Illinois Association of School Nurses

An inventory of papers at the Midwest Nursing History Research Center, College of Nursing, University of Illinois at Chicago.

Overview of the Collection
Repository: MNHRC, CON, University of Illinois at Chicago
Creator: Illinois Association of School Nurses
Title: Illinois Association of School Nurses Collection
Dates: 1955-2007
Quantity: 8 linear feet
Identification: CNR
Language: English.

Biographical Sketch

Organized in 1957 as an affiliate of the Illinois Education Association, the first Annual meeting of the Illinois Association of School Nurses was held in 1958. The association’s goals included the promotion of better school health programs and the welfare and further education of school nurses. Work of the association during the early years included pursuit of school-nurse certification, liability issues for school nurses, and retirement plans.

Scope and Contents

The collection includes early organizational minutes, annual meeting minutes from 1957-2004, and Executive Committee/Board of Directors Meeting Minutes from 1959-2007.

Some items may be restricted.

Acquisition History

Donated in 2014 by the Illinois Association of School Nurses.

Box 1

1955 to 2007. Collection contains minutes of general membership meetings (1957-2004, except 1969) and board meetings (1959 – 2007), board and committee rosters (1957 – 2007 (some missing)), and operating guidelines from 1990.

Folder 1: Minutes of meeting to discuss formation of Association. Dec. 1955

Folder 2: Correspondence re. organization of association

Folder 3: Organizational Meeting Minutes. Oct. 1957

Folder 4: 1958 Feb/March Agenda meeting INA School Nurse Branch and IL Office Public Instruction

Folder 5: Undated Organizational Meeting Minutes

Folder 6: 1958 Letter from Steering Committee Lake Shore Nurses’ Association re. IASN

