The Eleanor Crowder Bjoring Center for Nursing Historical Inquiry
Alice Constance Burford Booth Papers
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2.5 Linear Feet
4 document boxes
1940-1968
(1920–2004) Faculty member at the Medical College of Virginia School of Nursing, specialist in psychiatric nursing. Papers include reference materials and notes concerning diagnosis and treatment of mental illnesses, along with course materials in the mid-1940s and the mid-1960s. These relate the state of knowledge at mid-century.
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Preferred Citation
University of Virginia School of Nursing, Eleanor Crowder Bjoring Center for Nursing Historical Inquiry, Alice Constance Burford Booth Papers
Biographical / Historical
Alice Constance (Burford) Booth (1920-2004), of Amherst, Virginia, completed high school in Nottoway County at the Blackstone College for Girls in 1940. She enrolled in the Medical College of Virginia (M.C.V.) School of Nursing diploma program, completing this in 1943, and over the next academic year earned a Bachelor of Science in Nursing at M.C.V., where she was also employed as head nurse of the hospital psychiatric unit. Booth subsequently undertook graduate work in New York City at the Payne-Whitney Clinic, Hunter College, and the Columbia University Teachers College. In 1945, she joined the faculty of M.C.V. as a clinical instructor in psychiatric nursing, advancing to assistant and associate professor before turning to private life at the end of the decade. In the mid-1960s, Booth resumed her career at M.C.V., and served as an instructor of psychiatric nursing for the Associate Degree program. When the Nursing School terminated the program in 1967, Booth transferred to the Student Health Service, where she remained until her retirement in 1982.
Arrangement
The Booth Papers are organized in three standard manuscript boxes by general chronological period and subject. Box 01 contains items relative to Booth's education and initial faculty position at M.C.V. Box 02 contains items relative to Booth's instructorship with the M.C.V. Associate Degree Program, arranged by category. Box 03 contains published documents, pamphlets and reprints. Booth's nursing uniform -- along with a photograph of her in uniform -- are contained in Box 04, which is shelved with other uniform donations.
Scope and Contents
Alice Burford Booth, R.N., was a member of the faculty at the Medical College of Virginia School of Nursing, and a specialist in psychiatric nursing. Her papers, presented to the Bjoring Center for Nursing Historical Inquiry by her daughter, Patricia B. Woodard, R.N., include a variety of materials important to understanding mid-twentieth-century developments in the fields of mental health and mental health nursing, as well as strategies of nursing education. Booth assembled reference materials and notes concerning the diagnosis and treatment of mental illnesses, as well as course outlines, examinations and assignments in the mid-1940s and again in the mid-1960s, when she returned to teaching after a hiatus to raise her family. Booth also collected a number of published documents, not only relative to mental health, but also concerning contraception and other medical issues, nursing education and accreditation, and informational materials on the region's major public psychiatric institutions. Course notes, examinations, and assignments by Booth herself, as a diploma student at the Medical College of Virginia School of Nursing in the early 1940s -- and later as a graduate student at the Payne-Whitney Clinic, Hunter College, and the Columbia University Teachers College -- offer views of general nursing education and certain psychiatric treatment modalities, such as pre-frontal lobotomy, electroshock therapy, and music therapy.
