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Title
Item 1: Jess Learing interview by Roslyn Burge, 28 November 2008
Level of description
item
Date

28 November 2008
Type of material
Nonmusical Sound Recordings, Oral Histories
Reference code
9661755
Physical Description
2 audio files (1 hr., 37 min.) - digital, WAV, stereo (48 kHz, 24 bit)
Scope and Content
In the first of two interviews, former Callan Park nurse, Jess Learing, speaks about her on-the-job nursing training at Callan Park in the 1930s and her memories of staff, patients, and conditions. Jess also compares the living conditions and treatment of World War I veterans to that of general patients, including the veterans' access to the Hospital golf course, bowls green, and fishing course, and superior accommodation.
Jess' daughter, Gail Leonard, was also present during the interview.
Copying Conditions
In copyright:
Copyright holder:: Roslyn Burge
Please acknowledge:: Mitchell Library, State Library of New South Wales and Courtesy copyright holder
General note

Recorded at East Gosford, New South Wales, on 28 November 2008
Creator/Author/Artist
Learing, Jess, 1914-
Subject
Learing, Jess, 1914---Interviews.
Psychiatric nurses--New South Wales--Interviews.

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