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Louree Pottinger papers

 Collection
Identifier: KORN252

This collection contains school memorabilia from LGHSN, including diplomas, photographs, and newsclippings; reference materials on nursing and nurse education; and Ms. Pottinger's nursing cape, pin, cap, cuffs, and scarf.

Dates

  • 1922-1965

Creator

Extent

.625 linear foot

Biographical / Historical

Louree Pottinger was born in Nelson County, KY to Robert Edward "Lee" Pottinger and Laurinda Cora Newman Pottinger. She was a 1922 graduate of the Louisville General Hospital School of Nursing. She taught nursing at LGHSN and later at the University of Virginia. She also served as Director of Nursing at Good Samaritan Hospital in Lexington, KY in the 1930s and ‘40s. She is buried in the Boston Christian Church Cemetery, Nelson County, KY.

Title
Louree Pottinger papers
Status
Completed
Author
Katherine B. Johnson
Description rules
Anglo-American Cataloguing Rules
Language of description
Undetermined
Script of description
Code for undetermined script
Language of description note
English

Repository Details

Part of the Kornhauser Health Sciences Library Repository

Contact:
Kornhauser Library
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Louisville KY 40292 United States
(502) 852-5766