Frontier Nursing Service records, 1789-1985
Abstract
Descriptive Summary
- Title
- Frontier Nursing Service records, 1789-1985
- Creator
- Frontier Nursing Service
- Extent
- 157 cubic ft.
- Subjects
- Breckinridge, Mary, 1881-1965.
- Breckinridge family.
- Belknap, Marion.
- Bolton, Frances Payne Bingham, 1885-1977.
- Browne, Helen E.
- Buck, Dorothy Farrar.
- Caffin, Freda.
- Caldwell, John, Dr.
- Cashmore, Maude M.
- Dabney, Edward S., d. 1983.
- Dammann, Nancy.
- Ford, Henry, 1917-1987.
- Gage, Margaret, d. ca. 1983.
- Harris, Zaydee Dejonge.
- Hodge, Lucille.
- Ireland, Kate.
- Lewis, Agnes.
- Massie, Francis M., d. 1985.
- Morgan, Anne, 1873-1952.
- O'Rear, Edward Clay, 1863-1961.
- Roosevelt, Eleanor, 1884-1962.
- Rogers, Will, 1879-1935.
- Codman, E. A., Mrs.
- Coffman, William H., Mrs.
- Wright, Floyd, Mrs.
- American Association of Nurse-Midwives.
- Frontier Graduate School of Midwifery.
- Frontier Nursing Service, inc.
- Kentucky State Association of Midwives.
- Health services administration -- Kentucky.
- Nursing -- Kentucky
- Women in medicine.
- Midwives -- Correspondence.
- Nurses -- Correspondence.
- Nursing schools -- Kentucky.
- Appalachian Region -- History.
- Oral histories.
- Photoprints.
- Repository
- University of Kentucky
Collection Overview
- Biography / History
- Mary Breckinridge founded the Frontier Nursing Service, originally known as the Kentucky Committee for Mothers and Babies, in rural Leslie County, Kentucky, in 1925. To that mountain area, Breckinridge brought a background and professional training that enabled her to establish and maintain a unique health care organization.
- A member of a distinguished Kentucky family, Breckinridge began her nursing career in 1907, following the loss of her first husband. The death of her two small children, Polly and Breckie, during a second marriage had a profound and lasting influence. Breckie's death in 1918, particularly, motivated her toward the care of young children. As a spokeswoman for the Children's Bureau in 1918, Breckinridge traveled throughout the United States gathering information and speaking on the welfare of children. Following the First World War she affiliated with the American Committee for Devastated France, whose mission was to aid the French people in recovering from the horrors of war. Working alongside British nurse-midwives and French midwives, Breckinridge realized the worth of combining the two professions -- nursing and midwifery.
- After her return to the United States, Breckinridge spent the next years formulating a plan for her life's work. She continued her education at Teacher's College, Columbia University, taking courses in public health nursing. Breckinridge then spent the summer of 1923 investigating the conditions of midwifery in three Kentucky counties: Leslie, Knott, and Owsley. Returning to Europe, she studied midwifery at the British Hospital for Mothers and Babies and then traveled to the Scottish Highlands to observe the operation of the Highlands and Islands Medical Service.
- Having observed the success of nurse-midwives in France, England and Scotland, Breckinridge pioneered the concept in the United States. The Frontier Nursing Service held its initial meeting on May 28, 1925, at the Capitol Hotel in Frankfort, Kentucky. Executive officers, articles of incorporation, by-laws, and a quarterly publication provided the group with the standard trappings of a viable organization. Breckinridge dedicated her time and efforts to establishing her organization with the local residents as well as developing a national network of loyal friends -- members of the city committees -- who remained supporters through the years.
- Scope and Content
- This collection relates to the Frontier Nursing Service and its associated organizations, such as the Kentucky State Association of Midwifery, the American Association of Nurse-midwives, and the Frontier Graduate School of Midwifery. Most of the early records included in the collection detail the activities of Mary Breckinridge before the establishment of the FNS. The Mary Breckinridge Series includes copies of her autobiography Wide Neighborhoods, as well as materials relating to her spiritual advisor Adeline Cashmore. The records of the organization itself include office files for the Wendover, Kentucky headquarters and Beech Fork District Office, as well as financial records for other district offices. In addition to Breckinridge, the collection also contains the files of the following staff members: Helen E. Browne, Dorothy Buck, Freda Caffin, Nancy Dammann, Kate Ireland, Agnes Lewis, Lucille Hodge, and Ed Dabney.
- Materials include correspondence, minutes, reports, promotional materials, guestbooks, financial files, architectural plans, and memorabilia. There is also an accompanying collection of photographs and other audio-visual materials located in Audio-Visual Archives, as well as a collection of oral histories located in the Oral History Center.
Contents of the Collection
ORGANIZATIONAL SERIES
The Organizational Series includes documents relating to the administration of the Frontier Nursing Service. The articles of incorporation and the original and amended by-laws provide information on the purpose and goals of the organization from its founding in 1925. Minutes and reports from meetings highlight the concerns and issues which confronted the Frontier Nursing Service. Detailed statistical reports and the Metropolitan Life Insurance Company's Tabulations of Frontier Nursing Service Midwifery Records are evidence of the organization's early success in carrying out its mission.
Complete files of the Quarterly Bulletin, as well as numerous examples of promotional materials, illustrate Mary Breckinridge's continuous efforts to publicize the work of the Frontier Nursing Service. Through the years, journals and newspapers featured the Frontier Nursing Service, and many of these articles are included in this series. The memorabilia section contains various items relating to events and people associated with the Frontier Nursing Service, including guest books, which recorded the visits and comments of friends and supporters.
ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION AND BY-LAWS
Articles of Incorporation
Original set, Kentucky Committee for Mothers and Babies, October 1925
Certificate of Corporation and official documents, September 6, 1928
First proposed amendment, First draft, 1928
First amendment, 1928
Second amendment, 1928
Correspondence, 1930-1931
Amended set, 1932
Kentucky Secretary of State, Certificate with amendments, 1932
Memo and notes concerning copies of By-laws and Articles of Incorporation, 1950
By-Laws
Original set, Kentucky Committee for Mothers and Babies, n.d.
Second set, 1932
Third set, n.d.
