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METROPOLITAN DISTRICT NURSING ASSOCIATION


IDENTITY STATEMENT

Reference code(s): GB 0074 CLC/010

Held at: London Metropolitan Archives

Title: METROPOLITAN DISTRICT NURSING ASSOCIATION

Date(s): 1873-1974

Level of description: Collection

Extent: 111 production units.

Name of creator(s): Metropolitan District Nursing Association x Metropolitan Nursing Association for Providing Nurses for the Sick Poor

CONTEXT

Administrative/Biographical history:

The Association was originally called the "Metropolitan and National Nursing Association for Providing Nurses for the Sick Poor" until 1894, when it changed its name to the "Metropolitan Nursing Association for Providing Nurses for the Sick Poor". Its present title was adopted in 1925.

CONTENT

Scope and content/abstract:

Records of the Metropolitan District Nursing Association, formerly the Metropolitan Nursing Association for Providing Nurses for the Sick Poor. The records comprise: minutes and annual reports, 1873-1974 (Ms 14618-24); correspondence and reports, 1876-1974 (Ms 14625-7); agreements 1917-38 (Ms 14628-31, 14811-12); financial records, 1924-74 (Ms 14632-6, 14891-3); and staff records, 1875-1974 (Ms 14637-51). They were catalogued by members of Guildhall Library staff in 1973-4. The whereabouts of any further records is unknown.

ACCESS AND USE

Language/scripts of material: English

System of arrangement:

The records have been arranged in order reflecting the record function, e.g. administration, financial and so on.

Conditions governing access:

These records are available for public inspection, although records containing personal information are subject to access restrictions under the UK Data Protection Act, 1998.

Conditions governing reproduction:

Copyright to these records rests with the depositor.

Finding aids:

Please see online catalogues at: http://search.lma.gov.uk/opac_lma/index.htm

ARCHIVAL INFORMATION

Archival history:

Immediate source of acquisition:

The archives of the Association were given to the Manuscripts Section, Guildhall Library in 1973-4. The Guildhall Library Manuscripts Section merged with the London Metropolitan Archives in 2009.

ALLIED MATERIALS

DESCRIPTION NOTES Rules or conventions: Compiled in compliance with General International Standard Archival Description, ISAD(G), second edition, 2000; National Council on Archives Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997.

Date(s) of descriptions: June to August 2010.


INDEX ENTRIES
Subjects
Care of the sick | Care | Health services
District nurses | Nurses | Medical personnel | Medical profession | Medical sciences
Nursing | Medical sciences
Paramedical personnel | Medical personnel | Medical profession | Medical sciences
Poor relief | Social welfare
Professional associations | Associations | Organizations
Nurses x Paramedical personnel
Personnel

Personal names

Corporate names
Metropolitan District Nursing Association x Metropolitan Nursing Association for Providing Nurses for the Sick Poor

Places
London | England | UK | Western Europe | Europe