About the Collection

The Caroline H. Benoist collection includes materials owned and used by Miss Benoist during her career as a Public Health Nurse in Mississippi during the 1930s. The materials originated from various public health resources of the time period, located in different states and cities throughout the U.S. She spent time in Nashville, TN, where she received further education in Public Health Nursing at Vanderbilt, and in Chicago, IL where she learned about home delivery services at the Chicago Lying In Hospital. Documents from these locations are represented in her collection, along with evidence of Mississippi’s early efforts in Public Health Nursing coordination and practice. This small, but rich collection is contained in one box.

The digital collection, hosted on this site, consists of scans of photographs and documents from the source collection. Below is a slideshow of the photographs in the collection. To browse and search the entire collection, select "Documents" or "Photographs" from the main menu above.