Amended set, 1936
Second amended set, n.d.
Amended set, 1949
Amended, 1950
RECORDS OF MEETINGS
1925 - 1930
Kentucky Committee for Mothers and Babies, Frontier Nursing Service, Board of Governors' Meetings, Minutes, Summary, 1925-1935
Kentucky Committee for Mothers and Babies, Organizational Meeting, Minutes, May 28, 1925
Kentucky Committee for Mothers and Babies, List of Personnel (Executive Group), c.1925
Kentucky Committee for Mothers and Babies, Leslie County Branch Members, c.1925
Kentucky Committee for Mothers and Babies, Executive Group (hereafter cited as EG), Minutes, June 9, 1925
EG Minutes, October 5, 1925
EG Minutes, October 9, 1925
Kentucky Committee for Mothers and Babies, Semi-annual Meeting, Minutes, October 9, 1925
EG Minutes, October 14, 1925
EG Minutes, December 30, 1925
EG Minutes, February 9, 1926
EG Minutes, April 29, 1926
Kentucky Committee for Mothers and Babies, Semi-annual Meeting, Minutes, May 12, 1926
EG Minutes, June 29, 1926
EG Minutes, August 7, 1926
EG Minutes, September 14, 1926
Treasurer's Report, May 1 - October 1, 1926
Director's Report, November 29, 1926
EG Minutes, December 31, 1926
EG Minutes, April 24, 1926
Kentucky Committee for Mothers and Babies, Semi-annual Meeting, Minutes, May 18, 1927
Director's Report, May 18, 1927
EG Minutes, October 10, 1927
Kentucky Committee for Mothers and Babies, Semi-annual Meeting, Minutes, October 20, 1927
EG Minutes, March 10, 1928
Frontier Nursing Service, Semi-annual Meeting, Minutes, May 11, 1928
EG Minutes, August 25, 1928
Frontier Nursing Service, Semi-annual Meeting, Minutes and Director's Report, November 8, 1928
EG Minutes, January 11, 1929
Frontier Nursing Service Semi-annual Meeting, Minutes and Director's Report, May 21, 1929
EG Minutes, July 3, 1929
Frontier Nursing Service, Semi-annual Meeting, Minutes and Director's Report, October 31, 1929
EG Minutes, May 12, 1930
Frontier Nursing Service, Semi-annual Meeting Minutes and Director's Report, May 31, 1930
EG Minutes and Director's Report, July 21, 1930
EG Minutes, November 14, 1930
Frontier Nursing Service, Semi-annual Meeting, Minutes, November 18, 1930
Kentucky Committee for Mothers and Babies, Membership Attendance Record, May 28, 1925-October 2U, 1927
Frontier Nursing Service, Membership Attendance Record, May 11, 1928-November 16, 1930
EG Attendance Record, June 9, 1925-July 3, 1929
EG Attendance Record, May 11, 1928-November 16, 1931
Frontier Nursing Service Trustees in Kentucky, Attendance Record, May 11, 1928 - November 16, 1930
1931 - 1935
Frontier Nursing Service Executive Board in Kentucky (hereafter cited as EB), Minutes, April 2, 1931
Frontier Nursing Service, Amended Articles of Incorporation and By-laws
Frontier Nursing Service, Semi-annual Meeting, Minutes, June 30, 1931
EB Minutes, November 14, 1931
Supplemental Material, 1931
EB Minutes, March 28, 1932
Frontier Nursing Service, Annual Meeting, Minutes, May 26, 1932
Frontier Nursing Service, Board of Trustees, Minutes, May 26, 1932
EB Minutes, June 12, 1932
EB Minutes, October 12, 1932
EB Minutes, November 19, 1932
Frontier Nursing Service, Semi-annual Meeting, Minutes, November 19, 1932
Supplemental Material, 1932
EB Minutes, May 11, 1933
EB Director's Report, May 11, 1933
Frontier Nursing Service, Annual Meeting Minutes, June 1, 1933
EB Minutes, October 10, 1933
Frontier Nursing Service, Semi-annual Meeting, Minutes, November 17, 1933
EB Minutes, January 31, 1934
EB Minutes, May 7, 1934
Frontier Nursing Service, Annual Meeting, Minutes, May 29, 1934
Frontier Nursing Service, National Board of Trustees, Annual Meeting, Minutes, May 29, 1934
EB Minutes, October 16, 1934
EB Minutes, May 7, 1935
EB Minutes, May 25, 1935
Frontier Nursing Service, Annual Meeting Minutes, May 25, 1935
EB Minutes, October 2, 1935
1936 - 1940
Frontier Nursing Service, Board of Governors' Meeting, Minutes, Summary, 1936-1945
Frontier Nursing Service, Executive Committee (hereafter cited as EC), Minutes, April 25, 1936
EC Director's Report, April 25, 1936
Frontier Nursing Service, Annual Meeting, Minutes, May 23, 1936
Frontier Nursing Service, Annual Meeting, Director's Report, May 23, 1936
Frontier Nursing Service, Annual Meeting, Resolution, May 23, 1936
EC Director's Report, August 8, 1936
EC Minutes, November 6, 1936
EC Director's Report, November 6, 1936
EC Director's Supplemental Report, November 6, 1936
Supplemental Material, 1936
EC Minutes, April 8, 1937
EC Director's Report, April 8, 1937
Frontier Nursing Service, Annual Meeting, Director's Report, May 28, 1937
EC Minutes, October 11, 1937
EC Director's Report, October 18, 1937
Supplemental Material, 1937
EC Minutes, March 4, 1938
EC Director's Report, March 4, 1938
EC Minutes, May 28, 1938
Frontier Nursing Service, Annual Meeting, Minutes, May 28, 1938
Frontier Nursing Service, Annual Meeting, Resolution, May 28, 1938
Supplemental Material, 1938
EC Minutes, January 12, 1939
EC Director's Report, January 12, 1939
EC Minutes, May 24, 1939
