Descriptive Summary
Repository: University of Virginia School of Nursing, Eleanor Crowder Bjoring Center for Nursing Historical Inquiry
Title: Laurel Archer Copp Papers
Physical Characteristics: 3.5 linear feet; 8 boxes
Language: English
Collector: Laurel Archer Copp, given by Copp's daughter, Elizabeth Rahn
Biographical Information
Laurel Eleanor (Archer) Copp (1931-2010), RN, PhD, was a native of Sioux Falls, South Dakota. Although she earned her B.S.N. degree in nearby Mitchell, at Dakota Wesleyan University, her career path brought her eastward, first to the directorship of the Sharon General Hospital School of Nursing, in Sharon, Pennsylvania, and to an instructor’s position at Saint Elizabeth’s Hospital in Washington, D.C. While still at Sharon, she began advanced academic work at the University of Pittsburgh, where she earned a Masters of Nursing in 1962 and a Ph.D. in Higher Education Administration in 1967. For the decade of the mid-1960s to mid-1970s, Copp held faculty and research positions at several institutions, including Penn State University, where she served as acting head of the nursing department, and the Veterans’ Administration, Department of Medicine and Surgery, Washington, D.C., where she was Chief of the Nursing Research Division. In 1975, Copp was recruited to the deanship of the University of North Carolina School of Nursing, in Chapel Hill, a position she held — along with that of professor — for fifteen years. Copp continued as professor at UNC until her retirement in 1997.
Scope and Content
The Laurel Archer Copp Papers principally concern Dr. Copp's research interests in the experience of pain and its management. In addition to research notes, bibliographies, case studies, and the like, the collection includes a substantial number of Copp's academic papers as well as course materials she assembled for a series of offerings at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, School of Nursing. Modifications in Copp's thinking and approach may be traced in these items. In addition, the papers contain a nearly complete series of student notes and course materials from Dr. Copp's own high school and college years. These items highlight curricula and pedagogy of nursing education in the late 1940s and early 1950s. Included also are four years of annuals (1960-62, 1964) for the Sharon General Hospital School of Nursing, where Dr. Copp was employed early in her career. A group of five 3/4-inch video tapes record lectures by Dr. Copp.
For materials specifically concerning Dr. Copp's career as Dean of Nursing, researchers are advised to contact the University of North Carolina.
Series Description
The papers are arranged alphabetically by subject heading, then chronologically within each heading. The videotapes (not yet transferred to viewable media) occupy the final box.
Contents List
LAUREL ARCHER COPP: BIOGRAPHICAL MATERIALS.
Various Box-Folder: 01-001
LAUREL ELEANOR (ARCHER) COPP: BIRTH CERTIFICATE COPY, OBITUARY, MEMORIAL SERVICE ITEMS.
1965, 2010 Box-Folder: 01-002
CERTIFICATES AND DIPLOMAS (SEE ALSO OVERSIZE 04-06-022, 023, 024).
1953-2005, n.d. Box-Folder: 01-003
CONFERENCE MATERIALS.
1969 Box-Folder: 01-004
CONFERENCE MATERIALS.
1970s Box-Folder: 01-005
CONFERENCE MATERIALS: “INTEGRATED APPROACH TO MANAGEMENT OF PAIN.”
1986/05/19-21 Box-Folder: 01-006
CONFERENCE MATERIALS: “NIH CONSENSUS DEVELOPMENT, MAY 19-21, 1986,” “INTEGRATED APPROACH TO MANAGEMENT OF PAIN.”
1987 Box-Folder: 01-007
CONFERENCE MATERIALS: INTERNATIONAL ACADEMY OF NURSING EDITORS, AUGUST 15-16, 1991, LONDON.
1991/08/15-16 Box-Folder: 01-008
CONFERENCE MATERIALS: “PAIN MANAGEMENT, ESSENTIAL CONTENT FOR NURSE EDUCATORS.”
1997/06/6-7 Box-Folder: 01-009
CORRESPONDENCE.
1970-78, n.d. Box-Folder: 01-010
CORRESPONDENCE.
1982-89 Box-Folder: 01-011
CORRESPONDENCE.
1990-99, n.d. Box-Folder: 01-012
CORRESPONDENCE.
2001-06, n.d. Box-Folder: 01-013
COURSE MATERIALS: “THE PATIENT EXPERIENCING PAIN,” WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY.
1976 Box-Folder: 02-001
COURSE MATERIALS: “INTRODUCTION TO THE DISCIPLINE OF NURSING,” UNC N 51.
1992 Box-Folder: 02-002
COURSE MATERIALS: “INTRODUCTION TO NURSING RESEARCH,” UNC N 88.
