Schools of Nursing Forum

Hi,

Adrian will be taking SoN offline shortly for a database update.  Apologies. Fingers crossed!!

Best.

Will.

Quote from: backman on March 27, 2023, 01:58:30 PM
Thanks Christopher,
Guilty re the Facebook share.A shame about the Eastern badges,this is one I get lots of requests to replace lost or damaged badges for.
Since the demise of the old schools of Nursing it is practically impossible for original recipients to replace a lost or stolen badge, other than on the secondary market.Even then it is hit and miss whether a badge will turn up and then market forces can drive up the price to often stupid amounts. I try to point people towards legitimate sources for replacements where possible, but have hundreds of requests from the many Schools of Nursing on my books, most of which will be very lucky to  ever see a result.
Is there a simple access point to view the different badges in your archive?
Good luck with the project and do let us know when the display is live, it may give me an excuse to visit your fine city again! Perhaps to combine a swap meet for Nursing badge devotees??

Hi backman,

Yes it's a shame as we do have a whole box of those, but because they are all engraved we would only be able to reunite them with their original owner due to data protection legislation. It's a long shot but I do welcome people to enquire. On the off-chance that their name is among the badges, I will happily be able to reunite them with their original badge.

We always welcome visitors to the archive and would love an opportunity to showcase some of the items from the collection in person. In person visits are done via booking only by contacting archives@ljmu.ac.uk with the dates you'd like to visit, and what items you'd like to see.

In terms of viewing the badges on our website, they are all digitised and available through the hierarchy for LJMUH/NUR, but I appreciate this might not be simple for people who aren't used to archival hierarchy structures. You can navigate through the hierarchy by clicking the + symbol on each series and subseries, to show what records are underneath it within the tree.
The links for all the individual badges we own are:

• St Helens and Knowsley School of Nursing badges LJMUH/NUR/2/2/1/1
• Warrington District School of Nursing badges LJMUH/NUR/3/1/1/4
• Liverpool Eastern District School of Nursing badges LJMUH/NUR/4/3/1/1
• Liverpool John Moores University School of Health badges LJMUH/NUR/5/1/1/3/2
• Central Mersey College of Health Care Studies badges LJMUH/NUR/6/1/3/5
• Whiston Hospital badges LJMUH/NUR/2/1/2/1
• Liverpool School of Nursing badge LJMUH/NUR/4/4/2/2/2
• Warrington Enrolled Nurse Training School badges LJMUH/NUR/3/2/1

Click on the reference number to access the page for the item, then at the end of each page is a photo of the badge. Please note we only have duplicates of those named in the first post in this thread, not all of these.

But there is a lot more in the collection than just badges! You can also search for information and things using our catalogue search function here.

The nursing timeline display will probably launch in the summer of 2023 in the Tithebarne building. The student exhibition finding nursing badges designed by students is a separate event, but I would be happy to share when that does launch. Any general opinions on designing nursing badges I can pass onto students would be appreciated, although of course I cannot share their unfinished work here.

Very best wishes,

Christopher.

Thanks Christopher,
Guilty re the Facebook share.A shame about the Eastern badges,this is one I get lots of requests to replace lost or damaged badges for.
Since the demise of the old schools of Nursing it is practically impossible for original recipients to replace a lost or stolen badge, other than on the secondary market.Even then it is hit and miss whether a badge will turn up and then market forces can drive up the price to often stupid amounts. I try to point people towards legitimate sources for replacements where possible, but have hundreds of requests from the many Schools of Nursing on my books, most of which will be very lucky to  ever see a result.
Is there a simple access point to view the different badges in your archive?
Good luck with the project and do let us know when the display is live, it may give me an excuse to visit your fine city again! Perhaps to combine a swap meet for Nursing badge devotees??

Thank you to whoever shared this to Facebook! We've had a couple more emails now since you did this.

Thank you also to everyone who has emailed. Hopefully we can reunite you with your badges soon.

Very unfortunately I have to add that the Liverpool Eastern District Badges are all engraved with a name on the reverse. This means that unless you are the named person (and can verify this), we cannot send out badges with another person's name, as this contravenes data protection legislation.

Very best wishes,

Christopher.

Quote from: wilfb on March 12, 2023, 08:37:39 PM
Yes. Certainly sir.

A superb start.  Are you able to enumerate all the Liverpool badges?

Of course - you have our full co-operation.  We have a large number of nursing badges and other memorabilia on the website for your perusal. The use of our photographs will need agreement from individual members where the badges etc are copyrighted, but I think that I can safely say this will be finding if requested.

Very Best.
Will
SoN Webmaster.

