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Collection Number: 04230-z

Collection Title: Jane Abernethy Plyler Papers, 1979-1980

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Size 19 items
Abstract Jane Abernethy Plyler received a B.S. in nursing from East Carolina University in 1967 and an M.S. in community health nursing from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in 1980. She has practiced nursing in a variety of situations. Eighteen cassette tapes of oral history interviews with public health nurses who practiced during the 1920s and 1930s in North Carolina. Individuals interviewed are: Rubye Bowles Bryson (1913- ) of Haywood County; Amy Louise Fisher (1901- ) of Watauga County; Edith McNeil Holmes (c. 1905- ) of Halifax County; Mary King Kneedler (1913- ) of Alamance and Pitt counties; Anne Eliza Lamb (1897- ) of Dare and Granville counties; and Elizabeth McMillan Thompson (1908- ) of Cumberland County. Also included is a copy of Plyer's thesis, "Public Health Nursing in North Carolina: Oral Histories of Earlier Years," which includes edited excerpts from the interviews.
Creator Plyler, Jane Abernethy, 1945-
Curatorial Unit University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library. Southern Historical Collection.
Language English
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No restrictions. Open for research.
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Copyright is retained by the authors of items in these papers, or their descendants, as stipulated by United States copyright law.
Preferred Citation
[Identification of item], in the Jane Abernethy Plyler Papers #4230-z, Southern Historical Collection, The Wilson Library, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
Acquisitions Information
Received from Jane Abernethy Plyler of Chapel Hill, N.C., in May 1980.
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Processed by: Suzanne Ruffing, August 1996

Encoded by: ByteManagers Inc., 2008

Updated by: Kathryn Michaelis, January 2010; Dawne Howard Lucas, May 2021; Laura Smith, February 2023

This collection was processed with support from the Randleigh Foundation Trust.

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Jane Abernethy Plyler received a B.S. in nursing from East Carolina University in 1967 and an M.S. in community health nursing from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in 1980. She has practiced nursing in a variety of situations.

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Eighteen cassette tapes of oral history interviews with public health nurses who practiced during the 1920s and 1930s in North Carolina. Individuals interviewed are: Rubye Bowles Bryson (1913- ) of Haywood County; Amy Louise Fisher (1901- ) of Watauga County; Edith McNeil Holmes (c. 1905- ) of Halifax County; Mary King Kneedler (1913- ) of Alamance and Pitt counties; Anne Eliza Lamb (1897- ) of Dare and Granville counties; and Elizabeth McMillan Thompson (1908- ) of Cumberland County. Also included is a copy of Plyer's thesis, "Public Health Nursing in North Carolina: Oral Histories of Earlier Years," which includes edited excerpts from the interviews.

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Folder 1

"Public Health Nursing in North Carolina: Oral Histories of Earlier Years," pages 1-93

Folder 2

"Public Health Nursing in North Carolina: Oral Histories of Earlier Years," pages 93-151

Audiocassette C-4230/1

Rubye Bowles Bryson, Waynesville.N.C. (tape 1 of 3); 18-19 October 1979

Audiocassette C-4230/2

Rubye Bowles Bryson, Waynesville.N.C. (tape 2 of 3); 18-19 October 1979

Audiocassette C-4230/3

Rubye Bowles Bryson, Waynesville.N.C. (tape 3 of 3); 18-19 October 1979

Audiocassette C-4230/4

Amy Fisher Barrier, Mt. Pleasant, N.C. (tape 1 of 2); 4 October 1979

Audiocassette C-4230/5

Amy Fisher Barrier, Mt. Pleasant, N.C. (tape 2 of 2); 4 October 1979

Audiocassette C-4230/6

Edith MacNeil Holmes "Nurse Mac"; Weldon, N.C. (tape 1 of 4); 6-[?] December 1979

Audiocassette C-4230/7

Edith MacNeil Holmes "Nurse Mac"; Weldon, N.C. (tape 2 of 4); 6-[?] December 1979

Audiocassette C-4230/8

Edith MacNeil Holmes "Nurse Mac"; Weldon, N.C. (tape 3 of 4); 6-[?] December 1979

Audiocassette C-4230/9

Edith MacNeil Holmes "Nurse Mac"; Weldon, N.C. (tape 4 of 4); 6-[?] December 1979

Audiocassette C-4230/10

Mary King Kneedler; Sylva, N.C. (tape 1 of 3) ; 18-19 October 1979

Audiocassette C-4230/11

Mary King Kneedler; Sylva, N.C. (tape 2 of 3) ; 18-19 October 1979

Audiocassette C-4230/12

Mary King Kneedler; Sylva, N.C. (tape 3 of 3) ; 18-19 October 1979

Audiocassette C-4230/13

Anne Eliza Lamb; Clinton, N.C. (tape 1 of 3); 20 November 1979; 8 December 1979

Audiocassette C-4230/14

Anne Eliza Lamb; Clinton, N.C. (tape 2 of 3); 20 November 1979; 8 December 1979

Audiocassette C-4230/15

Anne Eliza Lamb; Clinton, N.C. (tape 3 of 3); 20 November 1979; 8 December 1979

Audiocassette C-4230/16

Mrs. Elizabeth McMillan Thompson; Fayetteville, N.C. (tape 1 of 3); 29-30 September 1979

Audiocassette C-4230/17

Mrs. Elizabeth McMillan Thompson; Fayetteville, N.C. (tape 2 of 3); 29-30 September 1979

Audiocassette C-4230/18

Mrs. Elizabeth McMillan Thompson; Fayetteville, N.C. (tape 3 of 3); 29-30 September 1979

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