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Typescript notes and unpublished history of the Royal Hospital.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Typescript notes and unpublished history of the Royal Hospital.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
Aerial photographs of the Royal Hospital
Photograph of Putney Heath featuring the Royal Hospital, including grounds. On the back of the photograph is written 'British Crown Copyright Reserved. Sortie No. FSL 6641/6 Negative No. 0134. Restricted.'.
British Crown Copyright
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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Minutes of the House Committee
Meeting minutes of the House Committee dating from 23 December 1868 to 6 April 1870.
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Register of legacies received by charity with updates on when legacy has been received.
Photograph of tree removal from the former grounds of the Hospital
Black and white photographs with captions of tree removal from the grounds of the hospital. The photographs document the different stages of the tree removal from the site and seem to be part of the Wandsworth Council scheme for a new housing development on land near Beaumont Road, which was purchased by the council in 1962. Photographs show chopping down of the trees and images of the landscape.
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Annual general meeting minutes for the year ending 1898
Manuscript report of the 45th annual general meeting of the Hospital held at the Cannon Street Hotel, London on Friday 25 November 1898. The chair was Herbert John Allcroft. The transcript includes a lengthy discussion of the inclusion of female members on the Hospital's Board of Management which was eventually dismissed.
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Minutes of the House building and Estates Committee
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.
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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.
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Christmas appeal, 'A Strange Holiday by Zeta', an account of a holiday spent at the hospital.
Alphabetical list of patient addresses, ordered by initial admission into hospital. Includes their last known address, address of friends/relatives, date of birth and religion. Patients listed by date of admission from 1890s to 1970. Third volume includes a typescript contact list of people to contact of various religious faiths and philosophies of life.
Mixed photographs and negatives of images of various events and visits to the hospital. These include Royal visits, such as Queen Elizabeth II visit to open the Chatsworth Wing in 1976; galas and musical performances and other fundraising events and annual activities at the hospital including the Founder's Day staff awards, garden fete and sport's day.
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Meeting minutes for the Board of Management of the Hospital from 16 April 1860 to 22 August 1861. The manuscript minutes in this volume include an indexed in alphabetical order.
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My Lady Green Sleeves' by Helen Mathers
Novel written by Ellen Buckingham Matthews (1853-1920), under her pen name, Helen Mathers. Part of the collection of British authors, tauchnitz edition, vol 1847, published in Leipzig, 1879.
Ellen Buckingham Mathews (Helen Mathers)
Estates and domestic management
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Published histories of the hospital
Booklets and wall-charts relating to published histories of the Royal Hospital, these include: 'The Royal Hospital and Home for Incurables and its Founder, 1936; Notes & Sketches: Past and Present: A century in the life of the Royal Hospital and Home for Incurables, 1981 and 'A Short History of the Royal Hospital for Neuro-disability, 2004.
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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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