Florence Nightingale Foundation

The following is an interim description which may be altered when detailed cataloguing takes place in future:

The collection consists of a mixture of scrapbooks, photograph albums, visitor books, print images of Florence Nightingale, photograph postcards of her funeral procession, pamphlets, and various bits of correspondence. The collection is largely related to the time spent in the United Kingdom by the international nursing students, such as their travels and events. This includes photographs of visits to the house from Princess Alexandra of Kent in the 1960s (patron of the foundation).

1919-1986

Uncatalogued: 5 transfer boxes Some of the photograph albums have visible red rot.

02/07/1999

The Florence Nightingale Foundation is a registered charity in the United Kingdom and its main purpose is to provide scholarships to nurses, midwives and other health professionals. It was founded in 1934 under the same principles as the Florence Nightingale International Foundation (now known as International Council of Nurses (ICN)).

Up until the 1970s, the Florence Nightingale Foundation House, found on Cromwell Road in London, housed international students from across the globe as part of their training in the UK. The building, which still stands today (June 2022), closed in the late 1970s/early 1980s.

The charity continues to operate with the same values by enabling better access to leadership development opportunities for nurses and midwives in the UK and internationally.

Archives were donated by the Director of the Foundation at the time, Mary Spinks, and the collection was previously housed at Grosvenor Crescent, London.

This collection is currently uncatalogued and cannot be ordered online. Requests to view uncatalogued material are considered on a case by case basis. Please contact collections@wellcomecollection.org for more details.