Guide to the Joan Hand Harrell Papers
Record Group 277
Date Span: 1882-1939
Extent: 8 items
Biographical Sketch: Ms. Joan (pronounced Jo Ann and listed as Joe Ann in the census) Hand Harrell, 1909-1975, was born in or near Blakely, GA. She was adopted (possibly informally) by a pair of siblings, and attended Moody Hospital School of Nursing in Dothan beginning in 1928.
Ms. Hand never practiced nursing, but traveled from 1930 to 1933 with her guardians throughout the US and into Mexico.
She married Brantley T. Harrell, ca. 1933, and lived in Blakely, GA.
Family story is that Joan was related to a Dr. Hand who worked at Moody Hospital and that her guardian, nicknamed Sissy, worked for Dr. Hand. This connection led her to study at Moody.
Later in life, she volunteered at the Baker County Historical Society and rescued four bound volumes from being abandoned or destroyed through neglect.
Scope / Content: Four items document Harrell's time at the Moody Hospital Nursing School (1925-1928) and four come from Baker County Historical Society.
Provenance: Documents created or gathered by Mrs. Harrell, then passed to her daughter who passed them to her daughter. Mrs Harrell's granddaughter donated them to the Wiregrass Archives.
Preferred Citation: Joan Hand Harrell Papers, RG 277. Wiregrass Archives, 好色先生TV Dothan Campus, Dothan, AL.
Access: Open
Date processed: 2023
INVENTORY
File ID File Name
277-23-1019-001-001 The Nightingale, 1928 Moody Hospital Nursing School Yearbook
277-23-1019-001-002 Constitution of the Adiuvo Society, 1925 (Org of Moody student nurses)
277-23-1019-001-003 Autograph book and book mark
277-23-1019-001-004 Notebook, re: nursing class, with rules and regulations
277-23-1102-001-005 Bethel Baptist Association of Georgia, Minutes of the 99th Annual Session, October 27-28, 1931
277-23-1102-001-006 Patmos (GA) Church minutes, July 31, 1882 - May 14, 1914 (incomplete)
277-23-1102-001-007 Martin Free-Will Baptist Association, Minutes of 3rd Annual Session, Live Oak, GA, October 22-23, 1889
277-23-1102-OS-001 Baker County (GA) News, Bound copies, 1931
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