Name/Title
Nursing Certificate Alameda Sanatorium, 1911Entry/Object ID
1975.4.1Description
ACC. NO. 75.4.1
SUBJ. CATEGORY: ALAMEDA HOSPITAL
DATE OR PERIOD: 1911
OBJECT: NURSING CERTIFICATE
DESCRIPTION: CERTIFICATE, LETTERING IN BLACK SCRIPT.
SERRATED CIRCULAR GOLD LEAF SEAL OF THE ALAMEDA HOSPITAL AT BOTTOM.
SIZE: 17" X 14“
HISTORY OF OBJECT: CERTIFICATE OF COMPLETION OF NURSING SCHOOL OF THE ALAMEDA SANATORIUM, AWARDED TO ETHEL E. SIMMONS. SIGNED BY KATE CREEDON, FOUNDER OF THE ALAMEDA SANATORIUM (HOSPITAL), A. A. STAFFORD, KATE P. VAN ORDEN, AND JAMES A. ELLIS, EARLY NAMES IN THE MEDICAL PROFESSION IN ALAMEDA. THE SIGNATURES ARE ORIGINAL, NOT PRINTED.
PERSONAL HISTORY: ETHEL EDELLA SIMMONS, BORN IN INDIANA, 1883. DIED IN ALAMEDA, AUG 19, 1974. LIVED AT 2254 CLINTON AVENUE, WHEN RECEIVING NURSING TRAINING.
ARTICLES DONATED BY MISS. CECYL BRUNER, WHO TOOK CARE OF MISS. SIMMONS WHEN SHE BECAME ILL AND DIED.
ACQUIRED FROM: MISS. CECYL BRUNER
DATE: FEBRUARY 8, 1975Interpretative Labels
Label
Typed text on backing:
CERTIFICATE OF COMPLETION OF NURSING SCHOOL OF THE ALAMEDA SANATORIUM, AWARDED TO:
ETHEL E. SIMMONS. SIGNED BY KATE CREEDON, FOUNDER OF THE ALAMEDA SANATORIUM (HOSPITAL).
A. A. STAFFORD, KATE P. VAN ORDEN, AND JAMES A. ELLIS, EARLY NAMES IN THE MEDICAL PROFESSION IN ALAMEDA.
PERSONAL HISTORY: ETHEL SIMMONS, BORN IN INDIANA, 1883. DIED IN ALAMEDA, AUG 19, 1974. LIVED AT
2254 CLINTON AVENUE, WHEN RECEIVING NURSING TRAINING
