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Mss Eur F699/2/3/10
- Record Id:
- 040-003316881
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-003256818
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100033705771.0x000001
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Mss Eur F699/2/3/10
- Title:
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Correspondence & other papers relating to the recruitment & deployment of nurses: IV
- Scope & Content:
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Letter from Mr Stanley, doctor in Manchester, 17 Mar 1855 re: enquiries into the character and suitability of nurses Sarah Pearse, Anne Reading & Eliza Richards.
Letters from Sir Charles Beaumont Phipps, Buckingham Palace, on behalf of Queen Victoria, dated 21 Mar 1855, 27 Mar 1855 & 16 Jun 1855; also draft reply by Charlotte Canning, 26 Mar 1855. Refers to Queen Victoria's disapproval of nurses taking on duties of ministers, written in response to letter from Miss Anderson.
Letters from Miss M Parkes to Charlotte Canning via Miss Harriett Haines, 29 Apr 1855 re: Miss Jane Martha Edwardes; also draft letter from Charlotte Canning to Miss Parkes, 8 Jun 1855 re: nurses sanctioned to depart for Dr [Edmund] Parkes' hospital [at Renkioi].
Draft letter from Charlotte Canning to Miss Harriet Haines, 3 May 1855; also letters from Miss Haines dated 4 May 1855, 14 May 1855, 25 May 1855, 13 Jul 1855, 25 Jul 1855, 11 Aug 1855, 18 Sep 1855, 5 Oct 1855 & 31 Oct 1855.
Note regarding consultation between Sir James Clark and Mrs Newman, 26 May 1855 re: ratio of nurses to patients; letters from Sir James Clark, 29 Jun 1855, undated re: Mrs Newman, undated re: Mrs Newman & Mrs Hore, copy of letter from Sir James Clark to Miss Haines 29 May 1855 re: payments to nurses while training under her direction, 7 Jun 1855, undated, 26 Jun 1855 re: Miss Parkes, & 11 Oct 1855. Also letter dated 29 Oct 1855 informing Charlotte Canning of closure of hospitals at Smyrna and Koulali.
Letter from Dr Guthrie, 11 Aug 1855, recommending Mrs Redwell[?]
Letter from Sarah Whitfield, 29 Oct 1855, thanking Charlotte Canning for interceding with Lord Panmure on her behalf after the death of her husband [Henry John Whitfield, chaplain, died at Scutari 17 Jun 1855]; also letter from Lord Panmure to Charlotte Canning, stating that Mrs Whitfield cannot have a pension but is giving her monies from relief fund.
Printed circular for Mrs Bull's 'House of Recovery', Brighton, Nov 1855, requesting subscribers. Mrs Bull was a former nurse at Scutari.
Incomplete draft of letter from Charlotte Canning, to person whose 'hospital work is of such great interest to me', possibly Florence Nightingale, referring to subscriptions and stores of gifts, as well as recipients' perception that 'the nurses from other hospitals will not work well with yours', undated [1855].
- Collection Area:
- India Office Records and Private Papers
- Project / Collection:
- India Office Private Papers
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-003256818
033-003309784
036-003316132
040-003316881 - Is part of:
- Mss Eur F699 : Papers of Charles Canning and Charlotte Canning, Earl and Countess Canning
Mss Eur F699/2 : Papers of Charlotte, Lady Canning
Mss Eur F699/2/3 : Papers relating to Nursing & the Crimean War
Mss Eur F699/2/3/10 : Correspondence & other papers relating to the recruitment & deployment of nurses: IV - Hierarchy:
- 032-003256818[0004]/033-003309784[0003]/036-003316132[0010]/040-003316881
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Mss Eur F699
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
- 1 folder (34 items)
- Digitised Content:
- Languages:
- English
- Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1855
- End Date:
- 1855
- Date Range:
- Mar 1855-Nov 1855
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
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- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
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