Descriptive Summary
Repository: University of Virginia School of Nursing, Eleanor Crowder Bjoring Center for Nursing Historical Inquiry
Title: Maury Margaret Schwarz Smith Papers
Physical Characteristics: 1.5 linear foot; 3 boxes
Language: English
Collector: Beverly Smith Williams.
Biographical Information
Maury Schwarz Smith (1891-1989) was a native of Lebanon, Kansas. After the United States joined the allies in World War One, Smith enlisted in the Army Nurse Corps. She received on-the-job training at Camp Grant, Illinois, beginning in the summer of 1918, and cared both for soldiers returned from the front and victims of the great influenza epidemic. Smith also saw service at Fort Sheridan, Illinois, where she studied obstetrics and pediatrics in Chicago hospitals, and at the Henry Street Settlement in New York City, where she obtained a certificate in public health nursing. Smith completed her Army School of Nursing degree at Letterman General Hospital, San Francisco, California, in 1921, and embarked on a career in public health nursing in Tonkawa, Oklahoma, where she also raised her family. In the 1950s and 1960s, she joined the nursing staff of the Catholic Hospital in Tonkawa.
Scope and Content
The Smith Papers offer a glimpse into the life of an Army nurse through keepsakes and photograph albums, and highlight as well Smith's later career in public health nursing. Included are Army publications and pamphlets relative to World War One, and a rare complete set of hospital magazines produced for the patients and staff of the Camp Grant Base Hospital, Illinois, in 1919. Among other items Smith saved is a spectacular collection of panoramic photographs, with views of Fort Sheridan, Illinois; the 1921 Army School of Nursing graduation ceremony in a forest at the Presidio, San Francisco, California; and of the nearby facilities at Letterman General Hospital.
Series Description
Arrangement
The paper items are arranged chronologically in box 01, following a folder containing biographical and general collection information. The photograph albums and collections are as donated, and find a place in box 02; oversized items are as indicated.
Contents List
MAURY (SCHWARZ) SMITH, BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH BY BEVERLY (SMITH) WILLIAMS (DAUGHTER); COLLECTION INVENTORY BY WILLIAMS.
2017 Box-Folder: 01-001
PUBLISHED PRINTS (2, COLOR) SOLDIER AND NURSE COUPLES.
[1916-18] Box-Folder: 01-002
KEEPSAKE MENUS.
1917-1922 Box-Folder: 01-003
RELIGIOUS ITEMS: 1) THE GOSPEL OF JOHN, 2) "THE ARMY AND NAVY WORK OF THE MOODY BIBLE INSTITUTE, 3) ARMY NURSE'S PRAYER.
1917, 1919, 1944 Box-Folder: 01-004
HOSPITAL PUBLICATIONS: 1) CHILDREN'S MEMORIAL HOSPITAL, CHICAGO; 2) THE CHICAGO LYING-IN HOSPITAL; 3) FORT SHERIDAN GENERAL HOSPITAL, IL; 4) CAMP GRANT RULES FOR NURSES; 5) ARMY MEDICAL DEPT. CASE RECORD SHEET.
1918, 1919 Box-Folder: 01-005
PUBLIC HEALTH NURSING MATERIALS.
1918, [1920s] Box-Folder: 01-006
ISSUE OF THE AMERICAN JOURNAL OF NURSING, VOL. XIX, NO. 6, CONTAINS INFORMATION ON CAMP GRANT: pp. 462-66, FACING p. 477 [PAGINATION DISORDERED].
1919/03 Box-Folder: 01-007
ISSUE OF: "CARRY ON, A MAGAZINE ON THE RECONSTRUCTION OF DISABLED SOLDIERS AND SAILORS," VOL. 1, NO. 7.
1919/04 Box-Folder: 01-008
MILITARY PUBLICATION: "THE SILVER CHEV'," ARMY BASE HOSPITAL, CAMP GRANT, IL (COMPLETE SET: 8 ISSUES).
1919/04-07 Box-Folder: 01-009
ARMY HOSPITAL CULTURAL ACTIVITIES: PROGRAMS.
1919, n.d. Box-Folder: 01-010
NEWSPAPERS/ARTICLES CONCERNING RETURN OF TROOPS
1919 Box-Folder: 01-011
UNITES STATES RAILROAD ADMINISTRATION MATERIALS.
1919 Box-Folder: 01-012
ARTIFACTS: NURSE'S CAP AND INSIGNIA.
[1919] Box-Folder: 01-013
PAMPHLETS CONCERNING WORLD WAR ONE: 1) "SOUVENIR DES SOLDATS AMERICAINES EN FRANCE;" 2) "AMERICA'S ARMY AND ITS PART IN THE GREAT WAR."
- 1919 Box-Folder: 01-014
MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS: 1) VISITOR'S GUIDE TO ELLIS ISLAND; 2) ARMY SCHOOL OF NURSING GRADUATION ANNOUNCEMENT AND PROGRAM; 3) PICTURE POSTCARD BOOKLET OF ROCKFORD, IL.
