The College of Nursing Archive
The College archive is the central repository for all material pertaining to the NSW College of Nursing and its successor organisation, the College of Nursing. The collection of material began when the College was established in January 1949.
The archive was formally established in 1985 with the purpose of maintaining a historical record of both the College's work and of nursing in Australia. Since that time the collections have been expanded to include the records of some notable nurses and selected nursing organisations.
The archives are located on Level 2, 14 Railway Parade, Burwood NSW.
Collections
NSW College of Nursing records from 1949, including educational records and teaching material, photographs and publications
RCNA NSW Committee/Chapter records
Florence Nightingale Committee Australia - NSW Branch records
Patient Assessment Information Systems (PAIS) Special Interest Group records
Muriel Knox Doherty Collection, records, photographs and ephemera
Marrickville Hospital Nursing Administration records, photographs and ephemera
Bush Nurses Association, partial collection of records of the late Kathleen Guest Thompson and Mollie Scott, including annual reports, photographs and histories, also records from the Tullabidgeal Centre
Institute of Nursing Executives (NSW & ACT) partial contemporary collection only
Nurses Christian Foundation (NCF) complete collection of ANCM & NCF records
NSW Operating Theatre Association collection, records and ephemera
Collections donated by individual nurses, eg Agnes Mary Lions, Hazel Henry, Merle Parkes, Rosalie Pratt, Dorothy Platt, Hazel Labka, Hilda Seavers et al.
A large collection of badges from nurse training schools, universities, nursing organisations and many of the nursing specialty group badges
Australian and international publications relating to nursing
research findings
historical texts and printed material
assorted nursing material and ephemera
College publications and monographs