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Emma Durham was born c.1848. She trained as a nurse at King's College Hospital (KCH), 1872-1875, residing at St John's House, Norfolk St, Strand.
Durham joined the Universities Mission to Central Africa, travelling to Zanzibar to inaugurate the first hospital there. She also nursed in Egypt, France, Germany, Italy, Belgium, Switzerland, Russia and America. She was a foundation member of the KCH Nurses League, 1924. Durham died at KCH, 31 Oct 1936, aged 89.
Emma had two elder sisters, one of which was Eliza Durham, who also trained as nurses. Publications: Recollections of a Nurse, Macmillan & Co.: London, 1889.
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Acquired by King's College Hospital Nurses' League.
GB 0100 KH/NL/PP10 1867-1994 Collection (fonds) 1 file Durham , Emma , [1848]-1936 , nurse
Emma Durham was born c.1848. She trained as a nurse at King's College Hospital (KCH), 1872-1875, residing at St John's House, Norfolk St, Strand.
Durham joined the Universities Mission to Central Africa, travelling to Zanzibar to inaugurate the first hospital there. She also nursed in Egypt, France, Germany, Italy, Belgium, Switzerland, Russia and America. She was a foundation member of the KCH Nurses League, 1924. Durham died at KCH, 31 Oct 1936, aged 89.
Emma had two elder sisters, one of which was Eliza Durham, who also trained as nurses. Publications: Recollections of a Nurse, Macmillan & Co.: London, 1889.
Acquired by King's College Hospital Nurses' League.
Transferred to King's College London Archives, 1999/2000.
Papers of Emma Durham comprising: diary containing description of her nursing experiences in Natal (KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa), 11 Jun 1879-Feb 1880, with notes on remedies for scorpion stings and tsetse fly; typescript transcript of the sting remedies; letter to Durham from [S Gorrel], Cairo, 18 Jun 1885; black and white photograph of Eliza Durham (sister of Emma) 1867; copy of Golden Gleanings from the thoughts of General Gordon, London, 1885, inscribed 'to Sister Emma from W H [Anderson] nee Gordon'; news cutting from Daily Sketch (undated) relating to Durham's experience nursing of Lord Tennyson during the time that he wrote the hymn 'Crossing the bar'; photocopied article by E Durham 'Nurse training in the Seventies' describing her nurse training; letters from E F J Chavasse to Miss Kenshole, relating to other papers and medals belonging to Durham, 1994; also draft letter to Chavasse [from Kenshole, 1994]; miscellaneous manuscript notes on life of Emma Durham (undated).
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Records of the Universities Mission to Central Africa held at United Society for the Propagation of the Gospel, Bodleian Library of Commonwealth and African Studies at Rhodes House (GB 0162 SPG). United Society for the Propagation of the Gospel, Partnership House, London; the The National Archives of Tanzania in Dar-es-Salaam; The East Africana Collection in the Dar-es-Salaam University Library, Tanzania; and the The Zanzibar Archives.
Copies of Annual reports at the United Society for the Propagation of the Gospel, Partnership House, London Central Africa, 1883-1964 at the Mission Studies Library, Partnership House, London African Tidings, 1885-1964 at the Mission Studies Library, Partnership House, London UMCA documents, 1861-1929; UMCA's annual reports, 1860-1900 and Central Africa, 1883-1964 published on microfilm by Microform Academic Publishers, Wakefield, England.
Sources: Source: An addendum to King's and some King's men (London), H Willoughby Lyle, Oxford University Press, London 1950; British Library Public Catalogue Online; Mundus (online) Gateway to Missionary Collections in the UK, www.mundus.ac.uk. Compiled by Alison Field. Compiled 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. April 2004 Durham , Eliza , [1867] , nurse Durham , Emma , [1848]-1936 , nurse King's College Hospital , London Medical personnel Medical profession Medical sciences Nursing Paramedical personnel Personnel Province of Kwazulu-Natal South Africa Southern Africa Surgery Tennyson , Alfred , 1809-1892 , 1st Baron Tennyson , poet x Tennyson , 1st Baron Universities Mission to Central Africa People by occupation People
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Transferred to King's College London Archives, 1999/2000.
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Papers of Emma Durham comprising: diary containing description of her nursing experiences in Natal (KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa), 11 Jun 1879-Feb 1880, with notes on remedies for scorpion stings and tsetse fly; typescript transcript of the sting remedies; letter to Durham from [S Gorrel], Cairo, 18 Jun 1885; black and white photograph of Eliza Durham (sister of Emma) 1867; copy of Golden Gleanings from the thoughts of General Gordon, London, 1885, inscribed 'to Sister Emma from W H [Anderson] nee Gordon'; news cutting from Daily Sketch (undated) relating to Durham's experience nursing of Lord Tennyson during the time that he wrote the hymn 'Crossing the bar'; photocopied article by E Durham 'Nurse training in the Seventies' describing her nurse training; letters from E F J Chavasse to Miss Kenshole, relating to other papers and medals belonging to Durham, 1994; also draft letter to Chavasse [from Kenshole, 1994]; miscellaneous manuscript notes on life of Emma Durham (undated).
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Copies, subject to the condition of the original, may be supplied for research use only. Requests to publish original material should be submitted to the Director of Archive and Corporate Record Services.
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Records of the Universities Mission to Central Africa held at United Society for the Propagation of the Gospel, Bodleian Library of Commonwealth and African Studies at Rhodes House (GB 0162 SPG). United Society for the Propagation of the Gospel, Partnership House, London; the The National Archives of Tanzania in Dar-es-Salaam; The East Africana Collection in the Dar-es-Salaam University Library, Tanzania; and the The Zanzibar Archives.
Copies of Annual reports at the United Society for the Propagation of the Gospel, Partnership House, London Central Africa, 1883-1964 at the Mission Studies Library, Partnership House, London African Tidings, 1885-1964 at the Mission Studies Library, Partnership House, London UMCA documents, 1861-1929; UMCA's annual reports, 1860-1900 and Central Africa, 1883-1964 published on microfilm by Microform Academic Publishers, Wakefield, England.
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Compiled 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.
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