Frontier Nursing Service, Annual Meeting, Minutes, May 24, 1939
EC Minutes, October 31, 1939
EC Director's Report, October 31, 1939
Supplemental Material, 1939
Director's Report, c.1940
EC Minutes, February 16, 1940
EC Director's Report, February 16, 1940
EC Minutes, May 28, 1940
Frontier Nursing Service, Annual Meeting, Minutes, May 28, 1940
EC Minutes, November 26, 1940
EC Director's Report, November 26, 1940
Supplemental Material, 1940
1941 - 1945
EC Minutes, April 4, 1941
EC Director's Report, April 4, 1941
EC Minutes, May 28, 1941
Frontier Nursing Service, Annual Meeting, Minutes, May 28, 1941
Frontier Nursing Service, Annual Meeting, Director's Report, May 28, 1941
EC Minutes, November 7, 1941
EC Director's Report, November 7, 1941
Supplemental Material, 1941
EC Minutes, February 5, 1942
EC Director's Report, February 5, 1942
EC Minutes, May 27, 1942
Frontier Nursing Service, Annual Meeting, Minutes, May 27, 1942
EC Minutes, October 26, 1942
Supplemental Material, 1942
EC Minutes, May 29, 1943
Frontier Nursing Service, Annual Meeting Minutes, May 29, 1943
EC Minutes, November 1, 1943
EC Director's Report, November 1, 1943
Supplemental Material, 1943
EC Minutes, May 25, 1944
Frontier Nursing Service, Annual Meeting, Minutes, May 25, 1944
EC Minutes, November 28, 1944
EC Director's Report, November 28, 1944
EC Minutes, May 30, 1945
Frontier Nursing Service, Annual Meeting, Minutes, May 30, 1945
EC Minutes, December 1, 1945
EC Director's Report, December 2, 1945
Supplemental Material, 1945
1946 - 1950
Frontier Nursing Service, Board of Governors' Meetings, Minutes, Summary, 1946-1955
EC Minutes, May 31, 1946
Frontier Nursing Service, Annual Meeting, Minutes, May 31, 1946
EC Minutes, December 6, 1946
EC Director's Report, December 6, 1946
Supplemental Material, 1946
EC Minutes, February 28, 1947
SC Director's Report, February 28, 1947
Frontier Nursing Service, Annual Meeting of the Board of Trustees, Extract from minutes, February 28, 1947
Frontier Nursing Service, Annual Meeting, Minutes, May 28, 1947
EC Minutes, October 25, 1947
EC Director's Report, October 25, 1947
Supplemental Material, 1947
EC Minutes, March 16, 1948
EC Director's Report, March 16, 1948
14 Frontier Nursing Service, Annual Meeting, Minutes, May 28, 1948
EC Minutes, December 6, 1948
EC Director's Report, December 6, 1948
Supplemental Material, 1948
Conference at Hyden Hospital between Mary Breckinridge and J.E. Johnston, W. A. Heck and Gallous Morgan, May 26, 1949
EC Minutes, June 1, 1949
Frontier Nursing Service, Annual Meeting, Minutes, June 1, 1949
EC Minutes, October 25, 1949
Supplemental Material, 1949
EC Minutes, March 31, 1950
Frontier Nursing Service, Annual Meeting, Minutes, May 31, 1950
EC Minutes, December 5, 1950
EC Director's Report, December 5, 1950
Supplemental Material, 1950
1951 - 1960
Director's Letter to EC, March 12, 1951
Frontier Nursing Service, Annual Meeting, Minutes, May 31, 1951
EC Minutes, December 4, 1951
Supplemental Material, 1951
Frontier Nursing Service, Annual Meeting Minutes, June 4, 1952
EC Minutes, September 24, 1952
Supplemental Material, 1952
EC Minutes, March 27, 1953
Frontier Nursing Service, Annual Meeting, Minutes, May 28, 1953
EC Minutes, November 18, 1953
EC Minutes, April 9, 1954
Frontier Nursing Service, Annual Meeting, Minutes, May 26, 1954
New York Department of Social Welfare, Form of Consent to Use Names, August 23, 1954
EC Minutes, December 14, 1954
Frontier Nursing Service, Annual Meeting Minutes, May 23, 1955
EC Minutes, May 27, 1955
EC Minutes, November 30, 1955
Frontier Nursing Service, Board of Governors' Meeting, Minutes, Summary, 1956-1965
EC Minutes, March 23, 1956
Frontier Nursing Service, Annual Meeting, Minutes, May 31, 1956
EC Minutes, October 29, 1956
EC Minutes, March 29, 1957
Frontier Nursing Service, Annual Meeting, Minutes, May 27, 1957
EC Minutes, November 4, 1957
EC Minutes, March 17, 1958
Frontier Nursing Service, Annual Meeting Minutes, June 4, 1958
EC Minutes, November 11, 1958
Supplemental Material, 1958
EC Minutes, April 15, 1959
Frontier Nursing Service, Annual Meeting, Minutes, June 8, 1959
EC Minutes, December 4, 1959
EC Minutes, April 12, 1960
Frontier Nursing Service, Annual Meeting, Minutes, June 3, 1960
EC Minutes, December 6, 1960
1961 - 1971
EC Minutes, April 22, 1961
Frontier Nursing Service, Annual Meeting, Minutes, June 12, 1961
EC Minutes, November 11, 1961
EC Minutes, April 28, 1962
Frontier Nursing Service, Annual Meeting, Minutes, June 12, 1960
EC Minutes, November 10, 1962
EC Minutes, April 20, 1963
EC Minutes, October 10, 1963
Supplemental Material, 1963
EC Minutes, April 18, 1964
EC Minutes, December 1, 1964
Supplemental Material, 1964
EC Minutes, April 10, 1965
EC Minutes, May 18, 1965
EC Minutes, June 8, 1965
EC Minutes, October 8, 1965
Supplemental Material, 1965
Frontier Nursing Service Board of Governors' Meetings (hereafter cited as BG), Minutes, Summary 1966 - 1974
Board Meeting, Notes and Supplemental Material, 1966
