North Carolina Nursing History

Introduction to Oral Histories of North Carolina Nurses

Learn more about North Carolina nurses in their own words. There are oral history collections in archives and libraries across the state. Follow the links to discover oral history interviews with North Carolina nurses. Most of these interviews have audio recordings or transcripts available online.  Also go to the "Interviews with North Carolina Nurses" in the "featured resources" link in the left side bar of this website.

The US Library of Congress has an oral history interview with Sarah Alice Hooks Massaro of Freemont, NC.  She was a flight nurse with the US Air Force during WWII and the Cold War.

Brigadier General Clara Adams Ender being interviewed on National Public Radio.

Transcript of an oral History with Nurse Elsie Garrish of Ocracoke Island 1960s-1980s.

Interviews with North Carolina Nurses