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Fellowship Application of Edna Illa Purdie A letter of correspondence from Edna Ila Purdie to Dr. M.O. Bousfield handwritten on April 3, 1939. Ms. Purdie relayed that by the next month, it would have been one year of school, the students had been doing well, and they passed all their courses. By the next year, Negro residents would be enrolled, and they would benefit from the tutelage of the Negro supervisors in the hospital.
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Fellowship Application of Edna Illa Purdie A letter of correspondence from M.O. Bousfield to Ms. Edna Ila Purdie written on January 9, 1939. Mr. Bousfield acknowledged Ms. Purdies letter of January 9. He was disheartened that Ms. Purdie couldnt make it to Philadelphia, so he suggested she could plan for next year in Nashville. Mr. Bousfield mentioned Mrs. Staupers was present throughout their session, and he regarded Mrs. Staupers as an excellent representative of the nursing profession.
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Fellowship Application of Edna Illa Purdie A letter of correspondence from Edna Ila Purdie to Dr. M.O. Bousfield handwritten on January 9, 1939. Ms. Purdie acknowledged Dr. Bousfields letter of January 4. She relayed that she got Dr. Whittington to add Negro supervisiors in the hospital, and the positions were opened on January 1. The school of Nursing and the library were doing nicely as well.
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Fellowship Application of Edna Illa Purdie A letter of correspondence from M.O. Bousfield to Ms. Edna Ila Purdie written on November 8, 1938. Mr. Bousfield acknowledged Ms. Purdies letter of November 1. He expressed interest in visiting her in Winston Salem.
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Fellowship Application of Edna Illa Purdie A letter of correspondence from Edna Ila Purdie to Dr. M.O. Bousfield handwritten on November 1, 1938. Ms. Purdie relayed that all the suggestions she recommended to Dr. Whittington, the laboratory and the library problems were taken care of.
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Fellowship Application of Edna Illa Purdie A cross reference record of Edna Ila Purdue recorded on October 6, 1938. Mrs. Staupers reported on the progress of Ms. Purdie at Winston Salem.
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Fellowship Application of Edna Illa Purdie A letter of correspondence from Edna Ila Purdie to Dr. M.O. Bousfield handwritten on September 6, 1938. Ms. Purdie had a conference with Mr. Jack Atkins, manager of the North Carolina Teachers College, and he allowed the nurses to use the College Science Laboratory. The laboratory was already equipped, so that was one problem resolved that once troubled Ms. Purdie the next that needed solution was the library problem.
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Fellowship Application of Edna Illa Purdie A letter of correspondence from M.O. Bousfield to Ms. Edna Ila Purdie written on September 6, 1938. Mr. Bousfield acknowledged Ms. Purdies letter of September 2. He suggested she got permission from Dr. Whittington to sell Coca Cola in her department, while she let the drug clerk and the information clerk in the department to handle the sales Mr. Bousfield suggested this because he has seen it work successfully at Flint Goodridge Hospital, New Orleans. Mr. Bousfield also suggested Ms. Purdie supervise the matter herself, and the profit from the venture could be used to expand her library.
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Fellowship Application of Edna Illa Purdie A letter of correspondence from Edna Ila Purdie to Dr. M.O. Bousfield handwritten on September 2, 1938. Ms. Purdie relayed that she was in Winston Salem, N.C., and she was enjoying her new job. She also mentioned she organized the teaching faculty, so classes started on August 15, and 17 graduate nurses were satisfied with the situation.
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Fellowship Application of Edna Illa Purdie A letter of correspondence from M.O. Bousfield to Ms. Edna Ila Purdie written on April 22, 1938. Mr. Bousfield was delighted Ms. Purdie was going to Winston Salem, and he acknowledged Winston Salem was beginning to develop rather rapidly, so many good doctors were likely to be drawn to the community because of the hospital.
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Fellowship Application of Edna Illa Purdie A letter of correspondence from Edna Ila Purdie to Dr. M.O. Bousfield handwritten on April 4, 1938. Ms. Purdie appreciated Dr. Bousfield wrote to Dr. J.B. Whittington at Winston Salem, and she relayed that Dr. Whittington offered her 90 dollars a month, which she accepted. Ms. Purdie also acknowledged that Negro nurses in the South had a difficult time getting an adequate salary.
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Fellowship Application of Edna Illa Purdie A letter of correspondence from M.O. Bousfield to Ms. Edna Ila Purdie written on March 29, 1938. Mr. Bousfield wrote to Dr. J.B. Whittington at Winston Salem to pay attention to Ms. Purdies application. HHe couldnt do anything on the matter of salary, regardless he hoped Ms. Purdie landed the position.
