Oral history interview with Julia McCatty (Collymore) RN, NP
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Title
Oral history interview with Julia McCatty (Collymore) RN, NP
Subject
Women in Medicine
Nursing
Oral histories
Transcripts
Black history
Description
Oral history interview with Julia McCatty Collymore, RN, NP retired, conducted by Brigham and Women's Hospital (BWH) Archivist, Catherine Pate, and Sasha Dubois MSN, RN, NEA-BC at the BWH on May 10, 2023.
Julia McCatty was the first Black person to graduate from the Peter Bent Brigham Hospital School of Nursing (Class of 1956). In a lively conversation with the hospital archivist and Sasha Dubois, a nurse administrator from the Brigham and president of the New England Regional Black Nurses Association, Mrs. Collymore discusses her upbringing in Boston and her ambition to become a registered nurse despite being discouraged from that objective due to prejudice. She shares many stories from her long and successful career in nursing. Ms. Dubois and Mrs. Collymore compare their experiences as nurses with half a century of time between them. (Total running time: 1:11:28.)
This oral history interview is part of the Brigham and Women's Hospital Archives collections. It was videotaped on location in the Brigham Education Institute inside the BWH with the support of the Brigham and Women's Hospital Office of Strategic Communications and the technical support of the Brigham's audio-visual specialists in Office Services.
Julia McCatty was the first Black person to graduate from the Peter Bent Brigham Hospital School of Nursing (Class of 1956). In a lively conversation with the hospital archivist and Sasha Dubois, a nurse administrator from the Brigham and president of the New England Regional Black Nurses Association, Mrs. Collymore discusses her upbringing in Boston and her ambition to become a registered nurse despite being discouraged from that objective due to prejudice. She shares many stories from her long and successful career in nursing. Ms. Dubois and Mrs. Collymore compare their experiences as nurses with half a century of time between them. (Total running time: 1:11:28.)
This oral history interview is part of the Brigham and Women's Hospital Archives collections. It was videotaped on location in the Brigham Education Institute inside the BWH with the support of the Brigham and Women's Hospital Office of Strategic Communications and the technical support of the Brigham's audio-visual specialists in Office Services.
Creator
Brigham and Women's Hospital
Date
Oral history conducted on May 10, 2023.
Contributor
Center for the History of Medicine, Countway Library, Harvard Medical School
Rights
Brigham and Women's Hospital
Access Rights
Access to the original work depicted requires advance notice. Contact Public Services at chm@hms.harvard.edu for additional information
Is Part Of
BWH c1, Brigham and Women’s Hospital. Records, 1913– (inclusive), 1980–2000 (bulk)
Format
video
Extent
One video recording, (one hour, eleven minutes, 28 seconds) and one transcript, (54 pages)
Language
English
Rights Holder
Brigham and Women's Hospital
Oral History Item Type Metadata
Embedded Media
Interviewer
Catherine Pate and Sasha Dubois
Interviewee
Julia McCatty Collymore
Location
Brigham and Women's Hospital
Original Format
mp4
Duration
1:11:28
Files
Citation
Brigham and Women's Hospital, “Oral history interview with Julia McCatty (Collymore) RN, NP,” OnView, accessed April 27, 2024, https://collections.countway.harvard.edu/onview/index.php/items/show/26726.