GD1/65 Jean Constance Craig, nurse

Collection Summary

Reference Code: GB239 GD1/65
Title: Craig, Jean Constance
Dates of Creation of Material: c. 1990
Level of Description: Fonds
Extent and Medium of the Unit of Description: 1 item: papers


Name of creator(s): Jean Constance Kilminster (née Craig) (b.1915), nurse
Biographical History: Jean Constance Craig (later Kilminster) was born in 1915. She began her training as a nurse in the Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh in 1935, and upon its completion during World War II she served with the Princess Mary’s Royal Air Force Nursing Reserve. At the end of the War in 1945 she went on to work at Halton, until 1947 when she resigned to get married. Until her retirement in 1970 she worked at various hospitals in England, becoming Branches Secretary of the Royal College of Nursing in 1958.
Immediate Source of Acquisition or Transfer: Jean Constance Kilminster, May 1996


Scope and Content: Draft reminiscences of training and work including the Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh by Mrs J. C. Kilminster c. 1990
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