Guide to the Papers of Florence Nightingale (as filmed by the AJCP)
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National Library of Australia View Catalogue Record
Created: 2018
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Series Add MSS 45750-45849. First Series, 1864 - 1883
Subseries Add MSS 45796 - 45816. General Correspondence, 1864 - 1883
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...
Series Add MSS 47714 - 47759. Second Series, 1857 - 1885
Subseries Add MSS 47714 - 47728. Correspondence relating to the Nightingale Fund, 1861 - 1871
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...
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...
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)...
Subseries Add B MSS 47729 - 47742. Correspondence relating to St Thomas' Hospital, 1857 - 1872
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...
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...
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...
Correspondence with Richard Whitfield, 1858 - 1872 (File Add MS 47742)
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Subseries Add D MSS 47753 - 47759. Miscellaneous Correspondence, 1866 - 1885
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Correspondence concerning nursing in Australia, 1866 - 1885 (File Add MS 47757)
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)...