Helen Kinney Collection

Collection — Box: 1058

Identifier: 1998.126

Staff Only

Scope and Contents

Biographical materials relating to the life of Dr. Helen Kinney, who established and ran an innovative two-year nursing degree program at Southeast Missouri State University. Collection contains newspaper clippings, certificates, awards, correspondence, brochures, photographs, and other documents related to Helen Kinney. Series II primarily consists of oversized items.

Dates

Creation: 1958-1972

Rights Statement

Materials in this collection may be protected by copyright law (Title 17, U.S. Code).

Biographical / Historical

Helen Kinney was born on February 12, 1902 in Brooklyn, New York. She became a registered nurse in 1924 and received a doctorate degree in adult education in 1951. Kinney came to Cape Girardeau in 1958 where she became the program director of nursing, and later established a state-wide pilot program for nursing education at Southeast Missouri State College. She also served as president of the Missouri Public Health Association and the Missouri State Nurses Association. Kinney retired in 1972 and passed away on January 15, 1988 in Cape Girardeau, Missouri.