New England Organization for Nursing Papers, 1981-1988

Collection number: MC 114
Size: 10 boxes (3.00 cu.ft.)

About New England Organization for Nursing

The New England Organization for Nursing (NEON) developed out of a long-felt need among area nurses for an organization that represented the needs of both nursing educators and nursing practitioners. In the Spring of 1980, the Executive Committee of the New England Council on Higher Education for Nursing (NECHEN) set up a Task Force to determine the degree of interest in such an organization and to explore potential sources of funding. By 1983 there was general agreement that an organization which brought together nursing service and nursing education would: foster collaboration for improved nursing practice and patient care, address the specific needs, issues, and problems of New England, and provide a mechanism to stimulate ideas. The first meeting of NEON was held on April 8, 1983.

NEON is expressly devoted to promoting communication between nursing education and nursing practice throughout the New England area and to advancing research in areas directly related to patient care and service.

Source: Milligan, J.B. "Historical Perspective – Background and Beginnings" (unpublished presentation, Organizational Meeting of NEON, April 8, 1983. See Box 1 Folder 6)

About the New England Organization for Nursing Papers

The New England Organization for Nursing (NEON) materials primarily contain information on the founding and growth of NEON, correspondence relating to NEON activities, and newsletters and minutes from selected meetings.

Administrative Information

Access Restrictions

This collection is open.

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Preferred Citation

[Identification of item], [Folder Number], [Box Number], New England Organization for Nursing Papers, 1981-1988, MC 114, Milne Special Collections and Archives, University of New Hampshire Library, Durham, NH, USA.

Acquisitions Information

Donation, New England Organization for Nurses, July 1992 (Accession number: 9022)

Collection Contents

Series 1: History and Development

(1 Box)

Box 1
Box 1, Folder 1		Letters of support from New England area institutions and organizations, Connecticut
Box 1, Folder 2		Letters of support from New England area institutions and organizations, Maine
Box 1, Folder 3		Letters of support from New England area institutions and organizations, Massachusetts
Box 1, Folder 4		Letters of support from New England area institutions and organizations, New Hampshire, Rhode Island and Vermont
Box 1, Folder 5		Proposal to develop NEON, 1977-1983
Box 1, Folder 6		Proposal to develop NEON, 1977-1983
Box 1, Folder 7		Proposal to the Kellogg Foundation
Box 1, Folder 8		NEON First Proposal
Box 1, Folder 9		NEON Second Proposal
Box 1, Folder 10		Assorted letters from New England nurses
Box 1, Folder 11		"A Survey of Access to Peri-Natal Care…"
Box 1, Folder 12		"From NECHEN to NEON and Historical Perspectives-Backgrounds and Beginnings"
Box 1, Folder 13		NEON Task Force Meeting, December 9, 1982
Box 1, Folder 14		History of regional nursing association and impact on research
Box 1, Folder 15		"History of NEON"

Series 2: Meetings and Business

(4 Boxes)

