IDENTITY STATEMENT
Reference code(s): GB2110 RCHS
Held at: London South Bank University
Title: Redwood College of Health Studies
Date(s): 1920s-1990s
Level of description: Collection
Extent: 19 boxes, 3 items, 3 commemorative wall plaques
Name of creator(s): Wanstead Hospital, Whipps Cross Hospital, Chingford Hospital, Jubilee Hospital, Forest Gate Hospital, Barking Hospital, Oldchurch Hospital, Connaught Hospital, King George Hospital, Claybury Hospital, Redwood College of Health Studies, Maternity Center Association
CONTEXT
Administrative/Biographical history:
Redwood College was formed in July 1993 by the merger of Roding and Romford Colleges of Nursing, Midwifery and Healthcare Studies. These Colleges were in turn formed by the amalgamation of several Schools of Nursing and Midwifery in Essex and London. Redwood College of Health Studies merged with South Bank University in 1994.
Records in this collection were created by several hospitals in Essex and London, which taught nursing but which no longer exist, with the exception of Whipps Cross Hospital.
CONTENT
Scope and content/abstract:
Records of the Redwood College of Health Studies comprising:
RCHS/1 Student Nursing Records: nursing records for hospitals which were part of part of the Forest Group School of Nursing centred on Whipps Cross Hospital, training nurses for both the Register and the Roll of Nurses, 1932-1990
RCHS/2 Photographs: a photo of an unknown group of trainee nurses and teachers, c.1920s and a photo of nursing students in their graduation robes, c.1994.
RCHS/3 Silverware, Shields, Commemorative wall plaques and Certificates, c.1940s-1970s
RCHS/4 Birth Atlas: a childbirth education resource containing reproductions of twenty-four life-size photogrpahic prints of sculptures of fertilisation, growth, stages of labour and involution with explanations of the baby's development, c.1950s
RCHS/5 Nurses Cloaks, c.1970s
RCHS/6 Guide to Nurse Training at Wanstead Hospital, 1974
RCHS/6 Publications: an issue of the Redwood Journal, 1993
ACCESS AND USE
Language/scripts of material: English
System of arrangement:
The collection is catalogued
Conditions governing access:
The collection is available to the public, except for records restricted under the Data Protection Act. Please contact the University Archives Centre for details. 24 hours notice is required for research visits.
Conditions governing reproduction:
Reproductions are at the discretion of University Archives Centre staff.
Finding aids:
https://lsbu-archive.maxarchiveservices.co.uk/index.php/redwood-college-of-health-studies-1995
ARCHIVAL INFORMATION
Archival history:
The archives are presumed to have been acquired by Redwood College of Health Studies, based at Whipps Cross Hospital in Essex, which in November 1994 merged with South Bank University. In July 2011 LSBU's Whipps Cross campus was closed and the archives of the former Redwood College of Health Studies transferred to the University's Archives.
Immediate source of acquisition:
Whipps Cross campus, London South Bank University
ALLIED MATERIALS
Related material:
Whipps Cross Hospital - Stratford Reference Library holds Administrative records (1900 - 1957), Ephemera (1917 - 1957) and Pictorial records (1900 - 1939). Waltham Forest Archives and Local Studies Library holds Administrative records (1875 - 1973), General records from (1906 - 1930), Staff records from (1932), Ephemera (1900 - 1963) and Pictorial records from (1875-1973)
Chingford Hospital - Waltham Forest Archives and Local Studies Library holds Administrative records (1896-1948), General records (1896-1948) and Ephemera (1946-1947)
Forest Hospital - London Metropolitan Archives holds Administrative records (1913 - 1947) and General records (1913 - 1947)
Jubilee Hospital - London Metropolitan Archives holds Administrative records (1908 - 1947) and General records (1908 - 1947)
Barking hospital - Valence House Museum and Library holds Administrative records (1893 - 1960), Admission and Discharge records (1893 - 1942), Ephemera (1930) and Pictorial records (1930)
Forest Gate Hospital - The Royal London Hospital holds administrative records; Chaplaincy records; financial records and patient records (1913-1976). The Royal London Archives and Museum holds West Ham Medical Officer of Health reports (WH/A). London Metropolitan Archives holds Records of the Poplar Board of Guardians (PO/ BG)
Connaught Hospital - London Metropolitan Archives holds Administrative records (1907 - 1947), General records (1907 - 1947) and Annual Reports - Annual Report Collection SC/PPS/093/14,82. Waltham Forest Archives and Local Studies Library holds Administrative records (1880 - 1988), Ephemera (1904 - 1947) and Pictorial records (1880 - 1988)
King George Hospital - London Metropolitan Archives holds Administrative records (1924 - 1947) and General records (1924 - 1947)
Claybury Hospital - Wellcome Library holds Clinical and Patients records (1895 - 1896) of Lyon Falkener, MS 6806. London Metropolitan Archives holds Administrative records (1885 - 1948), General records (1885 - 1948), Admission and Discharge records (1915 - 1928) and Staff records (1895 - 1912). See also London County Council Asylums Committee (1889 - 1914), Asylums and Mental Deficiency Committee (1922 - 1948), London County Council Public Health, Mental Health Committee PH/MENT/4, and Staff Matters Committee PH/STA/5
Oldchurch Hospital - Havering Reference and Information Library holds Administrative records (1885 - 1923), Ephemera, Private Papers (1891 - 1923) and other records (1885 - 1895)
DESCRIPTION NOTES
Date(s) of descriptions: August 2011