Guide to the Papers of Florence Nightingale (as filmed by the AJCP)
M2010-M2012
National Library of Australia View Catalogue Record
Created: 2018
Collection Summary
- Creator
- Nightingale, Florence
- Title
- Papers of Florence Nightingale (as filmed by the AJCP)
- Date Range
- 1857 - 1885
- Collection Number
- M2010-M2012
- Extent
- 11 items
- Language of Materials
- English
- Repository
- Australian Joint Copying Project
- Sponsor
- The Australian Joint Copying Project (AJCP) online portal was created with the assistance of the Australian Public Service Modernisation Fund, 2017-2020. The National Library of Australia gratefully acknowledges the contribution of the other foundation AJCP partners, the State Library of New South Wales and The National Archives of the UK, and all other organisations which supported the work of the AJCP, the world's most extensive collaborative copying project, operating from 1948 to 1997.
Introduction
Scope and Contents
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.
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)
Archival History
Material selectively filmed as part of the Australian Joint Copying Project, 1985 (AJCP Reels: M2010-M2012). Original microfilm digitised as part of the AJCP Online Delivery Project, 2017-2020.
Existence and Location of Originals
British Library, 96 Euston Road, London. Collection reference: Add MSS 45750-45849; Add MSS 47714-47759. For further information, see Florence Nightingale at the British Library (http://hviewer.bl.uk/IamsHViewer/Default.aspx?mdark=ark:/81055/vdc_100000001250.0x0003b9).
Existence and Location of Copies
The original AJCP microfilm of the records filmed from this collection is available at the National Library of Australia [https://nla.gov.au/nla.cat-vn765805] as well as other institutions holding AJCP microfilm.
Related Materials
Another collection of papers of Florence Nightingale and the Nightingale Fund, as well as records of St Thomas' Hospital, are held in the Greater London Record Office and have been listed by the A.J.C.P.
Finding-Aid Notes
This finding aid is a revised online version of the original finding aid prepared by the Australian Joint Copying Project (AJCP), published by the National Library of Australia in 2018. The original AJCP finding aids were unpublished typescripts or photocopies available from libraries that held copies of the original microfilm.
Dates used in this finding aid refer to the date range of the records selected for filming rather than to the date range of the Series or Files.
Subjects
Alfred, Prince, Duke of Edinburgh; Bonham Carter, Henry; Hospitals; Nightingale, Florence; Nurses; Osburn, Lucy; Parkes, Sir Henry; Roberts, A., Dr; Royal visits; Sydney Infirmary; Wardroper, Sarah; Whitfield, Richard
Bibliography
Originally cited in Australian Joint Copying Project Handbook. Part 8: Miscellaneous (M) Series. Third Edition, published 1998. Entry 348, p.133.
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.
Item Descriptions
Series Add MSS 45750-45849. First Series, 1864 - 1883
3 itemsSubseries Add MSS 45796 - 45816. General Correspondence, 1864 - 1883
3 itemsArchival History
Originally filmed on AJCP reel M2010.
General Correspondence, October 1864 - June 1866 (File Add MS 45799)
Correspondence of Florence Nightingale including several letters about the Sydney Lunatic Asylum. The letters of Maria Rye refer to her travels in Australia and New Zealand, conditions in lunatic asylums, changes in the constitution of the New South Wales Medical Board and interviews with Sir John Young, C. Cowper and Bishop Barker. Other correspondents include Catherine Webber, Lord Shaftesbury, T. Martin and C. Phillips.
(264 ff.)
Series Add MSS 47714 - 47759. Second Series, 1857 - 1885
8 itemsSubseries Add MSS 47714 - 47728. Correspondence relating to the Nightingale Fund, 1861 - 1871
3 itemsArchival History
Originally filmed on AJCP reels M2010-M2011.
Correspondence with Henry Bonham Carter, 1861 - 1867 (File Add MS 47714)
Correspondence between Florence Nightingale and H. Bonham Carter concerning, inter alia, the request of the New South Wales Government for a group of nurses for the Sydney Infirmary, 1867. The letters refer to correspondence with H. Parkes and Dr A. Roberts of Sydney, the financial aspects of the proposal, the need for information about hospital buildings at Sydney, and discussions with Lucy Osburn about the Sydney appointment.
(258 ff.)
Correspondence with Henry Bonham Carter, 1867 - 1868 (File Add MS 47715)
Correspondence, mainly between Florence Nightingale and H. Bonham Carter, concerning the selection of nurses for the Sydney Infirmary, Aug. 1867 - July 1868. The letters refer to the proposed terms of employment for the Sydney nurses, visits of Lucy Osburn to Liverpool and King's College Hospital, arrangements for the voyage to Australia, correspondence with H. Parkes, E. Deas Thomson and A. Roberts, plans for Sydney Infirmary, discussions with Sarah Wardroper (Matron of St. Thomas' Hospital), titles of nurses, books on Australia, relations between nurses and medical officers, salaries, discussions between Nightingale and Lucy Osburn, departure of the nurses for Australia in Dec. 1867, criticisms by Dr Sutherland of published letter of Lucy Osburn.
(258 ff.)
