Boston College School of Nursing records

Collection

Identifier: BC-1987-052

Scope and Contents

Records of the Boston College School of Nursing, primarily publications and publicity materials. There are also materials relating to events hosted by the School of Nursing, such as conferences, lectures, and social events, as well as first-day issues of the United States Postal Service's stamp commemorating the nursing profession.

Dates

Creation: 1947 - 2017

Creator

Boston College. School of Nursing (Organization)
Boston College. Student Nurses' Association (Organization)

Access Note

Collection is open for research.

Conditions Governing Use

These materials are made available for use in research, teaching and private study, pursuant to U.S. Copyright Law. The user must assume full responsibility for any use of the materials, including but not limited to, infringement of copyright and publication rights of reproduced materials. Any materials used for academic research or otherwise should be fully credited with the source. The original authors may retain copyright to the materials.

Historical note: Boston College School of Nursing

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Boston College School of Nursing was established at the request of Richard Cardinal Cushing, archbishop of Boston, who asked that the University begin a baccalaureate nursing program since no Catholic institution in the Archdiocese of Boston offered such a program.

The School of Nursing opened its doors on January 27, 1947, with 35 registered nurses enrolled for a bachelor of science in nursing or nursing education. The following September, a group of 27 high school graduates enrolled in the baccalaureate program. It was the first full-time undergraduate program at Boston College to accept women. The School was located at 126 Newbury Street, known then as “Boston College Intown” or the "Intown School." Nursing students commuted to Chestnut Hill on Tuesdays and Thursdays for laboratory classes held in Devlin Hall.

In 1958, the master's program was established. Cushing Hall, the School of Nursing's second home, was dedicated on March 25, 1960, and the following week nursing students and faculty officially moved to the Chestnut Hill Campus. The Ph.D. degree program began in 1988; it was the first nursing doctoral program to be offered at a Jesuit university. On September 12, 2003, the School of Nursing was named in honor of the late businessman and philanthropist William F. Connell, a member of the BC Class of 1959. In 2015, after more than five decades in Cushing Hall, the William F. Connell School of Nursing moved to Maloney Hall.

Full Extent

5 Linear Feet (10 containers)

Language of Materials

English

Additional Description

Abstract

Records of the Boston College School of Nursing, primarily publications, as well as some event materials.

Arrangement

Arranged in three series: I. Collected materials; II. Event programs and ephemera; and III. Publications and publicity.

Immediate Source of Acquisition

Because the current accessioning system was not used until January 1986, it is not possible to know exactly the dates of acquisition of materials received before that time.

Transferred by the Office of the Dean, School of Nursing, 1988, 1993.

Transferred by Anne Lippman, Nursing Librarian, 1989.

Gift of Mary Ellen Doona, 1999.

Received in campus mail, 2025.

Related Materials

Boston College alumni papers, BC.1988.060, John J. Burns Library, Boston College.

Callista Roy, CSJ papers, BC.2011.009, John J. Burns Library, Boston College.

Cynthia E. Northrop papers, MS.1998.002, John J. Burns Library, Boston College.

James F. Geary, SJ papers, BC.2000.120, John J. Burns Library, Boston College.

Josephine A. Dolan Collection of Nursing History, MS.1988.004, John J. Burns Library, Boston College.

Marjory Gordon papers, MS.2004.066, John J. Burns Library, Boston College.

Mary E. MacDonald papers, MS.1988.010, John J. Burns Library, Boston College.

Mary Rita Petkauskas papers, BC.2001.112, John J. Burns Library, Boston College.

Massachusetts Association of Colleges of Nursing records, MS.2001.048, John J. Burns Library, Boston College.

Massachusetts Conference Group for the Classification of Nursing Diagnosis records, MS.2004.021, John J. Burns Library, Boston College.

NANDA International records, MS.1998.006, John J. Burns Library, Boston College.

New England Deaconess Hospital School of Nursing Records, MS.1989.008, John J. Burns Library, Boston College.

New England Hospital for Women and Children records, BC.2024.099, John J. Burns Library, Boston College.

Sigma Theta Tau, Alpha Chi Chapter (Boston College) records, BC.1990.029, John J. Burns Library, Boston College.

St. Elizabeth's Hospital School of Nursing collection, MS.2000.018B, John J. Burns Library, Boston College.

Walter J. Meagher, SJ papers, BC.1999.129, John J. Burns Library, Boston College.

William L. Keleher, SJ, President's Office Records, BC.2002.016, John J. Burns Library, Boston College.

Processing Information

This finding aid currently contains published and otherwise publicly available materials from the School of Nursing. Administrative records are closed until they are processed.