Folder 7: 1958 Letter re. IASN organization

Folder 8: 1957 IASN Bylaws

Folder 9: First Annual Meeting Minutes. Oct. 1958

Folder 10: Annual Meeting Minutes. Oct. 1959

Folder 11: Annual Meeting Minutes. Oct. 1960

Folder 12: Annual Meeting Minutes. Oct. 1961

Folder 13: Annual Meeting Minutes. Oct. 1962

Folder 14: Annual Meeting Minutes. Oct. 1963

Folder 15: Annual Meeting Minutes. Oct. 1964

Folder 16: Annual Meeting Minutes. Oct. 1965

Folder 17: Annual Meeting Minutes. Oct. 1967

Folder 18: Annual Meeting Minutes. Oct. 1968

Folder 19: Annual Meeting Minutes. Oct. 1969

Folder 20: Annual Meeting Minutes. Oct. 1970

Folder 21: Annual Meeting Minutes. Oct. 1971

Folder 22: Annual Meeting Minutes. Oct. 1972

Folder 23: Annual Meeting Minutes. Oct. 1973

Folder 24: Annual Meeting Minutes. Oct. 1974

Folder 25: Annual Meeting Minutes. Oct. 1975

Folder 26: Annual Meeting Minutes. Oct. 1976

Folder 27: Annual Meeting Minutes. Oct. 1977

Folder 28: Annual Meeting Minutes. Oct. 1978

Folder 29: Annual Meeting Minutes. Oct. 1979

Folder 30: Annual Meeting Minutes. Oct. 1980

Folder 31: Annual Meeting Minutes. Oct. 1981

Folder 32: Annual Meeting Minutes. Oct. 1982

Folder 33: Annual Meeting Minutes. Oct. 1983

Folder 34: Annual Meeting Minutes. Oct. 1984

Folder 35: Annual Meeting Minutes. Oct. 1985

Folder 36: Annual Meeting Minutes. Oct. 1986

Folder 37: Annual Meeting Minutes. Oct. 1987

Folder 38: Annual Meeting Minutes. Oct. 1988

Folder 39: Annual Meeting Minutes. Oct. 1989

Folder 40: Annual Meeting Minutes. Oct. 1990

Folder 41: Annual Meeting Minutes. Oct. 1991

Folder 42: Annual Meeting Minutes. Oct. 1992

Folder 43: Annual Meeting Minutes. Oct. 1993

Folder 44: Annual Meeting Minutes. Oct. 1994

Folder 45: Annual Meeting Minutes. Oct. 1995

Folder 46: Annual Meeting Minutes. Oct. 1996

Folder 47: Annual Meeting Minutes. Oct. 1997

Folder 48: Annual Meeting Minutes. Oct. 1998

Folder 49: Annual Meeting Minutes. Oct. 1999

Folder 50: Annual Meeting Minutes. Oct. 2000

Folder 51: Annual Meeting Minutes. Oct. 2001

Folder 52: Annual Meeting Minutes. Oct. 2002

Folder 53: Annual Meeting Minutes. Oct. 2003

Folder 54: Annual Meeting Minutes. Oct. 2004

Folder 55: Executive Committee (Board) Meeting Minutes. 1959 – 1968

Folder 56: Executive Committee (Board) Meeting Minutes. 1969 – 1974

Folder 57: Executive Committee (Board) Meeting Minutes. Feb. 1975 – 1976

Folder 58: Executive Committee (Board) Meeting Minutes. 1976 – 1977

Folder 59: Board of Directors Meeting Minutes. 1978 –1979

Folder 60: Board of Directors Meeting Minutes. 1980 –1984

Folder 61: Board of Directors Meeting Minutes. 1985 –1989

Folder 62: Board of Directors Meeting Minutes. 1990 –1994

Folder 63: Board of Directors Meeting Minutes. 1995 – 1998

Folder 64: Board of Directors Meeting Minutes. 2000 – 2004

Folder 65: Board of Directors Meeting Minutes. 2005 – 2007

Folder 66: Board and Committee Rosters 1957 – 1970 Incomplete

Folder 67: Board and Committee Rosters 1970 – 1979 Incomplete

Folder 68: Board and Committee Rosters 1980 – 1990 Incomplete

Folder 69: Board and Committee Rosters 1990 – 2000

Folder 70: Board and Committee Rosters 2000 – 2007

Folder 71: Operating Guidelines 1990

Box 2

IASN annual meeting programs and planning materials, 1957 – 2006; conference and operating guidelines; Annual Committee Reports (shortened versions for members).

Folder 1: First meeting, 1957

Folder 2: Annual Meeting 1959

Folder 3: Annual Meeting 1962

Folder 4: Annual Meeting 1963, 1964

Folder 5: Annual Meeting 1965, 1966, 1967

Folder 6: Annual Meeting 1968, 1969, 1970

Folder 7: Annual Meeting 1971, 1972, 1973, 1974

Folder 8: Annual Meeting 1975

Folder 9: Annual Meeting 1976, 1977, 1978

Folder 10: Annual Meeting 1979

Folder 11: Annual Meeting 1980

Folder 12: Annual Meeting 1981

Folder 13: Annual Meeting 1982

Folder 14: Annual Meeting 1983

Folder 15: Annual Meeting 1984

Folder 16: Annual Meeting 1985

Folder 17: Annual Meeting 1986

Folder 18: Annual Meeting 1987

Folder 19: Annual Meeting 1988

Folder 20: Annual Meeting 1989

Folder 21: Annual Meeting 1990

Folder 22: Annual Meeting 1991

Folder 23: Annual Meeting 1992

Folder 24: Annual Meeting 1993

Folder 25: Annual Meeting 1994

Folder 26: Annual Meeting 1995

Folder 27: Annual Meeting 1996

Folder 28: Annual Meeting 1997

Folder 29: Annual Meeting 1998

Folder 30: Annual Meeting 1999

Folder 31: Annual Meeting 2000

Folder 32: Annual Meeting 2001

Folder 33: Annual Meeting 2004

Folder 34: Annual Meeting 2006

Folder 35: Conference guidelines, 1990; Operating guidelines, 1996

Folder 36: Annual Committee Reports (shortened versions for members) 1990/91 – 2006/7 (2005/6 missing)

Box 3

Financial reports 1960-2002 (incomplete), IASN Newsletters, published 3 then 4 times/year, from 1966 to 2007, membership lists 1980-  (Membership list 1959-1960 is oversize and in map case), histories IASN, educational certification 1992-1994

Folder 1: Financial ledgers, 1970 – 1979

Folder 2: Treasurer’s Reports. 1960 – 2002 (Incomplete)

Folder 3: Change in Treasurer 2002

Folder 4: Treasurer’s Reports. 2003/4 – 2006

Folder 5: tax returns and IRS correspondence 1968 – 1990

Folder 6: tax returns and IRS correspondence 1993-2002 (1996 missing)

Folder 7: IASN Newsletter 5/66; 12/68; 2/69; 12/69; 9/70; 1/71; 5/71; 8/71; 1/72; 5/72; 8/72; 1/73; 5/73; 8/73; 12/73; 5/74

Folder 8: IASN Newsletter 9/74; 12/74; 4/75; 5/75; 8/75; 1/76; 4/76; 8/76; 1/77; 4/77; 8/77; 12/77; 4/78; 8/78; 1/79; 8/79

