Published annual Christmas appeals produced by the hospital. The appeals were widely sold and distributed around the United Kingdom and formed an important part of the hospital's fundraising activities from 1872 to 1937. The appeals often took the form of an account or sketch of the hospital and its patients and were often produced by well known writers, such as Anne Thackeray (1837-1919), Margaret Oliphant (1828-1897) and Rev Philip Power (1822-1899) and illustrators, such as Lancelot Speed (1860-1931).
The Archive has an incomplete set of the appeals but several others can be found in other collections, namely the British Library.
Meeting minutes for the board of management for the hospital between 13 July 1871 and 28 November 1873. The volume contains manuscript meeting minutes which are indexed alphabetically. There are also two loose attached manuscript meeting notes.
Meeting minutes for the board of management between 25 February 1869 to 4 July 1871. Volume contains manuscript meeting minutes of the board, which are indexed alphabetically.
Board meeting minutes for the hospital from March 1867 to January 1869, including index in alphabetical order. The front of the volume contains a leather case with various manuscript documents, such as agendas and meeting notes.
Incomplete series of minute books of the House Building Estate Committee dating from 1865 to 1879. Manuscript meeting minutes for the weekly committee, which discussed matters chiefly relating to building and household furnishing costs for the hospital, as well as discussing household appointments, new admissions and deaths, patient requests and complaints, medical reports and other activities at the hospitals such as concerts and religious services.
Meeting minutes of the board of management of the hospital between 27 July 1865 to 14 March 1867. Volume contains manuscript minutes of the meetings of the board and includes a front index arranged alphabetically. Volumes includes a loose enclosed draft first page of the meeting minutes for 27 July 1865.
Minutes of the Finance Committee, 1864-1870, including a clarification of the charity's constitution regarding the hospital's rejection of any candidate receiving parish relief.
