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Pennsylvania Highlands Community College – Conemaugh School of Nursing

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Subjects: Medicine and Health, School and College History

Institutions: Pennsylvania Highlands Community College

Time Periods: 1878-1900 Industrial Revolution, 1901-1928 Progressive Era, 1929-1945 Great Depression and World War II, 1946-1991 Cold War, 1992-Present New Millennium

The Conemaugh School of Nursing opened in 1892 as a response to the need created by the Great Johnstown Flood of 1889. It became fully accredited in 1918 and has been graduating students ever since. Items in the collection include yearbooks, minutes, and artifacts such as uniforms and class projects.