Descriptive Summary
Repository: University of Virginia School of Nursing, Eleanor Crowder Bjoring Center for Nursing Historical Inquiry
Title: Dianne M. Gagliano Papers
Physical Characteristics: 3.5 linear feet; 06 boxes
Language: English
Collector: Dianne M. Gagliano
Biographical Information
Col. Dianne M. (White) Gagliano (1944- ) received her first registered-nurse certificate in 1966, granted by the North Carolina Board of Nursing. She subsequently enlisted in the United States Air Force and completed medical officer basic training in 1967, serving for two years as a staff nurse at Tinker Air Force Base, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. In 1970, First Lieutenant Gagliano obtained flight nurse certification from the USAF School of Aerospace Medicine at Brooks Air Force Base, San Antonio, Texas. Shortly afterward she deployed to Vietnam, where she joined air medical and humanitarian missions all over Southeast Asia, including airlifts for prisoners of war and orphaned children, in addition to caring for critically injured troops. She earned a B.A. in Child Development from the School of Education at California State University, Sacramento, in 1979, as well as registered-nurse certifications from New Jersey and Virginia in 1980 and 1991. Gagliano spent 18 years of her 28-year Air Force career as a flight nurse, and beyond her medical responsibilities also developed expertise in training, evaluation, and service coordination initiatives. The Air Force Surgeon General named her to a special staff position in the Medical Readiness and Planning Office of the Surgeon General's command in 1988. Here Gagliano performed analysis and developed policies to increase the efficiency and effectiveness of Air Force medical operations wherever their theater of action. She received numerous military commendations and awards over her career, and retired from the service in 1996.
Scope and Content
The Dianne M. Gagliano Papers contain materials assembled by Gagliano over the course of her military career. These include certificates, commendations, and diplomas, in addition to limited correspondence, publications by Gagliano, and newspaper and journal articles concerning Gagliano and other topics. Supplementary items relate to the Vietnam Women's Memorial Project – campaign materials, correspondence, and news articles – and the Women in Military Service for America Memorial Foundation. A large collection of photographs includes images from the Vietnam era. Office artifacts – plaques and a desk name plate – complete the collection.
Series Description
Arrangement
The papers are organized alphabetically by subject category. Within each subject division, items are arranged chronologically. Photographs and artifacts complete the collection.
Contents List
