Photographic album of images of the hospital, taken between 1946-1950, presented as a gift to former secretary, J G Pitcher (1946-1951). Album includes a typescript note, dated December 1951 from [Committee board] to J G Pilcher regarding the gift of the album. The letter is signed by 31 signatories.
Album includes black and white photographs of the exterior building of the hospital, including an aerial photograph, along with images of staff and patients including a garden fete in the hospital gardens.
Black and white picture postcards showing interior and exterior shots of the hospital building and grounds, these include: images of communal areas inside the hospital including the library, De lancey lowe room, assembly room, reception hall and staff standing outside of the gate house (c. 1908). Some of the postcards have been used and are addressed to people living at the hospital.
The picture postcards were produced by several different postcard producers including Marshall, Keene & Co, Hove Sussex.
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.
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.
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.
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 for the Hospital Board of Management dating from 11 December 1873 to 23 December 1875. The manuscript minutes are indexed and contain no inserts. The volume is entitled 'Royal Hospital for Incurables Board Minutes 1874".
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.
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.
Meeting minutes of the board of management of the Hospital for the period, 28 May 1863 to 13 July 1865. Manuscript meeting minutes with front index arranged alphabetically. The volume includes some loose meeting documents including manuscript meeting notes with a motion by Mr Banting about increasing the monthly allowance for elected patients to the hospital.
Minutes for the board of management of the Hospital covering the period 12 September 1861 to 14 May 1863. Manuscript meeting meetings with an index arranged alphabetically.
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.
Minutes of the board of management of the hospital covering 28 January 1858 to 12 April 1860. Manuscript meeting minutes with an alphabetically arranged index.
Minutes of the board of management for the Royal Hospital dating from its inception on 31 July 1854 to 14 January 1858. The volumes contains manuscript meeting minutes for the first official meeting of the charity held at Mansion House on 31 July 1854, along with notes from preliminary meetings held in July, copies of initial appeals and the first constitution for the charity. The volume includes an index in alphabetical order at the back of the volume.
Manuscript report of the 45th annual general meeting of the Hospital held at the Cannon Street Hotel, London on Friday 24 November 1899. 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 previously raised the previous year and was also eventually dismissed.
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.
Bound volume containing the meeting minutes of the annual general meetings of the charity from 1939 to 2004. Volume contains numerous inserts including typescript agendas and annual reports.
