Scope and Content

Box 1, Series 1

Folder 1: List of textbooks donated to collection

Folder 2:
Front cover: “The Road Taken: I Became a Public Health Nurse”

Folder 3:
Typed manuscript-Personal Essay-1
“The Slumbering Splendor”; how she decided to become a nurse (2 pages)

Folder 4:
Typed manuscript-Personal Essay-2
“A Rich History”; personal experience at St Luke’s Hospital (3 pages)

Folder 5:
Copied image: the alter of St. Luke’s Chapel, 2003

Folder 6:
Copied image: St. Luke’s Chapel 1948-1951. 
Image: Black and white, St. Luke’s Hospital School of Nursing Probationary Class c. 1948; Flyer from Veneto Restaurant, San Francisco

Folder 7: Typed manuscript-Personal Essay-3
“A Goal Achieved”; (12 pages) Cook’s entrance into St. Luke’s School of Nursing
Image: Nursing Arts Class, basic bedside care class. Removed from St. Luke’s Hospital School of Nursing Catalog (1949-50)
Image: Thelma Shobe and fellow students in living room of nurse’s residence. Removed from St. Luke’s Hospital School of Nursing Catalog (1949-50)
Image: Blue Chambray Yearbook 1949 yearbook pages: Probationary nurses, both candid and formal images
Image: Black and white, Thelma Shobe seated in garden at St. Luke’s (c. 1950)
Image: Blue Chambray Yearbook (?) junior class officers and formal class image
Image: Blue Chambray Yearbook (?) junior class 
Copied image: Building at St. Luke’s
Class pin of St. Luke’s Hospital
Image: Blue Chambray Yearbook (?) senior class song, officers and class pictures (12 pages)
Copied image: Miss Verna Young, RN, Instructor of Nursing Arts

Folder 8: Invitation to graduation exercises for St. Luke’s Hospital School of Nursing class of 1951

Folder 9: Diploma cover

Folder 10: Diploma, St. Luke’s School of Nursing, Thelma Jewel Shobe, August 31, 1951

Folder 11: St. Luke’s School of Nursing pin

Folder 12: Newspaper clipping, San Francisco Examiner June 25, 1951, "33 New Names at St. Luke's"

Folder 13: Newspaper clipping, San Francisco News June 22, 1951, "33 Graduated from St. Luke's"

Folder 14: Certificate and envelope, St. Luke’s Hospital, June 22, 1951. Notification of scholarship award to Thelma Shobe

Folder 15: Correspondence

Letter (hand written) from St. Luke’s School of Nursing President Lois Dixon Jones to Thelma Shobe congratulating her on graduation.
Black and white image: nurses in uniform: Suzanne Rattray, Doralee Anderson, Thelma Shobe following graduation

Folder 16:
Graduation photograph of Thelma Shobe, 1951

Folder 17:
State of California RN license issued to Thelma Shobe, October 15, 1951;
University of California, Minnie Fechheimer Memorial Scholarship issued to Thelma Shobe, September 24, 1952

Folder 18:
University of California, Minnie Fechheimer Memorial Scholarship issued to Thelma Shobe, March 5, 1952

Folder 19:
University of California Bachelor of Science Diploma issued to Thelma Jewel Shobe, August 2, 1952

Folder 20
University of California certificate of honors in nursing issued to Thelma Jewel Shobe, August 2, 1952

Folder 21:
University of California certificate for four months supervised field practice in Public Health Nursing to Thelma Jewel Shobe, June 18, 1953

Folder 22:
Public Health Nurse issued to Thelma Jewel Shobe, May 26, 1953
California State Board of Education: Life Diploma issued to Thelma Shobe Cook, January 25, 1962

Folder 23:
Correspondence from Elizabeth W. Clark, secretary-treasurer of the Zeta chapter of Delta Omega Honorary Public Health Society to Thelma Cook, nominating her for membership in the honor society, April 15, 1964

Folder 24:
Certificate from Zeta chapter of Delta Omega to Thelma Cook upon election as a member, June 10, 1964
Delta Omega membership pin

Folder 25:
Master's of Public Health diploma from the University of California

Folder 26:
Delta Omega Society bylaws

Folder 27:
Endnotes citing the author’s sources
Yearbooks:
Blu Chambray: St. Luke’s Hospital School of Nursing, San Francisco, CA, September 1949.
Blu Chambray: St. Luke’s Hospital School of Nursing, San Francisco, CA, September 1950.
Blu Chambray: St. Luke’s Hospital School of Nursing, San Francisco, CA, September 1951.

