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BANHAM, Belinda Joan (fl 1936-1991)

  • K/PP85
  • Collection
  • 1991

Volume of published memoirs by Belinda Banham, entitled Snapshots in time: some experiences in health care, 1836-1991 (Penzance, 1991), describing her career in health care before the Second World War, as a manager and administrator in the National Health Service (NHS), board director and consultant.

Banham, Belinda Joan, fl 1936-1991, health care administrator

GLENNY, Alfreda (1884-1973)

  • GLENNY
  • Collection
  • 1915

Correspondence and papers of Alfreda Glenny, 1884-1973, including; typescript draft of memoirs covering the periods 21 Jan 1915 to 18 Jul 1915, and 6 Aug 1915-17 Nov 1915, relating to her journey to Montenegro and work with the Montenegro Red Cross; typescript draft of memoirs titled ‘The Retreat’, covering the period 20 Nov 1915- 27 Dec 1915 relating to her evacuation from Montenegro; typescript report titled, ‘Report on the British Red Cross Society’s Hospital in Montenegro’ by Dr F G Clemow, head of the unit; typescript memoirs covering the period 15 Mar 1920 to 16 Aug 1920, and Sep 1920 to Dec 1920 focussing on her return to Montenegro, subsequent departure and time spent in Rome, Italy and Shkodër (also known as Scutari), Albania; typescript draft of memoir titled, ‘Return Visits to Montenegro in 1964 and 1965’; excerpts from textbooks about Montenegro and Yugoslavia; manuscript and typescript letters from Alfreda Glenny to Ian James, 16 Jan 1965-22 Jun 1966 on the subject of her draft memoirs; typescript correspondence between Dame Beryl Oliver of the Red Cross Society and Ian James, Dec 1965, regarding the Red Cross’s role in providing aid for Turkish and Greek refugees in 1922-1923 and Alfreda Glenny; descriptions of photographs of Montenegro probably taken during the 1964 and 1965 trip (photographs not held in the archive); typed lists of publishers and literary agents; postcards from France, Serbia, Montenegro and Croatia.

Glenny, Alfreda, 1884-1973,

NURSES' LEAGUE: King's College Hospital

  • KH/NL
  • Collection
  • 1861-2004

Papers of the King's College Hospital (KCH) Nurses' League comprising material relating to the administration of nursing at KCH including minutes of the Nursing Committee, 1892-1967; minutes of Sisters' meetings, 1955-1967; minutes of Nurses Representative Council, 1948-1962; administrative files, 1904-[1985]; accident reports, 1970, 1975; ward records illustrative of nursing in Sambrooke Ward including patient consent froms, 1955-1956; ward reports, 1955-1956; maintenance registers, 1954-1956; laundry list, 1955; dispensary register, 1955-1956; poisons books, 1955-1956; Nurses' Ward: admission book, 1960-1961; Sick Room / Accident Book, 1958-1963; dangerous drugs register, 1960-1962; dangerous drugs order book, 1962-1965; Princess Elizabeth Ward: report book, 1961-1962; Records of unidentified wards including Night Duty Record Book, 1940; Record Book for stock preparation of dangerous drugs, 1957-1959; patient consent forms, 1957-1959; register of female patients, 1952-1958; miscellaneous patient case notes, 1959, 1963; material relating to the KCH School of Nursing including prospectuses, [1930s-1990s]; Student applications, 1913-1970; course information, 1924-1968; nurses handbooks, [1920s-1970s]; examination question papers, 1924-1965; examination results, 1966-1968; award of prizes, 1949-1967; Preliminary Training School at High Elms, [1920]-1982; records relating to nurses benevolent and trust funds, including minutes, 1917, 1934-1960; banking records, 1923-1959; accounting records, 1935-1967; administrative papers, 1917-1989; files concerning the history of nursing, 1930-1992; papers relating to the archive collection, [1963-2000]; obituaries, 1915-1969; orders of service, [1900]-1974; press cuttings, 1935-1968; ephemera, 1894-[1990s]; objects including hospital equipment, badges, medals, uniforms and other objects, [1848-1990]; photographs including albums 1949-1968; images of royal occasions 1908-[1960]; events [1920s]-1985; portraits [1866-1950]; groups [1900-1980]; illustrated lecture [1900-1980]; District Nursing 1911-1949; KCH Chapel [1913-1970]; KCH Wards [1889-1980]; Baldwin Brown Convalescent Home, Camberley [1900-1990]; miscellaneous photographs [1900-1970]; slides [1950-1980]; negatives 1884-[1913]; publications including Nurses' League Journals 1925-2004 (incomplete); KCH publications [1851]-1958; General Nursing Council publications1940-1967; Ministry of Health / Government Departments publications 1945-1966; general publications relating to nursing [1832]-1973; KCH guild members book [1894-1945]; personal papers collections of nurses 1861-1994, including Mary Winifred Addison; Gertrude L Atwell; Alice Backes; Margery Kathleen Blyde; Isobel Christine Stewart Brown; Grace Lizzie Buffard; Jessie Mignon Canham; Catherine May Clappen; Minnie Clement; Emma Durham; Margaret Durrant (Williams); Irene Rose Halser; Julia Ashbourne (Daisy) Herbert; Joan Hobbs; [Eva Knightly] Hunt; Mary Jones; Mary P Kelly; M Helen Lea; Elsie Mason; Anne Elizabeth Mary Mead; Katherine Henrietta Monk; Isabella Jeanette (Jean)Murray; Elsie M Parkinson; Dorothy Phillips; Margaret Joan Purkis; [Mary] Pyne; Barbara Cecilia Rampton; Dorothy Octavia Robinson; Mrs Rogers; Margaret Annie Stagg; Evelyn Margaret Shaxon; Eva Veneer.

