History of the Royal Hospital and quotations from historical records
- GB 3544 RHN-PU-01-04
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- 1946
Typescript notes and unpublished history of the Royal Hospital.
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History of the Royal Hospital and quotations from historical records
Typescript notes and unpublished history of the Royal Hospital.
Royal Hospital for Neuro-disability
Double page illustrated newsletter for the hospital, including article of Queen Elizabeth II's visit to open the Chatsworth Wing on 19 May 1976.
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Hospital newsletter, 'Putney in Focus'. File includes a review and observation about the contents of the newsletter, no date.
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Quarterly hospital newsletter for patients, their relatives and friends. Incomplete run between 2000-2002.
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Papers relating to histories of the Royal Hospital
Chapters relating to the history of the Royal Hospital written by Dr Ian J Shaw, 2004.
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Booklet, Long-term hospital in the UK the R.H.H.I. Model
Booklet, Long-term hospital care in the UK the R.H.H.I. Model, by John Wedgwood. Booklet No. 1/82. Reprinted from the international seminar on the long term care of disabled people, London, 13 January 1981.
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Booklet, Research at the Royal Hospital and Home for Incurables
Booklet, 'Research at the Royal Hospital and Home for Incurables' by John Wedgwood. Booklet No.3/81.
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Photographs, mounted slides and negatives
This series contains photographic images, negatives and mounted slides. Photographic material, c.1906-present, contain images of the building and grounds, staff and patients, publicity images of services, events and VIP visits.
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Various sized photographs of the hospital building and grounds, including early picture postcards of the interior and exterior of the hospital, c.1908-1930; aerial photographs of the hospital, c. 1946-1960; photographs of construction of Chatsworth Wing, 1974, and later Draper's Wing, 1983-1990.
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Photographs of new ambulance outside reception
Photos of an ambulance outside the main entrance, c. 1970
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Photographs of exterior of John Howard House, Brighton
Images from different angles of John Howard House in Brighton
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Therapies, services and research
Mixed photographs prints and negatives of various services and therapies, including examples of assistive technology created for patients in the Biomedical Department, 1980s; religious service at the hospital and occupational therapy session activities, such as basket weaving.
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Various artefacts relating to the history of the hospital and the West Lodge estate, Putney Heath. These can be broadly categorized as the following: house features and signs, including sample of 18th century clay flooring, marble colonnades and early twentieth century light switch; household utensils, such as engraved spoons; medical equipment, assistive technology and early wheelchair; branded lapel badges showing the change of names of the hospital and finally decorative gifts recieved by the hospital, including ornate cups and medals.
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Copy of the 1975 presentation film for the Royal Hospital and Home for Incurables (RHHI).
This film is silent film and possibly is of the raw footage collected for the presentation. The film includes additional footage shots of the construction of the Chatsworth Wing and footage of the John Howard's Convalescent Home in Brighton, which the hospital had recently taken over. Track duration: 53:23.
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Copy of the 1975 presentation film for the Royal Hospital and Home for Incurables (RHHI). Film is silent and unlike the soundtracked copies includes a mixture of footage which is not in its final order, including initial additional footage of John Howard's Convalescent Home, Brighton. Track duration: 10:16.
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Papers relating to the change of name of the hospital
Correspondence, memoranda, board minutes and reports relating to the change of the hospital's name from Royal Hospital and Home for Incurables to an alternative name which no longer includes the term 'incurables', which had become "increasingly problematic". File includes correspondence between the hospital and representatives of the Privy Purse, HRH Prince Charles, and members of the public regarding changing the name; an annotated list of alternative names drawn up; report on the case for changing the charity's name; notes from a meeting with J Walter Thompson, the marketing and communications firm, regarding name change, 1987. File also includes a letter from HRH Prince Charles congratulating the Development Trust for the Young Disabled new appeal for a 45 bed unit in November 1986.
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