Nursing History Collection

The following websites have information about the history of nursing and nursing theory:

Voices from the past, Visions of the Future: 1886-1996 Centennial exhibit from the American Nurses Association (ANA.)
NurseScribe® Nursing Theory Page See especially the section titled “Early Nurse Theorists”
Themes Continuum – History of Nursing: Modern introduction to the 1907 book A History of Nursing by Mary Adelaide Nutting and Lavinia Dock (1907).
Nursing Postcard Gallery from the book Postcards of Nursing: A Worldwide Tribute
Image Gallery from the Museum of Nursing History located in Springfield, Pennsylvania.

For additional resources visit the Nursing page.

Visit the library and view our Nursing History Special Collection Display Shelf.