Boston University Mugar Library Archives

An extensive collection of Martha Rogers’ artifacts and publications are among the extensive and fascinating holdings of the History of Nursing Archives at the Boston University Howard Gotlieb Archival Research Center.

  • The archives are located on the Boston University campus at 771 Commonwealth Avenue, Boston, Massachusetts 02215 or online here. 

  • The archives are open Monday through Friday from 9 AM to 4 PM. (Check current hours as they have changed—2026)

  • Call (617-353-3696) or send an email (archives@bu.edu) for an appointment to visit the archives to view Martha Rogers’ or other holdings. Some very special items from the Martha Rogers collection are:

    • Martha’s birth certificate

    • Earned and honorary academic degrees

    • Academic hoods

    • Nursing caps

    • Honors and awards, including certificates and plaques.

    • Tables of contents for all three volumes of Nursing Science, a journal edited by Martha Rogers and published by F. A. Davis from 1963 through 1965.

    • Typed manuscripts and Martha’s notes for Educational Revolution in Nursing (1961), Reveille in Nursing (1964), and An Introduction to the Theoretical Basis of Nursing (1970).

Martha E. Rogers' Inventory

Center for Nursing, Foundation of New York State Nurses, Inc. Martha Rogers Papers

Martha's Papers at CFNNY.org