Box 2
Box 2, Folder 1		Organizational Chart
Box 2, Folder 2		NEON Background
Box 2, Folder 3		Task Force- Miscellaneous Information
Box 2, Folder 4		Task Force- Members 1981
Box 2, Folder 5		By-Laws, 1984-1986, Galley Set-ups
Box 2, Folder 6		By-Laws, April 5, 1984
Box 2, Folder 7		By-Laws, Drafts and Amendments
Box 2, Folder 8		By-Laws, Drafts and Amendments
Box 2, Folder 9		By-Laws, Minutes of Meetings, 1983-1985
Box 2, Folder 10		Revised By-Laws, March 2, 1984
Box 2, Folder 11		By-Laws Committee, 1984
Box 2, Folder 12		By-Laws Committee, 1984
Box 2, Folder 13		By-Laws Committee, 1984
Box 2, Folder 14		By-Laws Committee, 1984
Box 2, Folder 15		By-Laws, 1985
Box 2, Folder 16		By-Laws, 1985
Box 2, Folder 17		By-Laws, 1985
Box 2, Folder 18		By-Laws Revised, October 3, 1985
Box 2, Folder 19		By-Laws, 1986
Box 2, Folder 20		NEON Design Logos, etc.
Box 3
Box 3, Folder 1		Fiscal 1983
Box 3, Folder 2		Steering Committee Materials, 1983-1984
Box 3, Folder 3		Steering Committee, March 3, 1983
Box 3, Folder 4		Steering Committee, July 27, 1983
Box 3, Folder 5		Steering Committee, September 28, 1983
Box 3, Folder 6		Steering Committee, December 1, 1983
Box 3, Folder 7		Steering Committee Minutes, 1983-1984
Box 3, Folder 8		Steering Committee Minutes, 1983-1984
Box 3, Folder 9		NEON Steering Committee, 1983-1984
Box 3, Folder 10		NEON Steering Committee, April 5, 1984 and May 9, 1984
Box 3, Folder 11		NEON Steering Committee, June 27, 1984, Model Demonstration Projects
Box 3, Folder 12		NEON Steering Committee, June 27, 1984, Model Demonstration Projects
Box 3, Folder 13		NEON Steering Committee, September 12, 1984
Box 3, Folder 14		Steering Committee Miscellaneous Notes, 1983-1986
Box 3, Folder 15		Steering Committee, Miscellaneous, 1987
Box 3, Folder 16		Steering Committee Minutes, 1984-1985
Box 3, Folder 17		Steering Committee Minutes, 1984-1985
Box 3, Folder 18		Steering Committee Minutes, 1984-1985
Box 4
Box 4, Folder 1		NEON Board Members, 1986-1987
Box 4, Folder 2		Notes from periodical meetings, March 1983-February 1986
Box 4, Folder 3		Program Committee Notes (1983-1984)
Box 4, Folder 4		Planning Information (Meetings)
Box 4, Folder 5		Notes from Annual Meeting, 1985
Box 4, Folder 6		Member’s Meeting, November 1983 (Cheryl’s File)
Box 4, Folder 7		Minutes and materials from November 17, 1983
Box 4, Folder 8		Minutes, 1983-1984
Box 4, Folder 9		Ballot, 1984-1985
Box 4, Folder 10		Budget and Financial Information for NEON (1984-1985)
Box 4, Folder 11		Nominations Committee, 1984-1985
Box 4, Folder 12		Elected Officers, 1984
Box 4, Folder 13		Registration slips, mailings and minutes, April 1984
Box 4, Folder 14		Notes and News, April 1984
Box 4, Folder 15		"Issues and trends in health economics and their implications for the health professions", presented at the annual meeting, November 1, 1984
Box 4, Folder 16		Ballot, 1985
Box 4, Folder 17		NEON Executive Board Meeting, 1985 (Notes)
Box 4, Folder 18		Meeting, April 11, 1985
Box 4, Folder 19		Meeting, April 3, 1986 - "Action at the Interface: the learner, the practice setting, the education setting"
Box 5
Box 5, Folder 1		Loose notes – meetings, 1984-1986
Box 5, Folder 2		Loose notes – meetings, 1984-1986
Box 5, Folder 3		Meetings and Miscellaneous Correspondence, 1983-1985
Box 5, Folder 4		Ballot, 1985-1986
Box 5, Folder 5		Nominating Committee, 1985-1986
Box 5, Folder 6		Nominations Mailing, 1986, (board members and NEON representatives)
Box 5, Folder 7		NEON Executive Meeting, April 10, 1985
Box 5, Folder 8		Secretary Minutes, 1984-1986
Box 5, Folder 9		Secretary Minutes, 1986
Box 5, Folder 10		Secretary Minutes, 1987-1988
Box 5, Folder 11		Anne S. Black, materials for NEON meeting, January 30, 1986
Box 5, Folder 12		Project Committee, 1986
Box 5, Folder 13		Treasurer, 1986
Box 5, Folder 14		Program Brochure (Format), October 1986
Box 5, Folder 15		Nominations 1987
Box 5, Folder 16		NEON Site Selection Committee, 1987
Box 5, Folder 17		Conference Handout, April 1988, "Results of Work Group Discussion…"
Box 5, Folder 18		Anne S. Black in re Margaret Craig appointment as NEON director
Box 5, Folder 19		Treasurer’s Report, 1988
Box 5, Folder 20		Conference Posters, 1988
Box 5, Folder 21		Results of Institute of Medicine Study of Nursing, January 27, 1983

Series 3: Membership

(1 Box)

Box 5
Box 5, Folder 22		Application for Individual Membership
Box 6
Box 6, Folder 1		NEON Mailings, 1983
Box 6, Folder 2		NEON Members as of August 1, 1985
Box 6, Folder 3		NEON Members as of August 1, 1985
Box 6, Folder 4		NEON Members as of August 1, 1985
Box 6, Folder 5		Member Organizations, 1984
Box 6, Folder 6		Membership Lists, 1984-1988
Box 6, Folder 7		Membership Lists, 1984-1988
Box 6, Folder 8		NEON 2nd. Solicitation Letter, January 1984
Box 6, Folder 9		Neon Members as of June 6, 1986
Box 6, Folder 10		NEON Non-members
Box 6, Folder 11		NEON Non-members
Box 6, Folder 12		NEON Non-members
Box 6, Folder 13		Solicitation List, 1987

Series 4: Newsletters

(1 Box)

Box 6
Box 6, Folder 14		Background for Newsletter #1, 1983
Box 6, Folder 15		Background for Newsletter #1, 1983
Box 6, Folder 16		Newsletter Draft Material, 1983-1985
Box 6, Folder 17		NEON Newsletter #2, Spring 1984
Box 7
Box 7, Folder 1		NEON Newsletter #3, Summer 1984
Box 7, Folder 2		NEON Newsletter, November 1984
Box 7, Folder 3		NEON Newsletter, Fall 1985/Winter 1985
Box 7, Folder 4		Newsletters from Sister Organizations
Box 7, Folder 5		Newsletters from Sister Organizations

Series 5: Nursing Cooperative Proposals

(1 Box)

