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GD1/25 Isabella Boyd Scott, nurse

Collection Summary

Reference Code: GB239 GD1/25
Title: Scott, Isabella Boyd
Dates of Creation of Material: 1916-1922
Level of Description: Fonds
Extent and Medium of the Unit of Description: 3 items: papers (rolled in tube)

Name of creator(s): Isabella Boyd Scott (fl.1912-1922) nurse
Biographical History: Isabella Boyd Scott trained as a nurse at the Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh from 1912-1916. She later qualified as a Midwife in 1920.
Archival History: Unknown
Immediate Source of Acquisition or Transfer: Elsie Inglis Memorial Maternity Hospital, June 1987

Scope and Content: Certificate for the Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh School of Nursing, for Isabella Boyd Scott's attendance from 1912-1916; certificate of Isabella Boyd Scott's entitlement to act as a Midwife by the Central Midwives Board for Scotland 1920; certificate of Isabella Boyd Scott's membership of the College of Nursing, London 1922
Accruals: No further accessions are expected
System of Arrangement: Chronological within record class

Conditions Governing Access: None
Conditions Governing Reproduction: Reproduction is subject to closure periods and physical condition
Language/Scripts of Material: English

Archivists' Notes: Compiled by Mike Barfoot and Jenny McDermott using existing handlists
Rules or Conventions: Description based on ISAD(G): General International Standard Archival Description International Council on Archives (2nd edition), 2000
Date(s) of Description: May 2000; revised June 2002