MEDICAL COLLEGE OF VIRGINIA, SCHOOL OF NURSING, PRE-CLINICAL CLASS SCHEDULE, ACADEMIC YEAR 1940-41Archival Resource Key/repositories/8/archival_objects/436321940-4101001MEDICAL COLLEGE OF VIRGINIA, SCHOOL OF NURSING, PRE-CLINICAL CLASS NOTES AND EXAMS FOR ANATOMY, CHEMISTRY, AND HISTORY OF NURSINGArchival Resource Key/repositories/8/archival_objects/436331940-4101002MEDICAL COLLEGE OF VIRGINIA, SCHOOL OF NURSING, PRE-CLINICAL CLASS NOTES AND EXAMS FOR MICROBIOLOGY (BACTERIOLOGY), NURSING ARTS, AND PHARMACOLOGYArchival Resource Key/repositories/8/archival_objects/436341940-4101003MEDICAL COLLEGE OF VIRGINIA, SCHOOL OF NURSING, PRE-CLINICAL CLASS NOTES AND EXAMS FOR PHYSIOLOGY, PROFESSIONAL ADJUSTMENTS, AND PSYCHOLOGYArchival Resource Key/repositories/8/archival_objects/436351940-4101004EMERGENCY NURSING CLASS EXAMArchival Resource Key/repositories/8/archival_objects/43636ca. 1941-4301005PSYCHIATRY AND PSYCHIATRIC NURSING, CLASS NOTES AND EXAMSArchival Resource Key/repositories/8/archival_objects/436371942, n.d.01006COLUMBIA TEACHERS COLLEGE, PSYCHIATRIC NURSING CLASS NOTESArchival Resource Key/repositories/8/archival_objects/436381943 SPRING01007NOTES CONCERNING ALCOHOLISM, BRAIN TRAUMA, PRE-FRONTAL LOBOTOMYArchival Resource Key/repositories/8/archival_objects/436391943, 1944, ca. 194401008MENTAL HYGIENE READINGS AND DISCUSSION TOPICSArchival Resource Key/repositories/8/archival_objects/43640ca. 1943 FALL01009NOTES CONCERNING 30-HOUR LECTURE COURSEArchival Resource Key/repositories/8/archival_objects/43641ca. 194301010MEDICAL COLLEGE OF VIRGINIA HOSPITAL, PSYCHIATRIC DEPARTMENT, WARD MANUAL DRAFTS; NOTES CONCERNING WARD TEACHING PROGRAMArchival Resource Key/repositories/8/archival_objects/43642ca. 1943-4401011NEW YORK HOSPITAL, PAYNE WHITNEY CLINIC, STUDENTS' MANUALArchival Resource Key/repositories/8/archival_objects/43643[1944]01012COLUMBIA TEACHERS COLLEGE, EDUCATION AND EDUCATIONAL PSYCHOLOGY, CLASS NOTES AND ARTICLESArchival Resource Key/repositories/8/archival_objects/436441944, n.d.01013COLUMBIA TEACHERS COLLEGE AND OTHER SOURCES: MATERIALS CONCERNING ELECTROSHOCK THERAPYArchival Resource Key/repositories/8/archival_objects/436451944 FALL, 195301014COLUMBIA TEACHERS COLLEGE, REFERENCE MATERIALS CONCERNING MENTAL HEALTHArchival Resource Key/repositories/8/archival_objects/43646ca. 1944-4501015COLUMBIA TEACHERS COLLEGE, NURSING EDUCATION CLASS PAPER CONCERNING MUSIC THERAPYArchival Resource Key/repositories/8/archival_objects/43647194501016MEDICAL COLLEGE OF VIRGINIA, SCHOOL OF NURSING, REFERENCE MATERIALS CONCERNING DIAGNOSIS AND THERAPY OF MENTAL ILLNESSArchival Resource Key/repositories/8/archival_objects/436481936, 1947, 1950, n.d.01017MEDICAL COLLEGE OF VIRGINIA, SCHOOL OF NURSING, REFERENCE MATERIALS AND NOTES CONCERNING TEACHING AND COURSE DEVELOPMENTArchival Resource Key/repositories/8/archival_objects/43649ca. 1944-4501018MEDICAL COLLEGE OF VIRGINIA, SCHOOL OF NURSING, ADMINISTRATION, CLASS SCHEDULES AND STUDENT LISTSArchival Resource Key/repositories/8/archival_objects/43650194501019MEDICAL COLLEGE OF VIRGINIA, SCHOOL OF NURSING, NOTES CONCERNING MEETING WITH OCCUPATIONAL THERAPISTArchival Resource Key/repositories/8/archival_objects/43651[1945]01020MEDICAL COLLEGE OF VIRGINIA, SCHOOL OF NURSING, PSYCHIATRIC NURSING CLASS EXAMSArchival Resource Key/repositories/8/archival_objects/436521945-47, n.d.01021LETTER CONCERNING NAVAL NURSE OFFICER PROGRAMArchival Resource