King's College Hospital Nurses' League

NURSING: Belgrave Hospital for Children Nursing School student records

  • BH/FP
  • Collection
  • 1903-1950

The collection comprises three registers of student nurses at Belgrave Hospital for Children, including details of name and address of nurse, rank, location of previous training, age, date of entering, date of leaving, description of work undertaken, reasons for leaving, and comments on suitability of candidate, 1903-1950.

Belgrave Hospital for Children Nursing School

NURSING: Dulwich Hospital Nursing School student records

  • DH/FP
  • Collection
  • 1917-1967

Dulwich Hospital Nursing School registers, 1917-1967 comprising: Sisters' Register, 1920-1961; General Staff Registers, 1930-1967; Male Nurses Registers, 1940-1961; Part-time and Auxiliary Nurses' Register, 1947-1954; Assistant Nurses' Register, 1947-1959; Matron's Log Book, 1945-1948; Student Nurses' Examinations Register, 1938-1947; Student Nurses' Registers, 1943-1967; Probationer Nurses' Registers, 1917-1955; and photographs of the hospital buildings, [1940-1980].

Dulwich Hospital Nursing School

NURSING: Hither Green Hospital student nurse records

  • HGH
  • Collection
  • 1955-1967

Registers of student nurses at Hither Green Hospital, 1955-1967, including names, personal details, dates of training, ward allocation and examination results.

Hither Green Hospital, Hither Green

NURSING: King's College Hospital School of Nursing student nurse records

  • KH/N
  • Collection
  • 1885-1998

Records of King's College Hospital School of Nursing (later Normanby College of Nursing) comprising registers relating to the admission and training of student nurses at King's College Hospital, London, 1885-1967: including Trial Appointments Register, 1890-1902; Student Nurses' Candidates Register, 1924-1964; Student Nurses' Interview Book, 1954-1959; Pupil Midwives Candidates' Registers, 1939-1954; Student Nurses' Registers, 1885-1960; Student Nurses' Day Books, 1904-1967; Statistics regarding Student Nurses, 1907-1922; Lectures to the Nursing Staff, 1891-1938; Attendance Register, 1945-1952, 1973-1975; Weekly Numbers, 1959-1967; Final Examination Results Register, 1909-1948; and Cookery Examination Register, 1910-1938. There are also registers relating to nurses employed by King's College Hospital, and details of duties and nursing procedures, 1885-1967: including Staff Midwives Candidates' Registers, 1958-1963; Staff Nurses Registers, 1949-1967; Sisters' Registers, 1885-1965; register of nurses certificates, 1921-1999; examinations and assessment register, 1973-1981; training records, 1965-1982; Normanby College Gift register, 1974-1980; Normanby College Visitors book, 1975-1982. Pre-registration Nurse Training Programme student records, 1933-1993, (K/NI/FP); Diploma Higher Education (Nursing Programmes) student records, 1990-1995, (K/NI/FP (D)); Post Registration course student records, validated by King's College London and the English Board for Nursing, Midwifery and Health Visiting, 1990-1998, (K/NI/PR).

