Formation of the College of Nursing Ltd.

Scope and Content

State registration, College fees, RBNA amalgamation, reports of meetings and other topics.

Folder includes:

Report on a meeting convened for the purpose of discussing the establishment of a College of Nursing held on 23 Feb 1916;

Draft letter to the press from Sir Arthur Stanley concerning the need to coordinate authorities reponsible for the training of nurses;

Minutes of meeting of the Council of the College of Nursing held 18 May 1916;

Letter from Sir Arthur Stanley to the Secretary of State for War concerning conclusions reached by the Council of the College of Nursing during a meeting about "the existing system of obtaining nurses for the hospitals for sick and wounded soldiers at home and abroad, and to make such recommendations as they may consider necessary for augmenting the supply";

Minutes of meeting of the Council of the College of Nursing held 20 April 1916;

Minutes of meeting of the Consultative Board of the College of Nursing held 4 May 1916;

Minutes of meeting of the Council of the College of Nursing held 1 April 1916;

Minutes of meeting of the Council of the College of Nursing held 6 April 1916;

Minutes of meeting held on 23 Feb 1916 to further consider the question of the formation of a College of Nursing;

Minutes of the first General Ordinary Meeting of the College of Nursing held 18 May 1916;

Statement in support of the Bill promoted by the College of Nursing as against the Bill of the Central Committee;

Suggested letter for Sir Arthur Stanley to send out to the Chairmen of all hospitals with Nurse Training Schools;

Letter dated 29 Jan 1916 from Mrs Bedford Fenwick to Lord Ampthill concerning securing legal status for trained nurses;

Letter dated 30 Dec 1915 from Sir Arthur Stanley to principal hospitals and training schools concerning his aim of establishing a College of Nursing and State Registration;

Minutes of meeting of the Council of the College of Nursing held 19 May 1916;

List of Poor Law Unions and Infirmaries in England and Wales;

List of signatures of attendance at the College of Nursing meeting held at St. Thomas's Hospital on 7 Apr 1916;

Letter from S.E. [?] to the Editor of the Daily Telegraph concerning the College of Nursing and State Registration;

List of College of Nursing Council members;

Draft minutes of meeting of the Council of the College of Nursing held 1 Apr 1916;

College of Nursing - Chairman's original letter;

Report on meeting of the Salaries Sub-Committee held 15 Apr 1920;

Letter from Miss Rundle to members of the College of Nursing concerning payment of fees (1920);

College of Nursing - Report of the Finance Committee 8 Oct 1919.

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Royal College of Nursing

Custodial History

formerly catalogued under RCN/1/1/1916/7/6