Papers of Barbara Fawkes 1954-1984 [manuscript]

Bib ID:
671985
Format:
Manuscript
Author:
Fawkes, Barbara, 1914-2002
Access Conditions:
Available for reference. Not for loan.
Description:
  • 1954-1984
  • 14 cm (1 box) + 3 folio leaves
Summary:

The collection includes the Order of the British Empire and medallion; testimonials, awards, photographs, papers on nursing, an oration, and information about the International Conference on Cancer Nursing, Melbourne, 1984. There is a photo album and videocassette of the Middlesex Hospital Nurses League Australian reunion in Canberra in 1990 with a list of attendees; Fawke's 'Report of post graduate study at Teacher's College, Columbia University, New York' (1954); correspondence, and a scrapbook of her Australian tour. Also includes a diary by Mrs L. W. Marr, formerly Flying Officer Lou Godson, entitled 'Reminiscences of World War II Nursing Service' (1998); and obituarium of Olive Anstey who was Director of Nursing of the Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital in Perth and President of the International of Nurses.

Biography/History:

Nurse. Barbara Fawkes was chief education officer and examiner for the General Nursing Council for England and Wales, principal tutor sister at the Middlesex Hospital, London, and president of the International Council of Nurses. Granted a fellowship by the Red Cross to study in America, Fawkes obtained a BsC in Nursing at Columbia University. Sponsored by the Florence Nightingale Foundation she toured Australia and New Zealand in 1953 studying Australia's hospitals and nurse training methods. She was made a Fellow of the New South Wales College of Nursing and a Life Governor of the Royal Melbourne Hospital in 1984. She received an OBE for her services to nursing. Fawkes visited Australia on many occasions and lived in Melbourne in her retirement in the 1980s, while continuing to participate on medical boards and conferences.

Notes:
  • Manuscript reference no.: MS 9670
  • Digital master available National Library of Australia
Subject:
Time Coverage:
1954-1984
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