COLLECTION DESCRIPTION
Correspondence; diary, 1926-1940; clippings; addresses; speeches; journals; pamphlets; and notes of Mary Beard. Collection consists primarily of diary entries recording job related activities; speeches concern public health and nursing issues.
Dates
- 1926-1948.
Creator
- Beard, Mary, 1876-1946. (Person)
Language of Materials
Collection material in English
BIOGRAPHICAL NOTE
Mary Beard was a nurse and author. She served as Associate Director of the International Health Division of the Rockefeller Foundation, 1924-1938, and was Director of Nursing Services of the American National Red Cross. She also served on the Advisory Committee on Nursing of the New York City Department of Health, 1936-1937.
She graduated from the Cornell University School of Nursing in 1903.
- 1876 November 14, born in Dover, New Hampshire to Ithamar Warren and Mary Foster Beard.
- 1903 Graduated from New York Hospital School of Nursing (later became Cornell University New York Hospital School of Nursing in 1942).
- 1904 Visiting nurse in Waterbury, Connecticut.
- 1912-1922 Director of Instructive District Nursing Association in Boston.
- 1922-1924 Director of the Community Health Association in Boston.
- 1924-1938 Associate Director of the International Health Division of the Rockefeller Foundation of New York City.
- 1929 Author of The Nurse in Public Health.
- 1934 Conferred with honorary degree of Doctor of Humanities.
- 1938-1944 Director of Nursing Services for the American National Red Cross.
- 1944 Retired.
- 1946 Died December 4.
- Member of:
- National Organization for Public Health Nursing
- National League of Nursing Education
- American Nurses Association
- Episcopalian Club
- Honorary member of:
- Florence Nightingale International Foundation
- Association of Collegiate Schools of Nursing
- Honorary degree of Doctorate of Laws, Smith College
CHRONOLOGY
- 1876
- November 14, born in Dover, New Hampshire to Ithamar Warren and Mary Foster Beard.
- 1903
- Graduated from New York Hospital School of Nursing (later became Cornell University New York Hospital School of Nursing in 1942).
- 1904
- Visiting nurse in Waterbury, Connecticut.
- 1912-1922
- Director of Instructive District Nursing Association in Boston.
- 1922-1924
- Director of the Community Health Association in Boston.
- 1924-1938
- Associate Director of the International Health Division of the Rockefeller Foundation of New York City.
- 1929
- Author of The Nurse in Public Health.
- 1934
- Conferred with honorary degree of Doctor of Humanities.
- 1938-1944
- Director of Nursing Services for the American National Red Cross.
- 1944
- Retired.
- 1946
- Died December 4.
- Member of:
- National Organization for Public Health Nursing
- National League of Nursing Education
- American Nurses Association
- Episcopalian Club
- Honorary member of:
- Florence Nightingale International Foundation
- Association of Collegiate Schools of Nursing
- Honorary degree of Doctorate of Laws, Smith College
Extent
1 cubic feet. (1 cubic feet.)
Abstract
Papers of Mary Beard, a nurse and writer. Collection consists primarily of diary entries recording job related activities; speeches concern public health and nursing issues.
COLLECTION ARRANGEMENT
Arranged chronologically by record type.
Physical Description
Correspondence, diary, clippings, addresses, speeches, journals, pamphlets, and notes.
General
- Contact Information:
- Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections 2B Carl A. Kroch Library Cornell University Ithaca, NY 14853 (607) 255-3530 Fax: (607) 255-9524 rareref@cornell.edu http://rmc.library.cornell.edu
- Compiled by:
- C. Hasto
- Date completed:
- 1983
- EAD encoding:
- Martin Heggestad, July 2003
- Status
- Completed
- Author
- Compiled by C. Hasto
- Date
- July 2003
- Language of description
- Undetermined
- Script of description
- Code for undetermined script
Repository Details
Part of the Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections Repository
2B Carl A. Kroch Library
Cornell University
Ithaca NY 14853
607-255-3530
607-255-9524 (Fax)
rareref@cornell.edu