Correspondence file
- Reference:GB 1199 RCN1/1/1920/2
- Dates of Creation:1920
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- Physical Description:0.01m
Scope and Content
Correspondence including: Nation's Fund for Nurses public accounting of funds; fundraising [NFN, general and for Bonchurch (tours)]; opening of Bonchurch; the Edinburgh Centre; Daily Telegraph; Shilling Fund for Nurses; college elections; a small amount about VADs and training/qualifications for registration; QVIJ booklet 'The County Nursing Association'; newscuttings about nurses' conditions of work from 'The Globe'; College policy on unions; contact with the Labour Party; Edith Cavell Homes and their work; 'Our Day' Fund; 1919 Report by the Salaries Commission; a brief mention of Mrs Bedford Fenwick's actions.
Folder includes:
Letter dated 2 Jan 1920 from Sir Arthur Stanley to Dame May Whitty concerning fundraising by the British Womens Hospital for the Nations Fund for Nurses and expressing his thanks;
Newsclipping from The Nursing Times, 7 Aug 1920 about the opening of the nurses rest home at Bonchurch;
Letter dated 20 Mar 1920 from Martin Harvey to Sir Arthur Stanley concerning the difficulty of fundraising through matinees for the College of Nursing in Edinburgh and in Scotland generally;
List of candidates and numbers of votes in the College of Nursing election 1920;
Notes on the development of the nurses rest home at Bonchurch;
Letter dated 13 Feb 1920 from Sir Arthur Stanley to the Countess of Lonsdale concerning Mrs Bedford Fenwicks objections against the College of Nursing;
Copy letter dated 11 Feb 1920 from Mrs Bedford Fenwick to the Countess of Lonsdale concerning the Countesses' involvement with fundraising schemes for the College and voicing her objections to members of the press;
Letter dated 9 Feb 1920 from Miss Beeman to Sir Arthur Stanley concerning fundraising activities and associated objections from members of the nursing community;
Letter dated 3 Feb 1920 from Sir Arthur Stanley to the Duchess of Beaufort concerning opposition to fundraising for the College;
Letter dated 1 Apr 1920 from Sir Arthur Stanley to Arthur Faire concerning VADs and their position in relation to the College of Nursing;
Report of the Salaries Committee on saleries and conditions of employment of nurses 1919;
Newsclipping from the Islington Daily Gazette dated 16 Feb 1921, report of a meeting on 'The Rights of the Nurses' held at Holloway Library;
Newsclippings from the Globe newspaper, Sept 1920 concerning working conditions and wages for nurses;
Letter dated 6 Mar 1920 from Miss Yapp to Sir Arthur Stanley concerning nurses salaries;
Letter dated 2 May 1920 from Burdett to Sir Arthur Stanley concerning the death of Burdett's father and his involvement with the College of Nursing;
Letter dated 27 May 1920 from Sir Arthur Stanley to Sir Thomas Devitt concerning obtaining a premises on Cavendish Square;
Letter dated 1 Jan 1920 from Burdett to Sir Arthur Stanley asking him to write to 'Ierne' in response to an unfavourable article;
Letter dated 7 Jan 1920 from Sir John Lumsden to Sir Arthur Stanley concerning the establishment of the Nurses Club in Ireland;
Letter dated 20 Jul 1919 from Ferrier to Sir Arthur Stanley concerning trained nurses working in India;
Accounts related to a bazaar held in aid of a residential club for nurses;
Letter dated 15 Sep 1920 from John Simonds of the National Poor Law Officers Association to Miss Rundle concerning the establishment of a State Nurses Guild.
Administrative / Biographical History
'Ierne' was the pseudonym of Margaret Huxley, (presumably unknown by Sir Arthur Stanley and Burdett)
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