is as follows:
Antoinette Vacchiano Collection, Archives and Special Collections in the Health Sciences Library, SUNY Upstate Medical University
- LOCATION OF THIS COLLECTION:
- CONTACT:
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history@upstate.edu