Marjorie Goff Nursing Memorabilia, circa 1948
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Summary
- Creator:
- Goff, Marjorie V., 1925-2017
- Abstract:
- Marjorie Goff (1925-2017) was one of the first students in Duke University School of Nursing's advanced degree program and received her BSN in 1948. She later served as a Staff Nurse and Assistant in Nursing for Duke Hospital and as an Assistant Instructor in Nursing Arts at Duke University School of Nursing beginning in 1952. After leaving Duke, Goff taught at UNC Greensboro and the Bowman Gray School of Medicine, served as a board member of the American Nurses Association and Director of the Northwest Area Health Education Center (NWAHEC), and founded the nursing school at what is now Guilford Technical Community College. This collection contains uniform materials from Goff's time as a student at the School of Nursing. Types of materials include a nursing graduate uniform with long sleeves and RN Cufflinks. Materials date from circa 1948.
- Extent:
- 1 textile and 1 artifact
- Language:
- English
- Collection ID:
- MC.0125
Background
- Scope and content:
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Contains uniform materials from Marjorie Goff's time as a student at Duke University School of Nursing. Types of materials include a nursing graduate uniform with long sleeves and RN Cufflinks. Materials date from circa 1948.
- Biographical / historical:
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Marjorie Goff was born in Pine Mount, Florida, on January 5, 1925. At the age of 16, she began attending Florida State College for Women (now Florida State University), where she graduated with a degree in anatomy and physiology in 1945. Goff was one of the first students at Duke's School of Nursing. After receiving her BS in Nursing Education in 1948, she began serving as a Staff Nurse for Duke Hospital in 1949. She was promoted to Assistant in Nursing in 1950 and became an Assistant Instructor in Nursing Arts at Duke University School of Nursing in 1952.
Goff resided in several places throughout the mid-1950s, including Newport News, Virgina; Louisburg, Durham, and Asheville, North Carolina; and the Canal Zone in Panama. In the late 1950s, she settled in Greensboro, North Carolina, and began working as an ER nurse at Greensboro's Moses Cone Memorial Hospital. Goff went on to found a school of practical nursing in the early 1960s. This school was initially held in the basement of the McIver School in Greensboro and later became part of the Guilford Technical Institute (now Guilford Technical Community College).
In 1967, Goff earned a MSHE degree in Early Childhood Psychology and Development from UNC Greensboro. She then held an assistant professorship in nursing at UNC Greensboro before becoming a nursing educator and Director of the Northwest Area Health Education Center (NWAHEC) for the Bowman Gray School of Medicine in Winston-Salem, North Carolina. As Director, she led workshops in continuing education for nurses. Goff also served as a board member of the American Nurses Association.
Goff died on June 24, 2017 in Charlotte, North Carolina. - Acquisition information:
- A2006.010 (gift by Marjorie Goff, February 2006)
- Processing information:
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Processed by Dawne Howard: April 2007
- Arrangement:
- Organized into the following series: Items, circa 1948.
- Rules or conventions:
- DACS
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- Personal Name(s):
- Goff, Marjorie V., 1925-2017
- Corporate Name(s):
- Duke University. Medical Center
Duke University. School of Nursing - Topical Term(s):
- Students, Nursing.
Education, Nursing.
Clothing.
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Copyright for Official University records is held by Duke University; all other copyright is retained by the authors of items in these papers, or their descendants, as stipulated by United States copyright law.
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[Identification of item], Marjorie Goff Nursing Memorabilia, Duke University Medical Center Archives.