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Virginia Department of Health Professions Historical Collection, Accession #2005/May/12, Special Collections and Archives, Health Sciences Collection, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, Va.
Donated by the Virginia Department of Health Professions.
The collection was donated due to the historical importance of the records. These are not the official records of the Virginia Department of Health Professions.
The Board of Pharmacy records consist of historical applications, as well as photographs of confiscated drugs. The Board of Nursing records consist of historical bylaws booklets and a report on the condition of nursing schools conducted in 1920.
The records are arranged in chronological order.
This folder contains an alphabetical listing of the first 1500 registered pharmacists regulated by the Board as well as a copy of the Seal.
This folder contains bankbooks that list the financial security of the State Board of Pharmacy.
This folder contains applications for pharmaceutical license. Each application has supporting documentation attached, like statements to work experience and character.
This folder contains several photographs and a scrapbook.
Pictured are C.B. Fleet, Robert Brydon, E. R. Beckwith, J. W. Pierce. Beckwith and Brydon were original members.
Each entry has a photograph and caption.
This folder contains several prescriptions from doctors in Salem and Roanoke, Virginia.
This series consist of documents and correspondence of the Virginia Board of Nursing.
This folder contains bylaws, congressional legislation, and updates. The bulk of this folder is the yearly bylaw booklets.
This folder contains the proceedings of a report of all the nurse training programs through the state. Also contains the correspondence this report created within the Schools.
This folder contains various documents regarding the Board of Nursing. Included are supply order forms, lists of nursing training hospitals, and other evaluation forms.
This folder contains letters and papers of a personal nature from Ethel Smith, Julia Mellichamp, and R. V. Blankinship. All were early Board of Nursing members. Mellichamp and Smith were the first two leaders of the Board.
This folder contains the Annual and Financial reports of the Board of Nursing
This folder contains rules for practical nurses, licenses for Certified Tuberculosis Nurses, and a listing of Board members.
This folder includes the paperwork on the first nurse and practical nurse to be registered in Virginia.
This bulk of this folder contains regulation booklets from 1917-1966 as well as a 1964 Report to the State Council n Education.
This folder contains several booklets on various subjects and concerns of the State Board.