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Papers of Agnes Buckalls

Reference Number(s)	GB 1538 RCMS/1
Dates of Creation	circa. 1950-1980
Language of Material	English
Physical Description	1 folder

Scope and Content

Ms notebook, kept by Agnes Buckalls (circa. 1950-1980), presumably during her time practising as a midwife, including lists of medical conditions and treatments, together with photographs, showing her with her family, other midwives and patients with their infants.

Administrative / Biographical History

Angnes Buckalls (fl. 1950-1980) was a midwife during the late twentieth century.

Arrangement

The material is arranged as it was received.

Conditions Governing Access

Access restrictions may apply if material includes personal information of living individuals. All other records are open to research by appointment, Monday to Friday, 10am to 4pm. For further information about accessing the collection and visiting the reading room, please contact: archives@rcog.co.uk

Conditions Governing Use

If you wish to reproduce this material, apply via the College Archivist: archives@rcog.co.uk

Acquisition Information

Deposited at Royal College of Midwives by Joan C. Lyon in January 2007.

Custodial History

This collection was originally deposited at the Royal College of Midwives. It is now held under the terms of a service level collection care agreement at the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists.

Other Finding Aid

Further details of the contents of this material is available on request.

Note

Catalogued by Clare Sexton, Project Archivist in accordance with ISAD(G).

Subjects
Women's health
Midwifery
Midwives
Women
Health
Childbirth
Medical conditions

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Papers of Edith Pye

Reference Number(s)	GB 1538 RCMS/2
Dates of Creation	1892-1906
Language of Material	English
Physical Description	1 folder

Scope and Content

This collection comprises printed nursing and midwifery certificates of Edith Pye, including her certificate to practice midwifery awarded by the Central Midwives Board (22 February 1906), accompanied by futher certificates given to her after completing four years on the Hospital Committee at David Lewis Northern Hospital, Liverpool (5 December 1904), for passing an examination in the principles and practices of midwifery at Clapham Maternity Hospital (15 February 1906), to confirm her admittance to the General Nursing Council of England and Wales (21 July 1922), as well as to celebrate her joining the Royal College of Nursing (18 July 1929), found together with seven photographs and postcards of unidentified midwives (1892-1896).

Administrative / Biographical History

Edith Mary Pye (20 October 1876-16 December 1965) was a midwife and international relief worker who served as President of the Royal College of Midwives between 1928 and 1949. She was also a member of the Society of Friends from 1980.

In April 1919 Edith Pye was one of very few women to have been made a chevalier of the Légion d'honneur for setting a maternity hospital for women refugees from Rheims at Châlons-sur-Marne during the First World War.

In the years that followed she spent time feeding undernourished children in Vienna with her lifelong friend Dr Hilda Clark. In addition to this she worked on its international executive of the Women's International League, as well as travelling to India, Indo-China, and China to study the status of women.

In 1929 Edith Pye became the President of the Royal College of Midwives (formally known as the Midwives Institute), which was a post she occupied for twenty years. During her time in office and with her strong encouragement that the chloroform capsule was developed that first enabled midwives to administer pain relief to women in childbirth in their own homes. Between 1934 and 1936 Edith Pye was accorded the honour of being made president of the International Confederation of Midwives.

In addition to this high-profile commitment to midwifery, Edith Pye never ceased her efforts at international rescue work especially during the Spanish Civil War.

In 1952 Edith Pye retired to Somerset , where she died on 16 December 1965.

Arrangement

The material is arranged as it was received.

Conditions Governing Access

Access restrictions may apply if material includes personal information of living individuals. All other records are open to research by appointment, Monday to Friday, 10am to 4pm. For further information about accessing the collection and visiting the reading room, please contact: archives@rcog.co.uk

Conditions Governing Use

If you wish to reproduce this material, apply via the College Archivist: archives@rcog.co.uk

Acquisition Information

There is no record of the date or source of acquisition before the collection was deposited at the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists in May 2011.

Custodial History

This collection was originally deposited at the Royal College of Midwives. It is now held under the terms of a service level collection care agreement at the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists.

Other Finding Aid

Further details of the contents of this material are available on request.

Note

Catalogued by Clare Sexton, Project Archivist in accordance with ISAD(G).

Subjects
Women's health
Midwifery
Midwives
Women
Health
Health education
Personal Names
Pye, Edith. ( 1876-1965) midwife and President of the Royal College of Midwives

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Lecture notes of an unidentified student midwife

Reference Number(s)	GB 1538 RCMS/3
Dates of Creation	circa. 1890-1920
Language of Material	English
Physical Description	1 bound volume

Scope and Content

Ms notebook, containing detailed lecture notes and diagrams, collated by an unknown midwifery student (circa. 1890-1920), covering topics such as, diagnosing pregnancy, the different stages of labour, multiple pregnancy, classifications and treatment of haemorrhages, infantile feeding and diseases.

Conditions Governing Access

Access restrictions may apply if material includes personal information of living individuals. All other records are open to research by appointment, Monday to Friday, 10am to 4pm. For further information about accessing the collection and visiting the reading room, please contact: archives@rcog.co.uk

Conditions Governing Use

If you wish to reproduce this material, apply via the College Archivist: archives@rcog.co.uk

Acquisition Information

There is no record of the date or source of acquisition before the collection was deposited at the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists in May 2011.

