WOODY, MARY FLORENCE, 1926-2010.
Mary Woody papers, 1947-2008, undated
Mary Woody papers, 1947-2008, undated
Emory University
Health Sciences Archives
Woodruff Health Sciences Center Library
1462 Clifton Road, NE
Atlanta, GA 30322
404-727-8727
Permanent link: http://pid.emory.edu/ark:/25593/rqzvj
Table of Contents
Descriptive Summary
Creator: | Woody, Mary Florence, 1926-2010. |
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Title: | Mary Woody papers, 1947-2008, undated |
Call Number: | Manuscript Collection No. 017 |
Extent: | 6.22 linear ft. (17 boxes) |
Abstract: | Contains the professional papers of Mary Woody during her career as a nursing administrator, as well as personal correspondence, photographs, and other material. |
Language: | Materials entirely in English. |
Administrative Information
Restrictions on Access
Special restrictions apply: writings of others found in Box 17 is restricted until 2060; Emory University Hospital memorandum found in Box 17 is restricted until further notice.
Terms Governing Use and Reproduction
All requests subject to limitations noted in departmental policies on reproduction.
Related Materials in This Repository
Nell Hodgson Woodruff School of Nursing Records, HS-S017.
Source
Unknown.
Citation
[after identification of item(s)], Mary Woody Papers, Health Sciences Archives, Woodruff Health Sciences Center Library, Emory University.
Processing
Processed by Clayton McGahee, 2016.
Collection Description
Biographical Note
Born in Lafayette, Alabama in 1926, Mary Florence Woody earned her diploma in nursing from Charity Hospital School of Nursing in 1947 before earning her Bachelor of Nursing and Masters of Nursing Service Administration from Columbia University. During the course of her career, Mary Woody became a pioneer in the nursing profession. She joined the Emory University Hospital in 1956 where she served as Assistant Director for Medical and Surgical Nursing, a position she held until 1968 when she became the Assistant Hospital Director and Director of Nursing at Grady Memorial Hospital. While at Grady, Mary Woody helped establish a diabetes day care program, specialized nurse-managed clinics, and a patient education program. Mary Woody also recruited Elizabeth Sharp from Yale University to found the nurse midwifery program at Grady.
In 1979, Mary Woody's career turned to academics where she became the founding dean and professor of the Auburn University School of Nursing. She returned to Atlanta in 1984 as director of nursing at Emory University Hospital and associate dean of the Nell Hodgson Woodruff School of Nursing. During her time at Emory, Mary Woody and Dean Clair Martin established a collaborative model enabling hospital nurses to teach students and nursing faculty to maintain a clinical practice. She also established new roles for Emory University Hospital nurses in transplantation medicine and pain and incontinence management.
Throughout her career, Mary Woody was very active in the nursing profession. She served on numerous committees, most notably as the Chairperson and Board of Directors of the American Journal of Nursing Company; she also held numerous professional memberships including the American Academy of Nursing, National League for Nursing, the American Nurses' Association, among others. Mary Woody was also extensively published, her works featured in Nursing Research and American Journal of Nursing; she was also a co-author for the book "Applying the Problem-Oriented System," published in 1973.
Mary Woody died on April 28, 2010 at the age of 84.
Scope and Content Note
These papers consist of articles, speeches, and other writings from Mary Woody as well as from others throughout the nursing profession. Also included are office files from her time at Grady Memorial Hospital, Auburn University, and Emory University, files retained while she was a member of the American Academy of Nursing, American Nurses Association, among many others, and committee files from several committees which Mary Woody served on throughout her career. In addition to her professional papers, the collection also includes extensive personal material from Mary Woody, including early and casual photographs, correspondence, handwritten notes, and a scrapbook.
Arrangement Note
Organized by material type and then alphabetically.
Selected Search Terms
Personal Names
Corporate Names
- American Academy of Nursing.
- American Journal of Nursing Company.
- Grady Memorial Hospital (Atlanta, Ga.)
- Nell Hodgson Woodruff School of Nursing.
