Minutes of the House Committee dating from 5 February 1902 to 25 November 1903. The handwritten minutes which are indexed. Includes insert of a printed constitution of the hospital after front cover.
Meeting minutes for the Hospital Board of Management from January 1903 to June 1911. Manuscript board minutes including various typescript inserts including printed rules for the hospital; papers relating to the resignation of the hospital chaplain; sub committee minutes and newspaper clippings of hospital advertisements.
Christmas appeal, 'A Royal Jubilee by G.H.S.' commemorating the fiftieth anniversary of the hospital. Includes photographs of the interior rooms of the hospital.
Annual reports for the charity, 1905-present, which typically include a financial statement, a list of board of management members and senior staff, donation details and photographs and illustrations of the hospital. The reports were published as a single pamphlet or booklet, some of the early reports have been bound together into hardboard volumes. Reports dating from 1858-1901 were not published separately and can be found within the subscription books (archive ref: RHN/FU/2/2). The reports may also be found within the reports of the general meeting volumes (archive ref: RHN/AD/1/1).
Minutes of the House Committee dating from 24 January 1906 to 18 December 1907. The minutes are handwritten and indexed and has two typescript enclosures including a medical report on whether an admitted patients was actually 'incurable' and whether he should remain at the hospital, 1906 (p79).
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.
Minutes of the House Committee dating from 1 January 1908 to 1 September 1909. Handwritten minutes which are indexed. The volume includes several enclosures includes letters received and reports on the garden and building work.
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.
Christmas appeal, an account of life at the hospital from a new patient's perspective. Includes black and white photographs of the hospital and grounds.
Christmas appeal in the form of a series of letters from various public figures, including actors, authors and clergymen, such as George Meredith, George Elliot and Sir Squire Bancroft.
