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Connie Romanello papers (unprocessed)

 Collection
Identifier: CoPSp.ACC2273

Scope and Contents note

This is a collection of papers from the Blockley Club collected by Connie Romanello. Materials include: minutes (1955-1968), correspondence related to club business, bulletins, banking and tax records, membership lists, and copies of the charter and by-laws of the club. A number of the items in the collection relate to the club's involvement in promoting awareness about Phenylketonuria (PKU). These materials include reprints and articles; press releases from the National Association for Retarded Children; newspaper clippings; minutes from the US Department of Health Education and Welfare; a bottle of PKU reagent test strips. The collection also includes several photos and a 1915 newspaper clipping about American Red Cross nurses.

Dates

  • 1915-1987 1955-1972

Conditions Governing Access note

The collection is open for research.

Biographical/Historical note

Conception Cicioni Romanello (1924-2000) was Secretary/Treasurer of the Washington Sector of the Philadelphia General Hospital Nursing Alumni Association (known as the Blockley Club).

Extent

1.5 linear feet

Language of Materials

English

Additional Description

Immediate Source of Acquisition note

Provenance: Gift of Anita Lembo.

Finding Aid & Administrative Information

Title
Connie Romanello papers 1915-1987 1955-1972 CoPSp.ACC2273
Date
2012
Language of description
Undetermined
Script of description
Code for undetermined script
Language of description note
Finding aid written in English
Sponsor
This collection-level EAD record is a product of the Philadelphia Area Consortium of Special Collections Libraries (PACSCL) Consortial Survey Initiative, which was funded by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation.

Repository Details

Repository Details

Part of the Historical Medical Library of The College of Physicians of Philadelphia Repository

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