Clara G. Gentry Nursing Papers

1925-1937
The Country Doctor Museum Manuscript Collection, CD 01.22
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Creator(s)
Gentry, Clara G.
Physical description
0.245 Cubic Feet
Preferred Citation
Clara G. Gentry Nursing Papers (CD 01.22), The Country Doctor Museum, at The William E. Laupus Health Sciences Library, East Carolina University, Greenville, North Carolina, USA.
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Laupus Library History Collections
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The collection consists of photographs, diplomas and other educational records, correspondence, artifacts, and ephemera from Clara G. Gentry, a registered nurse.

Biographical/historical information

Clara G. Gentry, the oldest of 7 children, was born in Roxboro, Person County, North Carolina, on 1902 February 12 to James Larkin and Rosa Bell (Buchanan) Gentry. Her mother and two of her sisters were nurses. She graduated from Watts Nurses Training School in 1932. At some point, she was the county nurse in Person County for Dr. Gentry, and she rode with him out to patients' homes. At 36 she married Christopher C. Scott and moved from Durham, where she was a nurse at Watts Hospital, to a farm in Wilson County, where she resigned from the profession. Gentry died 1978 February 11.

Scope and arrangement

The Clara G. Gentry Nursing Papers include materials from Gentry's time in nursing school and her career afterwards. The collection consists of photographs, educational records, diplomas, and correspondence.

Administrative information
Custodial History

2008 June 12: The collection (1925-1937) consists of photographs, diplomas and other educational records, correspondence, artifacts, and ephemera. 1 folder; 1 oversize folder. Gift December, 2008 by Brenda Scott, Wilson, N.C.

Source of acquisition

Gift of Brenda Scott

Processing information

Processed by Marlena Barber, 2015

Copyright notice

Literary rights to specific documents are retained by the authors or their descendants in accordance with U.S. copyright law.

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Language of material

English

Key terms
Topical
Nursing--Study and teaching
Container list
CD01.22.00.01.01 Clara G. Gentry photo in nurse's uniform, 1925 - 1937
CD01.22.00.01.02 Clara G. Gentry Photo, 1925 - 1937
CD01.22.00.01.03 Clara G. Gentry Resignation Letter, November 1937
CD01.22.00.01.04 Florence Nightingale Pledge, 1925 - 1937
CD01.22.00.01.05 Becton, Dickinson and Co. Advertisement Cards, 1925 - 1949
CD01.22.00.01.06 American Red Cross Nursing Service card, 1933 May 17
CD01.22.00.01.07 Nursing Pin, 1933
CD01.22.00.01.08 Regulations for wearing the badge of the Red Cross Nursing Service, 1933 November 1 - 1933 November 3
CD01.22.00.01.09 North Carolina Board of Nurses Examners Certificate, 1932 April 4
CD01.22.00.01.10 Nurses Certificate of Registration, 1932 June 23
CD01.22.00.01.11 Certificate of High School Study for Watts Hospital, May 1925
CD01.22.00.01.12 Clara G. Gentry Summary Card at Watts Hospital, 1932
Oversize Folder 2 Watts Hospital School of Nursing Diploma, 1932 February 11