Mapping Care Project: The History of Black Nurses in Chicago

Chicago History Museum

Michael Reese Nurses Alumnae Association collection of visual materials, [graphic], (Selected items)

1601 N. Clark Street,
Chicago, Illinois, 60614
https://www.chicagohistory.org/visit/research-center/
Image: A group of capped students, including black nurses, possibly from the Michael Reese Hospital School of Nursing class of 1959, Chicago History Museum, ICHi-182762

Title:              
Michael Reese Nurses Alumnae Association collection of visual materials, [graphic]
Content:        
The collection consists primarily of photographs relating to nursing and nurses training at Michael Reese Hospital. Founded in 1881 by the United Hebrew Relief Association (UHRA), Michael Reese Hospital’s first mission was to provide healthcare to immigrants. A bequest by Michael Reese (1817-1878), a German Jewish immigrant, gave the UHRA the funding needed to establish the hospital. The cornerstone was laid on November 4, 1880, and the hospital opened on Oct. 23, 1881. A nurse training school was established in 1890.
Dates:             
1890-1959
Size:               
3 boxes of photographic prints : b&w.
Access:           
Photograph collection unrestricted
Language:     
English
Selected inventory:
Box #Title IdentifierItem Description
Box 2Photo #2; Box 2, call number: 1981.0062 PPLPhoto #2: Four student nurses in caps and gowns, all holding candles, second from the left is a Black student, from the class of 1951
Box 2Photo #4; Box 2, call number: 1981.0062 PPLPhoto #4: Karen Williams and Arline Glowacki, both MRHSoN class of 1972
Box 2Photo #21; Box 2, call number: 1981.0062 PPLPhoto #21: A group of just-capped students, possibly the class of 1959. Includes Black student nurses in the front row