- Draft typescript talks: ‘Inhalation anaesthesia – the European scene’ (nd); ‘The first anaesthetics in St George’s Hospital, London’ by D.D.C. Howat, (nd, c. 1960s-1970s
- Manuscript rules and regulations relating to anaesthetics, including 'Regulations for the Anaesthetists' (3 copies, 1896) and 'The Teaching Duties of the Senior Anaesthetist' (6 copies), 1894
- Enquiries relating to anaesthetics, 1990, with attached photocopied articles ‘List of operations with ether at St George’s Hospital’ (from ‘On the inhalation of the vapour ether’ by John Snow, 1847); ‘History of anaesthetics (with special reference to their introduction at St George’s Hospital)’ by G.A. Clarkson (St George’s Hospital Gazette, 1894); copy from unnamed newspaper article ‘Surgical operations without pain’
Publications
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- ‘London Teachers of Anatomy: A Retrospect’ by Charles Hawkins (reprint from The Lancet, 27 Sep 1884)
Papers relating to various anniversary celebrations, including
- 250th anniversary of St George's Hospital, including exhibition catalogue; tickets and invitations; programmes and schedules; correspondence; notes on finances; notes on exhibitions by various departments, 1982-1983
- Minutes of meetings of the 250th Anniversary Exhibition Sub-Committee and related correspondence
- Silver Jubilee printed programme, 1935
- Order of service for St George’s Hospital bi-centenary commemoration, 1933
- Invitation to the opening of St George’s Hospital and Medical School by Her Majesty The Queen, 1980
- 'London Calling' magazine, including article ‘St George’s Hospital’ by Ruth Randall, 1979
- Photographs of Christmas pantomime by St George’s Hospital Dramatic Society, rowing events and St George’s Hospital at the time of Queen Elizabeth’s coronation and related correspondence, 1953-2002
Documents relating to the history of Atkinson Morley’s
- Notes on the history of Atkinson Morley’s and its ward names, c.1980
- Notes and copies of ‘A History of The Atkinson Morley’s Hospital 1869-1995’ by Terry Gould and David Uttley, 1997
- Photocopy of Atkinson Morley’s will and transcript, 1858)
- Certified copy of death of Atkinson Morley 1858 (1981)
- Letter from Terry Gould to the dean of the medical school, Prof Asscher, regarding Atkinson Morley’s bequathment, 1988
- Printed articles and photocopies relating to CT scanning and Godfrey Hounsfield
- Schedule for thanksgiving service in honour of Wylie McKissock, 1994
Reports and publications
- Annual report of St George’s Hospital, and of Atkinson Morley’s Convalescent Hospital’, 1894
- Copy of rules for nurses and probationers, 1940
- Typescript list of ‘Selected publications from the neurosurgical department of St George’s Hospital at the Atkinson Morley Hospital, since 1948’, c.1950s
- Nursing prospectus with blank application form, c.1980
Photographs
- Photograph of the sports pavillion and photocopied photographs of the nursing home at Possil House, nd, c. 1970s-1980s
Building plans
- Building plans for Atkinson Morley Wing, 1998
- Building plans for Atkinson Morley’s Convalescent Hospital, nd, ?c.1960s
- Survey of Bolingbroke Hospital, including photographs of the site, 1979
- Invitation to the Bolingbroke Hospital Farewell Party, 2008
- Photograph of the hospital, 1975
- Documents and correspondence relating to the hospital and its closure, 1970s
- Notes relating to the history of Bolingbroke by Terry Gould; photocopies of articles and notes relating to the history of Bolingbroke Hospital, c.1989
- Advertisement for the hospital, nd, ?c.1920s
- Programme for Bolingbroke centenary event, 1980
- Annual reports of the Bolingbroke Hospital, 1926, 1929, 1940
- Planning documents for the occupational therapy department / Merton, Sutton and Wandsworth Area Health Authority, 1981
- ‘Bolingbroke Hospital: Its Story’ by Walter G. Bell (printed leaflet including photographs), c.1930s
- Articles (some photocopied) and memoirs relating to Brodie, including
- Partial biography of Brodie, n.d. (c.1860s)
- Bound leaflet ‘Sir Benjamin Collins Brodie’ by Arthur Rocyn Jones, 1954
- ‘Sir Benjamin Brodie, F.R.S’ by William R. Le Fanu, 1964 (reprint article from ‘Notes and Records of the Royal Society of London’)
- ‘Ether used to produce insensibility in 1821’ by K. Bryn Thomas, 1962 (reprint article from ‘British Journal of Anaesthesia)
- ‘Sir Benjamin Brodie: his bell-glass, and the story of the half-sovereign’ by D.D.C. Howat, 1993 (reprint article from ‘Journal of Medical Biography’)
- Enquiries relating to Brodie, 1954-1995
- Photographs of Brodie, the bust of Brodie and a teaching room
- Draft article ‘Early days of pacing at St George’s Hospital, London’ by Aubrey Leatham and related correspondence
- Reprint of ‘New Invention: An Improved Stethoscope’ by Aubrey Leatham, originally published in The Lancet, 1958
- Notes on the history of pacing at St George’s by Aubrey Leatham and related correspondence, 1999
- Photograph from ‘Curso de Cardiologia’, including Aubrey Leatham, 1966
- CD titled ‘Cardiac Department’
- Photograph of the Queen’s visit to St George’s, 1962
- Photographs (?Aubrey Leatham; John Parker; John Camm)
- Obituary of Michael John Davies, 2003
- Print out of photograph thumbnails featuring people from the Cardiac Department
Around the edge are small images of expedition members and the Terra Nova and an engraving of a British Ensign surrounded by a wreath. The rest of the paper appears complete within the locked cabinet and contains other photographs and articles about the expedition.
