ADDISON, Mary Winifred (fl 1928-1940)

Identity Statement

Reference code(s)	: GB 0100 KH/NL/PP1
Held at	: King's College London College Archives   Click here to find out how to view this collection at http://www.kcl.ac.uk/library/archivespec/ ›
Full title	: ADDISON, Mary Winifred (fl 1928-1940)
Date(s)	: 1928-1940
Level of description	: Collection (fonds)
Extent	: 1 file, 6 certificates
Name of creator(s)	: Addison | Mary Winifred | fl 1928-1940 | nurse

Context

Administrative/Biographical history:

Mary Winifred Addison trained at King's College Hospital, London, 1928-1931, (gaining General Nursing Council registration 1932) and subsequently served as a Sister there. On the outbreak of war, she became Sister Tutor to the Nurses Training Centre in Oxford, and during this time taught first aid to Princess Marina, Duchess of Kent (1906-1968).

Content

Scope and content/abstract:

Papers of Winifred Addison comprising King's College Hospital certificates of Invalid Cookery, 14 Dec 1928; practical work and instruction, 1932; extra service, April-Oct 1932;
Central Board of Midwives certificate, 27 May 1933;
British Red Cross Society, First Aid in Chemical Warfare certificate, 26 Jun 1936;
letters from Mary Herbert, Lady-in-waiting to the Duchess of Kent, relating to arrangements for Addison's visit to the Duchess, Jun-Sep 1940; letter from Marina, Duchess of Kent (1906-1968), relating to examinations, 24 Jul 1940;
testimonial from Jane S Forbes relating to Addison's secretarial skills (undated);
newspaper cuttings relating to bravery award given to Addison following the rescue of airmen from a crashed RAF aeroplane; and reporting inquest into the death of a King's College Hospital patient from `ether convulsions' [1940s].

Access & Use

Language/scripts of material:
English

System of arrangement:

Arranged as outlined in the scope and content

Conditions governing access:

Open, subject to signature of reader's undertaking form.

Conditions governing reproduction:

Copies, subject to the condition of the original, may be supplied for research use only. Requests to publish original material should be submitted to the Director of Archive and Corporate Record Services.

Finding aids:

This collection level description available online.

Archival Information

Archival history:

Acquired by King's College Hospital Nurses' League

Immediate source of acquisition:

Transferred to King's College London Archives [1985].

Allied Materials

Related material:

Publication note:

Description Notes

Archivist's note:
Sources: The Register of Nurses, 1940, The General Nursing Council for England and Wales, London. Compiled by Alison Field.

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 2004