Dominican Sisters Nursing Service

Record Group — Box: Folders1-12

Identifier: 04-SP0002

Staff Only

Scope and Contents

The collection contains records of the history, mission, administration, services, and collaborative activities of the Dominican Sisters Nursing Service (DSNS) in Norton and other towns in Wise County, Virginia.

Dates

Created: 1964-1990
Other: Majority of material found in 1976-1989

Creator

Dominican Sisters of the Sick Poor (Organization)

Conditions Governing Access

Access is partially restricted. Published materials and other items that were produced for public viewing are available for research.

Biographical or Historical Information

Sisters Margaret Flynn and Beth Jaspers founded the Service in January 1977 to provide community health and advocacy services to people on fixed or low incomes in the towns of Norton, Appalachia, Big Stone Gap, Coeburn and Wise in Wise County, Virgina.

Note written by Sister Beth Jaspers and Sister Margaret Flynn

Extent

1.00 collection

12 folders other_unmapped

Language of Materials

English

Additional Description

Arrangement Note

The collection is arranged in 12 folders by topic or type of material.

Source of Acquisition

Sisters Beth Jaspers and Margaret Flynn

Method of Acquisition

Most of the collection was already in archives. Some accruals were received in 2016.

Appraisal Information

No appraisal information was available for the parts of the collection that were in archives before 2016. The archives accessioned into the collection the accruals,1964-1990, which were received from Sister Beth Jaspers in 2016 except for the following items: duplicate loose photographs and unidentified loose photographs whose informational value could not be inferred from other items in the collection.

Accruals and Additions

No future accruals are expected.

Related Materials

Related materials are found in the following collections: 04/SP0003 Advocate Center of Norton, Virginia, 1990-1995 and 01/H0418, Advocate Center, Inc. of Norton, Virginia, 1995-2016.

Processing Information

The collection was previously processed for intellectual access under a classification scheme based on 10 record groups (RG) represented by the numbers 100 – 900, and a hard copy finding aid was made for the collection . In 2016, the collection was processed into Archon as part of the archive of the Dominican Sisters of Hope. In 2017, it was reprocessed in Archon to locate it, by provenance, in the archive of the Dominican Sisters of the Sick Poor because the ministry, while active, was under the aegis of the Dominican Sisters of the Sick Poor.