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Florida Nurses Association, District No. 7, 1927-1991

 

Summary

Extent:
2 Linear Feet
Language:
English

Background

Scope and content:

The Florida Nursing Association District No. 7 Collection contains a range of the FNA's meeting minutes, membership logs, and financial information, as well as news materials pertaining to Florida nursing. The collection spans dates from 1927 to 1991.

Biographical / historical:

The Florida Nurses Association (FNA), originally the Florida Association of Graduate Nurses (FAGN), and for some time the Florida State Nurses' Association (FSNA), was created in March of 1909 in Jacksonville by a group of nursing graduates. The organization is a multi-purpose society with the objective of supporting the professional and economic advancement of nurses in the state of Florida through legislative and labor advocacy. The Fort Myers branch of the Florida Nurses Association, District No. 7, was organized in 1928 and incorporated in 1954.

Acquisition information:
The collection was transferred to the University Archives by Co-Acting Dean of Marieb College Shawn Felton on April 26, 2021, and retrieval of the collection was certified by University Archivist Kaley Dietrich on April 29, 2021.
Rules or conventions:
Describing Archives: A Content Standard

Access and use

Location of this collection:
Wilson G. Bradshaw Library
10501 FGCU Blvd South
Fort Meyers
FL
33965
USA