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Helen Hanks

Book presented as a retirement gift to Helen Hanks, with the following inscription: 'Presented to Miss Helen Hanks, RRC [Royal Red Cross] by the Governors, Honorary Medical Staff, & Friends of St George's Hospital, Hyde Park Corner, whose names are inscribed in this book, as a token of their personal regard and a tribute to her devoted service to St George's as its Matron for seventeen years, 1930-1947'. The list of names is handwritten in a calligraphic style with green and gold decoration.

Dorothy Bain-Stewart

Items relating to Dorothy Bain-Stewart, including:

  • St George's Hospital certificate of cookery, Feb 1924
  • St George's Hospital certificate of training, Dec 1924
  • St George's Hospital certificate of one year service as staff nurse, 1925
  • General Nursing Council certificate of admission to the register, 19 Jun 1925
  • General Nursing Council receipt for registration fee, c.1925
  • copy of typed reference from matron Helen Hanks, 26 Jul 1932
  • two items of accompanying correspondence from Lily Bryant (née Cole), who sent the certificates to Carol McCubbin, and M. [? - name not clearly legible], who sent them to Bryant, 2006

Miscellaneous papers

Miscellaneous papers retained by Powell, including:

  • articles on 'The Nursing Crisis' in The Lancet and The Spectator, 1947
  • typed transcriptions of obituary press cuttings about Helen Hanks, 1949
  • 'Personality and Nursing: An investigation into selection tests for nurses' by Asenath Petrie and Muriel Powell, The Lancet, 25 Feb 1950
  • 'Miss Florence Nightingale and the Doctors' by Zachary Cope, 1956
  • 'The Office of Matron' – transcribed 'Notes from the archives of St Thomas' Hospital' ranging in date from 1556-1844, nd
  • 'South-Specific Urethritis' – annotated page of comic parody song lyrics [final line 'Good Luck – in Bonny Scotland – Dame' indicates that they may have been performed at an event to mark Powell's departure from St George's], c.1969
  • St George's Hospital examination paper on 'Principles of medicine and medical nursing', nd
  • typed notes/essay on 'Happiness' [by Powell?], nd

Betty Samuels

Items relating to Betty Samuels (aka 'Sam'), donated by Mary Lucas, including:

  • cover letter and inventory from Mary Lucas, 14 Nov 2006
  • St George's Hospital 'Rules for the Sisters', 1922 [with additional photocopy]
  • programme for the funeral of Helen Hanks, 1949 [with handwritten note about Hanks from Lucas]
  • leaving card signed by hospital staff, featuring a painting of the hospital with Wellington Arch in the foreground, nd [c.1961?]
  • St George's Hospital coat of arms, printed on aluminium and mounted on card, nd [c. late 20th C.]
  • small photograph of Samuels in sister's uniform, in circular frame, c.1953

Student and staff nurse group photographs

Black and white group photographs of student and staff nurses, many featuring matron Muriel Powell. Some are annotated with names or accompanied with a typed list. Includes at least one photograph of nurses from Queen Mary's Hospital, Roehampton who were based for part of their training at St George's. Also includes two older water-damaged photographs of student and staff nurses (c.1910s-1920s) mounted on oversize boards, which can be identified as St George's from the list of names written on the reverse of one of them (which includes future matron Helen Hanks).

NV123 – Vivien Jenkinson

Ref no: NV123
Name: Vivien Jenkinson
Dates at St George's: 1940-1964

Digital image, copyright form, audio files and transcript of interview conducted by Shirley Orbell.

Image description:
PH750 – Vivien Jenkinson: 2 Polyphotos of Vivien Jenkinson in outdoor and indoor uniform just after completing the probationary year and becoming a blue frock, Nov 1941

NVA168 – Joan Peake

Ref no: NVA168
Name: Joan Peake
Dates at St George's: 1931-c.1935

Copyright form, audio files and transcript of interview conducted by Kath Start in Adelaide, Australia

NV014 – Mary Frayling

Ref no: NV014
Name: Mary Frayling (née Leaning)
Dates at St George's: 1929-1940

Copyright form, audio files and transcript of interview conducted by Shirley Orbell.

NV018 – Cecily Wade

Ref no: NV018
Name: Cecily Wade (née Collier)
Dates at St George's: 1951-1960

Copyright form, audio files and transcript of interview conducted by Shirley Orbell.

NV019 – Marjorie Powell

Ref no: NV019
Name: Marjorie Powell
Dates at St George's: 1945-1964

Digital images (of scanned documents), copyright form, audio files and transcript of interview conducted by Shirley Orbell.

