Bjoring Center for Nursing Historical Inquiry
The Eleanor Crowder Bjoring Center for Nursing Historical Inquiry is an internationally recognized archives and research center dedicated to the history of nursing and health care. Through research, educational programming, and the collection and preservation of historical materials, the Bjoring Center is committed to advancing scholarship and education that provides critical perspective on contemporary issues in health care.
The Center regularly hosts a History Forum speaker series and international conferences, awards a range of research fellowships annually, and sponsors other events. Throughout its programming, the Center promotes scholarship centered on global, diverse, and inclusive histories of nursing and health care.
The Center also provides informational, consulting, and photographic services to those who seek assistance with research in the history of nursing and health care.
For a glimpse of our collections and the stories behind them, browse Object Lessons, the Center's 30th-anniversary publication.
The center is open to researchers and visitors on Monday, Tuesday, and Thursday, from 9 a.m.- 5 p.m., or at other times by appointment. Please contact the center to schedule an appointment.
Our physical address:
The Eleanor Crowder Bjoring Center for Nursing Historical Inquiry
UVA School of Nursing, McLeod Hall, Room 1010 (first floor)
202 Jeanette Lancaster Way
Charlottesville, VA 22903-3388
Our mailing address:
The Eleanor Crowder Bjoring Center for Nursing Historical Inquiry
202 Jeanette Lancaster Way, P.O. Box 800782
Charlottesville, VA 22908-0782
Phone: (434) 924-0083
Email: For general queries, contact the History Center manager, Maura Singleton.
ASSOCIATES OF THE BJORING CENTER
- Joel Anderson, PhD, RN
jra6d@uvahealth.org - Charemon Brooks, PhD, RN
cbrooks@nvcc.edu - Rebecca Coffin, PhD, RN
rc4da@virginia.edu - Bridget Houlahan, PhD, RN
bah3jb@virginia.edu - Beth Hundt, PhD, RN
eah8yc@virginia.edu - Victoria Tucker, PhD, RN
vnt2r@virginia.edu
DIRECTORS EMERITA OF THE BJORING CENTER
- Barbara Brodie, PhD, RN, FAAN (1992-2002)
- Arlene Keeling, PhD, RN, FAAN (2002-2015)
- Barbra Mann Wall, PhD, RN, FAAN (2015-2020)