1995-96 Box-Folder: 02-003
COURSE MATERIALS: “NON-PHARMACOLOGICAL APPROACHES TO ILLNESS,” UNC N 90.
n.d. Box-Folder: 02-004
COURSE MATERIALS: DESCRIPTIONS OF UNC N113, N181, N314.
n.d. Box-Folder: 02-005
COURSE MATERIALS: “PAIN COPING, PAIN MANAGEMENT, AND THE PAIN EXPERIENCE,” UNC N 113.
1983, n.d. Box-Folder: 02-006
COURSE MATERIALS: “PAIN COPING, PAIN MANAGEMENT, AND THE PAIN EXPERIENCE,” UNC N 181.
1984-86, n.d. Box-Folder: 02-007
COURSE MATERIALS: “PAIN COPING, PAIN MANAGEMENT, AND THE PAIN EXPERIENCE,” UNC N 181.
1986-87 Box-Folder: 02-008
COURSE MATERIALS: “PAIN COPING, PAIN MANAGEMENT, AND THE PAIN EXPERIENCE,” UNC N 181.
1986-87, n.d. Box-Folder: 02-009
COURSE MATERIALS: “PAIN COPING, PAIN MANAGEMENT, AND THE PAIN EXPERIENCE,” UNC N 181.
1994 Box-Folder: 02-010
COURSE MATERIALS: UNC N 181 STUDENT PAPER.
1994 Box-Folder: 02-011
COURSE MATERIALS: UNC N 187 EVALUATIONS.
n.d. Box-Folder: 02-012
COURSE MATERIALS: “ALTERED PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGICAL RESPONSES AND NURSING INTERVENTIONS,” UNC N 225.
1986, 1989, 1990 Box-Folder: 02-013
COURSE MATERIALS: “ANALYSIS OF NURSING PRACTICE,” UNC N 235.
1994 Box-Folder: 02-014
COURSE MATERIALS: “HUMAN RESPONSES IN ILLNESS,” UNC N 239.
1989-1991, n.d. Box-Folder: 02-015
COURSE MATERIALS: UNC N 312.
- 1990 Box-Folder: 02-016
COURSE MATERIALS: UNC N 314.
1988, 1993, n.d. Box-Folder: 02-017
COURSE MATERIALS: CURRICULUM INFORMATION (UNC).
1995 Box-Folder: 02-018
LECTURES AND TALKS: NOTES.
1963-1993 Box-Folder: 03-001
LECTURES AND TALKS: NOTES.
n.d. Box-Folder: 03-002
LECTURES AND TALKS: PUBLISHED TRANSCRIPT.
n.d. Box-Folder: 03-003
NOTES: MEMORANDUM BOOKS.
1960-1970 Box-Folder: 03-004
NOTES: MEMORANDUM BOOK.
1973, n.d. Box-Folder: 03-005
NOTES: MEMORANDUM BOOK.
1970s Box-Folder: 03-006
NOTES: MISCELLANEOUS LOOSE PAGES.
n.d. Box-Folder: 03-007
PUBLICATIONS: CONCERNING COPP.
1962-1989, n.d. Box-Folder: 03-008
PUBLICATIONS, MISCELLANEOUS: “HOSPITAL NURSING, A CRUSADE FOR SISTERHOODS IN HOSPITALS, BY A KNIGHT TEMPLAR.”
1865/03/30 Box-Folder: 03-009
PUBLICATIONS, MISCELLANEOUS: “REPORT OF A VISIT TO AMERICA, MAY-JUNE, 1958,” BY ALICE M. C. THOMPSON, WITH A PHOTOGRAPH OF THOMPSON, AND A BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH.
1958, 1983 Box-Folder: 03-010
PUBLICATIONS, MISCELLANEOUS: “HIGHLIGHTS IN NURSING IN NORTH CAROLINA, 1935-1976.
1977/03 Box-Folder: 03-011
PUBLICATIONS, MISCELLANEOUS: “THE SCHOOL OF NURSING AT THE UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA IN CHAPEL HILL AND THE PIONEERS WHO BUILT IT.”
1991 Box-Folder: 03-012
PUBLICATIONS, MISCELLANEOUS: “NOTES ON A PEACEFUL DEATH,” BY FLORENCE WALD, VIRGINIA HENDERSON, ANGELA MCBRIDE, AND EDWARD HALLORAN.