AIR MEDICAL CONSULTING SERVICES/AEROMEDICAL CONSULTING
1991-1993 Box-Folder: 001
CERTIFICATES/DIPLOMAS: AWARDS, RECOGNITION; SEE ALSO OVERSIZED: 04-06-021
1973-1996, n.d. Box-Folder: 01-002
CERTIFICATES/DIPLOMAS: NURSING CERTIFICATION
1966, 1980, 1991 Box-Folder: 01-003
CERTIFICATES/DIPLOMAS: TRAINING, COURSE CERTIFICATES
1962-1993 Box-Folder: 01-004
CORRESPONDENCE
1976-2008 Box-Folder: 01-005
EDUCATION: CABARRUS MEMORIAL HOSPITAL SCHOOL OF NURSING, CONCORD, NORTH CAROLINA
1962-1966 Box-Folder: 01-006
MEDALS AND PINS, INCLUDING MILITARY DECORATIONS
n.d. Box-Folder: 01-007
MEDALS AND PINS, INCLUDING MILITARY DECORATION: THE LEGION OF MERIT
n.d. Box-Folder: 01-008
MEMORABILIA
ca. 1965-1974, n.d. Box-Folder: 01-009
MERCY MEDICAL AIRLIFT: AIR MEDICAL TRANSPORT MANUAL, BY DIANNE GAGLIANO
1993 Box-Folder: 01-010
MERCY MEDICAL AIRLIFT: MEDICAL ADVISORY COMMITTEE MEETING MINUTES
1993 Box-Folder: 01-011
MERCY MEDICAL AIRLIFT: MEDICAL/NURSING CARE COMMITTEE MINUTES
1991-1993 Box-Folder: 02-001
MERCY MEDICAL AIRLIFT: MEMORANDA AND REPORTS BY GAGLIANO, AND MEMORANDUM BY ED BOYER WITH ANNOTATIONS BY GAGLIANO
1992-1993 Box-Folder: 02-002
MERCY MEDICAL AIRLIFT: NURSE WORKGROUP MEETING MINUTES
1991-1992 Box-Folder: 02-003
MERCY MEDICAL AIRLIFT: NURSING PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT STATUS REPORTS
1992-1993 Box-Folder: 02-004
MERCY MEDICAL AIRLIFT NURSING SERVICE DOCUMENTS
1993 Box-Folder: 02-005
MERCY MEDICAL AIRLIFT: PERSONAL STATEMENT, NOTES, DONOR CARD
1992-1993 Box-Folder: 02-006
MERCY MEDICAL AIRLIFT: PROCEDURE MANUAL EXCERPTS, WITH REVIEW - TRAINING QUESTIONS
1991 Box-Folder: 02-007
NEWSPAPER ARTICLES: CONCERNING GAGLIANO
1973-1996 Box-Folder: 02-008
OUTWARD BOUND PROGRAM, NORTH CAROLINA, OCTOBER 1992: VIETNAM ERA WOMEN
1992 Box-Folder: 02-009
PUBLICATIONS: AVIATION PHYSIOLOGY MATERIALS
1991-1992, n.d. Box-Folder: 02-010
PUBLICATIONS: “EFFECTIVE PHRASES FOR PERFORMANCE APPRAISALS,” BY JAMES E. NEAL, JR.
1983 Box-Folder: 02-011
PUBLICATIONS: “POCKET GUIDE TO UNITED STATES AIR FORCE OPPORTUNITIES”
1965 Box-Folder: 02-012
PUBLICATIONS: VARIOUS ITEMS CONCERNING THE HISTORY OF FLIGHT NURSING
1986-1996, 2013 Box-Folder: 02-013
PUBLICATIONS: “WOMEN’S HISTORY MONTH, MARCH 1996: SEE HISTORY IN A NEW WAY,” DEFENSE EQUAL OPPORTUNITY MANAGEMENT INSTITUTE
1996 Box-Folder: 02-014
PUBLICATIONS BY GAGLIANO: AIR MEDICAL TRANSPORT MANUAL - “AIR MEDICAL GUIDELINES FOR FIXED-WING TRANSPORTS”
1993 Box-Folder: 02-015
PUBLICATIONS BY GAGLIANO: BASIC FIRST AID PRACTICUM, TRAUMA ASSESSMENT/MANAGEMENT, FIELD SANITATION, MANUAL CARRIES
1987, n.d. Box-Folder: 02-016
PUBLICATIONS/PRESENTATIONS BY GAGLIANO
1988-1997 Box-Folder: 02-017
RECOLLECTIONS BY GAGLIANO: 1) VIETNAM AIR EVAC MISSIONS, 2) VIETNAM HUMANITARIAN AIR EVAC MISSIONS
2014 Box-Folder: 03-001
RETIREMENT CEREMONY MATERIALS
1996 Box-Folder: 03-002
