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    "ocrText": ")\nJohn # 1591-C\nsent 7-7-44\nwe\nMay 22,1944\nNrs. Mabel Sometville\nThe Public Library\nCatskill, New York\nDear Mrs. Somervilles\nAs Miss Beard has been in the office only a very few days in the interval\nsince your letter arrived, I thought I would like to write you giving further information\nabout federal scholarships which are now available pending any decision regarding the use\nof the Breckenridge Fund. The obtaining of a federal scholarship does not at all preclude\nthe possibility of help from the Breckenridge Fund and as new federal appropriations are\navailable, every nurse who is considering study should know about them.\nInformation about available scholarships should be obtained through the\ndirector of the school which the nurse chooses for her post graduate study and it is nec-\nessary for the nurse to make the arrangements through the individual school. No doubt,\nyou have access to the American Journal of Nursing and as the information given there is\nso much more complete than I could give it; I know you would be interested particularly in\nthe April issure, page 392. This gives a list of schools offering programs including those\noffering programs this summer.\nAs there have been many questions raised as to undertaking study at this\nparticular time when nurses are so badly needed, I think you would be interested also in\nthe statement made by the Procurement and Assignment Service of the War Manpower Commission\napproving under certain conditions, post graduate study to prepare nurses for essential po-\nsitions. This was in the American Journal of Nursing, November, 1943, page 978. This will\ngive you some basis for advising Margaret.\nIf Margaret plans to study, I hope you will encourage her to inquire into\nthe federal funds available and make application. I know that the committee on the Breck-\nenridge Fund would like to have information on what steps have been taken in this respect\nbefore taking any final action. I believe it would be well for you to take this up with\nher and/ask her, after making tentative plans for study and investigating the possibility of\nfederal funds, to write to Miss Beard applying for further scholarship aid from the Breck-\nenridge Fund.\nSincerely yours,\nVirginia Dunbar\ne\nDeputy Director\nNursing Service\n91,559"
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