Minutes of the Royal College of Nursing Council meetings

• Reference:GB 1199 RCN2/1/1960
• Dates of Creation:1960
• 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 once a month. They are arranged in the following order: minutes of the previous meeting, minutes of current meeting, agenda of current meeting, papers of current meeting.

  Items addressed at every meeting are: the location of the meeting, attendees and apologies, matters arising, correspondence, Congress, membership matters, reports from committees, reports from national boards, use of the seal, membership numbers.

  During 1960 the topics discussed by Council include:

  Flood disaster at Frejus (1959 Malpasset dam break)

  National Insurance Act 1959

  Fleming memorial fund for medical research

  Congratulations to Her Majesty the Queen on the birth of Prince Andrew

  The death of Countess Mountbatten of Burma (Edwina), Vice-President of the RCN and the Edwina Mountbatten Trust

  Superannuation

  National Federation of Spiritual Healers

  Legislation concerning medicinal substances

  Founders Day 1961

  Nurses and midwives Whitley council

  Nursing Times

  Racial discrimination and apartheid

  Indoor uniforms worn outdoors and cross infection

  Causes and prevention of prostitution

  Younghusband report

  Ionizing radiation

  The death of Dame Ellen Musson

  Indexed.

  This record relates to two separate sets of minutes: the original set is signed. This volume is kept in Store B.

  The other set is a copy of the original, split into two volumes. One volume runs from 21 Jan to 19 May 1960, and the other from 21 Jul to 15 Dec 1960. These volumes are 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.