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Xavier University Department of Nursing records

 Collection
Identifier: XUA-74

Scope and Content

The materials in this collection consist chiefly in departmental minutes, correspondence, reports, self-studies, and proposals.

Dates

  • Creation: 1970-2015
  • Creation: Majority of material found within 1970-1997

Restrictions on Access

Some materials may have restricted access. Please contact the archives staff.

History of Xavier University Department of Nursing

The Xavier University Department of Nursing came to the Xavier campus after the purchase of Edgecliff College from the Sisters of Mercy in 1983 and the subsequent sale of the Edgecliff campus in 1987. Originally in Xavier's College of Professional Studies this Department now resides in Xavier's College of Social Sciences, Health & Education.

Extent

2.5 Linear Feet (5 boxes)

Language of Materials

English

Abstract

This is a collection of various documents stemming from the activity of the Nursing Department at Xavier University and also previously at Edgecliff College.

Statement of Arrangement

Materials in this collection are arranged by general series:

  1. Minutes, Correspondence, and Reports
  2. Brochures
  3. Studies and Proposals
  4. Recent Program Developments

Accruals

Additions to this collection are expected.

Related Material

See also XUA-37, Edgecliff College records for limited additional information about the Nursing Department while at Edgecliff College.

Processing Information

This collection was reprocessed into its current arrangement and description as part of a major University Archives reprocessing project that began in 2012-2013. This reprocessing project was largely an effort to disband a record group system, developed in the late 1970s, used to arrange university records. The record group scheme had been established by the first University Archivist, Lee Bennish, SJ, and chiefly organized materials by originating office and organizational structure. After Bennish’s tenure, oversight of the archives changed several times and resulted in a lack of adherence to the record group scheme for new acquisitions. The 2012-2013 processing project also sought to incorporate records for which little acquisition or contextual information existed. The project staff primarily reorganized records into subject-based collections. Occasionally subjects coincided with offices of origin (e.g. Subject, Presidents; Office, Office of the President; Collection, Xavier University President’s Office). This subject-based arrangement makes it difficult to identify or describe the collections by office of origin but administrative project records do indicate transfers and connections between original record groups and 2012-2013 collections. During the project, records were rehoused in archival folders and boxes, and new finding aids were created using the OhioLINK Finding Aid Creation Tool.

As of 2017, University Archives no longer employs the 2012-2013 system of arranging collections by subject.

Title
Xavier University Department of Nursing records
Status
Edited Full Draft
Author
Thomas Kennealy, S.J.
Date
2015
Description rules
Describing Archives: A Content Standard
Language of description
English
Script of description
Latin
Language of description note
English

Repository Details

Part of the University Archives and Special Collections, Xavier University Library Repository

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Cincinnati Ohio 45207 US
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