First 7 pages of a draft manuscript about public nursing among the Navajo [constructed title]

Abstract

First page includes handwritten note, "Most all of this is from Elinor Gregg's book--V.B." Elinor Gregg's book, The Indians and the Nurse, was published in 1965. The draft describes how Red Cross nurses began to work for the Indian Service. Most of the manuscript refers to the work of Elinor Gregg for the Indian Service and time she spent in New Mexico and Arizona with various tribes, including the Zuni, Navajo and Hopi. This collection pertains to Public Health Nursing among Native American people, with emphasis on the Navajo Tribe. This collection consists of correspondence, a manuscript, a questionnaire and responses, personal reminiscences, articles, essays, government documents and pamphlets, as well as photographs (see Photographic Collection), which depict Reservation life through the eyes of Public Health nurses, Native Americans, and government officials, and includes a wealth of statistical material and government data. Spanning roughly sixty-five years, this collection offers insights into many facets of Public Health Nursing on Native American Reservations. One will find many personal reminiscences, interesting essays and stories, newspaper articles, and innumerable US Government documents, statistics, and memoranda pertaining to Reservation life.