Scope and Contents The hospital’s earlier annual reports are bound up with pamphlets relating to the setting up of the hospital. This section therefore contains a considerable amount of material concerning the background to the hospital as well as its annual reports.The earliest annual reports are very brief: they gradually expand during the 1820s and 1830s to include patient statistics, annual accounts and lists of office bearers. From the appointment of...

Scope and Contents Correspondence received and sent by the Edinburgh Gay Switchboard Befriending Team. Topics include: training and requests for speakers from external organisations; staffing (including new applications, and resignations); fundraising and the Social Work Department’s grant to voluntary organisations; the death of a former member of EGS due to complications from AIDS; and a proposal to establish a Central Region Switchboard for Gay Men and Lesbians.Also included is correspondence...

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Charm called 'Casga fala' beginning Rug[adh] Ios[a] am Beth[lehem] and accompanying note stating that in some places it was used by the ban-ghluin [bean-ghlùin - midwife] and also that the Perthshire form of midwife is 'b[e]an-phlaid[e]'. Text has been scored through as if transcribed elsewhere.

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b/w photo of a mayor presenting a cheque to assembled staff, including nurses.

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Topics discussed include: reports from the training officer and treasurer; team member groups; job descriptions; Icebreakers; Welcome Group; proposed changes to the code of conduct; membership questions; request for a speaker to talk to nurses; review of leave of absence option; the Conference of Scottish and Northern English Switchboards; an informational update on gay friendly venues and events; and an update on the Stonewall Youth Group.

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Note clarifying the names of people at Carnish [Cairinis, Uibhist a Tuath/North Uist] that the Bo mhaol bhuidhe [bò mhaol bhuide] came to Mac Ille Phadruig 'ic Dhonil [mac Ille Phadruig 'ic Dhòmhnaill], that Mac Coiseam was the man who built the west side of Teampull na Trionaid/Temple of the Trinity and that Nic Coiseam was muime [nurse] to Mac Iain ic Sheumais.

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Colour photo of three nurses, the senior nursing officer and and other members of staff posing with a celebration cake.

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Colour photo of a nurse, the senior nursing officer and another member of staff cutting a celebration cake.

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b/w photo of two nurses dispensing medicine from a mobile unit.

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colour slide showing nurses helping themselve to food from the canteen.