Image descriptions:
DOC004 – mpowell notes part1 / DOC005 – mpowell notes part2: Brief notes on interview with Miss Hanks; V2 bombs at HPC; rationing; polishing floors and furniture, scrubbing baths; hygiene; becoming Sister; orthopaedics; Mr Rodney Smith.

NV023 – Rosemary McIlvenna

Ref no: NV023
Name: Rosemary McIlvenna (née Bromley)
Dates at St George's: 1947-1966

Digital images, copyright form, audio files and transcript of interview conducted by Edna Dodds.

Image descriptions:
PH132 – Rosemary McIlvenna on the roof of St George's, Hyde Park Corner, St George's Day 1949
PH133 – Rosemary McIlvenna at Tite St holding baby in 1949

NV029 – Beverley Maybury

Ref no: NV028
Name: Beverley Maybury (née Fagg)
Dates at St George's: 1948-1955

Digital images, copyright form, audio files and transcript of interview conducted by Janet Bocking.

Image descriptions:
PH036 – TB patients AMH [Atkinson Morley Hospital]: Ex-forces TB patients at AMH, Nov 1950
PH037 – TB patients AMH2: Ex-forces TB patients at AMH, Nov 1950
PH038 – Nurse and baby AMH: Nurse Fagg and baby at AMH

NV037 – Margaret Harris

Ref no: NV037
Name: Margaret Harris (née West)
Dates at St George's: 1939-1943, 1946

Digital images, copyright form, audio files and transcript of interview conducted by Diana Hampton.

Image descriptions:
PH035 – Slough workhouse, c.1940s?
PH040 – Princess Marina 1939: Princess Marina, Duchess of Kent, visiting St George's in 1939. Student nurse on right is Margaret Harris (interviewee). Two students selected to present Alexandra roses on Alexandra Rose Day.
PH138 – Margaret Harris 1941: Margaret Harris in uniform, 1941

NV038 – Betty Samuels

Ref no: NV038
Name: Betty Samuels
Dates at St George's: 1936-1961

Digital image, copyright form, audio files and transcript of interview conducted by Diana Hampton.

Image description:
PH041 – Betty Samuels picture: Group of nurses with male orderly and a porter, holding a variety of instruments. L-R, Top: Gwen Downton; ? female nurse; Len the Porter; ? female nurse; Norman (male nurse VD Dept); ? female nurse. Middle: Stella Smith; Mabel (orderly); ? female nurse. Bottom: ? female nurse; ? female nurse; ? state enrolled nurse

NV039 – Sheila Parry

Ref no: NV039
Name: Sheila Parry (née Smith)
Dates at St George's: 1945-1949

Digital images, copyright form, audio files and transcript of interview conducted by Edna Dodds.

Image description:
PH115 – Sheila Parry Waterloo Station: Sheila Parry outside Waterloo Station making eyes at masses of Navy waiting for transport, c.1940-1945
PH116 – Sheila Parry with Mary Lane: Sheila Parry on steps of Post House with Mary Lane, c.1940-1945

NV057 – Peggy Dean

Ref no: NV057
Name: Peggy Dean (née Dunstan)
Dates at St George's: 1948-1952

Copyright form, audio files and transcript of interview conducted by Jenny Beckingsale

NV061 – Marie Parkinson

Ref No: NV061
Name: Marie Parkinson (neé Stoneham)
Dates at St. Georges: 1945-1950

Digital images [of scanned documents], copyright form, audio files and transcript of interview conducted by Averil Wingent.

Image descriptions:
DOC013 – Certificate01: Certificate awarded to Marie Stoneham (Parkinson) on successful completion of 3 years as a probationer. Signed by Muriel Powell among others.
DOC015 – Cover of GNC certificate: Cover of booklet containing Marie Stoneham's certificate of registration with the General Nursing Council (GNC) for England & Wales.
DOC016 – Certificate from GNC: Certificate of registration from GNC for Marie Stoneham, contained within a booklet.
DOC017 – Certificate (4th yr) from St George's: Certificate from St George's for Marie Stoneham after completion of her 4th year, or 1 year as a staff nurse.
DOC061 [series of 8 .tif files] – Syllabus of General Nursing

NV080 – Patricia Cobb

Ref no: NV080
Name: Patricia Cobb (née Davis)
Dates at St George's: 1936-1941

Copyright form, audio files and transcript of interview conducted by Jenny Beckingsale

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