Box 2, Series 2
Folder 1:
Typed manuscript Personal Essay-4
Founding of Thelma Shobe Endowed Chair in the Ethical and Spiritual Dimensions of Nursing Practice

Folder 2:
Typed document signed
Correspondence From Kathleen Kane, J.D.,  Executive Vice President of Development, University of California, San Francisco, to Thelma Shobe Cook acknowledging her testamentary bequest. February 19, 1988

Folder 3:
Pledge card: Mrs. Thelma Shobe Cook pledging to join Heritage Circle, University of California, San Francisco.

Folder 4:
Booklet: Heritage Circle, University of California, San Francisco.

Folder 5:
Correspondence From Marilyn S. Johnson, Deputy Director of Development, UCSF to Thelma Shobe Cook forwarding copied of UCSF Foundation’s year-end issue. December 8, 1908[sic]. Actual date 1988

Folder 6:
Brochure: Foresight, UCSF Foundation, School of Nursing, Vol. 5, Issue 1, 2 copies

Folder 7:
Color image of Thelma Shobe Cook , summer 1988

Folder 8:
Autobiographical information, Thelma Shobe Cook, Spring 1988 (2 pages)

Folder 9:
Correspondence From Thelma Shobe Cook to Kathleen Kane, December 13, 1988, referencing Foresight article

Folder 10:
Correspondence from Thelma Shobe Cook to Kathlee Kane, September 27, 1992, thank you for gift of Heritage Circle paperweight.

Folder 11:
Correspondence from Dorotea Reyna, Director of Development, UCSF to Thelma Shobe Cook, September 23, 1992, thanking her for the meeting
Business card: Dorotea Reyna, Director of Development, School of Nursing, UCSF
Business card: Linda Franciscovich, Manager, Planned Giving, UCSF

Folder 12:
Personal notes Thelma Shove Cook referencing the establishment of a chair in Ethical and Spiritual Dimensions of Nursing with the proceeds of her estate Summer 1998
Booklet: The Thelma Shobe Endowed Fund at the University of California San Francisco School of Nursing, October 1, 1998

Folder 13:
Correspondence from Thelma Shobe Cook to Enid Pollack, Associate Director, Planned Giving, UCSG, referencing amendment to The Cook Family Trust, January 15, 1999.
Receipt: Certified mail for January 15, 1999 correspondence to Enid Pollack
Correspondence from Enid Pollack, J.D., Associate Director, Planned giving, UCSF to Thelma Cook, January 20, 1999 with attached copy of the Second Amendment to the Cook Family Trust.

Folder 14:
From Novice to Expert, Excellence and Power in Clinical Nursing Practice by Patricia Benner, inside cover inside signed by author to Thelma Shobe Cook

Folder 15:
Correspondence from Thelma Shobe Cook to Patricia Benner thanking her for the book, November 1, 1998
Correspondence from Jane S. Norbeck, RN, DNSc, FAAN, Dean, School of Nursing to Thelma Shobe Cook, thanking her for creating the Thelma Shobe Endowed Fund at the School of Nursing at UCSF, March 12, 1999
Personal notes: Thelma Shove Cook referencing the establishment of a chair in Ethical and Spiritual Dimensions of Nursing before her death by reorganizing her current funds, Spring 2002
Personal notes: Meeting with Dean Dracup June 12, 2002

Folder 16:
Correspondence from Thelma Shobe Cook to Kathleen Dracup confirming meeting for lunch, June 7, 2002
Thelma Shobe Cook’s notes and questions for meeting with Kathleen Dracup, June 12, 2002
Correspondence handwritten from Kathleen Dracup to Thelma Shobe Cook referencing meeting to discuss endowed chair, June 24, 2002

Folder 17:
"Lessons I Have Learned (So Far)," Kathleen Dracup, DNSc, RN, CS FNP. The Journal of Cardiovascular Nursing, January 1998
Correspondence from Thelma Shobe Cook to Kathleen Dracup referencing Dr. Benner’s possible appointment to the endowed chair position, July 2, 2002
Certified mail receipt for letter sent July 2, 2002 to Kathleen Dracup
Correspondence from Thelma Shobe Cook to Kathleen Dracup referencing her personal information , July 2, 2002 (5 pages)
Correspondence from Thelma Shobe Cook to Kathleen Dracup referencing Dr. Benner’s materials, July 2, 2002 (3 pages)
Correspondence (email) from Judith Mazia to Thelma Shobe Cook referencing meeting, July 3, 2002
Correspondence from Thelma Shobe Cook to UCSF Foundation referencing enclosed check for $500,000 to establish Thelma Shobe Endowed Fund, July 8, 2002