Topical Terms
Geographic Names
Form/Genre Terms
Occupation
Container List
Personal Material | ||
Box | Folder | Content |
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1 | 1 | Alabama Healthcare Hall of Fame induction, 2008 |
1 | 2 | Carter, Jimmy and Rosalynn, 1977-1979, undated |
1 | 3 | Certificates, 1978-1999 |
1 | 4 | Correspondence (1 of 3), 1961-1988, undated |
1 | 5 | Correspondence (2 of 3), 1961-1988, undated |
1 | 6 | Correspondence (3 of 3), 1961-1988, undated |
1 | 7 | Greeting cards, 1998-2003 |
1 | 8 | Greeting cards, invitations, and postcards (1 of 3), 1960-1999, undated |
1 | 9 | Greeting cards, invitations, and postcards (2 of 3), 1960-1999, undated |
2 | 1 | Greeting cards, invitations, and postcards (3 of 3), 1960-1999, undated |
15 | 3 | Guest book (1 of 2), 1979 |
15 | 4 | Guest book (2 of 2), 1979 |
16 | Identification cards, pins, and other personal effects, undated | |
2 | 2 | Jimmy Carter Presidential Campaign material, 1976 April 16 |
2 | 3 | Lambertson, Eleanor, 1989, 2001, undated |
2 | 4 | Legal pads with notes (1 of 2), 1993, undated |
2 | 5 | Legal pads with notes (2 of 2), 1993, undated |
2 | 6 | Nell Hodgson Woodruff School of Nursing, compiled notebook, 1973-1993 |
2 | 7 | Nell Hodgson Woodruff School of Nursing, congratulation letters and notes, 1992 |
2 | 8 | Nell Hodgson Woodruff School of Nursing, general file, 1992-1993 |
2 | 9 | Nell Hodgson Woodruff School of Nursing, printed material, 1992 September |
2 | 10 | Personal scrapbook, 1972-1980 |
2 | 11 | Photographs: early photographs, 1948-1953, undated |
2 | 12 | Photographs: casual photographs, 1976, 1979, undated |
3 | 1 | Photographs: professional photographs, 1997, undated |
3 | 2 | Programs, 1977-1997 |
3 | 3 | The Atlanta Project promotional notebook, 1993 |
Writings | ||
3 | 4 | General file, 1980, undated |
3 | 5 | "Consideration of a Patient's Social and Cultural Needs in Providing for Total Patient Care Through an In-Service Program," undated |
3 | 6 | "Interrelated Issues in Evaluation Research from the Perspective of an Evaluator," undated |
3 | 7 | "Motivation for and Commitment to Quality Nursing Care," 1974 September |
3 | 8 | "Role and Responsibility of Hospital Nursing Services," undated |
3 | 9 | "The Multidisciplinary Approach to Quality Assurance," 1976 September |
3 | 10 | Unpublished: "Diabetes Detection and Control Center Development," 1976 February |
3 | 11 | Speeches: "Does the Problem Oriented Approach Affect Quality Nursing Care, and How?" Albuquerque, New Mexico, 1975 February |
3 | 12 | Speeches: Graduation speeches, 1969, 1976 |
3 | 13 | Speeches: "Interrelated Issues in Evaluation and Evaluation Research from the Perspective of an Evaluator," ANA Regional Conference, Fort Mitchell, Kentucky, 1979 June |
3 | 14 | Speeches: "Problem Oriented Records," 1976, undated |
3 | 15 | Speeches: "Protocols - Their Advantages and Disadvantages," 1976 March |
3 | 16 | Speeches: "Quality Nursing Care: What is it?" South Carolina Nursing Association, 1974 |
3 | 17 | Speeches: "Role of Nursing Service in the Preparation of the Nurse for the Delivery of Health Care as Seen by the Nursing Service Director," AHA speech, 1975 January |
3 | 18 | Speeches: "The Boundless Speech," GSLN presentation, circa 1969-1970 |
4 | 1 | Speeches: "The Changing Role of the Emergency Department Nurse," 1976 September |
4 | 2 | Speeches: "The Multidisciplinary Approach to Quality Assurance," Annual Conference on Nursing Service Administration, 1976 |
Writings of Others | ||
4 | 3 | General file, 1966-1999, undated |
4 | 4 | Aydelotte, Myrtle K., "Quality Assurance Programs in Nursing: Definition and Problems," undated |