1998/09/12 Box-Folder: 03-013
PUBLICATIONS, MISCELLANEOUS: “THE SPEEDWELL PROJECT.”
n.d. Box-Folder: 03-014
PUBLICATIONS-PAPERS BY COPP:
- “THE ACADEMIC WOMAN IN THE SCHOOL OF NURSING”
- “ACKNOWLEDGING THE PATIENT’S RESOURCES”
- “A GLANCE BACK IN TIME, 1969”
- “ETHICAL CONSIDERATIONS IN PAIN AND SUFFERING”
- “FOUR STEPS TO SELF EVALUATION
- “HOW TO MEET AND DEFEAT THE IT-WILL-NEVER-WORK CLUB”
- “ILLNESS AND THE HUMAN SPIRIT”
- “ILLNESS SUSTAINING ROLE PRESCRIPTIONS”
- “IMPROVED PATIENT CARE”
various Box-Folder: 04-001
PUBLICATIONS-PAPERS BY COPP:
- “INSERVICE EDUCATION COPES WITH RESISTANCE TO CHANGE”
- “ISSUES RELATED TO CLINICAL THERAPEUTICS”
- “THE MIND-BODY CIRCLE TEST”
various Box-Folder: 04-002
PUBLICATIONS-PAPERS BY COPP:
- MISCELLANEOUS BRIEF ARTICLES AND EDITORIALS
various Box-Folder: 04-003
PUBLICATIONS-PAPERS BY COPP:
- “MOURNING STAR”
- “THE NURSE AS ADVOCATE FOR VULNERABLE PERSONS”
- “ON BEING AWARE OF THE TIMELINE”
various Box-Folder: 04-004
PUBLICATIONS-PAPERS BY COPP:
- “ON THE NATURE OF SUFFERING”
- 1982, n.d. Box-Folder: 04-005
PUBLICATIONS-PAPERS BY COPP:
- “PAIN COPING”
- “PAIN, ETHICS, AND THE NEGOTIATION OF VALUES”
various Box-Folder: 04-006
PUBLICATIONS-PAPERS BY COPP:
- “THE PAIN EXPERIENCE”
various Box-Folder: 04-007
PUBLICATIONS-PAPERS BY COPP:
- “PAIN MANAGEMENT”
- “PAST ENDURANCE”
- “THE PATIENT IN PAIN”
various Box-Folder: 04-008
PUBLICATIONS-PAPERS BY COPP:
- “PERSPECTIVES ON PAIN”
- “THE PHILOSOPHY AND PSYCHOLOGY OF SUFFERING”
- “A PROJECTIVE CARTOON INVESTIGATION OF NURSE-PATIENT...”
various Box-Folder: 04-009
PUBLICATIONS-PAPERS BY COPP:
- “THE PSYCHOLOGY AND PHILOSOPHY OF THE PAIN EXPERIENCE”
- “THE PSYCHOLOGY OF SUFFERING”
- “RECEPTIVITY AND CAREER COUNSELING”
- “THE ROLE OF THE NURSE IN CHRONIC PAIN MANAGEMENT”
various Box-Folder: 04-010
PUBLICATIONS-PAPERS BY COPP:
- “ROLE PERCEPTIONS: HOW PATIENTS AND NURSES VIEW EACH OTHER”
- “THE SPECTRUM OF SUFFERING”
- “SUFFERING: MENTAL COPING MECHANISMS IN EXTREMIS”
- “THE WAITING ROOM”
- “WHERE IS YOUR MANUSCRIPT?”
various Box-Folder: 04-011
PUBLICATIONS-PAPERS BY COPP: M.A. THESIS.
1961 Box-Folder: 04-012
PUBLICATIONS-PAPERS BY OR WITH JOHN DIXON COPP.
various Box-Folder: 04-013
RESEARCH: ACADEMIC/ANALYTICAL PAPERS.
1971-75, 1991, 1994, n.d. Box-Folder: 05-001
RESEARCH: ARTICLE/BOOK EXTRACTS (SOURCES UNIDENTIFIED).
n.d. Box-Folder: 05-002
RESEARCH: BIBLIOGRAPHIES.
various Box-Folder: 05-003
RESEARCH: BOOK CHAPTERS/EXTRACTS.
1960s, n.d. Box-Folder: 05-004
RESEARCH: CASE STUDIES.
1968-1979, n.d. Box-Folder: 05-005
RESEARCH: GOVERNMENT BROCHURES (2) CONCERNING PAIN MANAGEMENT.
1968, 1986 Box-Folder: 05-006
RESEARCH: ITEMS NUMBERED BY COPP.
various Box-Folder: 05-007
RESEARCH: MIND-BODY MATERIALS.
various Box-Folder: 05-008
RESEARCH: MISCELLANEOUS PAGES.
n.d. Box-Folder: 05-009
RESEARCH: NOTES: NOTECARDS.
n.d. Box-Folder: 05-010
RESEARCH: NOTES: NOTECARDS.
n.d. Box-Folder: 05-011
RESEARCH: NURSING RESEARCH WORKSHOP MATERIALS.
