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Album labelled 'Career' containing photographs featuring or relating to St George's nurse Jean Meadows (née Veronica Jean Cruise), including scenes of nurses, wards, Christmas festivities, royal visits, etc. Also includes press cuttings about visits by two different Duchesses of Kent (Princess Marina and Katharine) and an inserted certificate of completion of the St George's tuberculosis nursing course (1957).

Metal-backed binder containing records of student nurses who entered St James' Hospital in the 1950s-1960s but did not complete their training, arranged alphabetically by surname (A-F). Each individual record includes the following information: name, address, non-resident address, next of kin, age, date of birth, religion, country of origin (for records from 1960s onwards), marital status/maiden name, education, previous occupation, dates of training and leaving, number of lectures attended, study days, examinations, health record, sickness and special leave/holidays, and 'particulars of training' (dates and types of ward experience, with brief reports).

The records generally have a passport-style photograph affixed to the top right-hand corner.

Publisher: Constable Young Books
Bookplate: Goldsmith's College Library, University of London [withdrawn]

NHS report of the Specifications Working Group on Nurses' Uniforms. Includes fabric samples and colour photographs as appendices.

Publisher: Pitman Medical Publishing Co., London
Ownership inscription: M [Muriel] Powell

Single black and white photograph of a group of student nurses at South London Hospital, mounted on board and labelled 'South London Hospital Nurses Group'.

Note that it is possible that there are more unlabelled South London Hospital photographs mixed in with the St James' ones (see NU/6/2/5/1).

Stapled booklet. Author not mentioned.

Blue ring binder containing colour photographs (mounted on card, with captions) of student nurses and facilities at Kalmar läns vårdhögskola [Kalmar County Nursing College], Sweden, apparently presented to St George's School of Nursing during a visit by a group from Kalmar in Nov 1988 (with a final page signed by all the visiting nurses). Also includes correspondence relating to the visit.

Metal-backed binder containing records of student nurses who entered St James' Hospital in the 1950s-1960s and completed their training, arranged alphabetically by surname (Mc-Z). Each individual record includes the following information: name, address, non-resident address, next of kin, age, date of birth, religion, country of origin (for records from 1960s onwards), marital status/maiden name, education, previous occupation, dates of training and leaving, number of lectures attended, study days, examinations, health record, sickness and special leave/holidays, and 'particulars of training' (dates and types of ward experience, with brief reports).

The records generally have a passport-style photograph affixed to the top right-hand corner. Occasionally additional documents (transcripts or correspondence relating to references) have been inserted.

Single black and white photograph of a group of student nurses at St Benedict's Hospital, Tooting.

Note that the only indicator that this photograph relates to St Benedict's is a label written on the plastic folder containing it. It is possible that there are more unidentified St Benedict's photographs mixed in with the St James' ones (see NU/6/2/5/1).

Metal-backed binder containing records of student nurses who entered St James' Hospital in the 1950s-1960s and completed their training, arranged alphabetically by surname (G-M). Each individual record includes the following information: name, address, non-resident address, next of kin, age, date of birth, religion, country of origin (for records from 1960s onwards), marital status/maiden name, education, previous occupation, dates of training and leaving, number of lectures attended, study days, examinations, health record, sickness and special leave/holidays, and 'particulars of training' (dates and types of ward experience, with brief reports).

The records generally have a passport-style photograph affixed to the top right-hand corner. Occasionally additional documents (transcripts or correspondence relating to references) have been inserted.

Publisher: William Heinemann Medical Books, London
Signed by author [with post-it note inserted noting that it was signed 'for Mary Lee Abbott']

Red ring binder containing black and white and colour photographs of Muriel Powell (and others) at various official events and dinners, apparently mostly taken in the 1970s and compiled posthumously, with reference numbers and captions added.