Subcommittee Meeting, Supplemental Material, 1966
BG Field Report, April 4, 1967
BG Minutes, April 15, 1967
Frontier Nursing Service, Annual Meeting, Minutes, May 31, 1967
BG Minutes, May 31, 1967
BG Field Report, October 10, 1967
BG Minutes, October 10, 1967
Supplemental Material, 1967
Subcommittee Meeting, Supplemental Material, 1967
BG Field Report, March 2, 1968
BG Minutes, April 6, 1968
BG Minutes, May 22, 1968
Frontier Nursing Service, Annual Meeting, Minutes, May 22, 1968
BG Field Report, September 4, 1968
BG Minutes, September 28, 1968
Subcommittee Meeting, Supplemental Material, 1968
BG Interim Report, January 9, 1969
BG Field Report, March 10, 1969
BG Minutes, March 29, 1969
BG Minutes, May 21, 1969
Frontier Nursing Service, Annual Meeting, Minutes, May 21, 1969
BG Field Report, October 15, 1969
BG Minutes, November 6, 1969
Subcommittee Meeting, Supplemental Material, 1969
BG Field Report, March 19, 1970
BG Minutes, April 4, 1970
BG Minutes, May 27, 1970
Frontier Nursing Service, Annual Meeting, Minutes, May 27, 1970
BG Field Report, September 5, 1970
BG Minutes, October 21, 1970
Supplemental Material, 1970
Subcommittee Meeting, Supplemental Material, 1970
District Staff Meetings, 1971
Medical Staff Meetings, 1971
1971 - 1976
BG Field Report, February 1971
BG Minutes, March 27, 1971
BG Minutes, May 25, 1971
BG Minutes May 26, 1971
BG Field Report, September 21, 1971
Frontier Nursing Service, Annual Meeting, Minutes, May 26, 1971
BG Minutes, October 13, 1971
Long Range Planning Committee, Minutes, June 30, 1971
Education Committee, Minutes, September 29, 1971
Supplemental Material, 1971
BG Field Report, February 24, 1972
BG Minutes April 16, 1972
Frontier Nursing Service, Annual Meeting, Minutes, May 24, 1972
BG Minutes, May 24, 1972
BG Field Report, September 1972
BG Minutes October 14, 1972
Subcommittee Supplemental Material (1 of 2), 1972
Subcommittee Supplemental Material (2 of 2), 1972
BG Field Report Winter 1973
BG Minutes April 8, 1973
Frontier Nursing Service, Annual Meeting, Minutes, May 23, 1973
BG Minutes May 23, 1973
BG Field Report September 21, 1973
BG Minutes October 13, 1973
Buildings and Grounds Committee, Minutes, October 12, 1973
Development Committee, Minutes, October 12, 1973
Personnel Committee, Minutes October 12, 1973
BG Memo, November 1, 1973
Supplemental Material, 1973
Subcommittee, Supplemental Material, 1973
BG Field Report, February 1974
BG Minutes, March 24, 1974
BG Minutes, May 29, 1974
Frontier Nursing Service Annual Meeting, Minutes, May 29, 1974
BG Field Report, October 1974
Supplemental Material, 1974
Subcommittee Supplemental Material, 1974
BG Field Report, March 1975
BG Minutes, April 6, 1975
BG Minutes, May 28, 1975
BG Field Report, October 1975
BG Minutes, October 18, 1975
Program Planning Committee, Minutes, October 17, 1975
Development Committee, Minutes, October 17, 1975
Personnel Committee, Minutes, October 17, 1975
Supplemental Material, 1975
Subcommittee Supplemental Material, 1975
BG Minutes, April 10-11, 1976
Education Subcommittee, Minutes, April 10, 1976
Professional Standards Committee, Minutes, April 10, 1976
Personnel Committee, Minutes, April 10, 1976
Development Committee, Minutes, April 10, 1976
Nominating Committee, Minutes, April 10, 1976
BG Minutes, May 25-26, 1976
BG Minutes June 21, 1976
Supplemental Material, 1976
Subcommittee Supplemental Material, 1976
STATISTICAL REPORTS
1925 - 1935
1925
1926
1927
Hyden, January, March, May - July
Hyden, Annual Report, May 1926 - April 1927
Hyden, Wendover, Jessie Preston Draper Centers, January - April, June, December
Hyden, Wendover, Up River Centers, May
Hyden, Wendover, Up River, Confluence Centers, July
Hyden, Wendover, Up River, Possum Bend Centers, August - December
Wendover Center, January - December
Wendover Center, Annual Report, May 1926 - April 1927
1928
1929
1930
Clay County Centers (Red Bird and Atwood), January - March
Leslie County Centers, January, February
Hyden, Wendover, Beech Fork, Possum Bend, Atwood, Red Bird Centers, January, November, December
Grand Total - All Centers, May, August - December
Grand Total - All Centers, May 1929 - April 1930
Leslie and Clay County Centers, May 1, 1929 - April 1, 1930
1931
1932
1933
1934-1935
1940-1941
1942-1943
1943-1944
1944-1945
Comparative Report by Double Centers and Single Centers, Hyden Clinic and Hyden Hospital
1946-1947
Comparative Report by Double Centers and Single Centers, Hyden Clinic and Hyden Hospital
1947-1948
Comparative Report by Double Centers and Single Centers, Hyden Clinic and Hyden Hospital
1948-1949
1949-1950
Comparative Report by Double and Single Centers - Hyden Clinic and Hyden Hospital
1952-1953
Comparative Report by Double and Single Centers - Hyden Clinic and Hyden Hospital
1953-1954
Comparative Report by Double and Single Centers - Hyden Clinic and Hyden Hospital
1954-1955
1955-1956
1956-1957
1958-1959
1959-1960
1960-1961
1961-1962
1962-1963
1963-1964
1964-1965
1965-1966
1966-1967