Folder 18:
Color image of Dan Riley, Director of Planned Giving accepting letter and check from Thelma Shobe Cook, July 8, 2002
Copy of Bank of America cashier’s check from Thelma Shobe Cook to UCSF Foundation for the Thela [sic] Shobe Endowed Fund
Color image of Dan Riley, Director of Planned Giving pouring Champaign for Thelma Shobe Cook, July 8, 2002
Color image of Dan Riley, Director of Planned Giving handing Champaign to Thelma Shobe Cook, July 8, 2002
Color image of Associate Dean of Nursing Zina Mirsky and Thelma Shobe Cook, July 8, 2002
Color image of Judith Mazie, Planned Giving Associate, Hekdi Strassburger, Associate Director planned giving, Mark Boon, Development Director, School of Nursing, Montford Cook, husband of Thelma Shobe Cook

Folder 19:
Correspondence (handwritten) from Dan Riley to Thelma Shobe Cook referencing official receipt, July 11, 2002

From J. Michael Bishop, M.D. to Thelma Shobe Cook acknowledging receipt of $500,000.00 gift.

Correspondence from Kathleen Dracup, RN, DNSc, FNP, FAAN, Dean UCSF School of nursing to Thelma Shobe Cook referencing letters sent by Cook to Dracup, August 2, 2002 (2 pages)

Correspondence from Thelma Shobe Cook to Kathleen Dracup referencing September 17 Dean’s Associates/Heritage Circle Reception

Correspondence from J. Michael Bishop, M.D. to Thelma Shobe Cook thanking her for her gift of $500,000.000, August 26, 2002 and envelope

Folder 20:

Correspondence email from Clint Marsh to Thelma Cook referencing article in UCSF Catalyst article, December 9, 2002

Newsletter: UCSF Catalyst, Fall 2002, Issue #2

Correspondence from Patricia Benner, RN, PhD, FAAN to Thelma Shobe Cook, referencing her work as the first Thelma Shobe Endowed Chair in Ethics and Spirituality, October, 10, 2002

Correspondence from Thelma Shobe Cook to Patricia Benner referencing Benner’s selection at the Thelma Shobe Endowed Chair in Ethics and Spirituality, October 14, 2002

Correspondence from Kathleen Dracup to Thelma Shobe Cook referencing investiture of Dr. Patricia Benner as the Thelma Shobe Endowed Chair in Ethics and Spirituality, October 8, 2002

Folder 21:

Invitation: Investiture of Dr. Patricia Benner as the Thelma Shobe Endowed Chair in Ethics and Spirituality, October 25, 2002

Printed web page, UCSF today referencing celebration of new Thelma Shobe Endowed Chair in Ethics and Spirituality, November 13, 2002 (2 pages)

Remarks of Thelma Shobe Cook at the investiture of Dr. Benner as the Thelma Shobe Endowed Chair in Ethics and Spirituality (2 pages)

Business Card: David J. Madson, ACFRE, Senior Development Director

Correspondence (handwritten) from David J. Madson to Thelma Shobe Cook thanking her for the contribution, November 15, 2002

Folder 22:

Copied article Nursing school toasts endowed chair in ethics and spirituality, UCSF Newsbreak, November 8, Volume 17, No. 21.

Correspondence from Thelma Shobe Cook to Patricia Benner referencing Cook’s thoughts on the Chair in Ethics and Spirituality, December 5, 2002

Certified mail receipt for letter sent to Patricia Benner from Thelma Shobe Cook on December 6, 2002.

Notes to Patricia Benner from Thelma Shobe Cook regarding the Thelma Shobe Endowed Chair in Ethics and Spirituality, November 2002 (12 pages)

Personal notes Thelma Shobe Cooks notes on meeting with Dr. Benner regarding the Thelma Shobe Endowed Chair in Ethics and Spirituality, December 23, 2002

Correspondence from Thelma Shobe Cook to Patricia Benner referencing first lecture by Dr. Charles Taylor for the Thelma Shobe Endowed Chair in Ethic and Spirituality, December 30, 2002 (3 pages)

Printed web page advertising lecture sponsored by the Thelma Shobe Endowed Chair in Ethics and Spirituality by Dr. Charles Taylor titled “Science and Self-Understanding”, February 13, 2003

Printed flyer advertising lecture sponsored by the Thelma Shobe Endowed Chair in Ethics and Spirituality by Dr. Charles Taylor titled “Science and Self-Understanding”, February 13, 2003

Folder 23:

Page of color images

Dr. Charles Taylor giving lecture, February 13, 2003

Dr. Charles Taylor giving lecture show audience, February 13, 2003

Dr. Charles Taylor, Thelma Shobe Cook, Dean Kathleen Dracup, Dr. Patricia Benner

Folder 24:

