Mary Louise Brantley Ordess Papers
1945-1946
The Country Doctor Museum Manuscript Collection, CD 01.46- Creator(s)
- Ordess, Mary Louise (Brantley)
- Physical description
- 0.245 Cubic Feet
- Preferred Citation
- Mary Louise Brantley Ordess Papers (CD 01.46),The Country Doctor Museum, at The William E. Laupus Health Sciences Library, East Carolina University, Greenville, North Carolina, USA.
- Repository
- Laupus Library History Collections
- Access
- No restrictions
Papers include military record and report of separation and registered nurse certificate from the North Carolina Board of Nurse Examiners.
Biographical/historical information
Mary Louise Brantley was born 1922 October 3 in Nash County, North Carolina to Sherwood and Mary Ethel (Lamm) Brantley. She served in the U.S. Army during World War II in the European and Pacific theaters. She was a Wilson County public Health Nurse from 1948 to 1978. In 1946, Brantley married Stanley S. Ordess and they had two sons, Mark and Jody. She died 2009 November 28.
Scope and arrangement
Papers include military record and report of separation and registered nurse certificate from the North Carolina Board of Nurse Examiners.
Administrative information
Custodial History
2004 December 9: "Tiffany" white nursing uniform (belonged to daughter-in-law Sandra Joyner). Gift of Louise Ordess.
1997 October 20: 8 textbooks for student nurses. Gift of Louise Ordess.
1997 March 1: First Lieutenant's bars, Watts Hospital School of Nursing coffee mug. Gift of Louise Ordess.
1997 February 6: diploma from Watts Hospital Training School for Nurses, NC Board of Nurse Examiners certificate, military discharge and separation papers, photograph, service ribbons, public health nurse's bag, 2 pins, public health nurse's cap, Watts Hospital nurse's cape. Gift of Louise Ordess.
Source of acquisition
Gift of Louise Ordess
Processing information
Processing revised by Ashley Williams, 2015
Copyright notice
Literary rights to specific documents are retained by the authors or their descendants in accordance with U.S. copyright law.
Metadata Rights Declaration
Language of material
English
Related material
Art of Nursing (CD 01.44), The Country Doctor Museum, at The William E. Laupus Health Sciences Library, East Carolina University, Greenville, North Carolina, USA.
Related artifacts held at The Country Doctor Museum, Bailey, North Carolina.