VIETNAM WOMEN'S MEMORIAL PROJECT: CAMPAIGN MATERIALS
1985-1991, n.d. Box-Folder: 03-003
VIETNAM WOMEN'S MEMORIAL PROJECT: CORRESPONDENCE
1986-1993 Box-Folder: 03-004
VIETNAM WOMEN’S MEMORIAL PROJECT: DEDICATION AND RELATED WVENT MATERIALS
1993/11 Box-Folder: 03-005
VIETNAM WOMEN’S MEMORIAL PROJECT: DEDICATION: DIGITAL MEDIA
1993 Box-Folder: 03-006
VIETNAM WOMEN'S MEMORIAL PROJECT: NEWS ARTICLES
1986-1993 Box-Folder: 03-007
WOMEN IN MILITARY SERVICE FOR AMERICA MEMORIAL FOUNDATION MATERIALS: CALENDARS 2003, 2008, 2013, 2016 Box-Folder: 03-008
WOMEN IN MILITARY SERVICE FOR AMERICA MEMORIAL FOUNDATION: CAMPAIGN MATERIALS
1992-1997, n.d. Box-Folder: 03-009
WOMEN IN MILITARY SERVICE FOR AMERICA MEMORIAL FOUNDATION: DEDICATION OF THE MEMORIAL
1997 Box-Folder: 003-010
ADDITIONS: G.I. BILL DOCUMENTS
1977-1978 Box-Folder: 04-001
ADDITIONS: MILITARY PERFORMANCE AND COMMENDATION MATERIALS
1974-1996 Box-Folder: 04-002
ADDITIONS: RECORDS OF SERVICE: AWARDS, LETTERS
1969-1996 Box-Folder: 04-003
ADDITIONS: MOBILITY FOLDER: FORMS, CORRESPONDENCE, PINS, DOG TAGS
1985-1990 Box-Folder: 04-004
ADDITIONS: MILITARY RECORDS: BIOGRAPHY, TRAINING, AND EVALUATION MATERIALS
1974-1996 Box-Folder: 04-005
PHOTOGRAPHS: BASIC TRAINING AND FIRST ASSIGNMENT
1967, n.d. Box-Folder: 05-001
PHOTOGRAPHS: WATER SURVIVAL AND FLIGHT SCHOOL
1970 Box-Folder: 05-002
PHOTOGRAPHS: HAWAII CREW REST STOP
1971 Box-Folder: 05-003
PHOTOGRAPHS: TOKYO, JAPAN
1971 Box-Folder: 05-004
PHOTOGRAPHS: VIETNAM, PLUS DIGITAL MEDIA ONE (1) COMPACT DISC
1971 Box-Folder: 05-005
PHOTOGRAPHS: OPERATION BABYLIFT, MISCELLANEOUS
1974 Box-Folder: 05-006
PHOTOGRAPHS: VIETNAM? (35MM COLOR TRANSPARENCIES AND REPRINTS)
1970s? Box-Folder: 05-007
PHOTOGRAPHS: MISCELLANEOUS
1980s Box-Folder: 05-008
PHOTOGRAPHS: VIETNAM WOMEN'S MEMORIAL
1986-1994, n.d. Box-Folder: 05-009
PHOTOGRAPHS: PORTRAITS AND NEGATIVES (B&W 120 FILM 2 1/4 BY 2 5/8) (COLOR REVERSAL 120 FILM 15/8 BY 2 1/4)
1990, 1996 Box-Folder: 05-010
PHOTOGRAPHS: 35MM NEGATIVES, B&W, AFGHANISTAN MISSION
ca. 1993 Box-Folder: 05-011
PHOTOGRAPHS: RETIREMENT CEREMONY
1996 Box-Folder: 05-012
REFERENCES TO ITEMS SHELVED IN OVERSIZE COLLECTIONS:
Oversize Series 4, Prints, Certificates, and Diplomas
Certificate: DIANNE M. GAGLIANO, CERTIFICATE OF RETIREMENT.
1996 Series-Folder-Item: 04-06-21
Artifacts:
PLAQUE (WOODEN, DECOUPAGE): "FLIGHT NURSES," BY MILFORD E. SHIELDS
n.d. Box-Item: GAGLIANO ARTIFACTS-001
PLAQUE (WOODEN, DECOUPAGE): "THE FLIGHT NURSE'S CREED"
n.d. GAGLIANO ARTIFACTS-002
PLAQUE (WOODEN, CARVED INSIGNIA): UNITED STATES AIR FORCE MASTER NAVIGATOR WINGS
n.d. Box-Item: GAGLIANO ARTIFACTS-003
DESKTOP NAME PLATE, "DIANNE M. GAGLIANO." AUTOGRAPH INSCRIPTION ON BASE: "ALL THE BEST... TO THE BEST! JOHN BOZARTH 1988"
1988 Box-Item: GAGLIANO ARTIFACTS-004
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