History Center
Out of the past, informing the present.
The Eleanor Crowder Bjoring Center for Nursing Historical Inquiry was established at the University of Virginia in 1991 to support historical scholarship in nursing. Dedicated to the preservation and study of nursing history, the Bjoring Center collects historical materials, promotes nursing history scholarship, and disseminates historical research findings.
The center hosts a regular series of nursing history forums, sponsors an annual Agnes Dillon Randolph Award and lecture, awards annual research fellowships, and publishes a newsletter. Read our special 30th-anniversary publication, Object Lessons.
The center is open to researchers and visitors Mondays, Tuesdays, and Thursdays, 9 a.m.- 5 p.m., or at other times by appointment. Please contact the center to schedule an appointment.
CALL FOR PAPERS - 2025 Conference at UVA
Joint meeting of the Bjoring Center for Nursing Historical Inquiry and the Southern Association for the History of Medicine and Science
March 13-15, 2025 at the UVA School of Nursing
The Bjoring Center and SAHMS invite submissions for papers in the history of science, medicine, and nursing. We welcome submissions from students, professors, health-care professionals, and independent scholars with an academic interest in the history of science, medicine, or nursing. We particularly encourage submissions that increase the methodological, thematic, chronological and geographical diversity of the history of science, medicine, and nursing and engage related fields. Submissions are due Oct. 7, 2024 and must include an abstract (maximum of 350 words) with title, your name, and institutional affiliation.
Submit your abstracts or panels here. For more details, visit www.sahms.net or contact SAHMS at sahmsconference@gmail.com.
Historical Essentials for UVA Nurses
Online Collections
Center Associates
- Joel Anderson, PhD, RN
jra6d@uvahealth.org - Rosalind Renee Barber, PhD, RN
rrbr@virginia.edu - Charemon Brooks, PhD, RN
cbrooks@nvcc.edu - LaShanda Brown, PhD, RN
lybrown@ncat.edu - Anne Z. Cockerham, PhD, RN, CNM, WHNP
Anne.Cockerham@frontierschool.edu - Rebecca Coffin, PhD, RN
rc4da@virginia.edu - Sarah J. Craig, PhD, RN, CCNS, CCRN
sjw5y@virginia.edu - Michelle Hehman, PhD, RN
mch2at@virginia.edu - Franklin Hickey, PhD, RN, MSN, CPHQ, NEA-BC
fh9f@virginia.edu - Bridget Houlahan, PhD, RN
bah3jb@virginia.edu - Gwyneth Milbrath, PhD, RN, MPH
gwyneth@uic.edu - Victoria Tucker, PhD, RN
vnt2r@virginia.edu - Lisa Zerull PhD, RN, FCN
lzerull@valleyhealthlink.com
Contact the History Center
For visitors and to mail packages
The Eleanor Crowder Bjoring Center for Nursing Historical Inquiry
McLeod Hall, Room 1010
202 Jeanette Lancaster Way
Charlottesville, VA 22903-3388
General mailing address
The Eleanor Crowder Bjoring Center for Nursing Historical Inquiry
202 Jeanette Lancaster Way, P.O. Box 800782, Charlottesville, VA 22908-0782
Phone
(434) 924-0083 (434) 924-0083
Please send email to the History Center Manager, Maura Singleton.