4 | 5 | Hurst, J. Willis, "Cardiology and the Problem Oriented Medical System," 1972 |
4 | 6 | Hurst, J. Willis, "How to Implement the Weed System," undated |
4 | 7 | Lum, Jean L. J., "Analysis and Planning for Improved Distribution of Nursing Personnel and Services," 1977 August |
4 | 8 | Melber, Ruth and Elizabeth Sharp, "Midwifery in Georgia: The Legacy of Public Health Nursing," 1998 |
4 | 9 | Sharp, Elizabeth S., "Ethics in Reproductive Health Care: A Midwifery Perspective," undated |
4 | 10 | Stinson, Shirley M., 1976-1977 |
4 | 11 | "The Evolution of the Nurses Role at Promis Clinic," 1973 February |
4 | 12 | United States Department of Health, "Effectiveness and Efficiency of Nursing Education Programs," 1973 December |
4 | 13 | Wenger, Nanette Kass, "Cardiology for Nurses" (1 of 2), 1972-1973 |
4 | 14 | Wenger, Nanette Kass, "Cardiology for Nurses" (2 of 2), 1972-1973 |
Office Files | ||
5 | 1 | American Academy of Nursing: general file, 1975-2005 |
5 | 2 | American Academy of Nursing: annual report, 1975 |
5 | 3 | American Academy of Nursing: fellow directory (1 of 2), 2004-2005 |
5 | 4 | American Academy of Nursing: fellow directory (1 of 2), 2004-2005 |
5 | 5 | American Academy of Nursing: membership directory, 2001 |
5 | 6 | American Academy of Nursing: roster, 2004 |
5 | 7 | American Academy of Nursing: 25th anniversary publication, 1998 July |
5 | 8 | American Journal of Nursing Co.: general file, 1981 |
6 | 1 | American Journal of Nursing Co.: board of directors notebook, 1978, 1980 |
6 | 2 | American Journal of Nursing Co.: budget report, 1979 |
6 | 3 | American Journal of Nursing Co.: report of financial statements and supplementary data, 1977-1978 |
6 | 4 | American Nurses Association: general file, 1972-1973 |
6 | 5 | American Nurses Association: Council of Nursing Service Facilitators, 1974-1975 |
6 | 6 | American Nurses Association: Executive Director search, 1976 December |
6 | 7 | American Nurses Association: "Nursing's Distinctive Mission," 1971 |
6 | 8 | American Nurses Association: Standards Forum, Jacksonville, Florida, 1976 April |
6 | 9 | American Nurses Association: "Tips on lobbying federal legislators during the 1982 ANA convention," 1982 |
6 | 10 | Brochures, 1960-1977, undated |
6 | 11 | Department of Health and Human Services, Secretary's Commission on Nursing final report, 1988 December |
6 | 12 | "Expanded role of nurse joint practice," 1960-1973 |
6 | 13 | Faculty and staff meeting agendas, 1979-1980 |
6 | 14 | Florence Nightingale museum trust, 1987 |
7 | 1 | "Functions, standards, and qualifications," 1959-1971 |
7 | 2 | Georgia Hospital Association Fiscal Valuables Program, 1979 May 11 |
7 | 3 | Grady Memorial Hospital, 1973-1976 |
7 | 4 | In-service Education material, 1965-1997 |
7 | 5 | Marie Hippensteel Lingeman Founders award, copy 1, 1999 |
7 | 6 | Marie Hippensteel Lingeman Founders award, copy 2, 1999 |
7 | 7 | Memorandums, 1986 |
7 | 8 | Memorandums, Georgia Regional Medical Program, program assessment, 1971 January 25 |
7 | 9 | National Commission for the Study of Nursing and Nursing Education, 1971-1972 |
7 | 10 | National Commission for the Study of Nursing and Nursing Education, brochures, 1971-1972 |
7 | 11 | National Forum for Administrators of Nursing Services, 1979 May 3 |
7 | 12 | National Joint Practice Commission, "Between Medicine and Nursing," 1972-1974 |
7 | 13 | "Nursing education/service collaboration," 1975-1976 |
7 | 14 | Peer reviews, 1992 November 30 |
7 | 15 | Personal notes, undated |
8 | 1 | Professional correspondence: appointment as charter fellow, National Academy of Nursing, 1972-1973 |
8 | 2 | Professional correspondence: Auburn University, 1979 |
