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GD1/87 Mary Jane Whitelaw Kirkwood, nurse

Collection Summary

Reference Code: GB239 GD1/87
Title: Kirkwood, Mary Jane Whitelaw
Dates of Creation of Material: 1922-1955
Level of Description: Fonds
Extent and Medium of the Unit of Description: 11 items: papers, photographs, objects

Name of creator(s): Mary Jane Whitelaw Kirkwood (fl.1924-1955), nurse
Biographical History: Mary Jane Whitelaw Kirkwood began her nurse’s training c1924. Part of her training was carried out in the Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh in the early 1920s. She was a member of the Queen’s Institute of District Nursing from c1935.
Archival History: Unknown
Immediate Source of Acquisition or Transfer: M. M. Short, Edinburgh, November 1999

Scope and Content: Nursing certificates of Mary J. W. Kirkwood 1924-1955; photograph of RIE staff 1922; Queen’s Institute of District Nursing badges 1935-1950
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