Remarks given by Thelma Shobe Cook on the first activity of the Thelma Shobe Endowed Chair in Ethics and Spirituality, February 13, 2003 (2 pages)

Correspondence from Kathleen Kane, Vice President UCSG Foundation to Mr. and Mrs. Montford G. Cook, referencing enclosed UCSF 2001-2002 Annual Report on Private Support, March 26, 2003

Booklet: UCSF 2001-2002 Annual Report on Private Support

Correspondence: email from Andrew Schwartz to Thelma Shobe Cook with draft of article on the establishment of the Thelma Shobe Endowed Chair in Ethical and Spiritual Dimensions of Nursing Practice, March 10-11, 2003 (8 pages)

Folder 25:

Black and white (sepia) photograph c. 1911 of Robert Bate Shobe and Theo Virgil Carver Shobe, parents of Thelma Shobe Cook, with explanation the name of the endowed chair with her maiden name.

Folder 26:

Science of Caring, Vol. 15, No. 1, featuring article on Thelma Shobe Endowed Chair in Ethical and Spiritual Dimensions of Nursing Practice (article on page 10)

Folder 27:

Correspondence handwritten note to Thelma Shobe Cook from Mark Boon referencing Science of Caring article

Correspondence from Thelma Shobe Cook to Mark Boon thanking him for copies of spring edition of Science of Caring, July 10, 2003

Correspondence from Thelma Shobe Cook to Jeff Mill, editor of Science of Caring thanking him for article in the spring issue, July 10, 2003

Folder 28:

UCSF Magazine, June 2003, featuring article “Researching the Human Spirit” (page 40)

Folder 29:

Printed web page “Nursing Alumni to Honor Former Dean” March 21, 2003 (2 pages)

Flyer listing activities for “Reconnecting The Social, Spiritual, and Medical Through Nursing Care," UCSF Nursing Alumni Day, April 26, 2003

Folder 30:

Color photographs of April 26, 2003 UCSF Nursing Alumni Day

Dean Kathleen Dracup and audience

Dean Kathleen Dracup at podium

Program

The Jane Norbeck Distinguished Alumni Award, School of Nursing Alumni Association, UCSF, presented to Jane Norbeck, MS, DNS April 2003

Color photographs of April 26, 2003 UCSF Nursing Alumni Day

Kevin Worth, RN, MS and Dr. Zena Mirsky, Associate Dean of Nursing presenting the Distinguished Alumni Award to Dr. Jane Norbeck, retired Dean of Nursing, UCSF

Dr. Jane Norbeck at podium

Dean Kathleen Dracup and Dr. Jane Norbeck

Copy of information on keynote speaker Patricia Benner, RN, PhD, FAAN, FRCN, Reconnecting the Social, Spiritual, and Medical through Nursing Care.

Color photograph of Dr. Patricia Benner with gift of appreciation received April 26, 2003

Correspondence from Jane Norbeck to Thelma Shobe Cook thanking her for pictures taken April 26, 2003, dated May 5, 2003

Color photograph of Thelma Shobe Cook and Dr. Jane Norbeck, April 26, 2003

Color photographs Dean Kathleen Dracup, Thelma Shobe Cook, Dr. Patricia Benner, April 26, 2003 Thelma Shobe Cook and Dr. Patricia Benner, April 26, 2003

Correspondence to Thelma Shobe Cook from Kathleen Dracup thanking her for photograph sent and sending photographs, May 14, 2003

UCSF Nursing Alumni Association Philosophy of Giving

Folder 31:

UCSF School of Nursing 2002-2003 Honor Roll of Giving

California School of Health, March 1970, Vol. 5, No. 1, featuring “Assisting a Child to a Resource for Care” by Thelma S. Cook, RN, MPH

California School of Health, October 1966, “A Report on the Sub-Professional Worker in a School of Health Program” by Doris S. Bryan and Thelma S. Cook

Bryan, Doris, Cook, Thelma: “Redirection of School Nursing Service in Culturally Deprived Neighborhoods” American Journal of Public Health, July 1967. Vol. 53, No. 7

Personal notes list of articles published by Thelma Shobe Cook

Box 3, Series 3
Folder 1:

“A Brief Vita of My Nursing Career” (16 pages)

Metal pin

“Polio Pioneer 1954”

Certification Card, National Foundation for Infantile Paralysis: Polio Pioneer

“4,000 Are ‘Shot’”, The Morning News, San Leandro, CA, May 6, 1954

Joseph Silva, Mrs. Joseph Copeland, Ellen Dutra, Thelma Shobe, St. Mary’s health program, nd