- Articles and notes (photocopies, reprints) relating to Blossom, including
‘Jenner’s Cowskin’ by Ruth Richardson (The Lancet), 2000;
transcript of ‘Jenner’s First Cow’s Horns Discovered in Worcester’ (Berrow’s Worcester Journal), 1924, noting that the hide at St George’s has wooden horns;
‘Just an old cow-hide...’ by Stephen D. Elek (St George’s Hospital Gazette), 1975;
‘Campaign to save Blossom’ (Round the Water Trough blog), 2007;
'Where now brown cow?’ (The Times correspondence; Richard Aspin, Susan Gove, Nicola LeFanu) c.1999;
'Dr Jenner’s cow’ (The Times correspondence; Robin Otter), 1999 - Correspondence relating to the hide and horns, c.1976-2004
- Letter from Crisp to Dr Bellamy, 14 Dec 1995
- Signed copy of article ‘Poetic insights into depression and the sleeping mind’, 1995
- Correspondence and documents relating to River Wandle, referring to photographs of the river taken by Crisp (not enclosed), 1991-1997
Souvenir programme for ‘The Lady with a Lamp’, a film about Florence Nightingale, in aid of The Royal College of Nursing Educational Fund, 1951
- Notes and photocopies on the history of the Fountain Hospital from the ‘Fountain’, 1949-1960
- Booklet on ‘The Fountain’ (Group of hospitals-Illustrated), nd, c. 1940s-1950s
- Proposed plan of development of the site, 1961
A copy of printed newsletter ‘In touch: St George’s Healthcare’, Issue 45, Dec 1998, including an article by Terry Gould on St George’s ghosts
- Leaflet ‘St George’s Hospital: Standing Orders of the Board of Governors’, nd, c. 1950s
- Facsimile of the List of Governors and Subscribers to St George’s Hospital, 1733-1833
Newsletter ‘The Resident’, Nos 1-2, Nov-Dec 1992 and Mar-Apr 1993
- Newsletter ‘St George’s Improvement Fund’, a fund to ‘improve the external and internal environment of both St George’s Hospital and St George’s Hospital Medical School, through landscaping, art and sculpture’, 1994
- Meeting minutes, nd, c. 1994
- Notes on project plans
- Articles about Jesty, including ‘The Original Vaccine Inoculator’ (reprint from ‘A Medical Bulletin’, 1954); ‘The First Vaccinator’ (1981), ‘Doctor Jenner and Mister Jesty’ (World Medicine, 1979); ‘Dorset farmer who was early pioneer of vaccination for smallpox’ (The Times, 1962) and related correspondence, photographs of Jesty’s grave, postcards and other memorabilia
Publications, lists and reports
- Minutes of Council meetings, 1901-1921
- Inventory of the library, 1958
- Rules, nd, c. 1960s
- Librarian’s report, 1966
- St George’s Hospital Medical School Library Bulletins and other lists of accessions and periodicals, 1966-1968
- Development plans, 1960s-1970s
- Advertising leaflet of Balmforth Library Systems, with images of St George’s Library, c. 1977
- Library fact sheet, 1978
- Figures of accommodation facilities, nd, c. 1980s
Documents relating to St George’s and the library’s history
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Minutes of a meeting of the St George’s Pictorial History Working Party and related correspondence, 1983-1984
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Copies of articles on the library in the St George’s Gazette and a partial copy of a thesis on London medical libraries featuring St George’s by Rosslyn M. Nicholas, 1974
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‘The historical development of St George’s Library, with an evaluation of the effect of such development on the library’s present state and policy’ by Angela Perrett, 1980
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Copy of the Royal Commission on Historical Manuscripts report on the manuscripts and library records at St George’s Hospital Medical School Library by Sonia P. Anderson and related correspondence, 1973
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Postcard featuring the library
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Photographs and correspondence relating to busts held in the library, 1948-1970s
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Correspondence relating to ‘Affaire Gamgee’, with reminders of unreturned library books, 1890
Correspondence, reports and administrative documents
- Correspondence relating to raising of student fees, 1902
- SGHMS Council ‘Report of a Committee on the position of the School’, 1902
- Extract from lease regarding the insurance of the medical school, nd, ?c.1900
- ‘Confidential report of sub-committee appointed to consider the present position of the Medical School and its prospects’ (With note: ‘undated. Found loose in safe 1/4/69), c.1900
- Correspondence from various students regarding the Laking prize, 1928-1929
- Outline of costs on redevelopment in Tooting, 1952-1961
