Sir Arthur Stanley letters: Draft Bill for State Registration

• Reference:GB 1199 RCN1/1/1916/10
• Dates of Creation:May-Aug 1916
• Name of Creator:
  Stanley, Arthur (1869-1947) Politician
• Physical Description:
  0.01m

• Scope and Content

  Folder includes:

  Letter dated 4 Aug 1916 from Sir James Affleck to Sir Arthur Stanley confirming his acceptance of the post of Vice-President of the College;

  Letter dated 22 Aug 1916 from Cobbett of the Manchester Royal Infirmary to Sir Arthur Stanley concerning numbers of nurses on the Council;

  Correspondence 5-22 Aug 1916 between Sir Arthur Stanley and Tom Percival of the National Poor Law Officers Association concerning number of representatives of Poor Law nurses on the Council;

  Letter dated 16 Aug 1916 from M Huxley of the Irish Nurses Association to Sir Arthur Stanley concerning the inclusion of names of Council members and a definition of "trained nurses" in the draft Bill;

  Letter dated 29 July 1916 from Margaret Breay to Sir Arthur Stanley concerning state registration of cottage and village nurses;

  Letter dated 21 July 1916 from Mrs Mildmay to Sir Arthur Stanley concerning provision of cigarettes for wounded soldiers in hospitals;

  Letter dated 5 July 1916 from Sir Arthur Stanley to Viscount Knutsford concerning state registration of nurses and representatives on the Council;

  Letter dated 12 July 1916 from Sir Arthur Stanley to Mr. Higham concerning visit of Lady Cowdray to London and raising of funds for the College;

  Letter dated 16 June 1916 from Sir Arthur Stanley to C Cain thanking him for a donation for the College;

  Letter dated 11 June 1916 from C Cain to Sir Arthur Stanley concerning a visit from the King to the Brewer's Ambulance Convoy;

  Proposed circular letter to the Press, Hospital Governors, Matrons etc - the College of Nursing Ltd and State Registration of Nurses;

  Letter dated 14 June 1916 from HG Turney to Sir Arthur Stanley concerning statements made in an article in the British Journal of Nursing by Mrs. Bedford Fenwick;

  Letter dated 10 June 1916 from Miss Broadwood of the Cottage Benefit Nursing Association to Sir Arthur Stanley voicing her concerns about the proposed College of Nursing and state registration of nurses;

  Letter dated 8 June 1916 from S Ross to Sir Arthur Stanley concerning the position of VAD workers in relation to state registration;

  Letter dated 5 June 1916 from J Cates to Sir Arthur Stanley concerning representation of Medical Officers of Health on the Council;

  Letter dated 6 June 1916 from Sir Arthur Stanley to Mrs Bedford Fenwick concerning state registration of Mental nurses and Male nurses;

  Letter from Burdett to Sir Arthur Stanley enclosing letter dated 31 June 1916 from the Hon Felicie Norton to Burdett requesting a place on the Council;

  Letter dated 2 May 1916 from Burdett to Sir Arthur Stanley thanking him for "the most generous and in a sense the most valuable and kindly letter I think I have ever received" and concerning their aims for the College of Nursing;

• Access Information

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• Other Finding Aids

  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/1/1/1916/3/8