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Jane Fagan Memorabilia
An inventory of her collection at the Syracuse University Archives
Finding aid created by: Anna E. Shuff
Date: 2025
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Finding aid created by: Anna E. Shuff
Date: 2025
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Summary |
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| Creator: | Fagan, Jane. |
| Title: | Jane Fagan Memorabilia |
| Dates: | 1942 |
| Size: | 1.75 linear feet |
| Abstract: | Items related to Jane Fagan's 1942 graduation from Syracuse University's School of Nursing |
| Language: | English |
| Repository: |
University Archives, Special Collections Research Center Syracuse University Libraries 222 Waverly Ave., Suite 600 Syracuse, NY 13244-2010 |
Jane Fagan (1921-2000), later Jane Chester, was a nurse and Syracuse University alumna. She was born in Lusk, Wyoming, and graduated from Syracuse University with a degree in nursing in 1942.
The Jane Fagan Memorabilia contains materials related to Fagan’s graduation from Syracuse University’s School of Nursing in 1942. These include a navy blue wool cape, customarily worn by nursing school students at their graduation ceremonies, as well as photographs of Fagan, her classmates, and the 1942 commencement ceremony in Archbold Stadium.
Access Restrictions:
Please note that the collection is housed off-site, and advance notice is required to allow time to have the materials brought to the Reading Room on campus.
Use Restrictions:
Written permission must be obtained from the Syracuse University Archives and all relevant rights holders before publishing quotations, excerpts or images from any materials in this collection.
More information on the Syracuse University School of Nursing can be found in the Syracuse University School of Nursing Records and the Syracuse University Clipping Files.
Names
Fagan, Jane.
Syracuse University -- History.
Syracuse University.
Subjects
Commencement ceremonies.
Nursing -- Study and teaching.
Nursing.
Higher education.
Nursing students.
Types of Material
Capes (outerwear)
Photographs.
Preferred Citation
Preferred citation for this material is as follows:
Jane Fagan Memorabilia,
University Archives,
Special Collections Research Center
Syracuse University Libraries
Acquisition Information
Gift of Doug Chester in 2010.
Processing Information
Cape was housed in archival tissue paper and photographs were placed in Mylar enclosures. All materials were housed in an acid-free box.
Materials are arranged alphabetically.
Nursing school graduation materials
| Nursing school graduation materials | |||||||||||
| Oversize 1 | Nursing school graduation cape 1942 | ||||||||||
| Oversize 1 | Photographs 1942 | ||||||||||