Black scrapbook with inset image of a landscape, 1935-1939

File — Box: 2, Folder: 2

Staff Only

Scope and Contents

From the Collection:

The Kameoka Tamada collection contains scrapbooks that document Ruby’s time at the Cook County School of Nursing and her employment at Cook County Hospital (CCH), the theatrical and social events that she attended, newspaper clippings related to CCH and medical procedures, hand-crafted gifts from patients, greeting cards to celebrate holidays, newsletters from Colorado, matchbooks, correspondence from friends stationed domestically and abroad during WWII, communications from the Illinois State Nurses association, ticket stubs and programs from a variety of Chicago events. The collection also includes the Chicago Japanese American Yearbook, which contains profiles of prominent Japanese Americans, advertisements for businesses and events, and a directory of all Japanese Americans residing in Chicago.

Dates

1935-1939

Extent

From the Collection: 3 boxes

Language of Materials

From the Collection: English

Additional Description

General

Scrapbook has black covers; nameplate is present on interior cover which reads “Ruby Mitsuye Kameoka, R.N.”; contents in good condition; 50 pages; material includes information about Chicago events, ticket stubs, business cards, student newsletters, newspaper clippings; collection also contains the following: pages 2. Information about Ruby’s sister, Mrs. M. Sanzo Shigeta, who lived in Pueblo, Colorado and information about a J.Y.P.C.P. event; 3. Article indicates that Ruby graduated from Pueblo Central High School in 1935, but spent three of her four high school years in Raton, New Mexico; 8.-11. Ruby is enrolled in Cook County School of Nursing in Chicago, 1936-1937; 13. House regulations at Cook County School of Nursing; 14.-15. Ruby was a monitor at her residence hall; 33. Matchbooks; 39. The Chatter, published by the student body at Cook County School of Nursing, June 1938; 48. Japanese Young People’s Christian Conference in Denver, Colorado, December 1-3, 1939; 49. Document stating that Cook County Hospital nursing students must take part in cultural activities in the city of Chicago