Correspondence with Henry Bonham Carter, 1868 - 1871 (File Add MS 47716)
Correspondence between Florence Nightingale and Henry Bonham Carter referring, inter alia, to the activities and problems of the six English nurses in Sydney. Subjects include letters from nurses in Australia, association of Lucy Osburn with Macarthur family, difficulty of advising Osburn, change in uniform of Sydney nurses, relations between Osburn and Haldane Turiff, validity of allegations against Osburn, negotiations between Osburn and N.S.W. Government and draft letters to Osburn. Includes a letter from Sarah Wardroper expressing disappointment in Osburn and describing mission to Sydney as a failure (2 Nov. 1870).
(229 ff.)
Subseries Add B MSS 47729 - 47742. Correspondence relating to St Thomas' Hospital, 1857 - 1872
4 itemsArchival History
Originally filmed on AJCP reels M2011-M2012.
Correspondence with Sarah Wardroper, 1857 - 1867 (File Add MS 47729)
Correspondence between Florence Nightingale and Sarah Wardroper, Matron of St Thomas' Hospital, concerning, inter alia, the selection of nurses for the Sydney Infirmary, 1866-1867. The letters refer to plans of A. Roberts for improving the Infirmary, discussions with Capt. W. Mayne, correspondence with A. Roberts and H. Parkes, salaries, assessment of Lucy Osburn, terms of engagement, visit of Lucy Osburn to King's College Hospital, alterations to Sydney Infirmary, meeting between Nightingale and the Australian nurses, departure of nurses for Australia.
There are also some letters from Wardroper concerning the scheme of Lady Dowling for the emigration of nurses to Australia, Nov. 1863.
(329 ff.)
Correspondence with Sarah Wardroper, 1868 (File Add MS 47730)
Letters of Sarah Wardroper to Florence Nightingale dealing, inter alia, with the activities of the nurses in Sydney. They refer to the plans of the Sydney Infirmary, the reception given to the nurses on their arrival in Sydney, the attempted assassination of the Duke of Edinburgh and his treatment at the Sydney Infirmary, qualities of the nurses, conditions in the Sydney Infirmary, and letters from E. Deas Thomson, Lucy Osburn, Mary Barker and Haldane Turriff.
(353 ff.)
Correspondence with Sarah Wardroper, 1869 - 1871 (File Add MS 47731)
Letters of Sarah Wardroper to Florence Nightingale dealing, inter alia, with the activities of the nurses in Sydney. They refer to letters from E. Deas Thomson, Lucy Osburn, Haldane Turriff and Mary Barker, charges made by Turriff against her fellow nurses, lax practices in the Sydney Infirmary, difficulty of giving advice to Lucy Osburn, Sydney probationers, criticisms of nurses by Osburn, relations between Osburn and Lady Belmore, relations between nurses and Dr A. Roberts, Wardroper's disillusionment with Osburn.
(339 ff.)
Correspondence with Richard Whitfield, 1858 - 1872 (File Add MS 47742)
4 itemsFilmed selectively.
Subseries Add D MSS 47753 - 47759. Miscellaneous Correspondence, 1866 - 1885
1 itemFilmed selectively.
Archival History
Originally filmed on AJCP reel M2012.
Correspondence concerning nursing in Australia, 1866 - 1885 (File Add MS 47757)
3 items
Letters of H. Parkes (Sydney) to Nightingale, 1866 - 1873 (Item ff.1-57)
The letters refer to the selection of nurses for the Sydney Infirmary, the arrival of the six nurses in Sydney in 1868, their care for the wounded Duke of Edinburgh, criticisms by Dr A. Roberts of the management of Lucy Osburn, confidence of the N.S.W. Government in Osburn.
Letters of Lucy Osburn to Nightingale, 1867-1873, 1885 (Item ff.60-151)
Subjects include preparations for departure from England in 1867, uniform of nurses, arrival in Sydney, performance of English nurses, Prince Alfred Hospital Fund, relations with H. Parkes and Dr A. Roberts, English news, political changes, conditions in Sydney Infirmary, visit of Osburn to Camden Park, Lord Belmore, criticisms of Haldane Turriff, relations between English and Australian nurses, charges against Osburn in Sydney press, E. Deas Thomson, training of nurses for country hospitals, evidence of A. Roberts to Royal Commission, question of remaining in Sydney, visit to Berlin (1885).
Although described individually, this letter was originally microfilmed with a page from another letter. The last page of the letter described can be found at the beginning of nla.obj-762665999
General Correspondence, 1863 - 1873 (Item ff.153-283)
Correspondents include Lady Dowling, Capt. W. Mayne, A. Roberts (Sydney), E. Deas Thomson (Sydney), J. Manning (Sydney), Mary Barker (Sydney), Haldane Turriff (Sydney), W.C. Windeyer (Sydney).
The letters deal with the selection of nurses for Australia, conditions at the Sydney Infirmary, criticisms by Nightingale of plans for a new building, plans for a children's hospital in Sydney, arrival of Lucy Osburn and her party in 1868, attempted assassination of Duke of Edinburgh, establishment of Nightingale Wing of Infirmary, relations between sisters and medical officers, difficulties of Osburn, criticisms of Osburn by A. Roberts to Royal Commission on Public Charities (1873), alleged criticisms of Osburn by Nightingale, Prince Alfred Hospital.