sv000157.xml ELIZABETH SHERER RUSSELL: An Inventory of Her Photograph Collection at the Minnesota Historical Society Finding aid prepared by Jennifer Huebscher Minnesota Historical Society
St. Paul, MN.

Sound and Visual Collection

 Finding aid encoded by J. Huebscher February 2012 Finding aid written in English. OVERVIEW Minnesota Historical Society Elizabeth Sherer Russell photograph collection. circa 1914-1933. Materials in English. Photographs documenting Elizabeth Sherer Russell's time spent with the Chippewa Indian Nursing Service. Several of the views feature Russell in traditional dress, but there are other views of her in her uniform and with her colleagues in the medical field. 15 photoprints: black and white; 5 x 7 in. and smaller. I.422: See Detailed Description for shelf locations. CATALOG HEADINGS Topics: Public health nursing -- Minnesota -- Photographs. Persons: Russell, Elizabeth Sherer. Places: Cass Lake (Minn.) Document Types: Photographs. BIOGRAPHICAL NOTE

Elizabeth Sherer Russell was born on March 10, 1900 on the Cass Lake Indian Reservation. Her mother died in 1911 and shortly after, Russell and her sisters Emma and Ida were sent to Wahpeton Indian School, a boarding school in North Dakota. At boarding school they worked as maids in homes. She was given the option to become a nurse or a teacher and chose the nursing track.

In 1923 Russell graduated from Northwestern School of Nursing in Minneapolis as a registered nurse. After graduation she worked as a Public Health Nurse at Cass Lake and was part of the Chippewa Nursing Service until 1932.

Elizabeth Sherer Russell died in April of 1987.

 ADMINISTRATIVE INFORMATION Preferred Citation:

[Indicate the cited item and/or series here]. Elizabeth Sherer Russell Photograph Collection. Minnesota Historical Society.

See the Chicago Manual of Style for additional examples.

Accession Information:

Accession number: AV2011.17

 Processing Information:

Processed by: J. Huebscher, February 2012.

Catalog ID number: 990074831880104294

DETAILED DESCRIPTION I.442.1Elizabeth Sherer Russell, a public health nurse for Minnesota, with a patient, Mrs. Jones, circa 1928.

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 I.442.2Colleagues of Elizabeth Sherer Russell posed outside, circa 1925.

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 I.442.3Elizabeth Sherer Russell outside with friends, circa 1925.

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 I.442.4Elizabeth Sherer Russell with her roommate Thelma Erickson in their nurses uniforms, circa 1923.

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 I.442.5Elizabeth Sherer Russell at Wahpeton, 1914.

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 I.442.6Elizabeth Sherer Russell near Minnehaha Falls, Minneapolis, May 18, 1920.

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 I.442.7Elizabeth Sherer Russell in traditional dress, 1923.

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 I.442.8Indian cemetery Mission five miles from Cass Lake, 1924.

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 I.442.9Elizabeth Sherer Russell, a public health nurse, standing outside a car while stationed at Cass Lake, 1924.

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 I.442.10Portrait of Doctor A. J. Chesley of St. Paul, Elizabeth Sherer Russell's boss from the Minnesota State Board of Health, 1924.

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 I.442.11Elizabeth Sherer Russell in traditional dress with a bow and arrow, 1926.

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 I.442.12Elizabeth Sherer Russell in traditional dress standing on the shore, 1927.

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 I.442.13Portrait of Elizabeth Sherer Russell, 1928.

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 I.442.14Portrait of Elizabeth Sherer Russell in traditional dress, 1932.

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 I.442.15Mark Burns, Ann Phillips and Elizabeth Sherer Russell visiting a maple sugar camp and sampling sap, April 23, 1933.

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