Key/repositories/8/archival_objects/43653194601022MEDICAL COLLEGE OF VIRGINIA, SCHOOL OF NURSING, COURSE OUTLINES, PROPOSALS, REFERENCE LISTS, AND NOTESArchival Resource Key/repositories/8/archival_objects/436541947, ca. 1945-4801023MEDICAL COLLEGE OF VIRGINIA, SCHOOL OF NURSING, ASSOCIATE DEGREE PROGRAM, ASSIGNMENTSArchival Resource Key/repositories/8/archival_objects/436551964, n.d.02001MEDICAL COLLEGE OF VIRGINIA, SCHOOL OF NURSING, ASSOCIATE DEGREE PROGRAM, COURSE OUTLINES AND CURRICULUM INFORMATIONArchival Resource Key/repositories/8/archival_objects/436561959, 1960, ca. 196402002MEDICAL COLLEGE OF VIRGINIA, SCHOOL OF NURSING, ASSOCIATE DEGREE PROGRAM, EVALUATION FORMSArchival Resource Key/repositories/8/archival_objects/43657ca. 1965-6702003MEDICAL COLLEGE OF VIRGINIA, SCHOOL OF NURSING, ASSOCIATE DEGREE PROGRAM, EXAMINATIONSArchival Resource Key/repositories/8/archival_objects/436581963, 1964, n.d.02004MEDICAL COLLEGE OF VIRGINIA, SCHOOL OF NURSING, ASSOCIATE DEGREE PROGRAM, MISCELLANEOUS ITEMSArchival Resource Key/repositories/8/archival_objects/436591961, 1965, 1968, n.d.02005MEDICAL COLLEGE OF VIRGINIA, SCHOOL OF NURSING, ASSOCIATE DEGREE PROGRAM, REFERENCE MATERIALS CONCERNING ALCOHOLISMArchival Resource Key/repositories/8/archival_objects/436601955-1964, n.d.02006MEDICAL COLLEGE OF VIRGINIA, SCHOOL OF NURSING, ASSOCIATE DEGREE PROGRAM, REFERENCE MATERIALS ON BRAIN DISORDERSArchival Resource Key/repositories/8/archival_objects/436611964, n.d.02007MEDICAL COLLEGE OF VIRGINIA, SCHOOL OF NURSING, ASSOCIATE DEGREE PROGRAM, REFERENCE MATERIALS CONCERNING DIAGNOSIS AND THERAPY OF MENTAL ILLNESS, AND NURSING RESPONSIBILITIESArchival Resource Key/repositories/8/archival_objects/436621952, ca. 1965-6702008MEDICAL COLLEGE OF VIRGINIA, SCHOOL OF NURSING, ASSOCIATE DEGREE PROGRAM, REFERENCE MATERIALS CONCERNING DRUGS AND DRUG THERAPYArchival Resource Key/repositories/8/archival_objects/436631960-63, n.d.02009MEDICAL COLLEGE OF VIRGINIA, SCHOOL OF NURSING, ASSOCIATE DEGREE PROGRAM, REFERENCE MATERIALS CONCERNING PEDIATRIC MENTAL HEALTHArchival Resource Key/repositories/8/archival_objects/436641955-1966, n.d.02010PAMPHLETS: CONCERNING NURSING EDUCATION/ACCREDITATIONArchival Resource Key/repositories/8/archival_objects/43665ca. 1935, 1941-4603001PAMPHLETS: CONCERNING CONTRACEPTION, FIRST AID, INFANT CARE, POLIOArchival Resource Key/repositories/8/archival_objects/436661936, 1940, 1944, n.d.03002PAMPHLETS: CONCERNING MENTAL HEALTHArchival Resource Key/repositories/8/archival_objects/436671951-1960, n.d.03003PAMPHLETS: CONCERNING MENTAL HEALTH PUBLICATIONS AND FILMS; VIRGINIA STATUTES RELATIVE TO MENTAL HYGIENEArchival Resource Key/repositories/8/archival_objects/436681959, 196003004PAMPHLETS: MENTAL HEALTH FACILITIES: 1) CENTRAL STATE HOSPITAL, 2) LYNCHBURG TRAINING SCHOOL, 3) SAINT ELIZABETH'S HOSPITAL, 4) EASTERN STATE HOSPITAL, 5) VIRGINIA TREATMENT CENTER FOR CHILDRENArchival Resource Key/repositories/8/archival_objects/436691960-64, n.d.03005REPRINTS, ARTICLES: VARIOUS TOPICS, INCLUDING MENTAL HEALTH NURSING AND THERAPYArchival Resource Key/repositories/8/archival_objects/436701934-196403006ITEMS CONCERNING THE BOOTH DONATIONArchival Resource Key/repositories/8/archival_objects/436711998, ca. 200003007UNIFORM: MEDICAL COLLEGE OF VIRGINIA HOSPITAL NURSE'S UNIFORM, WITH PHOTOGRAPH OF ALICE CONSTANCE (BURFORD) BOOTH IN UNIFORMArchival Resource Key/repositories/8/archival_objects/43672194304001