Overview of the Collection
Medical Heritage Center
Radcliff, June M. Lownie
June M. Lownie Radcliff, RN Papers
3.0 linear feet
The June M. Lownie Radcliff, RN Papers (3 linear feet) contains material related to her nursing education, nursing career and military service.
SPEC.202408.RADCLIFF
The records are in English
English
1939-2020
Biography
June M. Lownie Radcliff (1928-2022) attended the William McKinley Memorial Hospital School of Nursing in Trenton, New Jersey, with her twin sister, Joyce. She was admitted to nursing school on July 3, 1946. Her capping ceremony was February 3, 1947, and she graduated on May 26, 1949. Together she and Joyce enlisted in the U.S. Army Reserves in 1950. Radcliff was called to active duty from February 1953 until April 1955. She was first sent to Brooke Army Medical Center at Fort Sam Houston, Texas, for training and graduated from the Medical Service Women Company Officer Course on April 27, 1953. Then she was stationed at Fitzsimmons Army Hospital in Colorado, where she met her husband, Richard Radcliff.
They returned to his home state of Ohio to get married, and she worked at hospitals in Athens and Nelsonville. Though she would have liked to remain in the military, at that time women were not permitted to marry while serving. Radcliff and her family eventually moved to Columbus, and she began working at The Ohio State University Medical Center in 1969 until she retired. June, along with Joyce, was very active in veterans’ activities and organizations. The sisters took a flight with Tuskegee Airmen in 2013. In 2015, at age 87, the sisters were grand marshals of the Delaware County veterans’ parade that honored women who served in the military.
Scope and Content
The June M. Lownie Radcliff, RN Papers (3 linear feet) contains material related to her nursing education, nursing career and military service.
Statement of Arrangement
This collection is arranged in three series:
- Series I: Objects
- Series II: Papers
- Series III: Digital Materials
Series I: Objects (3 boxes) contains nursing textbooks, booklets from Brooke Army Medical Center and Ftizsimmons Army Hospital, and items related to obstetric care. There is also the red, white and blue striped sash worn by June Radcliff in the 2015 Delaware County veterans’ parade and two t-shirts and a lapel pin related to the famed African American pilots, the Tuskegee Airmen.
Series II: Papers (1 box) contains notes and tests from Radcliff’s nursing school classes.
Series III: Digital Materials (1 Microsoft Word file, 17 Power Point files) contains a series of presentation slides that chronicle the life of June M. Lownie Radcliff. Period photographs depicting Radcliff and documents illustrating her military, professional and personal experiences were scanned to include in the slides.
Restrictions on Access
The collection is open to the public and is available for viewing in the Medical Heritage Center. Digital materials that are part of this collection are not available online.
Physical materials do not circulate and must be used in the supervised reading room.
Restrictions, including copyright, may exist and some materials may be too fragile to photocopy or digitize. The MHC charges for duplication services, which must be performed by staff.
Preferred Citation
[Identification of item], June M. Lownie Radcliff, RN Papers,
SPEC.202408.RADCLIFF, Medical Heritage Center, Health Sciences Library,
The Ohio State University.
Detailed Description of The Collection
Series I: Objects
1939-2007
1
1
Book: American Red Cross First Aid Textbook
1945
1
2
Book: Communicable Diseases for Nurses
1943
1
3
Book: Essentials of Pediatrics
1946
1
4
Book: Nurse Please! Highlights in the Training of Susie
1944
1
5
Book: Fundamentals of Chemistry
1946
2
1
Book: General Psychology
1946
2
2
Book: Gynecological Nursing
1946
2
3
Book: Materia Medica Pharmacology and Therapeutics
1944
2
4
Book: Medical Nursing
1946
2
5
Book: Microbiology Applied to Nursing
1945
2
6
Book: Obstetric Management and Nursing
1946
2
7
Book: The Principles and Practice of Nursing
1939
2
8
Book: Principles of Psychiatric Nursing
1944
2
9
Book: Sociology Applied to Nursing
1945
2
10
Book: Surgical Nursing
1946
2
11
Book: Taber's Cyclopedic Medical Dictionary
1945
2
12
Book: Textbook of Anatomy and Physiology
1942
2
13
Booklet: Fitzsimmons Army Hospital General Information
undated
2
14
Booklet: Nursing and You, William McKinley Memorial Hospital School of Nursing
1945
2
15
Booklet: Brooke Army Hospital Handbook of Information for New Patients
undated
2
16
Booklet: Brooke Army Medical Center Medical Field Service School Guide for Students
January 1953
2
17
Instructions: Your Baby's Formula, Terminal Heating Instructions
undated
2
18
Obstetric Calendar
undated
3
1
Pin, Lapel: Tuskegee Airmen
undated
3
2
Sash Worn as Parade Grand Marshal
undated
3
3
T-shirt: The Tuskegee Airmen
undated
3
4
T-shirt: Tuskegee Airmen
2007
Series II: Papers
1946-1953
4
1
Anatomy and Microbiology Notebook
1946-1947
4
2
Cue Cards for Teaching New Mothers
undated
4
3
Homeopathy Notes
February-May, 1947
4
4
Immunization Register
1953
4
5
Materia Medica Notes and Tests
February-May, 1947
4
6
Miscellaneous Notes
1947
4
7
Nurses Case Report and OR Record
1947-1948
4
8
Nursing School Notebook
1946
4
9
Poison Antidote Chart
undated
Series III: Digital Materials
2020
1
Spec.202408.Radcliff_F01_001_Overview
Microsoft Word: Overview
2020
1
Spec.202408.Radcliff_F01_002_Intro
Microsoft Power Point: Intro
2020
1
Spec.202408.Radcliff_F01_003_Childnood
Microsoft Power Point: Childhood
2020
1
Spec.202408.Radcliff_F01_004_Nursing
Microsoft Power Point: Childhood
2020
1
Spec.202408.Radcliff_F01_005_LrgScrapbookP1-18
Microsoft Power Point: Large Scrapbook, Pages 1-18
2020
1
Spec.202408.Radcliff_F01_006_LrgScrapbookP19-28
Microsoft Power Point: Large Scrapbook, Pages 19-28
2020
1
Spec.202408.Radcliff_F01_007_LrgScrapbookP29-38
Microsoft Power Point: Large Scrapbook, Pages 29-38
2020
1
Spec.202408.Radcliff_F01_008_SmScrapbook
Microsoft Power Point: Small Scrapbook
2020
1
Spec.202408.Radcliff_F01_009_GradArmyReserves
Microsoft Power Point: Graduation and U.S. Army Reserves
2020
1
Spec.202408.Radcliff_F01_010_Active Duty
Microsoft Power Point: Active Duty
2020
1
Spec.202408.Radcliff_F01_011_Active Duty
Microsoft Power Point: Active Duty
2020
1
Spec.202408.Radcliff_F01_012_1950s
Microsoft Power Point: 1950s
2020
1
Spec.202408.Radcliff_F01_013_1960s-1980s
Microsoft Power Point: 1960s-1980s
2020
1
Spec.202408.Radcliff_F01_014_1990s
Microsoft Power Point: 1990s
2020
1
Spec.202408.Radcliff_F01_015_2000s
Microsoft Power Point: 2000s
2020
1
Spec.202408.Radcliff_F01_016_2010s
Microsoft Power Point: 2010s
2020
1
Spec.202408.Radcliff_F01_017_2020s
Microsoft Power Point: 2020s
2020
1
Spec.202408.Radcliff_F01_018_Closing
Microsoft Power Point: Closing
2020