1920, 1925, n.d. Box-Folder: 01-015
THE ARMY SCHOOL OF NURSING, ANNUAL, 1921; WITH ITEMS RELATED TO THE ANNUAL MEETING OF THE ARMY SCHOOL OF NURSING ALUMNAE ASSOCIATION, 1961.
1921, 1961 Box-Folder: 01-016
MAURY (SCHWARZ) SMITH: CERTIFICATES [SEE ALSO OVERSIZE].
1921, 1952 Box-Folder: 01-017
ARMY SCHOOL OF NURSING ALUMNAE JOURNAL EXTRACTS, INCLUDING PRINTED LETTERS FROM ANNIE W. GOODRICH, ANNA C. JAMES, AND JULIA C. STIMSON.
1922-1971 Box-Folder: 01-018
POETRY.
n.d. Box-Folder: 01-019
PHOTOGRAPH ALBUM: CAMP GRANT AND FORT SHERIDAN, ILLINOIS.
1918-19 Box-Folder: 02-001
PHOTOGRAPH ALBUM: FORT SHERIDAN, ILLINOIS.
1919 Box-Folder: 02-002
PHOTOGRAPH ALBUM: HENRY STREET SETTLEMENT, NEW YORK CITY; LETTERMAN GENERAL HOSPITAL ARMY SCHOOL OF NURSING, SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA.
1919-1920 Box-Folder: 02-003
PHOTOGRAPHS: HEALTH PROMOTION PRADE, 1919 MAY 17 (2) CAMP GRANT; PALACE OF FINE ARTS, SAN FRANCISCO, CA.
1919, n.d. Box-Folder: 02-004
PHOTOGRAPHS OF MAURY SCHWARZ SMITH: ONE ORIGINAL PORTRAIT, 12 MODERN REPRODUCTIONS.
1921, n.d. Box-Folder: 02-005
DIGITAL MEDIA: ONE CD-R CONTAINING SCANS OF SEVEN LARGE-FORMAT/PANORAMIC PHOTOGRAPHS.
2018 Box-Folder: 02-006
PHOTOGRAPH: FORT SHERIDAN, ILLINOIS, ROLLED PANORAMIC IMAGE (WITH MODERN REPRODUCTION).
- 1919 Box-Folder: 03-001
REFERENCES TO ITEMS SHELVED IN OVERSIZE COLLECTIONS:
Oversize Series 1, Early Photographs (before ca. 1930):
CAMP GRANT, IL, OFFICERS AND NURSES.
1919 Series-Folder-Item: 01-12-001
CAMP GRANT, IL, BASE HOSPITAL PERSONNEL (BAND), HEALTH PROMOTION PARADE.
1919/05/17 Series-Folder-Item: 01-12-002
CAMP GRANT, IL, BASE HOSPITAL PERSONNEL (BAND), HEALTH PROMOTION PARADE.
1919/05/17 Series-Folder-Item: 01-12-003
CAMP GRANT, IL, BASE HOSPITAL PERSONNEL (STUDENT NURSES), HEALTH PROMOTION PARADE.
1919/05/17 Series-Folder-Item: 01-12-004
THE FOLLOWING ITEMS ARE SHELVED IN THE WORKROOM MAPCASE:
CAMP GRANT, IL, STUDENT NURSES; SCHWARZ IS FOURTH ROW RIGHT, THIRD PERSON IN.
1918/11/26 Series-Folder-Item: 01-13-001
LETTERMAN GENERAL HOSPITAL, SAN FRANCISCO, CA, ARMY SCHOOL OF NURSING GRADUATING CLASS OF 1921; SCHWARZ IS FIRST ROW LEFT, THIRD PERSON IN.
1921/06 Series-Folder-Item: 01-13-002
LETTERMAN GENERAL HOSPITAL, SAN FRANCISCO, CA, ARMY SCHOOL OF NURSING COMMENCEMENT EXERCISES, THE PRESIDIO.
1921 Series-Folder-Item: 01-13-003
LETTERMAN GENERAL HOSPITAL, SAN FRANCISCO, CA, ENTIRE CORPS; SCHWARZ IS SECOND ROW RIGHT, AMONG THE GRADUATES, FOURTH PERSON IN.
1921 Series-Folder-Item: 01-13-004
LETTERMAN GENERAL HOSPITAL, SAN FRANCISCO, CA, HAND-TINTED IMAGE.
1920 Series-Folder-Item: 01-13-005
Oversize Series 4, Prints, Certificates and Diplomas:
CERTIFICATE: MAURY MARGARET SCHWARZ, THE CHICAGO LYING-IN HOSPITAL, THEORETIC AND PRACTICAL OBSTETRIC NURSING COURSE.
1920/05/08 Series-Folder-Item: 04-06-018
CERTIFICATE: MAURY SCHWARZ, KANSAS STATE BOARD OF EXAMINERS FOR REGISTRATION OF NURSES, CERTIFICATION AS REGISTERED NURSE.
1922/05/10 Series-Folder-Item: 04-06-019
DIPLOMA: MAURY M. SCHWARZ, THE ARMY SCHOOL OF NURSING, WASHINGTON, D.C.
1921/07/14 Series-Folder-Item: 04-06-020
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