Occupation or role: [Child of] Porter
Age: 19
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 28 Feb 1922
Date of death: 17 Mar 1922
Disease (transcribed): Precocious adiposity. ? Hypernephroma
Disease (standardised): Adiposity (Systemic); Carcinoma, renal cell (Kidney)
Admitted under the care of: Bellingham-Smith, Eric
Medical examination performed by: Gainsborough, Hugh
Post mortem examination performed by: Donaldson, Robert
Medical notes: 'History: The pt. [patient] attended the O.P.D. [Out-patient department] for pain in the sides, back and hips. His throat had been sore for 2 weeks. He said he had 'influenza' 2 months ago. He had been fat as long as he could remember. He reached the 6th standard at school and worked in a munition factory during the war but since then had no regular emplyment. An X Ray of the skull had shewed no change in the sella turcica. On admission: 23/2/'22 There was extraordinary and universal obesity, florid complexion, pedulous [sic] cheeks, female type breasts and pendulous abdomen with well marked '[?]'. He had a high pitched voice and his mentality was child like. Heart and lungs. N.A.D. [Nothing abnormal discovered]. B.P. systolic 218 mm. Abdomen. Nothing abnormal palpable. Lt [Left] testicle small and rt. [right] undescended. Urine contained 4% albumen. No gross change in fields of vision'
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Hair, skin, pupils, skull, brain, membranes, tongue, thymus, thyroid, larynx, trachea, pleurae, lungs, bronchi, bronchial glands, pericardium, heart
Type of incident: n/a

Metal-backed binder containing records of student nurses who entered St James' Hospital in the 1950s-1960s and completed their training, arranged alphabetically by surname (A-F). Each individual record includes the following information: name, address, non-resident address, next of kin, age, date of birth, religion, country of origin (for records from 1960s onwards), marital status/maiden name, education, previous occupation, dates of training and leaving, number of lectures attended, study days, examinations, health record, sickness and special leave/holidays, and 'particulars of training' (dates and types of ward experience, with brief reports).

The records generally have a passport-style photograph affixed to the top right-hand corner. Occasionally additional documents (transcripts or correspondence relating to references) have been inserted – these have been put into plastic folders and numbered by a previous librarian/archivist.

Stamped 'St George's Library'. Includes photocopies of press cuttings and correspondence as appendices.

Blue album containing black and white group photographs of student, pupil and mental health nurses at St James' Hospital, with accompanying typed lists of names. In some cases the names are written on the photograph itself.

Prospectus for nursing courses at the Faculty of Health and Social Care Sciences (jointly run by Kingston University and St George's, University of London)

Black/brown album labelled 'Epsom Hospital / Kingston Hospital / Queen Mary's Hosp.' containing black and white photographs of nurses, doctors, child patients, hospital buildings and Christmas/recreational gatherings at Epsom District Hospital (1943-1952), Kingston County Hospital, Cassel Hospital (Summer School, 1950), and Queen Mary's Hospital for Children (1952-1954), as well as other personal and holiday photographs (of Oban/Arran, Cornwall, Somerset, Egypt, etc).

Most of the pages are annotated with captions (including mention of the children's specific diseases), although the identity of the album's creator remains unclear.

Publisher: H. K. Lewis & Co., London
Ownership inscription: Phyllis E. Marsh, St George's Hospital, July 1937

Blue album containing black and white group photographs of student, pupil and mental health nurses at St James' Hospital, with accompanying typed lists of names. In some cases the names are written on the photograph itself.

Blue hardback album (with gold 'Photographs' stamp on the cover) containing black and white/sepia photographs of nurses and wards/buildings at North Middlesex Hospital, Edmonton, as well as images of holiday locations (Torquay, Dartmoor, etc.), personal portraits, tennis matches, etc., some of which are captioned (though no names are included). A copy of a photograph of Victoria Hospital, Kingston has also been inserted into the album, though it has no obvious connection to the volume.

Publisher: Baillière, Tindall and Cox, London
Ownership inscription: Adrienne E. Kaye

Note that this item has been catalogued out of alphabetical author sequence because it was discovered at a later date, but it has been shelved next to the other Armstrong book (NU/4/3/5).