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Alice Burford Booth, RN, graduated from Blackstone College in 1940 and from the diploma program in nursing at the Medical College of Virginia (MCV) in 1943. In 1944 she received the bachelor of science in nursing from MCV, based on her course work at other institutions. From 1943 to 1944 she was head nurse on the psychiatric unit, then moved to New York City for post-graduate studies. Returning to MCV in 1945 as clinical instructor in psychiatry, by 1948 she had been promoted to associate professor of psychiatric nursing. After a career hiatus, she returned to MCV from 1965-1967 as instructor in psychiatric nursing in the associate degree program, which closed in 1967, then worked in the Student Health Department at MCV until her retirement in 1982.

The materials in this collection consist of administrative documents generated by ASTDN, including correspondence, reports, meeting minutes, bylaws, newsletters, and historical data. The early years of the organization are not represented in the collection, which dates from 1985, although a historical summary dating back to 1935 is included. The ASTDN Papers document the expanding activities and agenda of the organization, as it has acted as an agent in shaping the role and status of the public health nurse.

Evelyn Crary Bacon was born in Iowa in 1916 and earned baccalaureate and master's de-grees from the University of Iowa School of Nursing in 1937 and 1940. From 1942 to 1945 she served in the Army Nurse Corps in the USA and in England, then taught at UCLA and the University of Iowa before enrolling in a doctoral program at the University of Chicago in 1949. Before completing her degree she married Franklin Bacon and moved to Charlottesville, Virginia, where she taught extension courses throughout the state for UVA's Cabaniss School of Nursing Education. She served as acting chair of the University's Department of Nursing Education from 1954 to 1956, then joined the faculty of the Medical College of Virginia School of Nursing in 1960. From 1965 to 1968 Bacon headed the Richmond Professional Institute and during the 1970s and 80s she taught at a number of institutions and was in demand as a consultant. Throughout her career in the state she was a recognized leader in Virginia nursing education, known for her work with the Virginia State Board of Nursing (VSBN), the Virginia Nurses Association (VNA), the Virginia League for Nursing (VLN), and the Southern Regional Education Board. Bacon was also active in the National League for Nursing (NLN). In 1985 she retired from the faculty of the J.S. Reynolds Community College in Richmond

Follows school of nursing history in hospitals and schools of practical nursing throughout Virginia.

Dr. Rose Marie Chioni, a native of LaSalle, Illinois, received her nursing diploma from St. Francis Hospital School of Nursing in Peoria, Illinois, in 1953. She graduated from the University of Minnesota in 1956 with a B.S.N.Ed., received her M.A. degree in 1958 from the University of Chicago, and was awarded a Ph.D. degree from Ohio State University in 1964. On December 31, 1988, Dr. Chioni resumed a faculty role at the University of Virginia School of Nursing after fourteen years as Dean and Sadie Heath Cabaniss Professor of Nursing. Under her progressive leadership Virginia's first doctoral program in nursing was begun. She retired in May 1995.