MINNESOTA NURSES ASSOCIATION:

The Minnesota Nurses Association (originally known as the Minnesota State Graduate Nurses� Association and from 1919 to 1934 as the Minnesota State Registered Nurses� Association) was organized in 1905. Its objectives were "to promote the professional and educational advancement of nurses, to maintain a code of ethics among nurses, and to establish professional reciprocity between the nurses of Minnesota and those of other states and countries." Before the creation of a statewide association, nurses registered with the schools where they were trained, each maintaining its own standards of care. The new organization was designed to strengthen the profession by bringing together nurses from across the state and establishing uniform standards in education and training. Throughout its existence, the association has also supported efforts to improve the salaries and working conditions of nurses across the state.

The association became a member of the United Alumnae of the United States (later the American Nurses Association) in 1907.

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Records include minutes, photographs, newspaper clippings, financial information, convention materials, correspondence, and subject files. Much of the material relates to the association's economic security program and other efforts by the organization to improve the salaries and working conditions of nurses across the state.

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These documents are organized into the following sections:

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Availability:

The collection is open for research use.

Preferred Citation:

[Indicate the cited item and/or series here]. Minnesota Nurses Association Records. Minnesota Historical Society.

See the Chicago Manual of Style for additional examples.

Accession Information:

Accession number: 13,032; 13,338; 15,445.

Processing Information:

Processed by: Bonnie Palmquist, June 1984; Lara D. Friedman-Shedlov, August 1999.

Catalog ID number: 990017358370104294

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The bulk of the files relate to nurses' working conditions, salaries, pensions, and other issues related to economic security. Topics with most extensive documentation include the Economic Security Program, the Glen Lake Sanitarium, and the Veterans Administration.

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The Minnesota Nurse, The Minnesota Registered Nurse, Minnesota Nursing Accent, and MNA Accent, journals of the Minnesota Nurses Association, are separately cataloged in the Minnesota Historical Society serials collection

Records of the Minnesota Nurses Association Third and Fourth Districts are separately cataloged in the Minnesota Historical Society manuscript collections.

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This collection is indexed under the following headings in the catalog of the Minnesota Historical Society. Researchers desiring materials about related topics, persons or places should search the catalog using these headings.

Topics:

Collective labor agreements -- Nurses.

Nursing -- Minnesota.

Women -- Minnesota -- Societies and clubs.

Public health nursing -- Minnesota.

Private duty nursing -- Minnesota.

Organizations:

American Nurses' Association.

Minnesota League of Nursing Education.

Minnesota State Registered Nurses' Assocaiton.

Minnesota State Graduate Nurses' Association.

National League of Nursing Educaiton.

Types of Documents:

Photographs.

Occupations:

Nurses -- Minnesota.

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