MSS 2/0256-01								Acc. 1989-058

BARTON, HELEN F.
(b. 1874 or 5)

Papers,
1896-1930

Biographical

Helen or Helena Fisher Barton was born either in 1874 or 1875. 
 She attended the Philadelphia General Hospital Training School 
for Nurses and graduated in December 1896.  She lived and worked 
as a private nurse in Philadelphia for several years and was 
married sometime between 1903 and 1914.  As of 1914, Helen 
F. Barton was still living in Philadelphia.


Scope and contents

The papers of Helen F. Barton, spanning 1896 to 1930, consist 
of photographs, an autograph album, clippings, and typescripts, 
all of which relate to the Philadelphia General Hospital and 
its Training School for Nurses.

Series 1 contains twelve photographs taken at Philadelphia General 
Hospital, probably around 1896.  Included are photographs of 
nurses and interns, the hospital grounds and buildings, and 
the Nurses' Home.  Present is a photograph of an operation being 
performed in the amphitheater as several nurses look on, and 
a photograph of the December 1896 graduating class of the Philadelphia 
General Hospital Training School for Nurses.  Also of interest 
is a 1896 photograph of four Philadelphia General Hospital interns: 
 Raymond Spear (1873-1937), D[aniel] J[oseph] McCarthy (18741958), 
Karl Ohnesorg (d. 1933), and Harry D[resser] Howe (1872-1943). 
 Each of these individuals signed the back of the photograph. 
 
An autograph album is contained in Series 2.  The album is from 
an April 1929 reunion of the December 1896 graduating class 
of the Philadelphia General Hospital Training School for Nurses. 
 The album contains several signatures and two photographs; 
one of the autographs is from S. Lillian Clayton (1876-1930), 
a classmate of Barton's, who during her lengthy and distinguished 
nursing career served as Head Nurse and Superintendent of Nurses 
at the Philadelphia General Hospital.  Also present in the album 
are clippings and pictures of Philadelphia General Hospital.
bSeries 3 contains clippings and typescripts relating 
to two important figures in the Philadelphia General Hospital Training 
School for Nurses, Alice Fisher (1839-1888) and S. Lillian Clayton. 
 Most of the items pertain to Clayton's death in 1930.


Provenance

The papers of Helen F. Barton were donated to the Mutter Museum 
of the College of Physicians of Philadelphia by her daughter, 
Clara Barton DeOrsay, 1241 Lindale Avenue, Drexel Hill, Pa., 
on 9 June 1982, through C. Nelson Davis.  The collection was 
transferred to the Historical Collections of the Library on 
7 June 1989.
  
The collection was processed and catalogued in 1992.



1896-1930
1 box (.2 linear ft.)

4/10/1992
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MSS 2/0256-01								Acc. 1989-058

BARTON, HELEN F. 
(b. 1874 or 5)

Papers,
1896-1930

Ser.

 1	PHOTOGRAPHS   PHILADELPHIA GENERAL HOSPITAL, 1896 and [n.d.].

	1.  Interns
	    [n.d.]					(1 folder)		[n.d.]
	2.  Courtyard of PGH
	    [n.d.]					(1 folder)		[n.d.]
	3.  Nurses' Home
	    [n.d.]					(1 folder)		[n.d.]
	4.  Neurology patient
	    [n.d.]					(1 folder)		[n.d.]
	5.  Operation in amphitheater
	    [n.d.]					(1 folder)		[n.d.]
	6.  Nurses on graduation day
	    1896						(1 folder)		 1896
	7.  Nurses
	    [n.d.]					(1 folder)		[n.d.]
	8.  Interns [Raymond Spear, D. J.
	     McCarthy, Karl Ohnesorg, and
		Harry D. Howe]
	     1896						(1 folder)		 1896
	9.  PGH buildings
	    [n.d.]					(1 folder)		[n.d.]
    10.  Courtyard of PGH
	    [n.d.]					(1 folder)		[n.d.]
    11.  Interns
	    [n.d.]					(1 folder)		[n.d.]
    12.  Interior of reception room
		in Nurses' Home			
	     [n.d.]					(1 folder)		[n.d.]

 2	AUTOGRAPH BOOK, 1929.
	1929 Apr.						(1 folder)	 	 1929

 3	CLIPPINGS AND TYPESCRIPTS, 1929-1930.
	1929 Jan. 24-1930 June			(1 folder)		 1929-1930




1896-1930											
1 box (.2 linear ft.)								

4/10/1992
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