Descriptive Summary

Repository:  University of Virginia School of Nursing, Eleanor Crowder Bjoring Center for Nursing Historical Inquiry

Title: Maury Margaret Schwarz Smith Papers
Physical Characteristics: 1.5 linear foot; 3 boxes

Language: English

Collector: Beverly Smith Williams.

Biographical Information

Maury Schwarz Smith (1891-1989) was a native of Lebanon, Kansas.  After the United States joined the allies in World War One, Smith enlisted in the Army Nurse Corps.  She received on-the-job training at Camp Grant, Illinois, beginning in the summer of 1918, and cared both for soldiers returned from the front and victims of the great influenza epidemic.  Smith also saw service at Fort Sheridan, Illinois, where she studied obstetrics and pediatrics in Chicago hospitals, and at the Henry Street Settlement in New York City, where she obtained a certificate in public health nursing.  Smith completed her Army School of Nursing degree at Letterman General Hospital, San Francisco, California, in 1921, and embarked on a career in public health nursing in Tonkawa, Oklahoma, where she also raised her family.  In the 1950s and 60s, she joined the nursing staff of the Catholic Hospital in Tonkawa.

Scope and Content

The Smith Papers offer a glimpse into the life of an army nurse through keepsakes and photograph albums, and highlight as well Smith's later career in public health nursing.  Included are Army publications and pamphlets relative to World War One, and a rare complete set of hospital magazines produced for the patients and staff of the Camp Grant Base Hospital, Illinois, in 1919. Among other items Smith saved is a spectacular collection of panoramic photographs, with views of Fort Sheridan, Illinois;  the 1921 Army School of Nursing graduation ceremony in a forest at the Presidio, San Francisco, California;  and of the nearby facilities at Letterman General Hospital. 

Series Description

Arrangement

The paper items are arranged chronologically in box 01, following a folder containing biographical and general collection information.  The photograph albums and collections are as donated, and find a place in box 02;  oversized items are as indicated.

Contents List

MAURY (SCHWARZ) SMITH, BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH BY BEVERLY (SMITH) WILLIAMS (DAUGHTER);  COLLECTION INVENTORY BY WILLIAMS.
2017   Box-Folder:  01-001

PUBLISHED PRINTS (2, COLOR) SOLDIER AND NURSE COUPLES.
[1916-18]   Box-Folder:  01-002 

KEEPSAKE MENUS.
1917-1922   Box-Folder:  01-003 

RELIGIOUS ITEMS:  1) THE GOSPEL OF JOHN, 2) "THE ARMY AND NAVY WORK OF THE MOODY BIBLE INSTITUTE, 3) ARMY NURSE'S PRAYER.
1917, 1919, 1944   Box-Folder:  01-004 

HOSPITAL PUBLICATIONS:  1) CHILDREN'S MEMORIAL HOSPITAL, CHICAGO;  2) THE CHICAGO LYING-IN HOSPITAL;  3) FORT SHERIDAN GENERAL HOSPITAL, IL;  4) CAMP GRANT RULES FOR NURSES;  5) ARMY MEDICAL DEPT. CASE RECORD SHEET.
1918, 1919   Box-Folder:  01-005 

PUBLIC HEALTH NURSING MATERIALS.
1918, [1920s]   Box-Folder:  01-006 

ISSUE OF THE AMERICAN JOURNAL OF NURSING, VOL. XIX, NO. 6, CONTAINS INFORMATION ON CAMP GRANT:  pp. 462-66, FACING p. 477 [PAGINATION DISORDERED].
1919/03   Box-Folder:  01-007 

ISSUE OF:  "CARRY ON, A MAGAZINE ON THE RECONSTRUCTION OF DISABLED SOLDIERS AND SAILORS," VOL. 1, NO. 7.
1919/04   Box-Folder:  01-008 

MILITARY PUBLICATION:  "THE SILVER CHEV'," ARMY BASE HOSPITAL, CAMP GRANT, IL (COMPLETE SET: 8 ISSUES).
1919/04-07   Box-Folder:  01-009 

ARMY HOSPITAL CULTURAL ACTIVITIES:  PROGRAMS.
1919, n.d.   Box-Folder:  01-010 

NEWSPAPERS/ARTICLES CONCERNING RETURN OF TROOPS.
1919   Box-Folder:  01-011 

UNITES STATES RAILROAD ADMINISTRATION MATERIALS.
1919   Box-Folder:  01-012 

ARTIFACTS:  NURSE'S CAP AND INSIGNIA.
[1919]   Box-Folder:  01-013 

PAMPHLETS CONCERNING WORLD WAR ONE:  1) "SOUVENIR DES SOLDATS AMERICAINES EN FRANCE;"  2) "AMERICA'S ARMY AND ITS PART IN THE GREAT WAR."
ca. 1919   Box-Folder:  01-014 

MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS:  1) VISITOR'S GUIDE TO ELLIS ISLAND;  2) ARMY SCHOOL OF NURSING GRADUATION ANNOUNCEMENT AND PROGRAM;  3) PICTURE POSTCARD BOOKLET OF ROCKFORD, IL.
1920, 1925, n.d.   Box-Folder:  01-015 

