Lycoming College - Lycoming County Women's History

Photograph of group of nursing students in classroom

Application of Lula Thompson for admission to the Williamsport Hospital Training School for Nurses, dated Jan. 13, 1897. Mrs. Thompson was a widow with children aged three and five, who, as she indicated in response to a question on the application, would be cared for by their grandparents. She listed Roman Catholic as her religion and gave as recommendations Dr. S.O Goldman, of New York, and L.O. LaBelle, with whom she apparently boarded.

Application of Martha M. Lay for admission to the Williamsport Hospital Training School for Nurses, dated Sept. 10, 1899. The name of Miss Virginia Loomis, Superintendent, is now crossed out on the printed application, and a handwritten note has been added to "Send photograph." Attached is a typewritten note reading, "To whom it may concern, I very cheerfully bear testimony to the correct Christian deportment, of the bearer, Miss Martha Lay. She is a member, in good standing, in the church, Trinity Methodist Episcopal, in the city of Lock Haven, Pa., of which I am pastor. And I am sure that she will prove herself trustworthy in any position to which she is appointed. M. K. Foster, Pastor Trinity M.E. Church. Lock Haven, Pa., Sept. 14, 1899."

Application of Martha Washington Redfern for admission to the Williamsport Hospital Training School for Nurses, dated July 24, 1896. "This is to be filled out in the Candidate's own handwriting, and sent to Miss Virginia Loomis, Superintendent of the Williamsport Training School for Nurses. A letter from a clergyman or teacher, relating to the moral character of the applicant, and a certificate of good health from a physician, must accompany this application. The physician must make a through physical examination of the candidate before issuing the certificate." Martha Redfern, born in Philadelphia on February 22, 1873, was in good health and a member of the Cumberland Street M.E. Church in Philadelphia. She was recommended by the Secretary of the Young Women's Christian Association of Harrisburg and by Mr. Wm. B. Threapleton, hosiery mfg., of Philadelphia, probably her previous employer.

Diploma of Fay Marie Little, awarded by the Williamsport Hospital Training School for Nurses on December 3, 1916.

Diploma of Helen Mary Ranck, awarded by the Williamsport Hospital Training School for Nurses on July 22, 1927.

Diploma of Mary Carole Love, awarded by the Williamsport Hospital Training School for Nurses on April 7, 1928.

Diploma from The Williamsport Hospital School of Nursing, Williamsport, Pennsylvania. "This certifies that Mary Gladys Updegrove has completed the full three years Course of Instruction and practical Training in this School, and having passed satisfactorily the required examinations, is entitled to the degree of GRADUATE NURSE. In Testimony Whereof, the signatures of the officers of the School of Nursing and the Seal of the Hospital are hereunto affixed this 13th day of Sept. Nineteen Hundred thirty-seven. (Signed) Seth R. McCormick, President; Anna C. McTeague, Secretary; Lulu M. Hipple, R.N., Superintendent of Nurses; Anna C. McTeague, Superintendent."

1 1/2" x 2 1/4" photograph on front cover of Public School souvenir booklet (7 p.)

Photograph of Miss Bennet. Born approx. 1886, Katharine W. Bennet was an alternate regent at the Proceedings of the 26th Continental Congress of the D.A.R. in 1917; she was named head librarian at the James V. Brown Library in 1944.

Register listing the name, residence, dates of entrance and graduation of each student. Also lists the name of the supervising nurse. Some records include the student's religious denomination and include the signature of the student. The record book was annotated about 1927 to include married names, new addresses, and other pertinent information.

Register listing the name, residence, dates of entrance and graduation of each student. Also lists the name of the supervising nurse.