Chesney Archives

Search Our Collections

Collection MahR : Rachel Preston Mahaney Collection

Description

Key

89744

Reference Code Element

MahR

Type

Text

Dates

1920, inclusive

Creator

Personal name, Mahaney, Rachel Fuller Preston

Administrative/Biographical History

Rachel Fuller Preston
16 March 1894-19 Dec 1982
Rachel Fuller Preston was born in Danielson, Connecticut in 1894. She received her B.A. from Wellesly College in 1916. While attending the Johns Hopkins Hospital Training School for Nurses she did volunteer nursing with Dr. Wildred Grenfell in Labrador. After graduation in 1920 she accepted the position of supervisor of obstetrics at Memorial Hospital in Owosso, Michigan. She married physician Dr. Reynolds C. Mahaney in August of 1922. She was a school nurse in Owosso for 27 years. She moved to Omaha, Nebraska in 1974 to be near one of her three sons., JHHSON Class of 1920

Chronology

Johns Hopkins Hospital Training School for Nurses, student, 1917-1920

Scope and Content

The Rachel Preston Mahaney Collection consists of her nursing diploma, photos, admittance card, and letter of donation.

Subjects - Name

Corporate name, Johns Hopkins Hospital. School of Nursing. Class of 1920

Language

English

Administration

Date(s) of Descriptions

2004, 2007

Processing Information

The Rachel Preston Mahaney Collection was processed by Anthony Dellureficio in 2004 and described by Elisabeth Sultzbaugh in 2007 through a grant from the Johns Hopkins Nurses' Alumni Association.

Accession

2001-097

Composed Of

Found 2 record(s)

Reference Code and Titlesort by Reference Code and Title ascending	Key (Collection)sort by Key (Collection) ascending	Dates	Record Levelsort by Record Level ascending	Hierarchysort by Hierarchy ascending
Photographs	117088	circa 1917-1920	File	CollectionMahR- Rachel Preston Mahaney Collection
Rachel Fuller Preston, The Johns Hopkins Hospital Training School for Nurses Diploma	98601	1920-05-12	Item	CollectionMahR- Rachel Preston Mahaney Collection

ArchivEra v4.4.1.9 - Johns Hopkins Medical Institution | ArchivEra (Final)