Josephine K. Craytor, R.N., M.S., F.A.A.N.
Josephine K. Craytor, R.N., M.S., F.A.A.N.
Introduction
Josephine K. Craytor, R.N., M.S., F.A.A.N., Professor Emeritus, was a member of the faculty of the Department of Nursing of the School of Medicine and Dentistry of the University of Rochester from 1957 to 1972. When the School of Nursing was established in 1972 Craytor was Associate Professor of Nursing, and Professor of Nursing from 1976 to 1978. From 1975 to 1978 she also served as Associate Director for Nursing of the University of Rochester Cancer Center. Craytor was one of the first nurses to implement the clinical nurse specialist role, and was a pioneer in the development of masters level education for clinical specialists. In 1970 she published the first programmed text in cancer care for nurses. As an oncology nurse, Craytor developed the role of nurse as an equal partner in the care of cancer patients. She was the wife of Russell Craytor, and the mother of two daughters.
Biography
Josephine Craytor was born in Xenia, Ohio, the eldest of three daughters in a mill-owning family. Following boarding school in North Carolina, she attended Western college in Oxford, Ohio from 1933 to 1935. She received her diploma in nursing from Cornell University-New York Hospital School of Nursing in 1938. She received a B.S. degree in 1946 and an M.S. in nursing education in 1960 from the University of Rochester. In 1961-62 she undertook post graduate work in educational programming from the University of Rochester's School of Education, and in 1973 she earned a certificate from the Medical Nurse Practitioner Program from the University's School of Nursing.
Craytor was elected a Fellow of the American Academy of Nursing in 1976, and has been the recipient of numerous awards, including the Alumni Award to Faculty from the University of Rochester, the Distinguished Service Award from the National American Cancer Society, the First Distinguished Alumnus Award from the School of Nursing, the Jacob Gitelman Award, and was awarded the first Honorary Life Member of the Oncology Nursing Society. She was a member of the American Nurses Association, the Oncology Nursing Society, the National League for Nursing, and numerous cancer and community groups. She has authored more than thirty publications, delivered hundreds of speeches, and traveled extensively as a recognized expert in the field of cancer nursing and education.
Organization of the Collection
Processing of the Craytor collection was initiated on 5 November 2001 and completed on 28 November 2001. The papers of Josephine Craytor are contained in nineteen boxes, and occupy 9 linear feet in the Library's Archives. The Craytor collection contains the professional papers of Josephine Craytor (1938-92). Of particular note are the original data, notes and reports on Craytor's research projects in the areas of team collaboration, cancer nursing, and continuing education for nurses. The collection also includes a group of journals (1957-72), correspondence, biographical information, speeches and publications, and miscellaneous subject files. Together, these papers provide remarkably thorough documentation of the development of Craytor's professional thinking and activities.
Original folder titles were retained, and the papers were arranged by subject in alphabetical order as follows:
- Subject Files ( Boxes 1-18)
- Photographs (Box 19)
BOX ONE
Folder 1-Aging
Folder 2-Asian cancer conference 1979
Folder 3-Attitudes
Folder 4-Attitudes
Folder 5-Cancer nursing-breast cancer
Folder 6-Cancer nursing -breast cancer
BOX TWO
Folder 1-Cancer nursing-breast cancer
Folder 2-Cancer nursing -breast cancer
Folder 3-Cancer nursing -G.I. cancer
Folder 4-Cancer nursing-gynecology
Folder 5-Cancer nursing-head and neck
Folder 6-Cancer nursing - introduction
Folder 7-Cancer nursing-introduction
Folder 8-Cancer nursing-lung cancer
BOX THREE
Folder 1-Cancer Nursing News
Folder 2-Cancer project tests
Folder 3-Cancer project tests
Folder 4-Cancer references
Folder 5-Cancer references
Folder 6-Cancer teaching
Folder 7-Cancer teaching day
Folder 8-Center for Social Science Research