King's College Hospital School of Nursing, 1885-1975

NURSING: New Cross Hospital student nurse records

  • NCH
  • Collection
  • 1954-1965

New Cross Hospital pupil nurse register, 1954-1965, containing personal details, details or training and examination results.

New Cross Hospital, Deptford

NURSING: St Francis Hospital Nursing School records

  • SFH
  • Collection
  • 1949-[1965]

St Francis Hospital nursing records including St Francis' Hospital - A complete Training School for Assistant Nurses [1958]; Record of [Nurses]Service Book, 1949-1956; Photographs of the hospital, [1960-1965].

St Francis Hospital Nursing School

NURSING: St Giles Hospital Nursing School student records

  • SGH
  • Collection
  • 1931

St Giles Hospital School of Nursing register of Student Nurses particulars, 1944-1949; Student Nurses Register, 1944-1957; Lectures and Examination Particulars, 1952-1966; and photographs of nursing staff, 1931.

St Giles Hospital Nursing School

NURSING: St Saviour's Infirmary Nursing School register

  • SSH/FP
  • Collection
  • [1890]-1931

St Saviour's Infirmary Register of Assistant Matrons, Night Superintendents, Head Nurses, and Staff Nurses, [1890]-1931, including details of name, address, age, religion, date of entry, name and type of ward worked on, previous experience, remarks.

St Saviour's Infirmary Nursing School

NURSING: St Thomas's Hospital student records

  • TH/SN
  • Collection
  • [1950-1980]

St Thomas's Hospital student nurse records, [1950-1980], includes detailed application forms, correspondence and training records.

