GD1/140, Isabella Lamont, nurse, 1903-1940

Collection Summary

Reference Code: GB239 GD1/140

Title: Isabella Lamont

Dates of Creation of Material: 1910-1940

Level of Description: Fonds

Extent and Medium of the Unit of Description: 1 box, paper and photographic materials

 

Name of creator(s): Isabella Lamont

Administrative history: Isabella ('Bell') Lamont qualified as a nurse in 1903 and was a Sister at Edinburgh War Hospital during the First World War. Edinburgh War Hospital was housed in Bangour Village Hospital in West Lothian, a psychiatric institution during peacetime. She received the Associates of the Royal Red Cross (ARRC) decoration for her work. Bell retired around 1938/1939.

Archival History: Custody of family of Isabella Lamont prior to transfer to LHSA.

Immediate Source of Acquisition or Transfer: Donated to LHSA by family of Isabella Lamont in 2013.

 

Scope and Content: Nursing certificate, photograph album, nursing badge, newspaper clipping, loose photographs, poem, and autograph albums with drawings and dedications.

Accruals: None expected.

 

Conditions Governing Access: Open to public access.

Conditions Governing Reproduction: Reproduction is subject to permission from LHSA Archivist.

Language/Scripts of Material: English

Finding Aids: Item level catalogue is available on collections management system. ArchivesSpace (link from LHSA website is available).

 

Archivists’ Notes: Description compiled by Vannis Jones, 2017. Revised by Louise Williams, 2020.

Rules or Conventions: Description based on ISAD(G): General International Standard Archival Description International Council on Archives (2nd edition), 2000.

Date(s) of Description: 2017; 2020