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Armbrust, Wilda Hayden (1914-1990): Interview and memoir

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: O-AR54

Scope and Contents

Armbrust recalls her childhood on a farm near Petersburg in Menard Co., Illinois, grade school at Indian Point, butchering, and food preparation. She also discusses nurses training at Deaconess School of Nursing in Lincoln, Illinois, classmates, working at Abraham Lincoln Memorial Hospital, her career as a private and hospital nurse, experiences working at a printshop, and recuperation from two broken hips.

2 tapes, 180 min., 41 pp. Interview by Jean Hauffe, 1987 OPEN See collateral file: Deaconess School of Nursing Alumni Roster

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Extent

4.00 items

Language of Materials

English

Related Materials

Interview and Memoir in Illinois Digital Archives

http://www.idaillinois.org/u?/uis,907

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Repository Details

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