METROPOLITAN LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY TABULATIONS OF FRONTIER NURSING SERVICE MIDWIFERY RECORDS
Series I, First 1000 Deliveries
Series II, Second 1000 Deliveries
Series III, Third 1000 Deliveries
Series IV, Fourth 1000 Deliveries
Series VI, Sixth 1000 Deliveries
Series X, Tenth 1000 Deliveries
Comparative Tables of 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 6th and 10th Series
Summary of the Tenth Thousand Confinement Records
Correspondence
OFFICIAL PUBLICATIONS
Quarterly Bulletin
Vol. I, 1925-1926
Vol. II, 1926-1927
Vol. III, 1927-1928
Vol. IV, 1928-1929
Vol. V, 1929-1930
Vol. VI, 1930-1931
Vol. VII, 1931-1932
Vol. VIII, 1932-1933
Vol. IX, 1933-1934
Vol. X, 1934-1935
Vol. XI, 1935-1936
Vol. XII, 1936-1937
Vol. XIII, 1937-1938
Vol. XIV, 1938-1939
Vol. XV, 1939-1940
Vol. XVI, 1940-1941
Vol. XVII, 1941-1942
Vol. 18, 1942-1943
Vol. 19, 1943-1944
Vol. 20, 1944-1945
Vol. 21, 1945-1946
Vol. 22, 1946-1947
Vol. 23, 1947-1948
Vol. 24, 1948-1949
Vol. 25, 1949-1950
Vol. 26, 1950-1951
Vol. 27, 1951-1952
Vol. 28, 1952-1953
Vol. 29, 1953-1954
Vol. 30, 1954-1955
Vol. 31, 1955-1956
Vol. 32, 1956-1957
Vol. 33, 1957-1958
Vol. 34, 1958-1959
Vol. 35, 1959-1960
Vol. 36, 1960-1961
Vol. 37, 1961-1962
Vol. 38, 1962-1963
Vol. 39, 1963-1964
Vol. 40, 1964-1965
Vol. 41, 1965-1966
Vol. 42, 1966-1967
Vol. 43, 1967-1968
Vol. 44, 1968-1969
Vol. 45, 1969-1970
Vol. 46, 1970-1971
Vol. 47, 1971-1972
Vol. 48, 1972-1973
Vol. 49, 1973-1974
Vol. 50, 1974-1975
Vol. 51, 1975-1976
Vol. 52, 1976-1977
Vol. 53, 1977-1978
Vol. 54, 1978-1979
Vol. 55, 1979-1980
Vol. 56, 1980-1981
Vol. 57, 1981-1982
Vol. 58, 1982-1983
Vol. 59, 1983-1984
Vol. 60, 1984-1985
Vol. 61, 1985-1986
Vol. 62, 1986-1987
Vol. 63, 1987-1988
Vol. 64, 1988-1989
Vol. 65, 1989-1990
Vol. 66, 1990-1991
Vol. 67, 1991-1992
Vol. 68, 1992-1993
Vol. 69, 1993-1994
Vol. 70, 1994-1995
Vol. 71, 1995-1996
Vol. 72, 1996-1997
Quarterly Bulletin Reprints
"Statement of Costs of the Frontier Nursing Service," Ella Woodyard, Vol. III, Winter 1928.
"Organization and Supervision of the Field Work of the Frontier Nursing Service, Inc.," Mary B. Willeford, R.N., Vol. X, Winter 1935.
"How the District Nurse Spends Her Day," Vol. XII, Summer 1936.
"Cooperative Handknitters," Nora Kelly, Vol. XIV, Winter 1939.
"Report on the Third Thousand Confinements of the Frontier Nursing Service, Inc.," Metropolitan Life Insurance Company, Vol. XIV, Winter 1939.
"Letters from a Frontier Hospital," Charlotte Duggar, R.N., Vol. XV, Spring 1940.
"The Organization of the Frontier Nursing Service, Inc.," Dorothy F. Buck, R.N., Vol. XVI, Summer 1940.
"The Gift of One Common Tongue," Col. J.C. Breckinridge, Vol. XVI, Autumn 1940.
"Report on the Fourth Thousand Confinements of the Frontier Nursing Service, Inc.," Metropolitan Life Insurance Company, Vol. XVI, Winter 1941.
"The Organization of the Frontier Nursing Service, Inc.," Vol. XVI, Spring 1941.
"Union Now With Britain: A Review," Vol. XVI, Spring 1941.
"A Junior Courier's First Impressions," Barberie Whipple, Vol. XVII, Summer 1941.
"Saddle-bag and Log Cabin Technique," Vanda Summers, R.N., Vol. XVII, Summer 1941.
"Kentucky to Japan," Vol. XVII, Autumn 1941.
"American Association of Nurse-Midwives," Dorothy F. Buck, Vol. XVII, Spring 1942.
"Midwifery in the Kentucky Mountains: An Investigation in 1923," Mary Breckinridge, Vol. XVII, Spring 1942.
"Map of Frontier Nursing Service Country and Contiguous Territory," Vol. 18, Summer 1942.
"Childbirth and War," Mary Breckinridge, Vol. 18, Autumn 1942.
"Diary of a Courier," Patricia Pettit, Vol. 18, Winter 1945.
"Teaching is a Joy," Henry S. Waters, M.D., Vol. XXI, Winter 1946.
"A Few Notes on Nursing," Mary Breckinridge, Vol. 23, Spring 1948.
"Letters from Wendover," Margaret McDowell, Vol. 23, Spring 1948.
"Field Notes," Mary Breckinridge, Vol. 24, Summer 1948.
"Figures that are Facts," Mary Breckinridge, Vol. XXVI, Winter 1951.
"Report on the Tenth Thousandth Confinements and on the First Thousand Confinements of the Frontier Nursing Service, Inc.," Metropolitan Life Insurance Company, Vol. 33, Spring 1958 and Vol. 8, Summer 1932.
"A Century of Nursing: Two Book Reviews," Vol. 36, Summer 1960.
"The Educational Value of the Midwife to the Individual and Her Family," Carolyn Banghart, R.N., Vol. 36, Autumn 1960.
"Wells -- Worthy and Worthless," Agnes Lewis, Vol. 37, Spring 1962.
"Mary Breckinridge Day," Vol. 38, Autumn 1962.
"Yarb Lore in the Kentucky Mountains," Mary Breckinridge, Vol. XXXIX, Winter 1964.
"Forty-Second Annual Report," Vol. 43, Summer 1967.
"Mary Breckinridge Hospital and Development Fund," Vol. 44, Summer 1968.
"Family Nurse Practitioners in Kentucky," Booz, Allen and Hamilton, Vol. 44, Spring 1969.
"An Introduction to the Eastern Kentucky Dialect," Winter 1976.
Quarterly Bulletin Miscellany
Subscription appeals
Subscription gift cards
Subscription offers
Subscription renewal cards
Art work
In Memoriam
Index
Miscellaneous pieces
Medical Publications
Medical Routine
Routine. 1928.
