Guide to the Records of the National Florence Nightingale Committee (Australia), 1946-1993

Summary

Collection number:

MS 9041

Creator:

National Florence Nightingale Committee (Australia)

Extent:

2.7 metres and (11 boxes, 1 carton, 1 folio box)

Language:

English

Preferred citation:

Items from this collection should be cited as '[Title or description of manuscript item], Records of the National Florence Nightingale Committee (Australia), National Library of Australia, MS 9041, [box number and series and/or file number]'.

Availability:

Available

Access conditions:

Available for reference. Not for loan.

Background

Content Summary:

The collection comprises records of the National Florence Nightingale Committee and its related associations, which were originally housed at the Committee's offices in the Nurses Memorial Centre, Melbourne. The Committee was dissolved in 1993, and its archive was transferred to the new Canberra headquarters of the Royal College of Nursing, which was designated the organisation's official trustee.

The collection includes a variety of material, with the larger part of the papers comprising correspondence, minutes, financial records and reports of the various national and state arms of the organisation, together with records of its subordinate committees.

Arrangement:

The collection has been arranged in the order in which it was transferred to the Library, based on a list provided by an archivist of the Royal College of Nursing. Accordingly, apart from some minor refoldering, the Committee's filing system has essentially been retained.

Related

Separated Material:

Prior to the final transfer of the collection to the National Library, records relating exclusively to the activities of the Victorian Branch of the Committee were extracted and returned to Melbourne for rehousing at the Nurses Memorial Centre.

Indexed terms

Names:

National Florence Nightingale Committee (Australia)

Conditions Governing Access:

Please refer to the collection's catalogue record for the access conditions (http://nla.gov.au/nla.cat-vn1347424).

Conditions Governing Use:

Copying and publishing of unpublished manuscript material is subject to copyright restrictions. For such material, written permission to publish must be obtained from the copyright holder(s). Copying of unpublished material for research purposes is permissible 50 years after the death of the creator of the material.

Preferred citation:

Items from this collection should be cited as '[Title or description of manuscript item], Records of the National Florence Nightingale Committee (Australia), National Library of Australia, MS 9041, [box number and series and/or file number]'.

Location of this collection:

National Library of Australia

Parkes Place

Canberra ACT 2600, Australia

Contact:

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