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Joanna Po nursing career awards and academic records

 Collection
Identifier: MS 762
Finding aid note: Stored onsite at the Woodson Research Center.

Scope and Contents

Academic and nursing certification records, as well as nursing career awards for Joana Po's distinguished service, from the 1980s through the 2000s.

Dates

  • 1985 - 2014

Conditions Governing Access

This material is open for research.

Conditions Governing Access

This material is stored onsite at the Woodson Research Center.

Conditions Governing Use

Permission to publish from this material must be facilitated through the Woodson Research Center, Fondren Library. Contact woodson@rice.edu for assistance.

Biographical / Historical

Joanna Villarena Po was born on September 11, 1943 in Balasan, Iloilo, Philippines, one of ten children. Of her five brothers and four sisters she was the only one who came to America on her own, but she eventually sponsored two of her brothers to come later in life. When she was younger, her brother helped her complete her bachelor's degree in nursing in the Philippines. Afterwards she came to work at Houston Methodist Hospital. She received her master's degree at Texas Woman's University. She met her husband through a Filipino social group in Houston and they have two daughters. Later on in life she owned a jewelry business which she eventually gave up to be able to spend more time traveling and with her grandchildren.

In 2014, Po was interviewed by the Houston Asian American Archive oral histories program, and the interview is online at https://scholarship.rice.edu/handle/1911/77533. Throughout the interview, Po discusses incidences of discrimination she has endured as an Asian woman living in the United States, as well as general differences between her life in the Philippines and her life in the U.S.

Extent

3 Linear Feet (1 box)

Language of Materials

English

Additional Description

Overview

The collection includes academic and nursing certification records, as well as nursing career awards for Joana Po's distinguished service, from the 1980s through the 2000s.

Immediate Source of Acquisition

Donated by Joanna Po, 2018.

Related Materials

Joanna Po was interviewed for the Houston Asian American Archive oral history project in 2014, and that interview is online at https://scholarship.rice.edu/handle/1911/77533.

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Record Groups

Finding Aid & Administrative Information

Title
Guide to the Joanna Po nursing career awards and academic records, 1985-2014
Status
Completed
Author
Amanda Focke
Date
2018
Description rules
Describing Archives: A Content Standard
Language of description
English
Script of description
Latin
Language of description note
English

Repository Details

Repository Details

Part of the Woodson Research Center, Rice University, Houston, Texas Repository

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Contact:
Fondren Library MS-44, Rice University
6100 Main St.
Houston Texas 77005 USA

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