Hi Will,

I think you may have misunderstood. We are not asking to use images from your website!

Best wishes,

Christopher.

Yes. Certainly sir.

A superb start.  Are you able to enumerate all the Liverpool badges?

Of course - you have our full co-operation.  We have a large number of nursing badges and other memorabilia on the website for your perusal. The use of our photographs will need agreement from individual members where the badges etc are copyrighted, but I think that I can safely say this will be finding if requested.

Very Best.
Will
SoN Webmaster.

wow stunning and thanks for sharing

Hello everyone,

I'm the new Project Archivist at Liverpool John Moores University (LJMU), which is celebrating its Bicentenary in 2023. As part of the celebrations, my role involves cataloguing and promoting material which relates to the history of the University. Because LJMU has many historical ties to the Liverpool Nursing Schools, our collections include our Nursing Archives, which are available to view in the catalogue here.

Currently, Nursing degrees are taught in the LJMU Tithebarn building. In collaboration with the School of Nursing and Allied Health we'll be producing a wrap-around vinyl display in this building to show the history of nursing in Liverpool. Although we have a lot of student records from Nursing Schools in Liverpool, and have access to a number of publications, information about the Schools of Nursing in Liverpool is somewhat scarce. We would be really excited to connect with former nurses who might have historical information, personal stories, or photographs they'd like to share with us to help contribute to the exhibit.

Separately, some Graphics students at LJMU are producing artwork in response to the archive of LJMU's history. Because of our extensive badge collection, one of the students is responding by designing badges inspired by the historic examples. We're due to give the students feedback on their work soon, and while I can't share the students' draft work here, if you had any general suggestions or opinions on what a modern badge (inspired by the historic examples) should include, that would be wonderful information to pass onto the students.

We also have an excess of some of our badges which we would like to deaccession and give away, preferably to former nurses of these schools, but secondly to other interested members of the public. The badges we have excess examples of include:

• St Helens and Knowsley School of Nursing badges LJMUH/NUR/2/2/1/1 (160
  items total)
• Warrington District School of Nursing badges LJMUH/NUR/3/1/1/4 (60 items
  total, not including badges attached to certificates)
• Liverpool Eastern District School of Nursing badges LJMUH/NUR/4/3/1/1 (53
  items total)
• Liverpool John Moores University School of Health badges
  LJMUH/NUR/5/1/1/3/2 (11 items total)
• Central Mersey College of Health Care Studies badges LJMUH/NUR/6/1/3/5
  (53 items total)

We have other badges within the collection which you would be very welcome to view (and which we have photos of online), but only excess in these above. We would retain at least 3 examples of each badge and request that you only ask for one badge per person. Priority will be given to former students of the Schools. Some of the badges have names engraved on reverse, and we welcome enquiries from former students of these Schools who might be looking for their badge. Unless the original owner of that badge can be identified, the archive will keep all badges with names on reverse.

In addition to these badges, we hold five degree certificates for the finding qualifications at Liverpool John Moores University School of Health, which we believe were never given to their original recipient:

• Registered Mental Nurse - awarded July 1993
• Registered General Nurse - awarded July 1993
• Registered General Nurse - awarded July 1993. This file also includes a Central Mersey College badge which was presumably also intended for the recipient.
• Registered General Nurse - awarded 8 August 1994
• Registered General Nurse - awarded 4 July 1996. This file includes a letter from the student stating that she has asked and called for her certificate on multiple occasions and still never received it.

We cannot reveal the names of the original certificate holders for data protection reasons, but if you believe yourself to be one of the original recipients who never received your certificate, please email me at C.I.Olive@ljmu.ac.uk and I would be happy to reunite you with your lost certificate!

In addition to submissions of information for the exhibition, we also generally welcome enquiries to deposit relevant material with the Archive. If you have any papers or photographs related to the history of Nursing, particularly Schools of Nursing, in Liverpool, we would be very glad to start a conversation with you about preserving them at our service to make them accessible for future researchers.

I additionally would be grateful for members of the group to share this call-out to other relevant forums, groups, or individuals, if you would like to.

Please direct all personal enquiries and submissions of information to me, at C.I.Olive@ljmu.ac.uk

Very best wishes,

Christopher Olive
LJMU Project Archivist
Library Services
Aldham Robarts Library, 29 Maryland Street, Liverpool, L1 9DE
t: 01512313241 e: c.i.olive@ljmu.ac.uk

Missed It!! Sorry sorry Sue.

I may be able to view it later though on BBC1 I think...

How is Socrates? And yourself of course.

Will

Hi Sue. Thanks for that.  I will try to be there! 

How are you both?

Will.