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.
Correspondence between Cicely Saunders and Rosemary Howarth, hospice nurse and administrator, relating to Howarth's work placement at St Christopher's Hospice, 1978, to her application for a Churchill Fellowship for overseas research, 1983, and news of the Royal Perth Hospital, Australia. File includes sensitive personal data and is CLOSED for review in 2051.
Correspondence with management consultant Antoinette Wye, relating to arrangements for Wye's visits to St Christopher's Hospice, her advice on organisational change at St Christopher's with related reports, and personal news. File includes personal data and is CLOSED for review in 2060.
Correspondence between Cicely Saunders and Kenneth Calman (b 1941), Professor of Oncology at the University of Glasgow, with related articles and reports. Topics include clinical research at St Christopher's Hospice, invitations to Saunders to visit Glasgow, and Calman's request for a reference for the position of Dean of Postgraduate Medicine, Glasgow. Personal data in the file is CLOSED during Calman's lifetime.
Correspondence and related papers concerning St Thomas' Hospital, including: St Thomas' Hospital Veterans' Association, 1981; Cicely Saunders' appointment as honorary consultant, 1985; the nomination of St Thomas' Hospital Terminal Care Support Team for the Lederle Bronze Award, 1987. File also includes correspondence with radiotherapist Dr Thelma Bates concerning St Christopher's Hospice patients, 1982, CLOSED for review in 2071.
Correspondence between Cicely Saunders and her friend, the palliative care pioneer Balfour ('Bal') Michal Morgan Mount (b 1939), on topics including: conferences; work placements at St Christopher's Hospice; news of the Palliative Care Unit at the Royal Victoria Hospital, Montreal; Mount's award of the Order of Canada, 1985; personal and family news. File includes sensitive personal information and is CLOSED for review in 2069.
Correspondence between Cicely Saunders and her friend, US photographer and medical historian Grace Goldin (d 1995), on topics including: images supplied by Goldin for Saunders' lectures; the history of St Luke's Home for the Dying, Bayswater, London; congratulations on Saunders' awards; St Christopher's Hospice; personal and family news. File includes sensitive personal data and is CLOSED for review in 2069.
Correspondence between Cicely Saunders and her friend, US photographer and medical historian Grace Goldin (d 1995), on topics including: images supplied by Goldin for Saunders' lectures; hospice history; family and personal news. Also published articles by Goldin, including 'British hospices', published in Encyclopaedia Britannica, 1980, poems, interviews and press cuttings. File sensitive personal data and is CLOSED for review in 2077.
Enquiries in French about St Christopher's Hospice, answered by consultant Dr Therese Vanier. Topics include visits to St Christopher's, conferences and pain management. In French and English. File includes sensitive personal data and is CLOSED for review in 2070.
Photocopy correspondence, 1983-1984, relating to disciplinary hearings against a lecturer in microbiology at the University of Belfast, possibly compiled as background information for comment (not present) from the British Society for Social Responsibility in Science (BSSRS). CLOSED for review 2064
Correspondence between Cicely Saunders and Mrs K Menzies of the Senior Wives Fellowship, a member of St Christopher's Hospice Council, 1986-2000, concerning Menzies' election, 1986. File includes personal data and is CLOSED for review in 2051.
Correspondence between Cicely Saunders and her friend, the palliative care pioneer Balfour ('Bal') Michal Morgan Mount (b 1939), on topics including conferences, euthanasia, awards, and Mount's resignation as Director of the Palliative Care Programme, McGill University. File includes published articles, reports, and a briefing document on the development of an International Society for Palliative Medicine. File also includes sensitive personal data and is CLOSED for review in 2079.
