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Collection FisCB : Charity Babcock Fisk Collection

Description

Key

90581

Reference Code Element

FisCB

Type

Text

Dates

1888-1951, inclusive

Creator

Personal name, Fisk, Charity Babcock

Administrative/Biographical History

Charity Babcock Fisk
-11 Sep 1957
Charity Babcock was born in Council Bluffs, Iowa. She received her nursing diploma in 1897. During 1897 she served as a head nurse for the Johns Hopkins Hospital. In 1898, during the Spanish American War, she served with the United States Army as a nurse at Fort McPherson, Georgia. She returned to Baltimore to work as head nurse in Dr. Osler's ward at the Johns Hopkins Hospital for three years. She married John Pond Fisk in 1906. She was among the first contributors to the Johns Hopkins Nursing Historical Collection, and was active in the Alumnae Association's Committee on the Writing of the History.

Chronology

Johns Hopkins Hospital Training School for Nurses, student, 1895-1897

Graduation JHHSON, 1897

Scope and Content

The Charity Babcock Fisk collection contains a scrapbook holding photos, newspaper clippings, personal correspondence and official documents. This collection is a resource on nursing life during the Spanish American War.

Subjects - Name

Corporate name, Johns Hopkins Hospital. School of Nursing. Class of 1897

Language

English

Administration

Date(s) of Descriptions

2003, 2007

Processing Information

The Charity Babcock Fisk Collection was processed by Anthony Dellureficio and described by Elisabeth Sultzbaugh and Ruth Carver through a grant from the Johns Hopkins Nurses' Alumni Association.

Composed Of

Found 1 record(s)

Available Actions	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
	Charity Babcock Fisk Johns Hopkins Hospital scrapbook	90588	circa 1895-1919	File	CollectionFisCB- Charity Babcock Fisk Collection

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