8 | 3 | Professional correspondence: Emory appointment, 1992 September |
8 | 4 | Professional correspondence: graduate students, 1985 |
8 | 5 | Professional correspondence: general, 1963-2005 |
8 | 6 | Professional correspondence: program participation (1 of 3), 1969-1976 |
8 | 7 | Professional correspondence: program participation (2 of 3), 1969-1976 |
8 | 8 | Professional correspondence: program participation (3 of 3), 1969-1976 |
8 | 9 | Proposal to the American Journal of Nursing Company by Arthur Young & Company, 1981 August |
8 | 10 | Sigma Theta Tau National Honor Society of Nursing, 1983-1986 |
8 | 11 | Staff Nurse Levels Program, Emory University Hospital, 1978-1990 |
Conferences and Conventions | ||
9 | 1 | American Academy of Nursing commemorative program, Washington D.C., 2004 |
9 | 2 | American Nurses Association convention, Atlantic City, 1976 |
9 | 3 | American Nurses Association convention, San Francisco, 1974 |
9 | 4 | First Nursing Conference on Problem Oriented System, 1973 February |
9 | 5 | "Nursing Practice at the Bedside: Strategies for the Eighties," 1979-1981 |
9 | 6 | Sigma Theta Tau International convention, awards and recognitions program, 1999 November |
Committee Files | ||
9 | 7 | American Academy of Nursing Governing Council, annual meeting materials, 1977 |
9 | 8 | American Academy of Nursing Governing Council, by-laws and operating rules, 1973, 1975 |
9 | 9 | American Academy of Nursing Governing Council, drafts, undated |
9 | 10 | American Academy of Nursing Governing Council, rosters, undated |
9 | 11 | Committee on Community Emergency Health Services, guide, 1973 |
9 | 12 | Committee on Community Emergency Health Services, minutes, 1971-1973 |
9 | 13 | Governor's Commission on Nursing, 1970 |
9 | 14 | Governor's Conference on Nursing, address of Jimmy Carter, 1974 |
9 | 15 | Governor's Conference on Nursing, correspondence, 1974 |
9 | 16 | Governor's Conference on Nursing, forum reports, 1974 |
10 | 1 | Governor's Conference on Nursing, meeting materials, 1974 |
10 | 2 | Governor's Conference on Nursing, panel presentation, 1974 |
10 | 3 | Governor's Conference on Nursing, program and invitation, 1974 |
10 | 4 | Joint Committee, American Hospital Association and American Nurses Association, 1965-1973 |
10 | 5 | Joint Committee, American Hospital Association and American Nurses Association, 1972 April 14 |
10 | 6 | Joint Committee, American Hospital Association and American Nurses Association, 1972 December 1 |
10 | 7 | Joint Committee, American Hospital Association and American Nurses Association, 1974 March 29 |
10 | 8 | Primary Health Services Task Force, correspondence, 1971-1974 |
10 | 9 | Primary Health Services Task Force, EMS project, 1972 |
10 | 10 | Primary Health Services Task Force, grant information, 1973-1974 |
10 | 11 | Primary Health Services Task Force, letters of intent, 1974 |
10 | 12 | Primary Health Services Task Force, minutes and agenda, 1973 |
10 | 13 | Primary Health Services Task Force, regional medical programs handbooks, undated |
10 | 14 | Primary Health Services Task Force, report, 1972 |
10 | 15 | Primary Health Services Task Force, status summaries, 1973 |
10 | 16 | Search committee, Georgia State University Department of Nursing Chair, 1978 |
11 | 1 | Statewide Master Planning Committee, "Abstract for Action," undated |
11 | 2 | Statewide Master Planning Committee, Ad hoc committee to study goal #9 of an abstract of action, 1973 |
11 | 3 | Statewide Master Planning Committee, collected materials, 1970-1972 |
11 | 4 | Statewide Master Planning Committee, collected materials, 1974 |
11 | 5 | Statewide Master Planning Committee, collected materials, undated |
