Esther Leona Hofferbert Miami Valley Hospital Scrapbooks
Content Description
The collection consists of 3 scrapbooks focused primarily on the activities of the Miami Valley Hospital School of Nursing Alumni Association and, to a lesser extent, the life and work of Esther Hofferbert herself. Alumni Association materials include reunion planning documents, lists of alumni, correspondence and updates from alumni, photographs, newspaper clippings and obituaries, newsletters, and programs. Of particular note is the Alumni Association’s Centennial Celebration (1903-2003) publication, at the end of Scrapbook 2, which includes a detailed history of the school and the alumni association. Materials pertaining to Esther Hofferbert specifically include biographical information, as well as documents (including grade cards) and mementoes from her time as a student nurse in the early 1950s. Materials in the scrapbooks remain in the original order in which they were received, and date from 1952 to 2016.
Dates
- Creation: 1952-2016
Creator
- Hofferbert, Esther Leona (Person)
Conditions Governing Access
There are no restrictions on accessing material in this collection.
Conditions Governing Use
Copyright restrictions may apply. Unpublished manuscripts are protected by copyright. Permission to publish, quote, or reproduce must be secured from the repository and the copyright holder.
Biographical / Historical
Esther Leona Guthrie was born in 1929 in near Lafayette, in Allen County, Ohio, a daughter of Rev. Joseph L. and Elsie (Teagarden) Guthrie. Her father was a minister in the Church of the Brethren. Esther graduated from Lafayette Jackson High School in 1947.
In May 1955, Esther graduated from the Miami Valley Hospital School of Nursing in Dayton, Ohio, where she was the Student Nurse Social Director. She was an active member, and twice president (1962-1964 and 1988-1992), of the Miami Valley Hospital School of Nursing Alumni Association for many decades. She later earned graduate degrees (M.Ed., 1962, and S.Ed., 1970) in counseling from Miami University in Oxford.
In addition to being a graduate of Miami Valley Hospital, Esther spent the majority of her career as a health and education professional with Miami Valley Hospital as well. She served as Head Nurse, Psychiatry (1955-1957), Supervisor of Specialties (1957-1958), and later Support nurse for Day Therapy and Mental Health Nursing (1986-1987) at Miami Valley Hospital. In the MVH School of Nursing, she served as an Instructor of Pediatric Nursing (1958-1960), Maternal-Child Health Coordinator (1960-1964), Guidance Counselor/Psychologist (1966-1986), and Instructor in Community Health Nursing (1985-1986). Later in her career, she was Nursing Home Administrator at Crestview Nursing Home in Dayton (1987-1988), then Director of Nursing (1988-1992) and Nursing Home Administrator (1992-1994) at Friends Care Center in Yellow Springs, before retiring.
Her other professional activities included serving as President of the District 10 Ohio Nurses Association (ONA), President of Western Ohio League of Nursing (part of the National League for Nursing), Advisory Boards of the Dayton Institute of A. Adler Psychology, Sinclair College Nursing Program, Board of Trustees at Friends Care Center, Greene County Commission on Aging and the Greene County Guidance Center, member of a regional group on nursing sponsored by the Ohio Department of Health and Continuing Education Committee of ONA.
Esther married Max M. Hofferbert in 1956. They had no children, which, in Esther’s own words, was “one reason I was able to be so active professionally.” The couple resided in Xenia for many years. Esther was inducted into the Greene County Women’s Hall of Fame in 2009.
Extent
1 linear feet (3 scrapbooks (3 binder boxes))
Language of Materials
English
Abstract
Esther Leona Hofferbert was a registered nurse, psychologist, and nursing home administrator in Dayton and Xenia for over 40 years in the late 20th century. She was a graduated of the Miami Valley Hospital School of Nursing and spent much of her professional career at Miami Valley Hospital as well. The collection consists of 3 scrapbooks focused primarily on the activities of the Miami Valley Hospital School of Nursing Alumni Association and, to a lesser extent, the life and work of Hofferbert herself.
Arrangement
The collection is arranged in a single series consisting of 3 scrapbooks.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
The collection was donated to Special Collections and Archives by Marie A. Reedy, a first cousin of Esther’s husband Max Hofferbert, on December 12, 2016.
Accruals
No additional accruals are expected.
Processing Information
The original scrapbooks received consisted of 3-ring binder style albums. Materials were transferred from these albums into archival sleeves and binder boxes. The original order of the materials was retained. A small amount of duplication exists throughout the collection, as multiple copies of some documents occurred in different places; in order to preserve original order, these multiple copies were retained in the original locations. Newspaper clippings were photocopied and the originals removed from the collection.
Processing Information
Finding aid written according to DACS standards by Lisa Rickey, September 2017.
donor
- Reedy, Marie A. (Person)
- Title
- Guide to the Esther Leona Hofferbert Miami Valley Hospital Scrapbooks (MS-578)
- Status
- Completed
- Author
- Lisa Rickey
- Date
- 2017 Sep 28
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
- Language of description note
- English
Repository Details
Part of the Special Collections Repository
Wright State University Libraries
Special Collections and Archives
3640 Colonel Glenn Hwy
Dayton OH 45435-0001 USA
937-775-2092
library-archives@wright.edu
