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Letters

Five miscellaneous letters written by Florence Nightingale over several decades, apparently collected as memorabilia and with no obvious connection to St George's:

  • letter describing her experiences with the Deaconesses of Kaiserwerth, Germany [written double-sided on thin paper, so difficult to read], c.1850
  • letter relaying a message from Lady Canning that 'no more nurses are required at present in the East', 19 Jul 1855 [enclosed in card frame]
  • letter to Dr C. B. N. Dunn, requesting that he intervene with the overseer of a mill so that a girl who works there might be relieved of 'stooping work', and complaining about an uncooperative servant, 3 Nov 1880
  • letter to 'Messrs Mitchell' complaining about the quality of white bread ['it has often been not baked enough: quite pale-faced the crust'], 21 Oct 1885
  • Christmas greeting to a Miss Dr Macdonald, 26 Dec 1893
  • two envelopes addressed to Nightingale, one bearing the seal of the Crown Princess of Germany, c. 19th century [mounted on board]

Letters of support/congratulation

Letters of support/congratulation received by Powell, mostly written by fellow nurses and members of the public in response to a 1969 television appearance in which Powell criticised the 'pay as you eat' scheme for charging nurses for their food and apparently stated that she would be prepared to chain herself to the railings of Parliament to oppose it.

Also includes letters from the artist Leslie Kent (thanking Powell for 'all you have been doing to ameliorate the lot of patients in hospitals') and Hugh Gainsborough (congratulating her on her new job in Scotland and enclosing an article on 'The Myth of the Acute Hospital'), and a list of 'Donations to Dame Muriel' at a 1969 Nurses' League meeting.

Library stock books

Two notebooks recording numbers of nursing library books/periodicals across the various St George's sites (Hyde Park Corner, Preliminary Training School, Atkinson Morley's Hospital, Victoria Hospital for Children) from 1957 to 1972. Only the first two pages of the second volume have been written on; the first volume has additional loose pages of notes and publishers' promotional leaflets inserted.

'Life and Work of a Hospital Matron' shoot

Set of black and white photographs in a series entitled 'Life and Work of a Hospital Matron', taken by photographer Tom L. Blau of Camera Press, c.1950. The series follows Muriel Powell on her daily rounds across the various sites managed by St George's, including Hyde Park Corner, Atkinson Morley Hospital, the Preliminary Training School at Earl's Court, Northumberland House, Possil House, an operating theatre, the Nurses' Council, kitchens, hospital wards, shots of outdoor recreation, etc. Also includes typescript and photocopy of an accompanying text by Blau (which states that the photographs were 'first used in Woman's Journal, Apr 1953') and a photocopy of one of the photographs annotated with names.

The prints have copyright stamps on the reverse, and most of them also have captions affixed; some have also been marked up for cropping.

Lists of members

Includes:

  • annotated list of members attending (or invited to?) a League dinner, 24 Apr 1972
  • annotated alphabetical list of members with address details, c.1985

Loose exam papers

Loose exam papers dating from earlier periods than those in the library ring binders, including 20 General Nursing Council state papers (various subjects, 1937-1949), two St George's hospital papers (1939), one from the Surrey Education Committee (Home Nursing exam, 1914), and one from an unnamed institution ('Junior Nurses' Examination', 1949)

Margaret Lloyd

Items donated by/relating to Margaret Lloyd (née Reed), including:

  • Record of Practical Instruction and Experience for the Certificate of General Nursing, 1957-1960
  • Christmas menu signed by Lloyd's colleagues, 1957
  • photocopy of Prospectus of the School of Nursing 1956-1957, c.2004

Mary Frayling

Items donated by/relating to Mary Frayling (née Leaning), including:

  • postcard from assistant matron Grace Hickie, Dec 1945
  • Christmas cards (including from St George's Nurses' League), c.1960s-1980s
  • three St George's Day evensong service programmes, 1974-1980
  • Country Life article on 'Future of St George's Hospital' by Marcus Binney, 11 Nov 1976
  • correspondence from J. A. Leeves (Nurses' League treasurer) and Olive Walden Jones, 1979-1980
  • invitation and programmes for St George's 250th anniversary thanksgiving service, 1983
  • press cuttings about redevelopment of St George's Hyde Park Corner site as hotel, 1980s-1990s
  • photocopied extract from 'Home from Sea' by Joy Packer, nd
  • identification badge worn at reunion, nd

Mary Lee Abbott

Black and white and colour photographs featuring or from the papers of Mary Lee Abbott, matron of Atkinson Morley's Hospital (1956-1972). They include portraits/group shots of Lee Abbott and colleagues (including Muriel Powell, Olive Walden Jones, Eileen Rees, Grace Hickie and Wylie McKissock), images of hospital wards and buildings (at Atkinson Morley, Hyde Park Corner and Tooting), and official events (including the opening of St James' Wing and the Muriel Powell ward). Most of the photographs are annotated on the reverse with details of names and locations.

Medical School Admission Procedures

  • 'Interim Report of the Committee of Inquiry into Admissions Procedure', marked confidential (photocopied report), May 1987
  • 'Medical School Admissions: Report of a formal investigation into St George's Hospital Medical School', Commission for Racial Equality, 1988
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