Negotiations with RBNA: Correspondence (alphabetical sections A-C)

• Reference:GB 1199 RCN1/1/1917/1
• Dates of Creation:1917-1918
• Name of Creator:
  Stanley, Arthur (1869-1947) Politician
• Physical Description:
  0.01m

• Scope and Content

  Negotiations with the Royal British Nurses' Association about the amalgamation of the two organisations; the setting up of the Nation's Fund for Nurses; state registration bills; nurse's pensions; the founding of the Liverpool Centre (1st branch of College). Correspondence is with: Burdett; Dr Chapple; Lady Cowdray; Lord Knutsford; the British Women's Hospital Committee; the National Union of Women Workers; Miss M. Sparshott and Miss Seymour Yapp.

  Folder includes:

  Letter dated 26 June 1918 from Sir Arthur Stanley to Major W A Chapple of the Pavilion Hospital, Brighton concerning the revised State Registration Bill;

  Letter dated 17 June 1918 from Sir Arthur Stanley to Viscountess Cowdray concerning holding a social function in aid of the Nation's Fund for Nurses;

  Letter dated 20 Apr 1918 from Major Chapple to Sir Arthur Stanley voicing his concerns about the State Registration Bill;

  Copy fifth draft of the Nurses' Registration Bill;

  Letter dated 15 Mar 1918 from Sir Arthur Stanley to Major Chapple stating the objectives of the Bill;

  Letter dated 10 Jan 1918 from Sir Arthur Stanley to the Secretary of State concerning awarding the Military Cross or the Military Medal to nurses and their ranks within the army;

  Letter dated 1 Jan 1918 from Sir Arthur Stanley to Sir James Crichton-Browne concerning the failure of the amalgamation between the Royal British Nurses Association (RBNA) with the College of Nursing;

  Letter dated 4 Dec 1917 from Sir Arthur Stanley to Viscountess Cowdray concerning the Nations' Fund for Nurses;

  Letter dated 16 Nov 1917 from Frances F Dell to Sir Arthur Stanley describing her experience of nursing and the loss of her hand in France, the loss of her son in action and her concerns about lack of support for injured and ill nurses from the Red Cross;

  Letter dated 10 Nov 1917 from Sir Arthur Stanley to Viscountess Cowdray concerning fundraising for the Nations' Fund for Nurses and the prospect of street collections;

  Letter dated 15 Apr 1918 from Burdett to Sir Arthur Stanley concerning the appointment of Miss Jackson;

  Letter dated 13 Mar 1918 from Sir Arthur Stanley to Burdett concerning Mrs Bedford Fenwick and her position in the nursing community;

  Letter dated 18 Feb 1918 from Burdett to Sir Arthur Stanley concerning the Royal National Pension Fund;

  Letter dated 2 Feb 1918 from Comyns Berkeley to Sir Arthur Stanley addressing claims made by Miss MacDonald about comments made during a Council meeting;

  Letter dated 15 May 1918 from Sir Arthur Stanley to Sir John Arnott concerning the role of the Nations Fund for Nurses in Ireland;

  Letter to the Editor of The Hospital from Herbert Paterson concerning the curriculum offered by the Royal College of Nursing and State Registration;

  Letter dated 27 Apr 1917 from Burdett to Sir Arthur Stanley concerning fundraising activities and an article by Mrs Bedford Fenwick published in the British Journal of Nursing about the Nation's Fund for Nurses.

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