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Jacqueline Pearce

Papers donated by/relating to Jacqueline Pearce (née Burnett), including:

  • St George's Hospital certificate of training, Dec 1939
  • St George's Hospital certificate of 1 year service as staff nurse, May 1940
  • General Nursing Council certificate of admission to the register and retention fee receipts (in envelope), with accompanying letter, 1940-1950
  • Nursing Mirror Nurses' Diary for the year 1942, while Pearce was based at St Helier Hospital, containing notes and entries only for the first week of January [expressing reservations about 'a job I hate at place that I loathe and detest'], 1941-1942
  • wedding photograph taken in Colombo, Sri Lanka, 9 Dec 1944, annotated with a list of names on the reverse by Pearce's husband

Nurses' veils

Two white nurses' veils, both with the name 'Shipton' written on them. They were previously stored in a plastic bag labelled 'Nurses' Uniform: Nurses' Veils / ?Not St George's / Date Unknown'.

Lecture registers

Two registers (for 1930-1944 and 1945-1951) of nurses' attendance at lectures and revision classes, including details of topics and names of lecturers

Nursing Sick Children

General Nursing Council syllabus entitled 'Syllabus of Subjects for Examination for the Certificate of Nursing Sick Children' [two copies, one with minor pencil annotations]

'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.

Coronation Day souvenirs

Souvenirs relating to the Coronation of Elizabeth II, including:

  • souvenir programme for the Coronation Day [2 Jun 1953] produced by the Dorchester hotel, 1953
  • ticket stating that Mr D. Watney 'has to get to employment at St George's Hospital' on Coronation Day, 1953
  • St George's Hospital duty pass [for Mr D. Watney] for Coronation Day, 1953
  • ticket for Coronation Ball at the Dorchester, 6 Nov 1953
  • signed menu for St George's Hospital Medical School supper dance at the Dorchester, 6 Nov 1953

Fever Nursing

General Nursing Council syllabuses for fever nursing, including:

  • Syllabus of Subjects for Examination for the Certificate for Fever Nurses, 1923, revised 1935 [1951 reprint]
  • Syllabus of Subjects for Examination for the Certificate of Fever Nursing, 1954

Examination registers

Set of three registers containing pasted-in exam papers for senior and junior nurses, followed by handwritten lists of results and examiners' reports

Training records: 1954-1955

Records of training undertaken by nurses at the Grove between 1954 and 1955 (specified on some of the records as 'fever training'). Note that by this time the Grove had become a branch of St George's Hospital, and so was no longer recruiting nurses independently.

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