Minutes of the College of Nursing Council meetings

• Reference:GB 1199 RCN2/1/1927
• Dates of Creation:1927
• Name of Creator:
  Royal College of Nursing of the United Kingdom (1916-2018) Nursing organisation
• Physical Description:
  0.01m

• Scope and Content

  Meetings were held roughly every month, and the minutes of each meeting start with noting date, time and place. Items standard at each meeting: Present, letters and messages of regret, minutes of previous meeting, matters arising, correspondence, reports of standing committees (Finance; Education; Establishment and General Purposes; Roll/Membership; Salaries and Superannuation; Press and Publications; Private Nurses and Branches) and date of next meeting.

  In 1927, Council members discussed:

  Irish nurses' club

  Lord Iveagh's gift to Council

  Student Nurses' Association

  Library of nursing

  Royal Charter

  Negotiations with the Stepney board of guardians

  National Council of Nurses of Great Britain

  There is no index for 1927.

  This record relates to two separate sets of minutes: the original set is signed, and is split into two volumes - one which runs from 1 Apr 1926 to 31 Mar 1927 and one which runs from 1 Apr 1927 to 31 Mar 1928. These volumes are kept in Store B.

  The other set is a typed copy of the original and is contained in the volume which runs from 15 Apr 1926 to 29 Mar 1928. This volume is kept in Store A.

• Access Information

  This collection is available for research. Readers are advised to contact the RCN Archives in advance of their first visit.

• Other Finding Aids

  Most recent online Royal College of Nursing Archives Catalogue is available at http://www.rcn.org.uk/development/library_and_heritage_services.

• Conditions Governing Use

  Royal College of Nursing

• Custodial History

  The main bulk of volumes came from London library historical collection to Edinburgh with the Archives' collections in 1992. Library maintained a copy set. From 1992 up until 2009 the papers were transferred directly by Council and Committee Admin (previously 'General Secretariat', or 'General Secretary's Office') One copy went to RCN Library for binding and the original to Archives, unbound. In January 2017 the two sets were brought together to create one full run of papers and an additional run, with copies of most years. The more complete set is held in Store A and the less complete set in Store B.