THE ARMY SCHOOL OF NURSING, ANNUAL.
1921   Box-Folder:  01-016 

MAURY (SCHWARZ) SMITH:  CERTIFICATES [SEE ALSO OVERSIZE].
1921, 1952   Box-Folder:  01-017 

ARMY SCHOOL OF NURSING ALUMNAE JOURNAL EXTRACTS, INCLUDING PRINTED LETTERS FROM ANNIE W. GOODRICH, ANNA C. JAMES, AND JULIA C. STIMSON.
1922-1971   Box-Folder:  01-018 

POETRY.
n.d.   Box-Folder:  01-019 

PHOTOGRAPH ALBUM:  CAMP GRANT AND FORT SHERIDAN, ILLINOIS.
1918-19   Box-Folder:  02-001 

PHOTOGRAPH ALBUM:  FORT SHERIDAN, ILLINOIS.
1919   Box-Folder:  02-002 

PHOTOGRAPH ALBUM:  HENRY STREET SETTLEMENT, NEW YORK CITY;  LETTERMAN GENERAL HOSPITAL ARMY SCHOOL OF NURSING, SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA.
1919-1920   Box-Folder:  02-003 

PHOTOGRAPHS:  HEALTH PROMOTION PRADE, 1919 MAY 17 (2) CAMP GRANT;  PALACE OF FINE ARTS, SAN FRANCISCO, CA.
1919, n.d.   Box-Folder:  02-004 

PHOTOGRAPHS OF MAURY SCHWARZ SMITH:  ONE ORIGINAL PORTRAIT, 12 MODERN REPRODUCTIONS.
1921, n.d.   Box-Folder:  02-005 

DIGITAL MEDIA:  ONE CD-R CONTAINING SCANS OF SEVEN LARGE-FORMAT/PANORAMIC PHOTOGRAPHS.
2018   Box-Folder:  02-006 

PHOTOGRAPH:  FORT SHERIDAN, ILLINOIS, ROLLED PANORAMIC IMAGE (WITH MODERN REPRODUCTION).
ca. 1919   Box-Folder:  03-001 

 

REFERENCES TO ITEMS SHELVED IN OVERSIZE COLLECTIONS: 

Oversize Series 1, Early Photographs (before ca. 1930): 

CAMP GRANT, IL, OFFICERS AND NURSES.
1919   Series-Folder-Item:  01-12-001 

CAMP GRANT, IL, BASE HOSPITAL PERSONNEL (BAND), HEALTH PROMOTION PARADE.
1919/05/17   Series-Folder-Item:  01-12-002 

CAMP GRANT, IL, BASE HOSPITAL PERSONNEL (BAND), HEALTH PROMOTION PARADE.
1919/05/17   Series-Folder-Item:  01-12-003 

CAMP GRANT, IL, BASE HOSPITAL PERSONNEL (STUDENT NURSES), HEALTH PROMOTION PARADE.
1919/05/17   Series-Folder-Item:  01-12-004 

THE FOLLOWING ITEMS ARE SHELVED IN THE WORKROOM MAPCASE: 

CAMP GRANT, IL, STUDENT NURSES;  SCHWARZ IS FOURTH ROW RIGHT, THIRD PERSON IN.
1918/11/26   Series-Folder-Item:  01-13-001 

LETTERMAN GENERAL HOSPITAL, SAN FRANCISCO, CA, ARMY SCHOOL OF NURSING GRADUATING CLASS OF 1921;  SCHWARZ IS FIRST ROW LEFT, THIRD PERSON IN.
1921/06   Series-Folder-Item:  01-13-002 

LETTERMAN GENERAL HOSPITAL, SAN FRANCISCO, CA, ARMY SCHOOL OF NURSING COMMENCEMENT EXERCISES, THE PRESIDIO.
1921   Series-Folder-Item:  01-13-003 

LETTERMAN GENERAL HOSPITAL, SAN FRANCISCO, CA, ENTIRE CORPS;  SCHWARZ IS SECOND ROW RIGHT, AMONG THE GRADUATES, FOURTH PERSON IN.
1921   Series-Folder-Item:  01-13-004 

LETTERMAN GENERAL HOSPITAL, SAN FRANCISCO, CA, HAND-TINTED IMAGE.
1920   Series-Folder-Item:  01-13-005 

Oversize Series 4, Prints, Certificates and Diplomas: 

CERTIFICATE:  MAURY MARGARET SCHWARZ, THE CHICAGO LYING-IN HOSPITAL, THEORETIC AND PRACTICAL OBSTETRIC NURSING COURSE.
1920/05/08   Series-Folder-Item:  04-06-018 

CERTIFICATE:  MAURY SCHWARZ, KANSAS STATE BOARD OF EXAMINERS FOR REGISTRATION OF NURSES, CERTIFICATION AS REGISTERED NURSE.
1922/05/10   Series-Folder-Item:  04-06-019 

DIPLOMA:  MAURY M. SCHWARZ, THE ARMY SCHOOL OF NURSING, WASHINGTON, D.C.
1921/07/14   Series-Folder-Item:  04-06-020

 

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