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GD1/33 Ida Simmons, nurse

Collection Summary

Reference Code: GB239 GD1/33
Title: Simmons, Ida
Dates of Creation of Material: 1919-1950
Level of Description: Fonds
Extent and Medium of the Unit of Description: 23 items: papers, objects

Name of creator(s): Ida Simmons (fl.1919-1950), nurse
Biographical History: Ida Simmons trained as a nurse at the Roayl Infirmary of Edinburgh School of Nursing and in London, between 1919 and 1926. She served in the first World War, and was awarded the M.B.E.
Archival History: Papers held within family
Immediate Source of Acquisition or Transfer: Accessioned pre-1980, no details available

Scope and Content: Nursing certificates 1919-1926; documents regarding later work 1940-1950, WWI war medals; M.B.E. medal
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