Papers of Audrey Brown (nee Pope)

• Reference:GB 1199 C929
• Dates of Creation:1927-1976
• Physical Description:
  0.04m

• Scope and Content

  Personal papers Audrey Brown (nee Pope) who was a Queen's Institute Nurse, midwife and health visitor. The file contains:

  General Nursing Council for England and Wales certificate, 30 Sep 1948

  Central Midwives’ Board Certificate (first exam), 30 Nov 1949

  Family Planning Association Training Certificate, 7 Apr 1976

  Health Visitor's Certificate, 10 Apr 1954

  Central Midwives’ Board Certificate (first and second exam), 30 Nov 1949

  Royal College of Midwives refresher course certificate, 14 Sep 1968

  Royal College of Midwives refresher course certificate, 12 Jul 1958

  Queen’s Institute of District Nursing certificate, 1 Apr 1952

  Nursing certificate, awarded by The Bridgewater Hospital, Somerset, 28 Aug 1948

  Annotated nurses chart, outlining tasks for the day which Brown marked off as she completed, 9 Jan 1945

  Letter from R.J. Fenney, Secretary of the Central Midwives Board regarding the use of gas and air in childbirth, c. 1950

  Letter from R.J. Fenney, Secretary of the Central Midwives Board informing Brown that she passed the second Midwives exam and had been entered into the Roll of Midwives, Oct 1950

  Letter from R.J. Fenney, Secretary of the Central Midwives Board informing Brown that she passed the first Midwives exam, 18 Sep 1950

  Letter from R.J. Fenney, Secretary of the Central Midwives Board informing Brown that she passed the first Midwives exam, Dec 1949

  Letter from R.J. Fenney, Secretary of the Central Midwives Board concerning Brown’s inclusion on the Roll of Midwives, 25 Jan 1954

  Letter from W. Powell Phillips, Public Health Department, City of Cardiff confirming Brown’s appointment as a part-time health visitor in Cardiff, 16 Oct 1964

  Letter from W.B. Clark, Medical Officer for the County Borough of Newport, confirming Brown’s appointment as a health visitor and school nurse, 18 Jul 1961

  Two letters from Miss K. E. Pope, Matron, Victoria Hospital, Frome confirming Brown’s appointment as Midwifery Sister, Jan 11 1957 – 12 Feb 1957

  Letter from Miss M. Henry, Registrar at the General Nursing Council for England and Wales confirming Brown’s registry with the council, 27 Oct 1960

  Receipt from the General Nursing Council for England and Wales acknowledging the fee paid my Brown to be registered with the council, 18 Oct 1950

  Letter from Miss M. Henry, Registrar at the General Nursing Council for England and Wales informing Brown that she has passed the final state examination to be registered as a nurse, 23 Jul 1948

  Letter from Miss M. Henry, Registrar at the General Nursing Council for England and Wales confirming receipt of membership payment, 18 Oct 1950

  Letter from Miss M. Henry, Registrar at the General Nursing Council for England and Wales confirming entry to the register of general nursing, Jul 1948

  Reference from Miss A. R. Taylor, Superintendent Nursing Officer for the city of Gloucester, c. 1940s

  Birth Certificate for Audrey Pope born 22 Jun 1927 in Harptree, Somerset

  Three copies of reports regarding Audrey Pope’s academic progress at the Southern Provincial Orphanage, Sussex. 1936-1943

  Newspaper clipping (title of newspaper has been cut off) featuring a picture of Brown, c.1950s

  Copy of the final stage exam paper for entry to the General Nursing Council for England and Wales, annotated by Brown, 9 Jun 1948

  Brown paper notebook titled “Central Midwives Board, Register of Cases.” Notebook contains case notes from Brown’s district nursing work in in Somerset, 14 Aug 1957- 29 Sep 1958

  Brown paper notebook titled “Central Midwives Board, Register of Cases.” Notebook contains case notes from Brown’s district nursing work in in Somerset, 13 Oct 1958- 29 Nov 1960

  Case book wrapped in brown paper titled “Case Book, Front,” Notebook contains case notes from Brown’s district nursing work in Eastbourne, 23 Jun 1943 – 19 Oct 1949

• Administrative / Biographical History

  Audrey Brown (nee Pope) was born in Somerset in 1927 and was later raised in the Southern Provincial Orphanage, Sussex. She completed her nurses training at The Bridgewater Hospital, Somerset in 1948 and was enrolled in the General Nursing Council for England and Wales that year. She qualified as a midwife in 1949 and became a Queen’s Institute District Nurse in 1952. As a district nurse she worked in Somerset, before relocating to South Wales in 1961 where she worked as a school nurse and health visitor.

• Access Information

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