Sir Arthur Stanley letters: Mailing about RBNA

• Reference:GB 1199 RCN1/1/1916/9
• Dates of Creation:1916-1917
• Name of Creator:
  Stanley, Arthur (1869-1947) Politician
• Physical Description:
  0.01m

• Scope and Content

  Folder includes:

  Printed Booklet - Glasgow Royal Infirmary "Education in Nursing";

  Regulations for the Training and Examination of Candidates for the Certificate of Proficiency in Nursing and Attending on the Insane;

  Letter dated 12 Mar 1917 from CAW Roberts, Master of the Walton Institution to the Editor of "Hospital" concerning the number of beds qualifying Poor Law training schools;

  Letter dated 26 Mar 1917 from Sir Arthur Stanley to Burdett concerning assertions made in the previous letter by CAW Roberts;

  Letter dated 26 Mar 1917 from Sir Arthur Stanley to Viscountess Cowdray concerning delays to the amalgamation of the British Nurses Association and the College of Nursing and the benefits and endowment fund;

  Undated list of suggested changes to bye-laws made by Herbert J Paterson of Queen Alexandra's Hospital for Officers;

  Letter dated 2 Mar 1917 from Sir Arthur Stanley to Lady Pearson concerning endowment and benefit fund;

  Letter dated 2 Mar 1917 from Sir Arthur Stanley to Burdett concerning fund-raising activities;

  Letter dated 3 Mar 1917 from Burdett to Sir Arthur Stanley concerning protests made by "advanced suffragettes", Mrs. Bedford Fenwick and Miss Hawkins;

  Letter dated 28 Feb from S. Pitt to Sir Arthur Stanley concerning delays related to the application for Charter;

  Letter dated 1 Mar 1917 from Burdett to Sir Arthur Stanley concerning objections to proposed changes to the bye-laws made by suffragettes and Mrs. Bedford Fenwick, also proposed fundraising;

  Letter dated 28 Feb 1917 from Sir Arthur Stanley to Viscountess Cowdray voicing concerns about the decision by the Privy Council to advertise the announcement of the amalgamation of the Royal British Nurses Association and the College of Nursing, allowing time to lodge objections;

  Letter dated 10 Fen 1917 from Sir Arthur Stanley to Burdett concerning qualifications for registration, in particular length of training period;

  Letter dated 6 Feb 1917 from Ludovic P Foster to Sir Arthur Stanley concerning the position of the Association of Headmistresses in relation to training schools;

  News clipping from the Yorkshire Post reporting on a meeting held on 19 Jan 1917 about the registration of nurses and the proposed new college;

  Letter dated 29 Jan 1917 from Miss Wortabet of the Hindhead Nursing Home to Sir Arthur Stanley concerning the French College of Nurses in Paris, requesting a meeting with him, and advising him not to "put Miss Smith too much in evidence - she is a red rag to many a bull";

  Letter dated 26 Jan 1917 from Burdett to Sir Arthur Stanley concerning a visit to Ireland by representatives of the College of Nursing;

  Undated letter from Cecilia Leddicott to Sir Arthur Stanley thanking him for the appointment of Miss MacDonalds;

  Letter dated 22 Jan 1917 from Burdett to Sir Arthur Stanley congratulating him on his "victory in the matter of the Royal British Nurses Association" and referring to Mrs Bedford Fenwicks reaction;

  Letter dated 15 Jan 1917 from Sir Arthur Stanley to G Shuttleworth concerning the representation of Mental nurses on the Council;

  Copy resolutions passed at meeting of the Central Committee for the State Registration of Nurses enclosed with note dated 25 Oct 1916 and news clipping from the Glasgow Evening Citizen dated 24 Oct 1916 concerning use of steamer "St. Margaret of Scotland" as a hospital ship;

  Correspondence related to qualifications for state registration and training hospitals;

  Correspondence dated 21, 24 and 25 Oct 1916 between Sir Arthur Stanley and Secretaries Moir, Forbes and Guy of the McAlpin Nursing Home, Glasgow, related to registration of nurses and training hospitals;

  Letter dated 22 Oct 1916 from Comyns Berkeley to Sir Arthur Stanley listing decisions made by the Central Committee for the State Registration of Nurses related to the Royal British Nursing Association;

  Observations of the Special Committee appointed by the Asylum Workers Association to examine the proposed Bill for the Registration of Nurses, Oct 1916;

  Letter dated 5 Oct 1916 from Comyns Berkeley to Sir Arthur Stanley concerning issues raised at a meeting of the Royal British Nurses Association;

  Letter dated 11 Oct 1916 from Amy Hughes, Queen Victoria's Jubilee Institute for Nurses, to Sir Arthur Stanley concerning the position of Village nurses in regard to state registration;

  Letter dated 1 Oct 1916 from John Simonds to Sir Arthur Stanley concerning Poor Law nurses representatives on the Council;

  Letter dated 26 Sept 1916 from Rebecca Young to Sir Arthur Stanley concerning instruction of nurses and enclosing copy of objectives of the Scottish Nurses Association;

  Draft of extended purposes of the Corporation, sent by Cooper Perry to Sir Arthur Stanley 18 Sept 1916;

  List of candidates recommended by the College Registration Committee recommended for registration and membership of the College of Nursing;

  Letter dated 9 Sept 1916 from Sir Arthur Stanley to J Lee Matthews concerning the appointment of representatives from homeopathic and allopathic hospitals to the Consultative Board;

  Letter dated 9 Sept 1916 from Sir Arthur Stanley to Tom Percival stating that due to the number of bodies seeking representation on the Consultative Board, the numbers of Poor Law representatives and others on the Board will be limited;

  Letter dated 3 Sept 1916 from Miss Violetta Thurstan of the National Union of Trained Nurses to Sir Arthur Stanley, concerning eligability of different kinds of nurses for registration;

  Correspondence dated 26 and 19 August 1916 between Sir Arthur Stanley and Carlton Stitt concerning teaching hospital requirements and nurses cerficates;

  Letter dated 23 Aug 1916 from Tom Percival to Sir Arthur Stanley concerning Poor Law nurses;

  British Medical Association - Revised Rules Governing Procedure in Ethical Matters of a Division Not in Itself a Branch;

  Letter dated 22 Aug 1916 from Sir Arthur Stanley to Miss Barton concerning the number and position of Poor Law representatives on the Council of the College;

  Copy of letter to the Editor of the "Nursing Record and Hospital World" 14 Oct 1893 from Josephine De Pledge, Matron of the Chelsea Infirmary, concerning training of nurses and associated fees.

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  online catalogue at http://www.rcn.org.uk/development/rcn_archives/collections_and_catalogue

• Conditions Governing Use

  Royal College of Nursing

• Custodial History

  formerly catalogued as RCN/1/1/1916/3/7