Folder 9-Clinical checklist
BOX FOUR
Folder 1-Clinical specialist in cancer nursing
Folder 2-Clinical specialist in cancer nursing
Folder 3-Clinical specialist in cancer nursing
Folder 4-Clinical specialist role
Folder 5-Clinical specialist role
Folder 6-Clinical specialist role
Folder 7-Clinical specialist role
Folder 8-Consultation
BOX FIVE
Folder 1-Correspondence 1960-78
Folder 2-Correspondence 1979-81
Folder 3-Correspondence 1982-84
Folder 4-Correspondence 1985-92
Folder 5-Crisis intervention
Folder 6-Curriculum construction workshop 1978
Folder 7-Curriculum construction workshop 1978
Folder 8-Curriculum vitae
BOX SIX
Folder 1-Definition of nurse
Folder 2-Detection of cancer
Folder 3-Detection of cancer
Folder 4-Detection of cancer
Folder 5-Family in cancer care
Folder 6-Group dynamics
Folder 7-Group dynamics
BOX SEVEN
Folder 1-Honors & clippings-ACS award 1982
Folder 2-Honors & clippings 1939-79
Folder 3-Honors & clippings 1980-85
Folder 4-Honors & clippings 1986-95
Folder 5-International cancer congress 1978
Folder 6-Journals (notes)
Folder 7-Journals 1957-59
BOX EIGHT
Folder 1-Journals 1959-60
Folder 2-Journals 1960-61
Folder 3-Journals 1961
Folder 4-Journals 196 1-62
Folder 5-Journals 1962-63
BOX NINE
Folder 1-Journals 1963-64
Folder 2-Journals 1964-65
Folder 3-Journals 1965-67
Folder 4-Journals 1967-72
BOX TEN
Folder 1-Living with cancer conference 1968
Folder 2-Master's program papers 1959-60
Folder 3-Master's program-team project 1960
Folder 4-Master's program-team project 1960
Folder 5-Master's program-team project 1960
Folder 6-Master's program-team project 1960
Folder 7-Master's program-team project 1960
BOX ELEVEN
Folder 1-Master's program-team project 1960
Folder 2-Master's program-team project 1960
Folder 3-Master's program-team project 1960
Folder 4-Master's program-team project 1960
Folder 5-Mills study 1959
Folder 6-Needs of cancer patients
Folder 7-Odor control
Folder 8-Pain references and notes
Folder 9-Pain references and notes
BOX TWELVE
Folder 1-Pain references and notes
Folder 2-Pain-student papers
Folder 3-Patients for teaching
Folder 4-Patient notes
Folder 5-Publications 1938-64
Folder 6-Publications 1967-68
BOX THIRTEEN
Folder 1-Publications 1969
Folder 2-Publications 1970
Folder 3-Publications 1972-75
Folder 4-Publications 1976
Folder 5-Publications 1978
Folder 6-Publications 1979
BOX FOURTEEN
Folder 1-Publications 1979
Folder 2-Publications 1982
Folder 3-Publications 1983
Folder 4-Publications 1983
Folder 5-Publications 1984
Folder 6-Radiation
BOX FIFTEEN
Folder 1-Rehabilitation
Folder 2-Role of the nurse
Folder 3-Role of the nurse
Folder 4-Social service
Folder 5-Speeches (undated)
Folder 6-Speeches 1959-72
Folder 7-Speeches 1973-76
Folder 8-Speeches 1977-79
Folder 9-Speeches 1980-81
BOX SIXTEEN
Folder 1-Speeches 1982-93
Folder 2-Stereotypes
Folder 3-Sterile technique
Folder 4-Studies: Development of programmed units 1964-67
Folder 5-Studies: Development of programmed units 1964-67
Folder 6-Studies: Development of programmed units 1964-67
Folder 7-Studies: Continuing education to change nurses' perceptions 1971
Folder 8-Studies: Continuing education to change nurses' perceptions 1971
Folder 9-Studies: Nurses' perceptions and experience in cancer care 1975-76
BOX SEVENTEEN
Folder 1-Studies: Trial use and evaluation of "Developing Awareness of Attitudes, Self
and Cancer Nursing" 1978
Folder 2-Studies: Trial use and evaluation of "Developing Awareness of Attitudes, Self
and Cancer Nursing" 1978
Folder 3-Studies: Trial use and evaluation of "Developing Awareness of Attitudes, Self
and Cancer Nursing" 1978
Folder 4-Studies: Trial use and evaluation of "Developing Awareness of Attitudes, Self
and Cancer Nursing" 1978
Folder 5-Studies: Trial use and evaluation of "Developing Awareness of Attitudes, Self
and Cancer Nursing" 1978
Folder 6-Talking with cancer patients
Folder 7-Teaching cancer nursing
Folder 8-Team work
Folder 9-Tumor clinic experience review
BOX EIGHTEEN
Folder 1-Tumor clinic experience review
Folder 2-University of Rochester memorabilia
Folder 3-West Virginia continuing education
BOX NINETEEN
Folder 1-Photographs
Folder 2-Slides from 17-3
Slides-teaching