St Thomas's Hospital, London

ROYAL BRITISH NURSES' ASSOCIATION

  • RBNA
  • Collection
  • 1887-1996

Archives of the Royal British Nurses Association (RBNA) and the British College of Nurses (BCN), comprising: RBNA administrative records including: General Council minutes 1887-1961; Annual General Meeting minutes 1889-1946; Executive Committee minutes, 1887-1982; Registration Board minutes, 1890-1904; Registration Committee minutes, 1904-1923; Membership Registers, 1888-1966; Register of Midwives, 1890-1908; Nursing Journal Editorial Committee minutes, 1891-1906; Finance Sub-committee minutes, 1895-1909; Auxiliary Nurses Society minutes, 1903-1904; Trained Nurses Annuity Fund minutes 1912-1931, salary book, 1957-1965; Princess Christian Memorial Committee minutes and accounts, 1919-1927; House Committee minutes, 1921-1926; League of Private Nurses minutes, 1929-1949; Visitors Books, 1917-1961; Annual Reports (printed) 1902, 1913, 1915-1916, 1918, 1926, 1936, 1953-1954- 1959-1971, 1975, 1978, 1982, 1983, 1986; Accounts (printed) 1912, 1914, 1916, 1919-1920, 1923, 1927, 1929, 1932-1938, 1944-1946, 1950-1953, 1955, 1959-1963, 1965-1969, 1971-1973, 1976-1978, 1981-1983, 1985, 1988, 1990-1996; Edith Mary Fletcher Fund accounts (printed) 1963-1969, 1971-1973, 1975-1976, 1978, 1986, 1990-1996; Trained Nurses Annuity Fund Annual Reports (printed) 1887-1888, 1890-1895, 1897, 1899, 1906-1909, 1922-1924, 1929-1949, 1951, 1953, 1980; Trained Nurses Annuity Fund accounts (printed) 1919, 1926-1928, 1935, 1937, 1950, 1952-1955, 1959-1966, 1968-1970, 1972, 1974, 1978-1979, 1984, 1987, 1989, 1991-1996 Letters from HRH Princess Christian to officers of the Association (mainly Isabel Macdonald), 1893, 1900, 1917-1921 (22 items) Other Royal correspondence, 1917-1998 including letters from Princess Arthur of Connaught: (25 items) RBNA general letters and papers, 1886-1994, including letters to Ethel Fenwick (Mrs Bedford Fenwick) on the establishment of the RBNA, 1887-1888; correspondence and papers on the Association's application for a Royal Charter, 1891-1893; correspondence and papers on introduction of Nurse Registration Bills, 1908-1910; correspondence and papers on the foundation of the College of Nursing, and possible merger with the RBNA, 1916-1917; correspondence and papers on the College of Nursing's petition for a Royal Charter, and the RBNA's opposition, 1927; correspondence on the RBNA's opposition to the new Nurses' Registration Act, 1940; correspondence with the Standing Conference of Essex Matrons and the Ministry of Health on the position of assistant Nurses, 1942-1944; correspondence with the Ministry of Health on the Society of Chartered Nurses, 1953-1955; British College of Nurses (BCN) general letters and papers, 1926-1955; including Council minutes, 1926-1927; correspondence and papers on constitution and bye-laws, 1926-1927; press cuttings, 1926-1930; visitors book, 1929-1955; Book of Remembrance, 1926-1953; name and subject card indexes BCN: papers on the history of nursing, 1870-1955; including letters on the employment of lady nurses at the Hospital for Sick Children, Great Ormond Street, London, and the East London Hospital for Children, 1870; press cuttings about seven nurses involved in criminal proceedings, 1905-1910; copy of the British Journal of Nursing, containing account of the execution of Nurse Edith Cavell, 1915; correspondence and papers on nurses' registration, 1917-1918; notes on the nursing career of Mildred Heather-Bigg, (1857-1928) and Catherine Wood (1841-1930) BCN: material relating to Florence Nightingale, 1852-1939; including correspondence between Nightingale and William Clark, on sanitary reform in India, 1871-1875; obituaries, 1910; letters to Miss Bushby about Nightingale letters sold, given and loaned to her for the BCN's History of Nursing Section, 1930-1934; Papers relating to Ethel Fenwick (Mrs Bedford Fenwick), 1896-1937, including: press cuttings on exhibition on nursing held at St Martin's Town Hall, Charing Cross, London, 1896; business papers for the Nursing Journal and the British Journal of Nursing, 1899-1909; annotated copy of the Nurses' Registration Bill, 1914; annual reports of the Matrons' Council, 1926-1927; correspondence and papers on the Isla Stewart memorial committee, 1929; file of papers preserved by Fenwick relating to her being voted off the Florence Nightingale Foundation Standing Committee, 1937-1938 Papers relating to the International Council of Nurses (ICN), 1900-1937, including minutes of meeting of Provisional Committee, 1900; letter from Sister Agnes Karll, Berlin, on nurses in Germany, 1911; letter from Margot Larsson, Norwegian Council of Trained Nurses on nurses in Norway, 1915; papers on the 1929 ICN Congress in Montreal, Canada, 1929; papers on the 1933 ICN Congress, in Paris and Brussels, 1933; papers on the 1937 ICN Congress in London Printed material: RBNA Publications including Annual Reports, 1889-1890; Register of Trained Nurses, 1892; Roll of Members, 1909; Books on the history of nursing, Florence Nightingale and the Royal Family; Pamphlets on the history of nursing; Periodicals including British Journal of Nursing , 1888-1955; Nurses' Journal , 1891-1918 [merged with British Journal of Nursing , 1918]; International Nursing Review , 1926-1939; Journal of the Royal British Nurses' Association , 1947-1963 Photographs and illustrations, 1863-1950, including photographs of the Royal Family, Florence Nightingale, Mrs Bedford Fenwick and her family, and other officers of the RBNA including Isobel Macdonald, Margaret Breay and Miss H M Campbell; photographs and illustrations relating to the history of nursing, including photographs, training certificates and papers relating to the nursing career of Agnes Wotherspoon-Baird, 1911-1950; Embroidered silks commemorating the Coronation of King George IV, 1821, the International Exhibition, London, 1862, and Queen Victoria's Diamond Jubilee, 1897 Artefacts including RBNA badges, other badges and medals and RBNA banner

