Descriptive Summary
Repository: University of Virginia School of Nursing, Eleanor Crowder Bjoring Center for Nursing Historical Inquiry
Title: Agnes M. Marshall Collection
Physical Characteristics: 2 linear feet; 2 boxes
Language: English
Collector: Agnes M. Marshall
Biographical Information
Agnes M. (Marshall) Walker (1934-2010) was a native of Kenosha, Wisconsin, but pursued nursing studies and the initial years of her career in Chicago. She obtained a nursing degree from the James Ward Thorne School of Nursing, and a B.S.N. from Northwestern University, where she also studied neuropathophysiology at the graduate level. Marshall graduated in 1969. Along with a clinical position at Chicago Wesley Memorial Hospital, Marshall became an Associate Professor of Nursing at Northwestern, where she also established and directed the graduate program in Neurosurgical Nursing. While still a student in 1967, Marshall and a colleague, Barbara Therrien, took the first steps to establish a professional organization for neurosurgical nurses, formally organized the next year as the American Association of Neurosurgical Nurses (A.A.N.N., since 1983 known as the American Association of Neurological Nurses). Marshall served as its second president. She launched the association's professional journal, The Journal of Neurosurgical Nursing, in 1969 (succeeded by The Journal of Neuroscience Nursing in 1986), and in the same year the World Federation of Neurosurgical Nurses. She also served as president of this organization. Marshall married neurosurgeon A. Earl Walker, M.D., in 1975, and continued her career from their home in Albuquerque, New Mexico.
Scope and Content
The Agnes M. Marshall Collection comprises three groups of materials: 1) correspondence files and writings by or about Marshall, including a neuroscience nursing textbook review by Marshall as well as her scripts of annual meeting keynote speaker introductions. Of particular interest here are the initial years of letters detailing the tasks and negotiations required to nurture the association and its journal; and, in 1983, the vigorous debate concerning the name change for the association. 2) American Association of Neuroscience Nursing (A.A.N.N.) materials, principally containing photographs of the annual meetings of the A.A.N.N. Also included are the minutes of the organizing committee and other items relative to A.A.N.N. history, including digital media files of video interviews with past presidents of the association. 3) World Federation of Neuroscience Nursing (W.F.N.N.) materials, most from the 1973 annual meeting in Tokyo, Japan. Also represented is an image of the first meeting of the association in 1969 (positive transparency, 35mm).
Researchers are advised to consult as well the American Academy of Neuroscience Nurses Collection in the Historical Collections and Services Department of the Claude Moore Health Sciences Library, University of Virginia Health System.
Series Description
Arrangement
The Agnes M. Marshall and A.A.N.N. materials are arranged in chronological order by item type. The W.F.N.N. materials are arranged by item type.
Contents List
AGNES M. MARSHALL CORRESPONDENCE FILES.
1967-69 Box-Folder: 01-001
AGNES M. MARSHALL CORRESPONDENCE FILES.
1970 Box-Folder: 01-002
AGNES M. MARSHALL CORRESPONDENCE FILES.
1971 Box-Folder: 01-003
AGNES M. MARSHALL CORRESPONDENCE FILES.
1972-76 Box-Folder: 01-004
AGNES M. MARSHALL CORRESPONDENCE FILES.
1981-83 Box-Folder: 01-005
AGNES M. MARSHALL CORRESPONDENCE FILES.
1985-88 Box-Folder: 01-006
AGNES M. MARSHALL CORRESPONDENCE FILES.
1991-99 Box-Folder: 01-007
AGNES M. MARSHALL CORRESPONDENCE FILES.
2000-09 Box-Folder: 01-008
AGNES M. MARSHALL CORRESPONDENCE FILES.
n.d. Box-Folder: 01-009
AGNES M. MARSHALL: REVIEW OF "THE CLINICAL PRACTICE OF NEUROLOGICAL AND NEUROSURGICAL NURSING," BY JOANNE V. HICKEY.
1986 Box-Folder: 01-010
AGNES M. MARSHALL: SPEAKER INTRODUCTIONS, AANN ANNUAL MEETING KEYNOTE ADDRESSES.
1998-2008 Box-Folder: 01-011
AGNES M. MARSHALL: MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS HONORING MARSHALL/NURSES, INCLUDES PHOTOGRAPHIC PORTRAIT OF MARSHALL.
1996, 2002, 2007, 2010, n.d. Box-Folder: 01-012
A.A.N.N. MATERIALS: ORGANIZING COMMITTEE MINUTES.
1967-68 Box-Folder: 01-013
A.A.N.N. MATERIALS: ORGANIZATIONAL HISTORY.
ca. 1971-2007 Box-Folder: 01-014
A.A.N.N. MATERIALS: BUTTON FOR NEUROSCIENCE NURSES DAY, 26 APRIL 1993.
1993 Box-Folder: 01-015
A.A.N.N. MATERIALS: ANNUAL MEETING KEYNOTE ADDRESS MATERIALS CONCERNING THE VALUE OF NURSING.
2007 Box-Folder: 01-016
A.A.N.N. MATERIALS: PAST PRESIDENTS' CLUB "SNORTS."
2008 Box-Folder: 01-017
A.A.N.N. MATERIALS: ANNUAL MEETING TRANSPARENCIES, POSITIVE, 35MM.
1968-1985, n.d. Box-Folder: 02-001
A.A.N.N. MATERIALS: ANNUAL MEETING PHOTOGRAPHS.
1970s Box-Folder: 02-002
A.A.N.N. MATERIALS: ANNUAL MEETING PHOTOGRAPHS.
1980s Box-Folder: 02-003
A.A.N.N. MATERIALS: ANNUAL MEETING PHOTOGRAPHS.
1990s Box-Folder: 02-004
A.A.N.N. MATERIALS: ANNUAL MEETING PHOTOGRAPHS.
2000s Box-Folder: 02-005
A.A.N.N. MATERIALS: DIGITAL MEDIA: IMAGE FILES.
X Box-Folder: 02-006
A.A.N.N. MATERIALS: DIGITAL MEDIA: VIDEO FILES.
X Box-Folder: 02-007
W.F.N.N. MATERIALS: MISCELLANEOUS TRANSPARENCIES, POSITIVE, 35MM.
1968, 1973, 1977 Box-Folder: 02-008
W.F.N.N. MATERIALS: ANNUAL MEETING, TOKYO, JAPAN: REPORTS, FACILITY BROCHURE (IN JAPANESE), POSTCARDS.
1973-74 Box-Folder: 02-009
W.F.N.N. MATERIALS: ANNUAL MEETING, TOKYO, JAPAN: A. M. MARSHALL, NOTES AND CARDS FROM COLLEAGUES.
1973, n.d. Box-Folder: 02-010
W.F.N.N. MATERIALS: ANNUAL MEETING, TOKYO, JAPAN: ITEMS CONCERNING A PROTEST OF NEUROSURGICAL TREATMENT FOR MENTAL ILLNESS AND EPILEPSY.
1973 Box-Folder: 02-011
W.F.N.N. MATERIALS: ANNUAL MEETING, TOKYO, JAPAN: PHOTOGRAPHS.
1973 Box-Folder: 02-012
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Preferred Citation
University of Virginia School of Nursing, Eleanor Crowder Bjoring Center for Nursing Historical Inquiry, Agnes M. Marshall Collection
Processing Information
Processed by Maureen Spokes in June 2008. Reorganized by Henry K. Sharp in December 2013 subsequent to a donation of additional materials.