Nemours children's health

Publication

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Jacksonville History Center

Name/Title

Nemours children's health

Entry/Object ID

Library.1935

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Library records not in public view

Description

127 pages : illustrations ; 27 cm Nemours children's health by R. Lawrence, Moss, 1960-. Contents: The duPonts and their charitable interests, 1864-1935 -- Establishing a foundation for helping children: 1936-1945 -- Earning a national recognition: 1946-1969 -- Expanding in new directions ; 1970-2000 -- Entering a new century : 2001-2020. Summary: In 1935, American industrialist Alfred I. duPont sparked what would become a model of pediatric medical and research excellence. With an endowed trust, his widow, Jessie Ball duPont, established the Nemours Foundation. In 1940, the foundation opened the Alfred I. duPont Institute, a small pediatric orthopedic hospital on the duPont estate in Wilmington, Delaware. Today, duPont's legacy lives on at Nemours Children's Health, the nation's only multistate pediatric health care network. With two children's hospitals in Delaware and Florida including Jacksonville, nearly 100 pediatric care locations, an office of policy and prevention in Washington, DC, and award-winning patient education initiatives such as KidsHealth.org, Nemours has touched the lives of millions worldwide. -- back cover. Book of images/b/w photographs spanning the years collected, preserved, and archived by the staff of Nemours Estate and Nemours/Alfred I. duPont Hospital for Children. Author information: R. Lawrence Moss, President & Chief Executive Officer, Nemours Children's Health System, Jacksonville, Florida.

Collection

Library

Lexicon

Nomenclature 4.0

Nomenclature Primary Object Term

Book

Nomenclature Sub-Class

Other Documents

Nomenclature Class

Documentary Objects

Nomenclature Category

Category 08: Communication Objects

Search Terms

Du Pont, Alfred I. (Alfred Irénée), 1864-1935., Du Pont, Jessie Ball, 1884-1970., Nemours Foundation., Nemours Children's Health.

Publication Details

Author

Moss, R. Lawrence.

Publisher

Arcadia Publishing

Place Published

* Untyped Place Published

Charleston, South Carolina

Call No.

HV 97 .N35 M6 2021

ISBN

9781467106238