The Barbara Bates Center is the preeminent history of nursing research center and archive.
Our priority is to increase the understanding of the importance of the history of nursing and healthcare to the development of our healthcare system and in crafting effective health policies and patient care strategies.
Through its extensive collections, fellowships, and curricula opportunities, the Barbara Bates Center provides considerable evidence for scholars and students to question traditional disciplinary paradigms; to give voice to the historical power of nursing; and to analyze the strengths and weaknesses of local and global approaches to issues of health and illness.
The Barbara Bates Center is a committed partner in preserving all voices of nursing history, opening access to collection materials, and growing our digitized collections and sites. To support our efforts individuals can contribute funds, donate personal papers, and volunteer time.
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Featured Bates Center Researcher
This past week we hosted Deborah Lindell, DNP, RN, CNE, ANEF, FAAN, from Frances Payne Bolton School of Nursing at Case Western Reserve University (CWRU). Dr. Lindell is studying the history of the professional doctorate in nursing at CWRU, and came to the Bates Center to look at the Schlotfeldt collection. Read on to learn more!
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This Week In the Archives
Opened in 1907 by Dr. Eugene Hinson, Mercy Hospital and Nurse Training School was the second institution of its kind in Philadelphia founded by the city’s Black community.
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Philadelphia’s Black Hospitals
This week the Bates Center staff started preparing for an exhibit on Black hospitals and nurse training schools in Philadelphia. Click to learn more about what we’re working on!
Barbara Bates Center for the Study of the History of Nursing
University of Pennsylvania, School of Nursing
nhistory@nursing.upenn.edu
(215) 898-4502