Editha Anderson Shaw collection

Collection — Multiple Containers

Identifier: 07.0036

Staff Only

Scope and Contents

This collection relates to the nursing career of Editha Anderson Shaw, which began in 1944 as a member of the U.S. States Cadet Nurses Corps in 1946. This collection contains photographs, correspondence, an oral history transcript, and a series of objects. The bulk of collection focuses on Shaw’s training at the School of Nursing at Riverside Hospital in Newport News, Virginia and Children’s Hospital School of Nursing in Washington, DC. The collection includes an extensive oral history about her childhood, education, observation about racial segregation in the south, medical care offered to returning World War II veterans, and postwar career in nursing.

Dates

1944-2007
Other: Date accessioned: 2007-04-03

Conditions Governing Access

This collection is open to the public.

Conditions Governing Use

All requests for permission to quote, publish, broadcast or otherwise reproduce from manuscripts must be submitted in writing to the Associate Dean for Special Collections & Archives. Permission for publication is given on behalf of the Florida State University Libraries as the owner of the physical items and is not intended to include or imply permission of the copyright holder, which must also be obtained by the researcher.

Biographical / Historical

Editha Anderson Shaw was born in the Bronx, New York on March 26, 1926. Shaw grew up in Brooklyn, New York where she worked as a telephone operator during World War II before enlisting in the U.S. Cadet Nurses Corps in 1944. She enrolled at the School of Nursing at Riverside Hospital in Newport News, Virginia and also received training at Children’s Hospital School of Nursing in Washington, DC. From 1946-1948, Shaw worked as a nurse at the Veterans Hospital in Tuscaloosa, Alabama. In the postwar era, Shaw continued her career as nurse in New York State and later Houston, Texas before retiring in 1987 to Florida. Editha Anderson Shaw passed away on March 4, 2015.

Extent

.25 Linear Feet

1 items : Blue Riverside Hospital cadet nurse's cape.

Language of Materials

English

Additional Description

Provenance

Gift of Editha Anderson Shaw.

Custodial History

Transferred from the Institute on World War II and the Human Experience to FSU Libraries Special Collections & Archives in July 2022.

Subjects

Telephone operators--United States--History--20th century. Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
United States. Cadet Nurse Corps--Recruiting & enlistment--1940-1950. Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
African Americans--Segregation. Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Brooklyn (New York, N.Y.)--Social life and customs--20th century. Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Courtship--United States Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Hospitals--Texas--History. Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Houston (Tex.) Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Medical education--United States Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
New York (N.Y.) Subject Source: Lcnaf
Newport News (Va.) Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Nurses -- United States -- Biography Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Pediatrics--Personal Narratives. Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Tuscaloosa (Ala.) Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Veterans--Medical care Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Vietnam War, 1961-1975 Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Washington (D.C.) Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings