Eleanor Clapp Smith Papers
c.00575

Summary Information

Repository
Michigan State University Archives and Historical Collections
Creator
Bouterse, Gloria Smith
Creator - Donor
Smith, Eleanor Clapp
Title
Eleanor Clapp Smith papers
ID
c.00575
Date
1987
Extent
0.1 Cubic feet , 1 folder
Language
English

Preferred Citation

Researchers wishing to cite this collection should include the following information: "Item title, Collection title, Collection Identifier, Michigan State University Archives & Historical Collections, East Lansing, Michigan".

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Biographical Note

Eleanor Clapp Smith graduated in 1943 from the Edward W. Sparrow Hospital School of Nursing in Lansing, Michigan.

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Scope and Contents note

The collection consists of the book "Sparrow Tales: Memories from the Graduates" compiled by Eleanor Clapp Smith and Gloria Smith Bouterse and published in 1987. It is a compilation of personal stories, newspaper clippings, and photographs of the nurses that graduated from the Edward W. Sparrow Hospital School of Nursing in Lansing, Michigan. The book covers the first graduating class of 1899 to its final graduating class of 1961. In 1961, the School closed its doors to students but the Alumnae Council is still active, voting in 1985 to proceed with a memories project, of which this book is the final product.

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Administrative Information

Publication Information

Michigan State University Archives and Historical Collections November 2003

Conrad Hall
888 Wilson Road, Room 101
East Lansing , MI, 48824
517-355-2330
archives@msu.edu

Conditions Governing Access

Collection is open for research.

Legal Status

Copyright: Michigan State University Property Rights: Michigan State University

Conditions Governing Use

Permission to publish material from this collection must be obtained from University Archives & Historical Collections, Michigan State University.

Custodial History

Gift of Eleanor Clapp Smith, 1987-9-3

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Controlled Access Headings

Corporate Name(s)

  • E.W. Sparrow Hospital. (Lansing, Mich.)

Subject(s)

  • Nursing schools
  • Nursing students

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Collection Inventory

Folder

Sparrow Tales: Memories from the Graduates 1987 

1