1976-77 Box-Folder: 05-012
RESEARCH: PAIN RESEARCH/STUDY ANALYSIS.
1984-85, n.d. Box-Folder: 05-013
RESEARCH: PAIN RESEARCH/STUDY FORMS.
1970, n.d. Box-Folder: 05-014
RESEARCH: SURGICAL PAIN.
1980, n.d. Box-Folder: 05-015
STUDENT MATERIALS: HIGH SCHOOL NOTES: BIOLOGY.
1947-48 Box-Folder: 06-001
STUDENT MATERIALS: BIOLOGY; CHEMISTRY, ANATOMY, AND PHYSIOLOGY.
n.d. Box-Folder: 06-002
STUDENT MATERIALS: CHILD PSYCHOLOGY; ETHICS; GERIATRICS.
1950-51, n.d. Box-Folder: 06-003
STUDENT MATERIALS: LABORATORY MANUAL FOR HUMAN ANATOMY AND PHYSIOLOGY.
n.d. Box-Folder: 06-004
STUDENT MATERIALS: LITERATURE; MEDICAL AND SURGICAL NURSING.
1949-52, n.d. Box-Folder: 06-005
STUDENT MATERIALS: MICROBIOLOGY AND PHARMACOLOGY.
1950, n.d. Box-Folder: 06-006
STUDENT MATERIALS: NURSING ARTS; NUTRITION.
1950-51, n.d. Box-Folder: 06-007
STUDENT MATERIALS: OBSTETRICS; PSYCHIATRIC NURSING; PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIOLOGY.
1951-52, n.d. Box-Folder: 06-008
STUDENT MATERIALS: INCLUDING 1952 NURSING CLASS HISTORY, AND THE WHITE CAP 15 (NOV. 1952) 26 METHODIST STATE NURSING SCHOOL, MITCHELL, SOUTH DAKOTA, STUDENT NEWSPAPER.
1951-52, 1960, n.d. Box-Folder: 06-009
SHARON GENERAL HOSPITAL SCHOOL OF NURSING: CATALOGUE, PROGRAMS.
1960-64 Box-Folder: 07-001
SHARON GENERAL HOSPITAL SCHOOL OF NURSING ANNUAL, 1960, SHARON, PA.
1960 Box-Folder: 07-002
SHARON GENERAL HOSPITAL SCHOOL OF NURSING ANNUAL, 1961, SHARON, PA.
1961 Box-Folder: 07-003
SHARON GENERAL HOSPITAL SCHOOL OF NURSING ANNUAL, 1962, SHARON, PA.
1962 Box-Folder: 07-004
SHARON GENERAL HOSPITAL SCHOOL OF NURSING ANNUAL, 1964, SHARON, PA.
1964 Box-Folder: 07-005
DEANSHIP RETIREMENT MATERIALS, UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA, CHAPEL HILL.
1989-1990 Box-Folder: 07-006
KEEPSAKES
1960-1977, n.d. Box-Folder: 07-007
PHOTOGRAPHS
various Box-Folder: 07-008
THREE-QUARTER INCH VIDEO CASSETTE TAPE: PSYCHOLOGY OF SUFFERING, LECTURE, PRESCOTT, ARIZONA.
1974/04/18 Box-Folder: 08-001
THREE-QUARTER INCH VIDEO CASSETTE TAPE: PROJECTIVE CARTOONS AND ROLE STUDY
1978[?] Box-Folder: 08-002
THREE-QUARTER INCH VIDEO CASSETTE TAPE: INTERVIEW WITH DRS. COPP AND DAVIS.
1984/05/31 Box-Folder: 08-003
THREE-QUARTER INCH VIDEO CASSETTE TAPE: INTERVIEW WITH DRS. COPP AND DAVIS.
1984/05/31 Box-Folder: 08-004
THREE-QUARTER INCH VIDEO CASSETTE TAPE: PAIN.
n.d. Box-Folder: 08-005
OVERSIZED ITEMS
LAUREL ARCHER COPP, PH. D. DIPLOMA, UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH.
1967/08/12 Series-Folder-Item: 04-06-022
LAUREL COPP, CERTIFICATE OF MERIT, MAYORALTY OF NEW ORLEANS, LA.
1974/07/19 Series-Folder-Item: 04-06-023
LAUREL ARCHER COPP, CERTIFICATE OF HONORARY MEMBERSHIP, UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF NURSING ALUMNI ASSOCIATION.
1967/08/12 Series-Folder-Item: 04-06-024
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