| Title |
Indian nursing collection of Diana Hartley |
| Reference |
GBR/0115/RCMS 77
(former reference: MSS 22) |
| Creator |
Hartley, Diana, 1894-1986, nursing administrator in India |
| Covering Dates |
circa 1904-circa 1972 |
| Extent and Medium |
1 box; card/paper/photograph/watercolour; Mixed |
| Repository |
Cambridge University Library: Royal Commonwealth Society Library |
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| Content and context |
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Diana Hartley (1894-1986) was the first full-time Secretary of the Trained Nurses Association of India (T.N.A.I.), 1935-1944. She died on 15 July 1986.
Papers and other material relating to Diana Hartley's work for the T.N.A.I. and her time in India. A folder of correspondence with and concerning Diana Hartley is kept with the collection.
Presented by Diana Hartley, 1970-1980.
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Access and Use
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Please cite as Cambridge University Library: Royal Commonwealth Society Library, Indian nursing collection of Diana Hartley, RCMS 77 |
| Further information |
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Other material presented to the R.C.S. by Diana Hartley include her photograph album of India (Y3022NNN), photographs of Indian nursing activities in World War II (Y3022OOO) and an album once belonging to Lt. Col. G.L. Walker (Y3022P). The papers of the R.C.S. also include extracts from letters written in Nigeria by Diana Hartley's brother, Richard St John Hartley (RCMS 22/40), letters to Diana Hartley from Alison McBean in South Africa (RCMS 113/62), letters to Hartley from Lucy Latham, a missionary in Uganda (RCMS 168), and copies of the 'Nursing journal of India'.
MSS Addenda, vol. I; Donald H. Simpson, ed., 'The manuscript catalogue of the library of the Royal Commonwealth Society' (London, 1975), p. 62-63. Indexed
This collection level description was created by RAS using information from the original typescript catalogue and Donald Simpson's R.C.S. catalogue.
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| Index Terms |
| Asia |
| India |
| Pakistan |
| Trained Nurses Association of India |
| Hartley, Diana (1894-1986) nursing administrator in India |
| RCS/RCMS 77 contains: |
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1
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Diaries and accounts.
1 folder; paper; Mixed. |
1935-circa 1980 |
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2
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Notes and articles.
1 folder; paper; Mixed. |
circa 1935-circa 1972 |
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3
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Poetry.
1 folder; paper; Mixed. |
circa 1904–1950 |
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4
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Printed items.
1 envelope; paper; Printed. |
1939–1968 |
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5
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Watercolours.
3 framed paintings, 2 envelopes + 1 folder; photograph/watercolour. |
circa 1910-circa 1943 |
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6
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Greetings cards. A collection of 41 cards sent to Diana Hartley, some depicting costumes and scenery.
1 envelope; card. |
circa 1950-circa 1970 |
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