Medical Routine. Revised 1930.
Medical Routine. Third Edition. Revised 1936.
Medical Routine. Fourth Edition. Revised 1948.
Medical Routine. Fourth Edition. Revised 1953.
Medical Directives (formerly Medical Routine)
Midwifery Routine
DEEDS AND LEASES
Clearing, Leslie County
November 7, 1923
June 28, 1926
February 13, 1929
December 26, 1929
July 6, 1936
November 19, 1937
April 15, 1941
June 30, 1967
Wendover, Leslie County
July 28, 1936
July 29, 1940
April 2, 1945
January 30, 1948
September 14, 1948
March 21, 1960
June 7, 1961
August 10, 1965
December 6, 1965
July 2, 1967
Hyden, Hospital, Leslie County
June 30, 1926
July 21, 1926
July 26, 1926
June 4, 1929
June 15, 1929
October 16, 1929
June 7, 1930
March 21, 1934
May 29, 1934
April 14, 1937
June 4, 1938
April 3, 1939
June 14, 1939
July 12, 1939
October 27, 1939
February 20, 1939
July 18, 1949
April 22, 1963
April 6, 1965
September 1965
Mary Breckinridge Hospital, Leslie County
Beech Fork Center, Leslie County
August 12, 1926
October 23, 1926
July 27, 1927
January 16, 1929
March 4, 1930
July 8, 1944
May 1, 1948
November 21, 1951
October 20, 1967
Bowlington, Margaret Durbin Harper Center, Perry County
Brutus, Clay County
March 20, 1930
September 5, 1930
December 3, 1931
June 4, 1940
September 24, 1940
January 31, 1950
August 8, 1960
March 17, 1961
Confluence Center, Leslie County
Flat Creek, Clay County
Red Bird Center, Clay County
PROMOTIONAL MATERIALS
General Appeals
"A Day in the Life of a Frontier Nurse-Midwife," 1926
Special Appeal, 1931
"Will You Fill Her Saddlebags?" 1931
"Will You Fill Her Saddlebags?" 1933
"Enos and Eva" Easter Day, 1934
"Will You Fill Her Saddlebags?" 1935
Information Brochure, c.1936
"Will You Fill Her Saddlebags?" 1936
"Will You Fill Her Saddlebags?" 1937
"Will You Fill Her Saddlebags?" 1938
"You're Wanted on Cutshin" 1939
"You're Wanted on Cutshin" 1939
"Haggin" letter sent with Summer Appeal, June 1939
"American" Appeal, May 1942
Membership Appeal, Summer 1942
Appeal sent to lapsed donors, 1946
Information Brochure, 1946
Appeal sent to Cincinnati, July 1946
Appeal sent to Committee Members, July and August 1946
Appeal sent to lapsed donors, July and August 1946
Leaflet card, August 1946
Information Brochure, 1948
Information Brochure, 1950
Information Brochure, 1951
Information Brochure, 1952
In Memoriam, 1953
Information Brochure, 1953
"Frontier Nursing Service, Inc.: First Forty Years: 1925-1965"
Mary Breckinridge Hospital and Development Fund: Progress Report, May 1969; "...to see ourselves surpassed..." c.1967
In Memoriam, 1970
Information Brochure, 1972
"The New Hospital Construction Begins!" Postcard, April 1972
Trustees' Christmas Letter, 1976
Courier Letter, 1977
Courier Letter, 1978
Courier Letter, 1978
Courier Letter, 1979
The Betty Lester/Anna May January Education Fund, c.1980
The Courier and Volunteer Newsletter, 1980
Information Brochure, 1981
Information Brochure, 1983
Information Brochure, 1985
Information Brochure, 1987
General appeals, n.d. (11 types)
"Waiting"
1935-1936
1937
1st and 2nd reminder, Winter 1941
3rd reminder, Winter 1941
1st and 2nd reminder, Spring and Summer 1942
3rd reminder, Spring and Summer 1942 and 1st reminder, 1942
Spring Appeal; 1st, 2nd, and 3rd reminder, Summer 1943
1st, 2nd, and 3rd reminder, Winter 1943
Spring Appeal; 1st, 2nd, and 3rd reminder, Summer 1944
Spring Appeal; 1st nad 3rd reminder, 1945
1st, 2nd, and 3rd reminder, Winter 1946
1946
1st reminder, Spring 1947; 1st reminder, Summer 1947; 3rd reminder, 1947
1948
1951
1st reminder, Winter 1952; 2nd reminder, 1952
1953
1969
1971
1973
1974
1976
1977, 1st and 2nd Reminder
1979-1980
n.d. (8 types)
Christmas Appeals
1925
1927
1928
1929
1930
1931
1932
1933
1934
1935
1936
1937
1938
1939
1940
1941
1942
1943
1944
1945
1946
1947
1948
1949
1950
1951
1952
1953
1954
1956
1957
1958
1959
1960
1961
1963
1964
1965
1966
1967
1968
1969
1970
1971
1972
1973
1974
1975
1978
1979
1980
1981
1982
1983
1984
n.d.
Information Guides
1931
1932
1942
1943
1946
1947
1948
1950
1951
1955
1963
c.1967
1967
1969, 1973
1976, 1977
1978
1979
1980
1981
1982
1984
Information Circulars
Circular No. 4, General Information for Inquirers Regarding Positions with the Frontier Nursing Service, n.d.
Circular No. 5, Information for Inquirers Regarding Posts in the Courier Service of the Frontier Nursing Service, Revised 1962, Revised 1965, Application Blank for Courier Service
Circular No. 6, What is the Frontier Nursing Service?, 1934 - 1935
Circular No. 7, Travel Directions for Reaching the Frontier Nursing Service, n.d.
Miscellaneous Information
Annual Meeting Notices
1932
1934
1935
1937
1938
1940
1941
1942
1943
1944
1945
1946
1947
1948
1949
1950
1951
1952
1953
1954
1955
1956
1957
1958
1959
1960
1961
1962
1963
1964
1965
1966
1967
1968
1969
1970
1971
1972
1973
1974
1976
1977
1978
1979
1980
1981
1982
1983
1984
1985
PUBLICATIONS ABOUT THE FRONTIER NURSING SERVICE
1926 - 1941
"Experiences of the Nurse-Midwife in the Kentucky Mountains," Freda Caffin and Mrs. Caroline Caffin, reprint. Nation's Health, December 1926.