Royal British Nurses' Association, 1887-

SAUNDERS, Dame Cicely (1918-2005)

  • K/PP149
  • Collection
  • 1918-2005

Correspondence, notes, reports, research data, diaries, photographs and artefacts relating to the life and work of Dame Cicely Saunders, 1918-2005, including:

Personal papers, 1918-2003, notably appointment, travel and prayer diaries, 1952-2003 (ref K/PP149/1).

Case notes, correspondence, research data, interview transcripts and draft MD thesis relating to Saunders’ research at St Joseph’s Hospice, Hackney, 1958-1964, on the control of pain in terminal cancer patients (ref: K/PP149/2/2).

Notes, correspondence and background research material, 1925-1977, on topics including surgical and pharmaceutical pain relief, religious attitudes to death and dying, the care of the long-term sick, geriatric care, grief and bereavement (ref: K/PP149/2/3).

Correspondence and other papers, 1959-2003, relating to the planning, building, development, staffing and management of St Christopher’s Hospice (ref: K/PP149/3/1).

Papers relating to research at St Christopher’s Hospice, 1967-1993 (ref: K/PP149/3/4).

Extensive correspondence, 1965-2005, with individuals in the UK and worldwide on topics including the development and funding of St Christopher’s Hospice, medical advice, hospice admissions and the history of the hospice movement (ref: K/PP149/4/1-4). Also correspondence with other prominent figures in the hospice movement, chiefly in the USA, including: Edward F Dobihal (1927-2015), President of Hospice Inc, Newhaven, Connecticut; photographer and medical historian Grace Goldin (d 1995); psychiatrist Elisabeth Kubler-Ross (1926-2004); Sylvia Lack, Medical Director of the Connecticut Hospice, New Haven, Connecticut; William M Lamers Jr, Chairman of the International Work Group on Death and Dying; Carleton J Sweetser (1921-1996), Chaplain and Director of St Luke's Hospital Center, New York; Florence Wald (1917-2008), Dean of the School of Nursing, Yale University and founder of the Connecticut Hospice, New Haven, Connecticut; palliative care pioneer Balfour ('Bal') Michal Morgan Mount (b 1939).

Correspondence with medical charities and related organisations, 1961-1995 (ref: K/PP149/5).

Notes and drafts for lectures, talks and sermons by Saunders, 1960-2004, on topics including the care of the dying, pain control, the planning and development of St Christopher’s Hospice, euthanasia and medical ethics, bereavement, the care of terminal cancer patients and of patients with motor neurone disease, and the history of the modern hospice movement (ref: K/PP149/6/2).

Published articles by Saunders, 1958-2001, on topics including pain management, the institutional care of the dying, the role of religion in terminal care and palliative care for AIDS patients (ref: K/PP149/7/3).

Objects relating to honours, presentations, travel and religious devotion, 1930s-2005, including badges, crucifixes, travel souvenirs, plaques, statuettes, paperweights and certificates (ref: K/PP149/8).

Photographs and slides, chiefly 1960s-1997, including: patients at St Joseph’s Hospice, Hackney; patients, staff and daily life at St Christopher’s Hospice; travel in USA, Poland, Nigeria, Turkey and Israel (ref: K/PP149/9).

Recordings of talks and interviews by Saunders, 1970-2003, chiefly on her life and work (ref: K/PP140/10).

Saunders, Dame Cicely Mary Strode, 1918-2005, founder of the modern hospice movement