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Fellowship Application of Edna Illa Purdie A letter of correspondence from Edna Ila Purdie to Dr. M.O. Bousfield handwritten on March 16, 1938. Ms. Purdie relayed that she was at the Teachers College, Columbia University, and she resigned from her position at the Saint Philip Hospital. She also requested if Dr. Bousfield could get her a position in the South.
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Fellowship Application of Edna Illa Purdie A letter of correspondence from Edna Ila Purdie to Dr. M.O. Bousfield written on November 19, 1937. Ms. Purdie acknowledged Dr. Bousfields letter on November 11 and wanted to know what Southern Hospital needed in an educational director, as well as stated that she would need a Masters degree in Teaching at Columbia. Ms. Purdie also suggested Dr. Bousfield inquire with Mrs. Mabel Staupers and Dr. H. Frances of Norfolk, Virginia of the work she did.
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Fellowship Application of Edna Illa Purdie A letter of correspondence from M.O. Bousfield to Ms. Edna Ila Purdie written on November 11, 1937. Mr. Bousfield expressed that under current circumstances, he couldnt help Ms. Purdie. However, he suggested her to the Superintendent of a Southern Hospital who was seeking an educational director, so the superintendent could consider Ms. Purdie.
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Fellowship Application of Edna Illa Purdie A letter of correspondence from Edna Ila Purdie to Dr. M.O. Bousfield written on October 26, 1937. Ms. Purdie relayed that she needed only a few points at Teachers College, Columbia University, New York City to complete her Bachelor of Science degree in Nursing Education. She requested for a little aid because she wanted to receive her degree by June 1, 1938.
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Fellowship Application of Edna Illa Purdie A letter of correspondence from Edna Purdie to Dr. M.O. Bousfield handwritten on January 4, 1936. Ms. Purdie wrote in reply to Dr. Bousfields letter of December 16, 1935 and expressed her educational struggle in full detail. She expressed that she would appreciate any aid given.
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Fellowship Application of Edna Illa Purdie A letter of correspondence from M.O. Bousfield to Ms. Edna Ila Purdie written on January 8, 1936. Mr. Bousfield acknowledged Ms. Purdie letter of January 4, but the situation had not changed since they last wrote.
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Fellowship Application of Edna Illa Purdie A letter of correspondence from M.O. Bousfield to Ms. Edna Ila Purdie written on December 16, 1935. Mr. Bousfield acknowledged Ms. Purdies letter of December 11 had been addressed to Mr. Edwin R. Embree and emphasized the scholarships in the Rosenwald Fund are exceedingly limited, especially for one in the field of Nursing Education. Regardless, Mr. Bousfield still inquired for what she was doing that day.
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Fellowship Application of Edna Illa Purdie Letters of correspondence from Edna Illa Purdie to Mr. Michael M. Davis, Dr. Taliaferro Clark, and Dr. Clyde D. Frost written on December 11, 1935. Ms. Purdie was inquiring on whether the Julius Rosenwald Fund granted scholarship to qualified Negro women because organizations mostly aided nurses in Public Health Work rather than in Nursing Education, which was her field. Ms. Purdie needed a scholarship to complete her Bachelor of Science degree in Nursing Education at Columbia University.
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Fellowship Application of Edna Illa Purdie A folder containing correspondence of and relating to Edna I. Purdie.
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Fellowship Application of Lazarenah Miller Payne A letter of correspondence from M.O. Bousfield to Ms. Lazarenah Miller Payne written on July 30, 1940. Mr. Bousfield apologized for not seeing Ms. Payne while in Washington, so he suggested Ms. Payne wrote to Dr. Hubley R. Owen, Director of Department of Pulic Health, Philadelphia. Through this, she could foward her qualifications and make an application for a position at a new health center.
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Fellowship Application of Lazarenah Miller Payne A telegram from L. Payne to Dr. M.O. Bousfield sent on July 20, 1940. Ms. Payne had no phone at the time, so Dr. Bousfield had to call National 6000 Abbot Nursing Office she was free on Tuesday.
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Fellowship Application of Lazarenah Miller Payne A letter of correspondence from Dr. Bousfields secretary to Ms. Lazarenah Miller Payne written on July 15, 1940. Dr. Bousfield requested for Ms. Paynes telephone number because he would be in Washington from the 22nd to the 29th of July, but he assured he would be in touch while there.
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Fellowship Application of Lazarenah Miller Payne A letter of correspondence from Lazarenah Miller Payne to Ms. Ruth L. Hobbs handwritten on July 6, 1938. Ms. Mabel Staupers suggested Ms. Payne write Ms. Hobbs in reference to the new work Dr. Bousfield was about to begin at Tuskegee, and Ms. Payne already filed an application.