Guide to the Papers of Florence Nightingale (as filmed by the AJCP), 1857-1885

 

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Summary

Collection number:
M2010-M2012
Creator:
Nightingale, Florence
Extent:
11 items
Language:
English
Preferred citation:

Acknowledgement of use of this material should refer to the location of the original material and to the Australian Joint Copying Project.

Items from this collection should include references to the location of the original material and to the AJCP nla.obj number, which serves as the online identifier for the digital copy.

Example: M Series: Journal of Capt. James Cook, 18 February 1770, British Library Add. MS 27885 (AJCP ref: http://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-1234)

Availability:
Available
Access conditions:
Available for reference.

Background

Content Summary:
Correspondence concerning the selection of nurses for the Sydney Infirmary, the arrival of Lucy Osburn and her party in 1868, relations between sisters and medical officers, and attempted assassination of Duke of Edinburgh. Correspondents include Henry Bonham Carter, Sarah Wardroper, Richard Whitfield, Sir Henry Parkes, Lucy Osburn and A. Roberts.
Biographical / Historical:

Florence Nightingale (1820-1910). After ten years of work with various hospitals, including training in nursing at Kaiserworth Institute, Germany, appointed Superintendent of Hospital for Invalid Gentlewomen in London in 1853. In 1854-1856 she achieved international fame as Superintendent of Female Nurses in Hospitals in the East, based at Scutari in the Crimea. Nightingale Fund was inaugurated in 1855 and it financed the establishment of the Nightingale School for Nurses at St Thomas' Hospital in 1860. Nightingale spent the rest of her life in retirement in London, but she wrote pamphlets and letters and supported many causes, including training of nurses, district nursing, and sanitary conditions in impoverished areas of both Britain and the Empire.

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Conditions Governing Access:
Available for Access.
Conditions Governing Use:
Readers wishing to publish or reproduce documents should seek permission, in the first instance, from the British Library. For more information visit: How I use the images I order?-The British Library [https://www.bl.uk/help/how-can-i-use-the-images-i-order].
Preferred citation:

Acknowledgement of use of this material should refer to the location of the original material and to the Australian Joint Copying Project.

Items from this collection should include references to the location of the original material and to the AJCP nla.obj number, which serves as the online identifier for the digital copy.

Example: M Series: Journal of Capt. James Cook, 18 February 1770, British Library Add. MS 27885 (AJCP ref: http://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-1234)

Location of this collection:
Parkes Place
Canberra ACT 2600, Australia
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