“St. Mary’s Mothers Aid Health Program”, Oakland Tribune, Oakland, CA, June 13, 1954

“The Sanitarian’s Role in Guarding Our Health”, nd

“Planning Stage," Alameda Times Star, August 8, 1963

Correspondence to Fannie Warnoke from Charles E. Smith, M.D. regarding Thelma Shobe Cook’s academic performance, February 6, 1964

Correspondence to Fannie Warnoke from Charles E. Smith, M.D. regarding Thelma Shobe Cook’s completion of the academic requirements for the M.P.H. degree in Public Health Nursing Administration, June 25, 1964

Folder 3:
Certificate of appreciation to Thelma Cook for 10 years of service to County of Alameda, March 27, 1974

Folder 4:
Correspondence to Thelma Cook from Joseph P. Bort regarding certificate of achievement, July 8, 1974

Correspondence to Thelma Cook from Stuart Phillips regarding her receiving tenure in the Oakland Public Schools, June 1, 1968

Color photocopy image of Thelma Cook with students, c. 1968

Commendable service and support award presented to Thelma Cook by the Dental Health Bureau of the Alameda County Health Care Services Agency

Significant contribution award presented to Thelma Cook by the Alameda County Dental Society

Commendation to Thelma Cook for outstanding service to the nursing department of the Oakland chapter of the American Red Cross. Signed by Arthur R. Flegal, 1977

Correspondence to Thelma Cook from May Jo Starsiak, RN and Susan Baldi, RN, MS, regarding personal and professional involvement in the growth and refinement of the school nurses. April 12, 1978.

Correspondence to Thelma Cook from Rosemma Wallace, Executive Associate Superintendent Division of Learning, Oakland Unified School District, regarding health education work.

Melvin Caughell, Audrey Selby, Thema Cook, Dr. Irving Wiesenfeld, Francis Johnson, Supt. Ruth Love, and Mary Brown receiving funds from health education material in the Oakland Public School District, c. 1975

Correspondence to Reginald F. Gipson, MD, MPH from Carl L. Smith, MD regarding work of immunization work of Gipson and Thelma Cook, May 24, 1979

Folder 5:

Oakland Unified School District, Immunization Program, Fifth Progress report, May 31, 1979 (7 pages)

Folder 6:

Memo to Thelma Cook and Dr. Reginald Gipson from Marjorie Henders regarding contact with press representative about immunization program, April 27, 1979

American Nurses Association Professional Credentials and Personnel Service, confirmation and evaluation of employment for Thelma Cook, April 21, 1976 (2 pages)

Oakland Unified School District Interdepartmental Memo to Thelma Cook from Jean-Paul Schreter regarding pre-registration packet and her outstanding work, April 3, 1975

American Association Professional Credentials and Personnel Service, Confirmation and Evaluation of Employment to Jean-Paul Schreter regarding Thelma Cook as nurse on special assignment, Area A (Oakland Unified School District, July 1976 to July 1978

From Reginald Gipson, MD to Whom it May Concern regarding reference for Thelma Cook, June 12, 1979

From Ruth Love to Thelma Cook regarding receipt of her letter for retirement from the Oakland Public Schools, July 9, 1979

From Russell Bruno, Mal Cary, Barney Hilburn, Peggy Stinnett, James Norwood, David Tucker, Jr., Seymore Rose, Ruth B. Love to Thelma Cook regarding her retirement from the Oakland Public Schools, May 3, 1979

Folder 7:

Montford Grant Cook summer 1956 at Sequoia National Park

Thelma Shobe summer 1956 atop Moro Rock, Sequoia National Park

"Redirecting of School Nursing Services in Culturally Deprived Neighborhoods," Final Report, December 1968, Oakland Unified School District, Oakland, CA

Folder 8:

Memo to Jean-Paul Schreter from Thelma Cook regarding functions and accomplishments of resource nurse, Region I, March 5, 1976 (9 pages)

Memo to Jean-Paul Schreter from Thelma Cook regarding 1976-77 Health Services Highlights, June 9, 1977 (5 pages)

Program Narrative, Area A School Nursing Services, 1977-1978 (2 pages)

Goals and Objectives 1977-1978 Pupil Personnel Services School Nurse Services (5 pages)

Folder 9:

Memo from Thelma Cook to Mr. Schreter regarding summary of staff meeting evaluation for 1976-1977 school year and staff meeting evaluations (20 pages)

Booklet: Emergency Guide for Injuries and Acute Illness, Oakland Unified School District, 1975-1976

What is the RN Scope of Practice? The BRN report, Fall 2003

Crystal Heritage Circle award given to Thelma Shobe Cook