Box 7
Box 7, Folder 6		"Collaboration in Nursing: Education, Practice, Research", U.S. Dept of HHS, 1984
Box 7, Folder 7		Hartford Proposal
Box 7, Folder 8		Ed/NEON Proposal (final, November 21, 1984)
Box 7, Folder 9		Cape Cod Proposal - "An Ethics Program for the Academic and Acute Hospital Setting"
Box 7, Folder 10		Other Proposals
Box 7, Folder 11		U.S. Dept. of HHS, "Research Utilization in Nursing and Education: Narrative Description of the Research Utilization Project"
Box 7, Folder 12		"Research Utilization…"
Box 7, Folder 13		"Research Utilization…"
Box 7, Folder 14		Other Proposals
Box 7, Folder 15		Kellogg Proposal
Box 8
Box 8, Folder 1		Statistical Information - registered Nurse fact Sheet
Box 8, Folder 2		Survey returns, NEON Membership, October 2, 1986
Box 8, Folder 3		Results of NEON Questionnaire
Box 8, Folder 4		Beth Israel Hospital
Box 8, Folder 5		Cape Cod Hospital (January 1986)
Box 8, Folder 6		Hospital Consortium, January 1985
Box 8, Folder 7		Educational Development Center (EDC), 1985-1986
Box 8, Folder 8		Educational Development Center (EDC), 1985-1986
Box 8, Folder 9		Kellogg Correspondence, 1985
Box 8, Folder 10		NEON Notes, 1983
Box 8, Folder 11		NEON Notes, 1984
Box 8, Folder 12		NEON Notes, 1985-1986
Box 8, Folder 13		ACT Proficiency Exams for Nursing Subjects
Box 8, Folder 14		ACT Proficiency Exams for Nursing Subjects

Series 6: Correspondence

(1 Box)

Box 8
Box 8, Folder 15		Correspondence, A-B
Box 8, Folder 16		Correspondence, E-F
Box 8, Folder 17		Correspondence, G-L
Box 8, Folder 18		Correspondence, M-N
Box 8, Folder 19		Correspondence, O-R
Box 8, Folder 20		Correspondence, S-T
Box 8, Folder 21		Correspondence, U-V
Box 8, Folder 22		Correspondence, W-Z
Box 9
Box 9, Folder 1		Correspondence, Anne S. Black, 1984
Box 9, Folder 2		Correspondence, Anne S. Black, (Outgoing), 1985
Box 9, Folder 3		Correspondence, Anne S. Black, (Outgoing), 1985
Box 9, Folder 4		Correspondence, Anne S. Black, (Outgoing), 1986
Box 9, Folder 5		Correspondence, 1986
Box 9, Folder 6		Correspondence, 1987
Box 9, Folder 7		Correspondence, 1988
Box 9, Folder 8		Materials from Helen Belcher
Box 9, Folder 9		Materials from Helen Belcher

Series 7: NEON Conferences

(1 Box)

Box 9
Box 9, Folder 10		Conference, November 11, 1983
Box 9, Folder 11		Conference, April 1984
Box 9, Folder 12		Conference, April 3, 1984
Box 9, Folder 13		Conference, October 2, 1986
Box 9, Folder 14		Conference, April 2, 1987
Box 9, Folder 15		Conference, October 1, 1987
Box 9, Folder 16		Conference, April 7, 1988
Box 9, Folder 17		Meetings, 1986-1988
Box 9, Folder 18		Conferences, WICHE 1984

Series 8: Sister Organizations

(2 Boxes)

Box 9
Box 9, Folder 19		Connecticut Nurses Association, September 22, 1987
Box 9, Folder 20		Description of Regional Nurses Associations
Box 9, Folder 21		Description of Regional Nurses Associations
Box 9, Folder 22		Eastern Nursing Research Society of MARNA/NEON, 1988
Box 10
Box 10, Folder 1		Massachusetts Organization of Nurse Executives
Box 10, Folder 2		Midwest Alliance in Nursing (MAIN)
Box 10, Folder 3		Mid Atlantic Regional Nursing Association (MARNA), 1987
Box 10, Folder 4		National Commission on Nursing Implementation Project (NCNIP)
Box 10, Folder 5		NCNIP
Box 10, Folder 6		NCNIP
Box 10, Folder 7		New England Board of Higher Education
Box 10, Folder 8		Robert Wood Johnson Report (1984); Nursing related Data Sources(1984)
Box 10, Folder 9		Secretary’s Commission on Nursing report, July 1988
Box 10, Folder 10		Western Institute of Nursing By-Laws/Correspondence, 1988
Box 10, Folder 11		MARNA Conference 1986
Box 10, Folder 12		Miscellaneous Brochures
Box 10, Folder 13		Miscellaneous Brochures
Box 10, Folder 14		Miscellaneous Brochures
Box 11
Box 11, Folder 1		NCNIP, November 1987, sections 1-4
Box 11, Folder 2		NCNIP, November 1987, sections 5-6
Box 11, Folder 3		NCNIP, November 1987, sections 7-9
Box 11, Folder 4		NCNIP, November 1987, sections 10-13
Box 11, Folder 5		"Fifth Report to the President and Congress on the Status of Health Personnel in the United States", March 1986