Miscellaneous papers relating to the nursing career of Florence Clarke nee Hawthorne, 1899-1913, including nursing certificates, postcards and photograph, 1906-ca. 1950

MLDOC 2857

fonds

1906-ca. 1950

Textual Records, Graphic Materials, Photographs, Ephemera

944069

1 folder of textual material - manuscript, photocopies, printed

Item 1
'The Reminiscences of a Nurse, 1899-1913' by Florence Gweneth Hunt, as narrated to her by her mother Florence Clarke, ca. 1950. Manuscript

Items 2
Three nursing certificates of training and registration awarded to Florence Hawthorne, relating to the successful completion of training at Manning River and Parkes District Hospitals and her admission to the Australian Trained Nurses Association, 23 September 1911-5 January 1912

Item 3
Postcard addressed to Miss F. Hawthorne with colour photographic print of hospital captioned 'M.R.D. Hospital Taree', 2 April 1909

Item 4
Postcard with black and white photographic portrait, identified by annotations on reverse as Staff from the Manning River District Hospital, 1906 or 1907. Florence Hawthorne is the nurse located left rear, to the right of her is Edward Hewes, an American wardsman 'who lived an adventurous life' and died at Lidcombe, Sydney in 1929

Item 5
Postcard from Parkes, New South Wales, addressed to Miss Jil Hawthorne with black and white photograph of hospital interior, no date

Item 6
Black and white photograph Braidwood Hospital exterior, dated on reverse 1919

This collection includes pictorial material at Pic.Acc.4168

Compiled from the Manuscripts MLDOCs (7-1098C) as part of the eRecords Project, 2011-2012