Custodial History

This collection was originally deposited at the Royal College of Midwives. It is now held under the terms of a service level collection care agreement at the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists.

Other Finding Aid

Further details of the contents of this material are available on request.

Note

Catalogued by Clare Sexton, Project Archivist in accordance with ISAD(G).

Subjects
Women's health
Midwifery
Midwives
Pregnancy
Pregnancy complications
Infant nutrition
Childbirth

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Papers of Pamela Daymond

Reference Number(s)	GB 1538 RCMS/4
Dates of Creation	5 March 1958-20 February 1959
Language of Material	English
Physical Description	5 bound volumes; 1 folder

Scope and Content

This collection comprises notebooks, casebooks, an essays and lecture notes, compiled by Pamela Daymond, during her time as a midwifery student at the Simpson Memorial Maternity Pavilion at the Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh (13 March 1958-20 February 1959).

Administrative / Biographical History

Pamela Daymond (fl.1940-1960) was a midwife who trained at the in Simpson Memorial Maternity Pavilion at the Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh, between 1958 and 1959.

Conditions Governing Access

Access restrictions may apply if material includes personal information of living individuals. All other records are open to research by appointment, Monday to Friday, 10am to 4pm. For further information about accessing the collection and visiting the reading room, please contact: archives@rcog.co.uk

Conditions Governing Use

If you wish to reproduce this material, apply via the College Archivist: archives@rcog.co.uk

Acquisition Information

There is no record of the date or source of acquisition before the collection was deposited at the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists in May 2011.

Custodial History

This collection was originally deposited at the Royal College of Midwives. It is now held under the terms of a service level collection care agreement at the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists.

Other Finding Aid

Further details of the contents of this material are available on request.

Note

Catalogued by Clare Sexton, Project Archivist in accordance with ISAD(G).

Subjects
Women's health
Midwifery
Midwives
Health
Women
Childbirth
Education
Health education
Perinatal mortality

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Pamela Daymond: Lecture notes

Reference Number(s)	GB 1538 RCMS/4/1
Dates of Creation	5 March-27 June 1958
Language of Material	English
Physical Description	1 bound volume

Scope and Content

Ms lecture notes with diagrams, written by Pamela Daymond, during her time as a midwifery student at the Simpson Memorial Maternity Pavilion at the Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh (5 March-27 June 1958), relating to the female anatomy, pregnancy, labour, puerperium and how to care for infants.

Administrative / Biographical History

Pamela Daymond (fl1940-1960) was a midwife who trained at the in Simpson Memorial Maternity Pavilion at the Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh between 1958 and 1959.

Conditions Governing Access

Access restrictions may apply if material includes personal information of living individuals. All other records are open to research by appointment, Monday to Friday, 10am to 4pm. For further information about accessing the collection and visiting the reading room, please contact: archives@rcog.co.uk

Conditions Governing Use

If you wish to reproduce this material, apply via the College Archivist: archives@rcog.co.uk

Acquisition Information

There is no record of the date or source of acquisition before the collection was deposited at the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists in May 2011.

Custodial History

This collection was originally deposited at the Royal College of Midwives. It is now held under the terms of a service level collection care agreement at the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists.

Other Finding Aid

Further details of the contents of this material are available on request.

Note

Catalogued by Clare Sexton, Project Archivist in accordance with ISAD(G).

Subjects
Women's health
Midwifery
Midwives
Women
Health
Education
Health education
Pregnancy
Childbirth

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Pamela Daymond: Student notebooks

Reference Number(s)	GB 1538 RCMS/4/2
Dates of Creation	13 March 1958-20 February 1959
Language of Material	English
Physical Description	2 bound volumes

Scope and Content

Two ms student notebooks, compiled by Pamela Daymond, relating to the tests that she undertook during her time as a midwifery student at the Simpson Memorial Maternity Pavilion at the Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh (13 March 1958-20 February 1959), including essays on a midwives duties and responsibilities during labour, possible complications experienced in the course of labour and the treatment of persistent vomiting during pregnancy, with annotations by are supervisor.

Administrative / Biographical History

Pamela Daymond (fl1940-1960) was a midwife who trained at the in Simpson Memorial Maternity Pavilion at the Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh between 1958 and 1959.

Conditions Governing Access

Access restrictions may apply if material includes personal information of living individuals. All other records are open to research by appointment, Monday to Friday, 10am to 4pm. For further information about accessing the collection and visiting the reading room, please contact: archives@rcog.co.uk

Conditions Governing Use

If you wish to reproduce this material, apply via the College Archivist: archives@rcog.co.uk

Acquisition Information

There is no record of the date or source of acquisition before the collection was deposited at the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists in May 2011.

Custodial History

This collection was originally deposited at the Royal College of Midwives. It is now held under the terms of a service level collection care agreement at the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists.

Other Finding Aid

Further details of the contents of this material are available on request.

Note

Catalogued by Clare Sexton, Project Archivist in accordance with ISAD(G).

Subjects
Women's health
Midwifery
Midwives
Women
Health
Education
Health education

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