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CONVALESCENT HOME FOR CHILDREN, HIGHGATE


IDENTITY STATEMENT

Reference code(s): GB 0074 ACC/0691

Held at: London Metropolitan Archives

Title: CONVALESCENT HOME FOR CHILDREN, HIGHGATE

Date(s): 1883

Level of description: Collection

Extent: 0.01 linear metres

Name of creator(s): Convalescent Home for Children | Highgate

CONTEXT

Administrative/Biographical history:

The Convalescent Home for Children was founded in 1869 in Cromwell House, Highgate, once owned by Oliver Cromwell's eldest daughter. It was established by the Hospital for Sick Children, Great Ormond Street, as a rest home outside the City where children could recuperate. There were 52 beds.

From: 'Highgate: Part 1 of 2', Old and New London: Volume 5 (1878), pp. 389-405.

CONTENT

Scope and content/abstract:

Papers relating to a bazaar held to raise funds for the Convalescent Home for Children, Highgate.

ACCESS AND USE

Language/scripts of material: English

System of arrangement:

Two items.

Conditions governing access:

Available for general access.

Conditions governing reproduction:

Copyright to these records rests with the City of London.

Physical characteristics:

Fit

Finding aids:

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

ARCHIVAL INFORMATION

Archival history:

Immediate source of acquisition:

Records deposited as a gift in June 1959.

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
Budget contributions | Financing | Finance
Care of children | Care | Health services
Convalescent homes | Residential care homes | Housing | Accommodation | Building standards | Building design | Construction engineering
Fundraising | Financing | Finance
Medical charities | Charities | Charitable organisations | Associations | Organizations
Fundraising x Budget contributions
Nonprofit organizations

Personal names

Corporate names
Convalescent Home for Children | Highgate
Great Ormond Street Hospital x Hospital for Sick Children | Great Ormond Street x Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children NHS Trust x The Hospital for Sick Children x The Hospital for Children

Places
Highgate | London | England | UK | Western Europe | Europe
Islington