11 | 6 | Statewide Master Planning Committee, correspondence, 1970-1972 |
11 | 7 | Statewide Master Planning Committee, correspondence, 1973 |
11 | 8 | Statewide Master Planning Committee, correspondence, 1974-1975 |
11 | 9 | Statewide Master Planning Committee, executive order, 1972 |
11 | 10 | Statewide Master Planning Committee, membership, 1972, undated |
11 | 11 | Statewide Master Planning Committee, minutes and agenda, 1971-1972 |
11 | 12 | Statewide Master Planning Committee, minutes and agenda, 1973 |
11 | 13 | Statewide Master Planning Committee, minutes and agenda, 1974-1975 |
11 | 14 | Statewide Master Planning Committee, miscellaneous, 1971-1972, undated |
11 | 15 | Statewide Master Planning Committee, news releases, 1971-1974 |
11 | 16 | Statewide Master Planning Committee, questionnaires and responses, 1973 |
11 | 17 | Statewide Master Planning Committee, recommendations, 1972 |
12 | 1 | Statewide Master Planning Committee, report (final), 1975 |
12 | 2 | Statewide Master Planning Committee, reports, undated |
12 | 3 | Statewide Master Planning Committee, representatives, undated |
12 | 4 | Statewide Master Planning Committee, resolutions, undated |
12 | 5 | Statewide Master Planning Committee, subcommittees, 1972 |
Reports | ||
12 | 6 | "A Comprehensive, Documented Patient/Family Educational Program," by Jean W. Gentry, 1979 November |
12 | 7 | American Journal of Nursing Company, 1983 April 22 |
12 | 8 | American Journal of Nursing Company, annual report, 1979 January |
12 | 9 | American Journal of Nursing Company, preliminary budget, 1983 |
12 | 10 | American Nurses Association, Academy of Nursing report, 1973 May |
12 | 11 | Committee on Nursing and Nursing Education, circa 1983 |
12 | 12 | Nell Hodgson Woodruff School of Nursing, annual report, 1992-1993 |
13 | 1 | Nell Hodgson Woodruff School of Nursing, external peer review, 1992 |
13 | 2 | Report of the Conference on Socio-Economics of Health Care, 1975 |
13 | 3 | Review of the Nebraska Methodist College of Nursing and Allied Health, 1995 May |
13 | 4 | The Fulton-Dekalb Hospital Authority annual report, 1969 |
Publications | ||
13 | 5 | American Academy of Nursing, directories, 1981, 1983 |
13 | 6 | American Academy of Nursing, "Setting the Agenda for the Year 2000: Knowledge Development in Nursing," 1986 |
13 | 7 | American Association of Colleges in Nursing, undated |
13 | 8 | American Nurses Association, House of Delegates Reports, 1980-1982 |
13 | 9 | Applying the Problem-Oriented System, 1973 |
13 | 10 | Articles about Mary Woody, 1973-2005 |
13 | 11 | Clinician, Managing Medical Emergencies, Cardiologist Hurst, 1972 |
14 | 1 | Emory Report, 1992 September 21 |
14 | 2 | Grady Memorial Hospital, 1968-1982 |
15 | 2 | Grady Memorial Hospital, "The Grady News," 1967-1971 |
14 | 3 | Journal of the Medical Association of Georgia, 2000 November |
14 | 4 | Newsletters and briefs, 1982-2004 |
14 | 5 | Nursing Outlook, 1980-1981 |
14 | 6 | Past, Present, and Future of FS&Q, 1957 |
14 | 7 | Supervisor Nurse, 1978 July |
14 | 8 | "The Story of the American Journal of Nursing Company," 1960 |
14 | 9 | Until Now, A Brief History of Emory University Hospital and School of Nursing, 1947 |
14 | 10 | White Caps, Grady Memorial Hospital yearbook, 1970 |
14 | 11 | White Caps, Grady Memorial Hospital yearbook, 1971 |
15 | 1 | 100 Years, Programs in Nursing Education, Teachers College, Columbia University, 1999 |
Other Papers | ||
15 | 5 | Newspaper clippings, 2000 |
15 | 6 | Unsorted material, 1970-1993 |
Restricted material | ||
17 | 1 | Emory University Hospital memorandum, 2004-2005, undated |
17 | 2 | Writings of others, 1983, 1985 |