- Photocopied report ‘The future of St George’s Hospital at Hyde Park Corner’, nd, c.1970s
- Printed booklet ‘Recommendations as to the Medical Curriculum’ by the General Medical Council, 1947
- Charity Commission schemes relating to prizes at St George’s Hospital Medical School, 1977
Prospectuses, advertisements and pamphlets
- Printed booklet ‘The Nation’s Debt to St George’s Medical School’ (an appeal for funds), 1905
- Printed booklet ‘St George’s Hospital Medical School’, with photographs, nd, c.1969
- Advertisement for ‘The new St George’s Hospital medical students residences at Springfield’ and maps of the halls of residence, ?c.1960s
- Pamphlets for Open Days, 1984, 1986, 1990
- Outline programme of ‘Workshop on Surgical Management of Obesity’, nd, c?1970s
- St George’s Hospital Medical School Newsletter, summer term 1978
- Advertisement for the ‘Opening of St George’s Hospital and Medical School by Her Majesty the Queen’, 1980
Documents relating to St George’s history
- Letter regarding a donation of material from the 1870s by an alumnus, 1924
- Enquiries regarding the Wellington Arch and the medical school coat of arms, 1970s
- Newspaper cuttings and photocopies of articles, including ‘William Wilkins and St George’s’ (Medical News, 3 Nov 1967); ‘Threat to teaching hospitals’ (The Times, 4 Dec 1976); ‘Journey across the river’ (Health and Social Service Journal, 25 Feb 1977)
- Typescript notes relating to St George’s history by George Edwards, including ‘The medical side at Hyde Park Corner in 1924’, ‘Anaesthetics at St George’s 1925’ and ‘Hyde Park Corner – The surgical side in 1923’
- Photocopy article by R. Rutson James ‘The origins of the Medical School’
Newspaper cuttings relating to the move to Tooting [transferred from FIL/PHA]
- ‘Secret American Bd for NHS Hospital Takeover’ (Timeout, nd, c. 1980s); ‘A commercial cure for a chronically sick hospital’ (The Daily Telegraph, 24 Feb 1988); ‘Hospital is given the luxury hotel treatment’ (The Daily Telegraph, 31 Dec 1991)
Documents relating to St George’s Hospital Medical School Club
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Correspondence relating to the activities of the club, 1969
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Newsletters, including Medical School Club Newsletter (3 issues, 1981), St George’s Hospital Medical School Staff Club newsletter (1 issue, 1963) and London’s Inter-Hospital Student Magazine (1 issue, 1981)
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Headed paper (blank)
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Correspondence and documents relating to conservation and preservation of items in the archives, including items relating to Edward Wilson, Mike Stroud, busts, statue of Edward Jenner, and archival administration, 1997-
Reports, administrative documents and regulations
- Report of the Collegiate Establishment Committee, 1846
- ‘Regulations respecting the election and duties of the junior officers. Regulations to be observed in conducting the examinations for the prizes’, 1888
- Rules and regulations for the appointment of clinical clerks and dressers, nd, c. 1900 (3 copies)
- Copy letter listing items of value in the Medical School for insurance, 1899
- Letter from Charles Hawkins enclosing a list of Benjamin Brodie’s pupils (enclosure not present)
- Letter entitled ‘Instruction to Sprake, Foreman & Co. as to receiving orders only from the treasurer or dean’, 1898
Documents relating to medical education
- Printed pamphlet ‘Analysis of lectures on Midwifery and Diseases of Women and Children’, St George’s Hospital with manuscript annotations, 1874
- ‘Papers set in the examinations for Entrance Scholarship in Arts’, 1897
- Programme for an evening event at the Medical School, 1897
- Printed notice from the Metropolitan Schools of Medicine, ‘Facilities for Clinical Study Offered to Qualified Medical Practitioners’, signed by the deans, 1898
- Photocopied correspondence regarding subcutaneous injections at the Medical School, 1900, and the terms on which candidates from the universities of Oxford and Cambridge are admitted, 1898
Oversized folder:
- Certificate of attendance for Abraham Bristow, signed by Charles Hawkins, Bromfield and William Howell, 1845
- Laws and regulations of the Medical School,1864
- Printed notices for students advising them in regard with the London University Matriculation Examination (2 copies), 1898
- ‘Report of the Committee on the 1st years C.B. [Conjoint Board] Curriculum’ (manuscript), 1898
Nurses' League Journal nos 1-16 (1952-1975) and unnumbered issues for 1978 and 1983. A 1988 letter from Ann M. Hewson has been inserted into the 1964 issue.
