Medical Heritage Center

The Ohio State University 

Prior Health Sciences Library 

 376 W. 10th Ave. 

Columbus, OH 43210 

 

 

B. Anne Rubin Collection

Spec.200208.Rubin

1 file folder, 1947-2002

LOCATED IN SMALL COLLECTIONS BOX-2002

 

 

INTRODUCTION

 

Access

There are no restrictions on the use of the collection.

 

Citation

[Identification of item], B. Anne Rubin Collection, Spec.200208.Rubin, John A. Prior Health Sciences Library, Medical Heritage Center, The Ohio State University.

 

Property Rights

The Ohio State University Medical Heritage Center owns the property rights to this collection.

 

Provenance

The items in this collection were sent to the Medical Heritage Center in 2002 by B. Anne Rubin. The collection was processed in January 2003 by Judith Wiener.

 

 

HISTORICAL SKETCH

Born in Germany, B. Anne Rubin’s family later moved to Columbus and she attended The Ohio State university School of Medicine, earning her B.S. in Nursing in 1950. After serving as a nursing instructor in Dayton, Ohio, and Pittsburgh, PA, Rubin moved to California and soon began a long career in school cursing. She published on the topic of “Black Skin” in the late 1970s and earned a M.P.H. in 1984 from California State University.

 

 

SCOPE AND CONTENT NOTE

 

The B. Anne Rubin Collection contains an autobiography of and memorabilia from her nursing school years (1946-1950) at The Ohio State University School of Nursing. Also included is a 1992 copy of her resume.

 

CONTAINER LISTING

The B. Anne Rubin Collection is located in the Small Collections, 2002 box in the archives. The collection is the second file within the box and is labeled “SPEC.200208.Rubin.”

 

Item                            Description                                         Date(s)

1                                  Graduation Newspaper clipping            1950

2                                  Report Card                                         1950

3                                  OSU Nursing Diploma              1950

4                                  Photograph-Probationers’ Uniform       1947 (copy)

5                                  Photograph-graduation             1950

6                                  Autobiography of School Days 2002

7                                  Resume                                                1997