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Title Edith Shaw family and Provident Hospital photo album

Creator Shaw, Edith

Date 1923-1943

Description Photographs in the album include her family, her friends and fellow students, nurses and doctors, and some photos taken in and outside of Provident Hospital. Also includes a lot of candid photography at the beach and with friends, along with some formal portraits of her family and from her sister Pansy's wedding. Photographs at the end depict Edith's brother Maurice M. Shaw (who was a physician and had interned at Provident Hospital) and his service
at Fort Huachuca in Arizona, during World War II. Also includes a couple of souvenir photographs; one of Edith at the Century of Progress Exposition (Chicago World's Fair); and two of musical groups The Five Spirits of Rhythm and Guy Lombardo's Royal Canadians (the postcard is inscribed to Edith from Guy Lombardo).

Biographical/Historical Note Chicago-based African American nurse.

Edith Shaw was born on Jun. 18, 1910 in Abbeville, Louisiana, to Edward Garfield Shaw (1881-1965) and Edith Bertha Abberdee Shaw (1880-1965). The family moved to Chicago when Shaw was still very young and she attended St. Elizabeth's Catholic School. She graduated from Provident Hospital's nursing program in 1932. Provident was the first and for many years the only training school for Black nurses in the country.

Shaw's
family members included her oldest brother Herman, her brother Maurice, who was a physician and interned at Provident Hospital, and her sister Pansy, who, according to a newsclipping in the photo album, was the secretary to screen actor Stepin Fetchit.

As the photo album ends around 1942, with photos of her brother Maurice in the military at Fort Huachuca, Arizona, there is not a lot of information available about her later life. According to vital records she had one daughter, Edith Laura Fannon (1948-1971) and was divorced. Shaw died in Elkhart, Indiana, on Mar. 3, 1993.

Extent 0.2 Linear Feet (1 box)

Archival Collection Title Edith Shaw family and Provident Hospital photo album, Midwest Manuscript Collection

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Call Number PO-12001 on order

BibID 9911519179505867

Rights Status Copyright Not Evaluated

Contributing Institution Newberry Library

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IIIF Resource Type Canvas

Size 5298px × 4120px 124.94 MB

Filename 9911519179505867_midwest_ms_shaw_e_box_00001_000001.tif

Unique Identifier NL11AJZM

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