Thelma Holmes first job at age fourteen was as a kitchen aide at Grant Hospital in Columbus, Ohio; then at sixteen she became a nurse’s aide. In 1951 she graduated from the Grant Hospital School of Nursing. She worked in multiple nursing positions before moving to the Upper Peninsula in Michigan where she began her career as a nursing teacher. She continued teaching in Indianapolis, Indiana, then returned to Columbus where she earned her bachelor’s and master’s in nursing at The Ohio State University and taught at Grant Hospital School of Nursing. In 1977 she became the director of the School of Nursing at Grant and oversaw the closing of the program in 1980. The final years of her career were spent developing and administering the Patient and Family Relations Department at Grant.
The Thelma Holmes Oral History (0.25 linear foot) contains copies of the oral history interview conducted with Holmes on August 29, 2002.
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[Identification of item], Thelma Holmes Oral History, SPEC.202508.HOLMESORALHISTORY, Medical Heritage Center, Health Sciences Library, The Ohio State University.