Alamance County

County History:

Alamance

Region:

Piedmont

Quick Facts

People and Biographies

Notable individuals from nursing history.

Elizabeth Scott Carrington (1902-1993): Outstanding nurse who was instrumental in the founding of the first Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN) program in North Carolina at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in 1950.
Foust Family: An African-American family living in rural Alamance County, N.C., concerning their daily lives, efforts to make a living, and education, including Edna Lee Foust's training as a nurse.
Mary King Kneedler (1913-2010): Mary King Kneedler was a public health nurse and educator in Western North Carolina, and served as a faculty member at Western Carolina University.
Lala Lee Paris (1901-1978): Paries was a nurse in the county from at least 1930-1970s. She was Senator B. Everette Jordan's nurse when he died. (Mentioned in Saxapahaw by Heather Leigh Wallace.)
Margaret Ida Neville Stafford (1884-1969): Stafford worked as a private duty Registered Nurse (RN) around Burlington, N.C. Her day book records her nursing assignments from 1915-1918. Each entry includes the patient's name, medical diagnosis and outcome, attending physician, the amount of time that Stafford spent caring for the patient, and her fee. (UNC Libraries Southern Historical Collection contains a brief biographical sketch and family history of Margaret Ida Neville Stafford that was written in 2003 by Frances A. Campbell, Stafford's great-niece, is also included.)

Special Topics

Special topics and events from the county's nursing history.

School Health Program
- Nichols, D.W. (1954). A school health program in a North Carolina County. Nursing Outlook, 2 (6) 320-323. This article describes the school nursing program in Alamance County in 1954.

Resources

Additional resources for further research.

Histories

Archives

May Memorial Library maintains clipping files, photographs and other materials related to nursing history in the county. (Look for clippings under "health", "hospitals" and "schools".)

Newspaper Clippings

(n.d.). Sunday Afternoon Tea Given For Registered Nurses. (n.p.). Alamance County, North Carolina.
1939, Jan 03. Miss Bertie Dunn Began Health Work In County This A.M.; Most of Her Work Will Be Confined to School Clinic in Field of Preventative Medicine. The Daily Times-News, p.2. Burlington, North Carolina.
1949, Feb 03. First Clinic Slated At Saxapahaw Today. The Herald-Sun, p.13. Durham, North Carolina.
1949, Mar 09. Negro Nurse Is Employed By County. The Daily Times-News, p.20. Burlington, North Carolina.
1949, May 09. [History of Red Cross Nursing in Alamance County from 1928-1940s]. The Daily Times-News, p.151. Burlington, North Carolina.
1949, May 25. Two Nurses Are Accepted By Red Cross. The Daily Times-News, p.19. Burlington, North Carolina.
1949, Jul 16. [Health Educators and County] Discuss Future Plans. The Daily Times-News, p.9. Burlington, North Carolina.
1949, Aug 25. Daily Duties of Nurses is Given Review. The Daily Times-News, p.19. Burlington, North Carolina.
1951, Apr 07. Nurses Supply Important Role In Hospital [photograph]. The Daily Times-News, p.10. Burlington, North Carolina.
1961, May 23. Sunday Afternoon Tea Given For Registered Nurses. The Daily Times-News, p.13. Burlington, North Carolina.
1968, Jun 22. Nurse Tells of Vietnam: She's Not A Typical Woman [Capt. Shirley Blanchard]. The Daily Times-News, p.13. Burlington, North Carolina.
1975, Nov 16. P.T.A. Sellars-Gunn. The Daily Times-News, p.64. Burlington, North Carolina.

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Compiled by:

Phoebe Pollitt

North Carolina Nursing History