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Collection HamMF : Margaret Forsythe Hammar Collection

Description

Key

113602

Reference Code Element

HamMF

Type

Text

Creator

Personal name, Hammar, Margaret Forsythe

Administrative/Biographical History

Margaret Forsythe Hammar
7 Dec 1886- 22 May 1960
Margaret Forsythe Hammar was born in 1886 in Baltimore. She was a member of the Johns Hopkins Hospital Training School for Nurses class of 1916. Upon graduation, she served as a head nurse and later nurse in charge of the Harriet Lane Home at the Johns Hopkins Hospital She also held positions in the Babies Milk Fund and Maryland Bureau of Child Hygiene. From 1925 to 1933 she was in charge of the Pediatrics Department at the Delaware Hospital. She then served as Superintendent of Nurses at the Children's Hospital at the State Tuberculosis (Brandywine) Sanatorium in Delaware. She retired from active nursing in 1945. Her specialty was pediatric nursing. Her sister, Mary Alice Hammar received her nursing diploma from Church Home and Infirmary Training School for Nurses in 1905., JHHSON class of 1916

Chronology

Graduation JHHSON, 1916

Scope and Content

The Margaret Forsythe Hammar Collection consists of her diploma, Maryland State Nursing certificate, correspondence, and nursing pins.

Subjects - Name

Corporate name, Johns Hopkins Hospital. School of Nursing. Class of 1916

Administration

Date(s) of Descriptions

2006

Processing Information

The Margaret Forsythe Hammar Collection was processed by Elisabeth Sultzbaugh in 2006 through a grant from the Johns Hopkins Nurses' Alumni Association.

Related Artifacts

Found 2 record(s)

Available Actions	Artifact Numbersort by Artifact Number ascending	Titlesort by Title ascending
	810A	Johns Hopkins Hospital
	906A	Maltese Cross

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