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Correspondence between Cicely Saunders and King's College Hospital relating to post mortem examinations conducted at St Christopher's Hospice, including a request for tissue specimens relating to gastrointestinal neoplasms by Dr A Munro Neville, Chester Beatty Research Institute, London, 1971. File includes sensitive personal data and is CLOSED for review in 2022.

Correspondence between Cicely Saunders and Robert E Neale (b 1929), Professor of Psychiatry, Union Theological Seminary, New York, chiefly relating to Neale's 1969 research at St Christopher's Hospice into imminent death and anticipatory grief. File includes personal data and is CLOSED during Neale's lifetime.

Correspondence between Cicely Saunders and Labour peer Mary Stocks (1891-1975), former Principal of Westfield College and a Vice President of St Christopher's Hospice, 1967-1973. Topics include visits to the hospice, fundraising, and Stocks' support for euthanasia. Third party sensitive data in the file is CLOSED for review 2045.

Correspondence between Cicely Saunders and Robert Fulton, former Professor of Sociology, University of Minnesota, USA, on topics including conferences and personal news. File includes sensitive personal data and is CLOSED for review in 2064.

Correspondence and memoranda between Cicely Saunders and staff of Bromley London Borough Council, chiefly relating to administration and to official visits to St Christopher's Hospice by the Mayor or Mayoress of Bromley, including: enquiries about providing a laundry service for terminally ill patients treated at home, 1971; building of a footbridge at Penge East railway station to improve access to St Christopher's Hospice, 1968-1969, and state benefits and insurance information relating to hospice patients from the local area, 1967. Personal data in the file is CLOSED for review 2022.

Correspondence with Rev Philip O C Edwards, St Christopher's Hospice chaplain, 1969-1972, chiefly concerning his appointment. File includes sensitive personal data and is CLOSED for review in 2061.

Correspondence with nurse Veronica Saunders-Brown, relating to professional appointments. File includes personal data and is CLOSED for review in 2057.

Correspondence between Cicely Saunders and Benjamin J Haynes, Midland Bank, member of Council of Management and honorary treasurer, 1970-1998, chiefly relating to Haynes' appointments to Council of Management and the General Purposes and Final Committee, 1970. Also a copy of Haynes' CV. Personal data in the file is CLOSED for review 2021.

Correspondence between Cicely Saunders and Dr Samuel C Klagsbrun, Medical Director of Four Winds Hospital, New York City, appointed an official visitor to St Christopher's Hospice, 1985. Topics include: Klagsbrun's visits to St Christopher's, its management and its administration; Saunders' retirement from the post of Medical Director, 1985; news of Four Winds Hospital; the US hospice movement; personal news. File also includes sensitive personal data and is CLOSED for review in 2077.

Correspondence with Cora Gough, Information Officer, Irish Cancer Society Ltd, concerning services provided by the Society, notably terminal care at St Gabriel's Hospital, Dublin. File includes sensitive personal data and is CLOSED for review in 2056.

Correspondence with management consultant Antoinette Wye, Cranfield School of Management, concerning a review of the management and administration of St Christopher's Hospice, with related reports, 1970-1976. File includes sensitive personal data and is CLOSED for review in 2060.

Correspondence between Cicely Saunders and Florence Wald (1917-2008), former Dean of the School of Nursing, Yale University and founder of the Connecticut Hospice, on topics including: the founding of the Connecticut Hospice; conferences, publications; personal news. File includes grant applications, articles, and a typescript report by the International Work Group on Death and Dying (IWG), 1978. Personal data in the file is CLOSED for review in 2043.

Correspondence between Cicely Saunders and Dr Sylvia Lack, senior house officer at St Joseph's Hospice and St Christopher's Hospice, 1971-1973, and subsequently Medical Director of the Connecticut Hospice, New Haven, Connecticut. Topics include St Joseph's, the development of Connecticut Hospice, 1974-1978, and of its home care service. File includes sensitive personal data and is CLOSED for review in 2062.

Correspondence between Cicely Saunders and Bertha James, alderman and mayor of the London Borough of Bromley, and a Vice President of St Christopher's Hospice, 1971-1981. File relates chiefly to her appointment and congratulations on awards and donations. File also includes personal data and is CLOSED for review in 2045.

Correspondence with Prof John Ercel Fryer (1937-2003), US psychiatrist, gay rights activist, and secretary of the International Work Group on Death, Dying and Bereavement (IWG) who worked at St Christopher's Hospice, 1980-1981. File includes arrangements and reports relating to his work at the hospice, papers relating to the IWG, and personal news. File also includes personal data and is CLOSED for review in 2055.

Correspondence between Cicely Saunders and Sister Mary Thomas relating to Thomas' research into the attitudes of medical staff in different institutions to the dying patients under their care. File includes Thomas' CV, research proposal, her research funding, accommodation and the progress of research. Personal data in the file is CLOSED for review in 2054.

Correspondence between Cicely Saunders and personnel of the Department of Health and Security (DHSS) chiefly relating to a visit to St Christopher's Hospice, January 1974, by Barbara Anne Castle (1910-2002), Secretary of State for Social Services, 1974-1976, and to changes in the funding structure for the hospice. File includes: statistics on admissions to the hospice, 1967-1974; reports and a grant application relating to the research work of Dr Robert Twycross on pharmacological treatments for terminal cancer; a DHSS report on terminal care, 1979. Personal data in the file is CLOSED during Twycross' lifetime.

Correspondence between Cicely Saunders and actress Sheila Hancock, member of St Christopher's Council of Management, 1973-1980, and a Vice President, 1980-. Topics include donations, Council business, and Hancock's appearance in the television show This is your life, 1977, in which Saunders appeared as a surprise guest. File also includes press cuttings, interviews and text of a BBC radio fundraising appeal by Hancock on behalf of bereavement charity Cruse, 1976. File includes personal data and is CLOSED during Hancock's lifetime.

Correspondence, leaflets and newsletters relating to Make Today Count, a support group for people with terminal illnesses, based in Iowa. Includes leaflets and newsletters. File includes personal data and is CLOSED for review in 2051.

Correspondence between Cicely Saunders and publisher Darton Longman & Todd Ltd, relating to a proposed book on terminal illness and its impact on families. File includes correspondence with patients' families. File also includes personal data, CLOSED for review 2080.