Folder 9: IASN Newsletter 12/79; 12/79; 4/80; 12/80; 4/81; 8/81; 12/81; 4/82; 8/82; 12/82; 4/83; 8/83; 12/83; 4/84; 8/84; 12/84; 8/85

Folder 10: IASN Newsletter 12/85; 4/86; 8/86; 12/86; 4/87; 12/87; 4/88; 8/88; 12/88; 3/89; 6/89; 9/89; 12/89; 3/90; 6/90

Folder 11: IASN Newsletter 9/90; 12/90; 3/91; 6/91; 9/91; 12/91; 3/92; 6/92; 9/92; 12/92; 3/93; 6/93; 9/93; 12/93; 3/94; 6/94

Folder 12:  IASN Newsletter 9/94; 11/94; 3/95; 6/95; 9/95; 12/95; 3/96; 6/96; 9/96; 12/96; 3/97; 6/97; 9/97; 12/97; 3/98

Folder 13:  IASN Newsletter 6/98; 9/98; 12/98; 3/99; 6/99; 9/99; 12/99; 3/00; 6/00; 9/00; 12/00; 3/01; 6/01; 9/01; 12/01

Folder 14: IASN Newsletter 3/02; 6/02; 9/02; 3/03; 6/03; 9/03; 12/03; 6/04; 9/04; 9/05; 12/05; 6/06; 12/06; 3/07; 6/07; 9/07

Folder 15: membership roster, 1980-1983

Folder 16: membership roster, 1983-1986

Folder 17: membership roster, 1987-1990

Folder 18: membership roster, 1992-1997

Folder 19: membership roster, 1999-2000

Folder 20: Histories IASN Sanders and Stevens

Folder 21: Histories IASN Winters

Folder 22: IASN 50th Anniversary

Folder 23: District maps

Folder 24: Educational certification 1992 – 1994

Box 4

Folder 1: Correspondence 1958 – 2005

Folder 2: Meeting High School Nurses 1959

Folder 3: IASN Southwestern Division meeting 1959

Folder 4: IASN and Supt. Public Instruction meeting

Folder 5: Illinois Office Public Instruction correspondence 1958

Folder 6: Illinois Education correspondence 1958

Folder 7: IASN legislative activity 1959

Folder 8: Policies and Practices School Nurses 1955 and 1976

Folder 9: IASN pamphlets and reports 1950s – 1990s

Folder 10: IL State Board of Education pubs. 1972 – 1989

Folder 11: IL State Board of Education pubs. 1992 – 2002

Folder 12: IL State Office of Public Instruction Correspondence

Folder 13: School Nurse Days 1970s– 1990s

Folder 14: IASN notices of affiliation 1976 – 2005

Folder 15: Newspaper clippings 1975-1993

Folder 16: 1983 Palatine School District complaint

Folder 17: National Assoc. School Nurse Information

Folder 18: IASN Scholarship applications 2003

Folder 19: IASN Mentoring program 2006

Folder 20: Legislative information

Folder 21: Squibb Nurses Notes 1965

Folder 22: IBSE Project Team. nd

4 tin School Nurse pins

Video—Caring for America’s Children.  nd

Photographs

Folder 23: IASN 27th Annual Meeting, 1984, St. Louis

Folder 24: IASN Meetings for 1983, 1985, 1986, and 1987

Folder 25: IASN Annual Meetings, 1990, 1992, 1995, Nurse in Washington Internship 1992

Folder 26: IASN Meetings for 1996, 1997 and 1998

Folder 27: IASN Meeting 1999

Folder 28: IASN Meetings for 2000 and 2001

Folder 29: IASN Meeting 2002, Rend Lake Resort

Folder 30: IASN 50th Annual Meeting, 2007, St. Louis, IASN 2013 Conference

Folder 31: NASN Meetings 1984-1986

Folder 32: NASN Meetings 1987-1989

Folder 33: NASN Meetings 1990 and 1991, BOD Meeting 1999-90

Folder 34: NASN Meetings 1992, 1993 and 1994

Folder 35: NASN Meetings 1995 – 1999

Folder 36: NASN Meetings 2000-2003

Folder 37: NASN Meetings 2004-2007

Folder 38: NASN Meetings 2009, 2010, 2113 and 2012-13 SW Meeting

Folder 39: Misc. unknown photos, 2 dvds Nov. 3 2004 IASN meeting photographs

In map drawer

State of Illinois Proclamation 2006 National School Nurse Day

In museum

IASN and IEA/NEA pins

IASN est. 1957 pin

School Nursing 1902-2002 pin

(Above pins donated by Frances Belmonte-Mann, UIC Faculty member)

3 tin School Nurse pins