"Enter -- the Nurse-Midwife," Edna C. Rockstroh, R.N., Introduction by Mary C. Breckinridge, reprint. American Journal of Nursing, March 1927.
"British Maternity Nursing on an American Frontier," Edith Reeves Solenberger, reprint. Cripple, April 1930.
"The Clinic the Neighbors Built," Betty Lester, reprint. Survey, April 1930.
"A Christmas 'Least One on Hell-fer-Sartin," Frances Fell, R.N., reprint. Public Health Nurse, December 1930.
"Nurses on Horseback," Edith Reeves Solenberger, Hygeia, The Health Magazine, July 1931.
"Nurses on Horseback," Edith Reeves Solenberger, reprint. Hygeia, The Health Magazine, July 1931.
Frontier Nursing Service, Anne Winslow, Miscellaneous Contributions on the Costs of Medical Care, January 1932.
"The Nurse on Horseback," Ernest Poole, Good Housekeeping, June 1932.
"The Nurse on Horseback," Ernest Poole, reprint. Good Housekeeping Magazine, June 1932.
Income and Health in Remote Rural Areas, Mary B. Willeford, R.N., New York, 1932.
"The Frontier Nursing Service," Mary B. Willeford, R.N., reprint. Public Health Nursing, January 1933.
"Kentucky's National Demonstration," Wilma Duvall, Kentucky Progress Magazine, Spring 1934.
"Mountain Medicine," John H. Kooser, M.D., reprint. Journal of Medicine, April 1934.
"Medicine for the Mountaineers," reprint. International Altrusan, December 1935.
"You Can't Isolate the Browns in Time and Space," reprint. To Pragma, January 1937.
"The Frontier Nursing Service Brings Health to Kentucky Mountaineers," Life, June 1937.
"Lifesavers of the Bush," Sir James Barrett, The Rotarian, August 1937.
"Saddle-bag and Log Cabin Technic," Vanda Summers, R.N., reprint. American Journal of Nursing, November 1938.
"Pellagra of Kentucky Mountain Folk," John H. Kooser, M.D., and M.A. Blankenhorn, M.D., reprint. Journal of the American Medical Association, June 1939.
"Frontier Nursing Service," reprint. Woman's Almanac, 1940.
"Frontier Nursing Service," reprint (with 1945 post-script). Woman's Almanac, 1940.
"Frontier Nursing Service," reprint (with 1950, 1951 postscripts). Woman's Almanac, 1940.
"The Nurses on Horseback Ride On," Dorothy F. Buck, R.N., reprint. American Journal of Nursing, September 1940.
"Recent Developments in the Treatment and Prevention of Pellagra," John Kooser, M.D., reprint. Kentucky Medical Journal, January 1941.
"Observations of the Possible Relationship of Diet to Late Toxemia of Pregnancy," John H. Kooser, M.D., reprint. American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology, February 1941.
"Pellagra and the Public Health," John H. Kooser, M.D. and M.A. Blankenhorn, M.D., reprint. Journal of the American Medical Association, March 1941.
"Frontier Nursing," Lilly Review, September 1941.
1942 - 1958
"I Wanted to Live, America," Gladys Marcia Peacock, 1942.
"Rural Obstetrics," John H. Kooser, M.D., reprint. Southern Medical Journal, February 1942.
"Frontier Nurse," Helen Riesenfeld, Look, January 23, 1945.
"Dietary Deficiencies, A Review of Vitamin B Deficiencies," John H. Kooser, M.D., reprint. Kentucky Medical Journal, June 1943.
"Heroines on Horseback," Dorothy Miles, Colliers Magazine, August 1946.
"Opportunity in the Kentucky Mountains," Minnie Goodnow, Trained Nurse and Hospital Review, October 1946.
"Frontier Nursing Service," Adelheid Mueller, Walther League Messenger, April 1948.
"Frontier Nursing Service Aids Remote Areas in Hazard Section," Hi-Power News, May 1948.
"The Fruitful Mountaineers," T.S. Hyland, Life, December 1949.
"Rider on the Mountains," Elisabeth Hubbard Lansing, Senior Prom, March 1950.
"The Frontier Nursing Service Celebrates its Silver Anniversary," Helen E. Browne, Trained Nurse and Hospital Review, May 1950.
"The Good Neighbor of Wide Neighborhoods," William E. Schupp, In Kentucky, Summer 1953.
"Mercy Hits the Trail," Joe Creason, Courier-Journal Magazine, November 29, 1953.
"Nursing by Jeep and Horseback," Anne Haney, Progressive Farmer, September 1954.
"The Frontier Nursing Service in Kentucky," Eve Chetwynd, Nursing Mirror, February 1955.
"Frontier Nurses Help Young and Old in Mountains," Scope Weekly, January 22, 1958.
1961 - 1968
"A Foreign Mission Close to Home," Don Rutledge, Maclean's, April 8, 1961.
"Hossback to Jeep," Joe Creason, Courier-Journal Magazine, June 11, 1961.
"The Song of the Thousandsticks Mountain," Lilly Review, December 1961.
"District Nursing in Kentucky," Jill T. Ash, R.N.; "Oxygen and a Swinging Bridge," Anne Cundle, R.N., District Nursing, September 1962.
"Angels on Horseback," George W. Hackett, St. Jude, May 1963.
"Edge of Dark Land," Alfred Clem and Harry Hardenbrook, Abbottempo, February 1964.
"She Pioneered Nursing Aid in theRoche Medical Image, October 1966.
"Kentucky Frontier Nursing Service," Elizabeth Hillman, Nurses League Magazine, 1966-67.
"Nursing Hill Country Style," Josephine Rich, M.D.'s Wife, January 1967.
"The Frontier Nursing Service," Junior League Magazine, May/June 1967.
"The Nurse-Midwife as a Mediator of Contraception," W.B. Rogers Beasley, reprint. American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology, May 1967.
"Rebirth of the Midwife," Dorothy Crane Davis and Lamar Middleton, Today's Health, February 1968.
