Guide to the Ruth Stewart Papers
Record Group 234
Date Span: ca. 1917-1986
Extent: 1 @ ½ Ltr Doc Box
Physical Description: 14 file folders in 2 accessions
Biographical Sketch: Ruth Law Stewart (February 12, 1917 – August 1994) trained as a nurse at Frasier-Ellis Hospital and Nurse Training College, Dothan, AL, graduating on May 14, 1941. Her parents Robert Lee and Mattie Lee (Crumpler) Stewart, named her for the then-famous aviatrix Ruth Law. She graduated from New Brockton High School in 1937 and that summer enrolled in the Frasier-Ellis nursing program. One month after graduating, she married Art Lund (d. October 1986). They had four children: Nita Sue (August 1942, St. Louis, MO), Nels Stewart (January 1945, Kansas City, KS), twins Pamela Jane and Patricia Ann (December 1949, Kansas City, KS). The family moved to Tampa in July 1957. Stewart never worked as a registered nurse but continued to take classes and kept her license current. (source: biographical Note, Sue Gutierrez to Martin Olliff, September 2, 2017)
Scope / Content Note: Contains items pertaining to Ms. Stewart's education at the New Brockton High School and Frasier-Ellis Hospital Nursing Training School. Includes photographs of Ruth Stewart Lund and her extended family from 1917 to 1986, New Brockton (AL) High School autograph book 1937 w/ one entry from student nurse in 1941, memo books of original poetry (including one about being a student nurse), and one letter with photo of 1986 reunion of the nursing class of 1941.
Provenance: Ms. Sue Guiterrez and Ms. Pam Salerno, Ms. Stewart's daughters living in Tampa, Florida, mailed the material to the Wiregrass Archives after seeing a posting on Facebook and exchanging emails with Dr. M. Olliff.
Acquisition Method: Gift
Access/User Limits? Open per gift agreement, 2017_0703
Proc Date: 10/25/2017
Processor: MTO
Publications about this collection:
Olliff, Martin T. “It Came from the Archives: Recollections of a Wiregrass nursing student.” TroyToday (blog). March 28, 2019. https://today.troy.edu/perspectives/archives-recollections-wiregrass-nursing/.
Inventory
File ID File Title
234-17-0607-001-001 Photo, New Brockton (AL) High School, 1937
234-17-0607-001-002 Ruth Stewart, Student Nurse Notebook, Frasier-Ellis Hospital, Dothan AL, 1940 - 1941
234-17-0607-001-003 News clips and Images, Student-Ellis Hospital, Dothan, AL, 1940 - 1941
234-17-0607-001-004 Ruth Stewart, Graduation Announcement, Diploma, Licenses, Frasier-Ellis Hospital, Dothan, AL, 1941 - 1942
234-17-0607-001-005 Photos, Frasier-Ellis Employees, ca. 1940 - 1941
234-17-0607-001-006 News clips and Programs (1983), re: Student and Employee Reunions, Frasier-Ellis Hospital, Dothan, AL, 1983 - 1985
234-17-0607-001-007 News clips, re: Frasier-Ellis Hospital, Dothan, AL, 1984 - 1986
234-17-0607-001-008 Dothan Eagle news story re: Flowers Hospital, November 11, 1985
234-17-0607-001-009 Photo and caption, Supreme Ice Cream storefront, n.d.
234-17-0905-001-010 Photo and cardboard frame, Crumpler Family (Ruth Stewart maternal grandmother), ca. 1917
234-17-0905-001-011 Photos, Ruth Stewart as a toddler (ca. 1918), Stewart's parents' 50th wedding anniversary family photo (1966)
234-17-0905-001-012 Letter and Photo, Frasier-Ellis Hospital, Dothan AL, Nurses' Reunion, 1986
234-17-0905-001-013 Class Autograph Book, New Brockton (AL) High School, 1937, 1941
234-17-0905-001-014 Ruth Stewart, Memo book of poetry / partial diary, with loose writings, ca. 1937 - 1942
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