Issues of St George's Nurses' League Newsletter for 1971, 1973 and 1976 (unnumbered series); 1996 (no 9); and 1998-2004 (nos 14-18, 20-23, 26). Also includes cover letters to library staff from Honorary Secretary Heather Bond (2000-2004), some of which enclose additional event information.
Copy of the hardback book 'Nurses' Voices: Memories of Nursing at St George's Hospital, London, 1930-1990', compiled by Carol McCubbin (with image research by Ines Warsop) and published by the Faculty of Health and Social Care Sciences (Kingston/St George's) in 2010. The book includes many reproductions of photographs alongside quotations from the interviews; it also includes an audio CD of clips in a pocket at the back.
Papers of St George’s Nurses’ League, including
Administrative papers:
- Fabric St George's nursing badge with correspondence relating to St George’s 250th anniversary celebrations, c.1920s-1983
- Details of entry to St George’s Hospital School of Nursing, 1960
- Meeting minutes, agendas and related correspondence, 1979-1996
- Address at the service of thanksgiving in honour of Dame Muriel Powell, 1979
- Draft constitution and account of St George’s Nurses’ League, 1980-1982
- Information on the School of Nursing, nd (c.1980s)
- Membership list, 1995
- Correspondence to members, 1990s
- Conference programmes, 1996-1999
- ‘St George’s Nurses League oral history project’: Interview schedule, blank copyright agreement, nd (2010-2011)
Journals, newsletters, photographs: - Photographs (12 items) of nurses’ Christmas choir and other events and related correspondence, 1955-1956 (some in O/S folder)
- Newsletters (nos 9-12), 1996-1997; 1960
- St George’s Hospital Nurses’ Handbook, 1974
- Article in the Nursing Mirror ‘Around the Corner’ on Sue Benson, nurse at St George’s, 1982
- Nurses’ League Journal, 1983
- Copy of painting by Audrey Hammond, 1993
- Nurses League newsletter, 1999
Nursing regulations:
- General rules for probationers, 1920s
- Duties of the staff nurses, 1960
- ‘Hospital etiquette’ (photocopy, no source), nd (c.1900s)
- Report of the committee of nursing (copy), 1893
- NHS General Dental Services regulations, 1964
Documents relating to former nurses and nursing students:
- Letter to a nurse, 1902, and related[?] correspondence
- Certificate of Olive Matthews, signed by Warrington Haward, William Ewart, Clinton Thomas Dent, Humphrey Davy Rolleston, Francis Jaffrey and Florence Smedley, 1906, and related correspondence
- Exam papers, 1936
- Certificate of Barbara Day, signed by Muriel Powell, Helga Feiling and Lord Ingleby, 1954 and related correspondence
- Photographs of nursing students, a St George’s Hospital badge and related correspondence, 1954
- Copy photographs, exam papers, certificate and correspondence relating to nurse Josephine Ruth Dunstone, 1996
- Enquiries relating to former nurses and nursing students and to donations to the archive, 1963-1997
Florence Nightingale:
- Photograph ‘Florence Nightingale: taken at Claydon House in the early nineties’
- Article on Florence Nightingale, cutting from ‘Nursing Mirror’, 1954
- Postcard depicting the home of Florence Nightingale
Folder 6, ‘S.O.N. details’:
- Notes and correspondence relating to move to Tooting, including lists of furniture and valuations, 1978-1980
- Leaflet on medals and prizes presented by the Duchess of Kent, 1959
- Parliamentary Hansard report regarding nurses’ pay, 1962, 1969
- Salmon report from ‘International Nursing Review’ by Muriel Powell ‘The implementation of a pilot scheme at St George’s Hospital, London, c.1966
- Article from ‘Nursing Times’ by Jillian MacGuire and Ruth Pomeranz, ‘Training for Reality 1-2: The Implications of Demographic Trends for the Training of Nurses’, 1968
- Article from ‘Nursing Mirror’, 1982
Leaflets for open days, 1988-1993, including opening of the Magnetic Resonance Unit, 1993