The collection contains:
Series of correspondence covering her time training as a nurse at the General Hospital including correspondence from Matron Liddle, references, and newspaper cuttings relating to a reunion of nurses from the General Hospital; 1920-1930s (MS 856/C/1-9)
Photographs of Nottingham General Hospital; n.d. [1920s-1930s] (MS 856/P/1-17)
Miscellaneous items including 4 nursing certificates and 'Nurses League' book; 1925-1954 (MS 856/X/1-5)
Ellen May Wallis was born in 1898. She trained as a nurse at Nottingham General Hospital from 1922-1926. She was encouraged by Miss Liddle, matron at Nottingham General Hospital, to take her Housekeeping training which she undertook at the Royal Berkshire from May to September 1933. She served at the Samaritans Womens Hospital, Stoke Mandeville, the Fever Hospital, Tunbridge Wells, Chichester Hospital and Exminster Hospital amongst others. She was Matron at Lockyer Street Hospital, Plymouth from 1944 until her death in 1954.
The collection has been divided into three series and items within arranged chronologically.
Accessible to all readers.
Copyright in all finding aids belongs to The University of Nottingham
Online: Available on the Manuscripts Online Catalogue, accessible from the website of Manuscripts and Special Collections
Good but all items contain traces of sellotape from being affixed in a scrapbook.
Identification of copyright holders of unpublished material is often difficult.
Permission to make any published use of any material from the collection must be sought in writing from the Keeper of Manuscripts and Special Collections
Reprographic copies can be supplied for educational and private study purposes only, depending on access status and the condition of the documents.
The papers were acquired in July 2009.