"Miss Katie's Adopted Hills," Mary Strassmeyer, The Plain Dealer, Sunday, March 10, 1968.
"The Mary Breckinridge Hospital," Tudor Rose Councillor, March 1968.
"Frontier Nursing Service," Hon. Tim Lee Carter, Congressional Record, April 2, 1968.
"Family Planning by Nurse-Midwives in a Rural Area," W. B. Rogers Beasley et al, reprint. Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology of India, June 1968.
1969 - 1987
"Extension of Medical Services Through Nurse Assistants,' W.B. Rogers Beasley, reprint. Journal of the Kentucky Medical Association, February 1949.
"Frontier Nursing Service Inc.," Helen E. Browne, Appalachia Medicine, June 1970.
"Into Appalachia," Loretto Magazine, Fall 1970.
"Rebirth of the Midwife," Life, November 1971.
"Frontier Nursing Service," Hon. Tim Lee Carter, Congressional Record, May 16, 1972.
"Frontier's Family Nurses," Barbara G. Schutt, American Journal of Nursing, May 1972.
"The Frontier Nursing Service," Gertrude Issacs, reprint. Clinical Obstetrics and Gynecology, June 1972.
"After Office Hours," W. B. Rogers Beasley, M.D., reprint. Obstetrics and Gynecology, January 1973.
"Nurses at Work: Kentucky Story," D. E. Burchill, Australian Nurses Journal, February 1973.
"They Bring the Gift of Healing," Susanne Anderson, America Illustrated, February 1973.
"The Frontier Nursing Service," Midwives Chronicle, May 1975.
"The Frontier Nursing Service -- Fifty Years in the Mountains," Helen Tirpak, Nursing Outlook, May 1975.
"Reduced Hospitalization through Decentralized Care of Chronically Ill," Karen A. Gordon and Gertrude Issacs, December 1975 (typescript submitted for publication).
"Frontier Nurses," Fran Maierhauser, Rural Kentuckian, December 1977.
"Mary Breckinridge and the Frontier Nursing Service," Carol Crowe-Carraco, Register of the Kentucky Historical Society, July 1978.
"Mary Breckinridge, the Frontier Nursing Service and the Introduction of Nurse-Midwifery in the United States," Nancy Schrom Dye, Bulletin of the History of Medicine, 1983.
"Mary Breckinridge and the American Committee for Devastated France: The Foundations of the Frontier Nursing Service," Anne G. Campbell, Register of the Kentucky Historical Society, Summer 1984.
"FNS-A Story of Frontiers, Nursing, and Service,1 Robert Beeman, Kentucky Hospitals, Summer 1985.
"Women and Horses Meet the Challenge: Frontier Nursing Service," Lynn Weatherman, The American Saddlebred, September/October 1987.
"The Shangri-La Cure," Lucy Ratliff, unpublished.
"A Child, Welfare Nurse and Her Horse in the Mountains of Kentucky," Clifton R. Breckinridge, unpublished.
Clippings
1920s
1930s
1940s
1950s
1956, Flat Creek Shooting
1957, Flood
1960s
1965, Mary Breckinridge's obituaries
1970-1972
1973-1975
1976
1977
1978
1979
1980
1981
1982
n.d.
MEMORABILIA
Guest Books
Wendover
March 1926-May 1934
May 1934-June 1936
June 1936-November 1947
November 1947-July 1954
July 1954-June 1963
June 1963-May 1969
May 1969-September 1972
Other
Brutus, November 1931-December 1979
Flatcreek, June 1930-December 1978
Hyden Hospital, June 1928-May 1955
Possum Bend, May 1928-August 1945
Midwives Cottage, August 1951-September 1987
Scrapbooks
July 1941-May 1942
May 1942-October 1943
November 1943-December 1946
January 1947-November 1948
April 1949-Spring 1952
Fall 1951-June 1954
May 1954-June 1961
March 1961-September 1969
September 1969-December 1973
November 1969-November 1975
Miscellaneous Memorabilia
Mary Breckinridge Hospital Dedication Invitation, January 5, 1975
50th Anniversary Materials, May 28, 1975
Frontier Nursing Service Engagement Calendar, 1976
Open House Invitation, 1982
Frontier Nursing Service Buttons, n.d.
Kentucky Hospital Association, Institutional Member Certificate, n.d. (oversize box)
Postcard, Margaret Durbin Harper Nursing Center on Wolf Creek, Big Fork, Kentucky
Postcard, "Possum Bend" An Outpost Center of the Frontier Nursing Service in Kentucky
Postcard, Living Room of an Outpost Center of Frontier Nursing Service in Kentucky
Postcard, View of Hyden, Kentucky from Hospital
Postcard, "Joy House," Home of Medical Director, Frontier Nursing Service, Hyden, Kentucky
Postcard, Margaret Voorhies Haggin Quarters for Nurses at Hyden Hospital and Health Center, Hyden, Kentucky
Postcard, St. Christopher's Chapel, Frontier Nursing Service Hospital, Hyden, Kentucky
Postcard On the Road to Wendover, Kentucky
Postcard The Cow Barn at Wendover, Kentucky
Postcard, Winter at Wendover, Kentucky
Postcard, State Highway Bridge over Middlefork River above Hyden, Kentucky
Postcard, A Frontier Nurse's Horse in the Kentucky Mountains
Various Forms used by Frontier Nursing Service including Donor Cards, Encounter Forms, Information Blanks, and Midwifery Summary Cards
Calendar, October 1985-December 1986
Sketch of the Frontier Graduate School of Midwifery
Mary Marvin Breckinridge Patterson Room Dedication Program, University of Kentucky
OFFICE RECORDS SERIES
Extensive office files document the daily activities at the Wendover office of the Frontier Nursing Service from 1925 to 1973. Files under such headings as "Chickens & Gardens," "Federal Crop Loans," "Horses," and "Uniforms" are found in the earliest sets of records. The correspondence contains numerous acknowledgements of gifts to the Frontier Nursing Service, regardless of the amount. Mary Breckinridge maintained close contact with friends and supporters, always reporting news of her work in the Kentucky mountains. The material is arranged alphabetically within chronological groupings.