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[Identification of item], in the Jane Abernethy Plyler Papers #4230-z, Southern Historical Collection, The Wilson Library, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

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Received from Jane Abernethy Plyler of Chapel Hill, N.C., in May 1980.

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• Bryson, Rubye Bowles, 1913-
• Fisher, Amy Louise, 1901-
• Holmes, Edith McNeil, 1905-
• Kneedler, Mary King, 1913-
• Lamb, Anne Eliza, b. 1897.
• North Carolina--Social conditions.
• Oral history.
• Plyler, Jane Abernethy, 1945-
• Public health nurses--North Carolina--History--20th century.
• Public health--North Carolina--History--20th century.
• Thompson, Elizabeth McMillan, 1908-

Jane Abernethy Plyler received a B.S. in nursing from East Carolina University in 1967 and an M.S. in community health nursing from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in 1980. She has practiced nursing in a variety of situations.

Eighteen cassette tapes of oral history interviews with public health nurses who practiced during the 1920s and 1930s in North Carolina. Individuals interviewed are: Rubye Bowles Bryson (1913- ) of Haywood County; Amy Louise Fisher (1901- ) of Watauga County; Edith McNeil Holmes (c. 1905- ) of Halifax County; Mary King Kneedler (1913- ) of Alamance and Pitt counties; Anne Eliza Lamb (1897- ) of Dare and Granville counties; and Elizabeth McMillan Thompson (1908- ) of Cumberland County. Also included is a copy of Plyer's thesis, "Public Health Nursing in North Carolina: Oral Histories of Earlier Years," which includes edited excerpts from the interviews.