Copies of albums compiled between 1906 and 1920 by Eveline ('Evelyn') Wauchope, nurse

Personal papers comprising scanned copies of a photograph album and an illustrated, autograph album. The albums largely date from the time when Eveline (or 'Evelyn' as she was also known) was in training and nursing in Birmingham, at the General Hospital 1912-1914 and, from 1914, at the '1st Southern General [military] Hospital' which was established at the University of Birmingham during the First World War. The copies were made by Vivien Leigh, Eveline's granddaughter, some time prior to donation to Cadbury Research Library, and copied on to two compact discs for use by Cadbury Research Library in September 2014.

The collection includes informal photographs of patients and staff and illustrations and inscriptions written by patients and others. It is of particular note for those interested in the history of the work of the 1st Southern General Hospital, the University of Birmingham and the First World War; the autograph album has numerous signed entries in which servicemen give the name of their regiment and the place and date they were wounded.

(Frances) Eveline Wauchope, was born in Newry, County Armagh, Ireland, 17 January 1891. She was born in the workhouse where her father, Joseph James Johnston Wauchope, was Master and her mother, (Mary) Jane (nee Gilbourne), was Matron. Eveline was the youngest of six children: Frederick Joseph Harmon (1883-1965); George William Alfred (b 1884, killed in action November 1916); Susan Katherine, initially named Rebecca Wilhelmina, (1885-1901); Jane (Jean) Henderson (1887-1964) and Robert Edgar (1888-1958). Frederick emigrated to Winnipeg, Canada.

Eveline was educated in Belfast before moving to Birmingham, England, some time between 1911 and 1912. By 1912, she was nursing at the General Hospital where she is known to have been attending lectures during the course of 1913; in 1914, she moved to join the staff of the newly mobilized 1st Southern General Hospital, where she held the position of nursing sister. The 1st Southern General Hospital provided care for sick and wounded servicemen; it was located initially in the Great Hall of the University of Birmingham, and later extended to other of the University's buildings and especially erected marquees; during the course of the War, additional beds were also made available through a network of Auxiliary Hospitals in the region. Nurses were accommodated in University House (commonly referred to as the Women's Hostel). The majority of staff were from the University's medical faculty, and women of the Territorial Force Nursing Society and the Women's Voluntary Aid Detachment. The first consignment of war casualties arrived 1 September 1914. One of the soldiers treated at the 1st Southern was John Percival Lloyd (1887-1970) whom Eveline married in July 1919. Their son, John Maxwell Wauchope Lloyd, was born 21 May 1920 (d 1987); their daughter, Sheilagh Margot Lloyd was born 13 September 1921 (d 2004).
Eveline died in 1965.

Sources: information supplied by the donor; manuscript book of lecture notes kept by Eveline Wauchope, General Hospital, Birmingham 1913; Brazier and Sandford, 'Birmingham and the Great War' cited by Eric Ives, Diane Drummond and Leonard Schwarz, 'The First Civic University: Birmingham 1880-1980: an introductory history', Birmingham: University of Birmingham Press, 2000; 'The "Southern" Cross', volumes I-III.

Open, access to all registered researchers

Donated by the granddaughter of Eveline Wauchope, 8 September 2014. Three issues of Captain Bruce Bairnsfather's Fragments from France which were donated at the same time have been added to the Cadbury Research Library rare book collections: 'The Bystander's "Fragments from France"' (11th ed); 'Still More Bystander "Fragments from France"' (vol 3), and 'Fragments from France', edition de luxe, London: The Bystander.

Please see full catalogue for more information.

An online exhibition featuring copies of all of the images in the albums can be seen through Cadbury Research Library Flickr pages under the title 'Snapshots and Signatures: the Eveline Wauchope albums' (https://www.flickr.com/photos/cadburyresearchlibrary/albums/721
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Papers described by I. Frlan, September 2014, in compliance with General International Standard Archival Description, ISAD(G), second edition, 2000; National Council on Archives Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997; and in-house cataloguing guidelines.

Permission to make any published use of any material from the collection must be sought in advance in writing from the Director of Special Collections (email: special-collections@contacts.bham.ac.uk). Identification of copyright holders of unpublished material is often difficult. Special Collections will assist where possible with identifying copyright owners, but responsibility for ensuring copyright clearance rests with the user of the material.

Cadbury Research Library holds the papers of other staff of the 1st Southern General Hospital, namely William Billington (US100) and Kathleen Grace Lloyd (MS44), and records of the University of Birmingham (ask staff for details).

The records of the University include a complete set of 'The "Southern" Cross' magazine which was produced monthly by staff and patients of the hospital between 1916-1919 (UC/9/iii/25); a second, incomplete, set is held in Cadbury Research Library book collection (shelfmark r R31 S9). Within the University archive collections, there is a letter from [Kathleen Grace] Lloyd to Margery Fry, agreeing to the terms of the rental of University House as a nurses' hostel, 1914 (UB/HUH/A/3/1/2, item 9); and press cuttings from Birmingham newspapers relating to the university including an article of the use of the Great Hall as a hospital during the First World War and the work of Kathleen Grace Lloyd as matron (reference US133).

An embroidered quilt made for Kathleen Lloyd by her patients in the hospital, 1917-1918, is held by Research and Cultural Collections, University of Birmingham (reference: A891).

Associated Materials
Records relating to the 1st Southern General Hospital, Birmingham, were featured in 'Suburban Birmingham: Spaces & Places, 1880-1960', a partnership project led by the University of Birmingham, and produced by Birmingham Archives & Heritage, Birmingham Museums & Art Gallery, and University of Birmingham Special Collections; the project website (2011) is available at http://www.connectinghistories.org.uk/suburban-birmingham/

The albums remain with the family.