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- 1931 - 1948 (Creation)
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The Eleanor Wemyss Convalescent Home of the Evelina Hospital for Sick Children was opened in 1931. The building, at Crazies Hill, Wargrave-on-Thames, near Henley had been donated in 1928 by Sir Campbell Rhodes, Chairman of the Evelina Hospital for Children, in memory of his wife Eleanor Wemyss who died in 1921. The Evelina Hospital assumed full financial responsibility for the Home in 1934. It had been regular practice for the Evelina to send its patients away to convalesce since 1880, when a Convalescent Fund was set up.
The Home was retained when the Evelina amalgamated with Guy's Hospital in 1948, but was eventually closed in July 1962.
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H09/EV/EWH 1931 - 1948 subfonds 0.2 linear metres Eleanor Wemyss Convalescent Home , Evelina Hospital for Sick Children
The Eleanor Wemyss Convalescent Home of the Evelina Hospital for Sick Children was opened in 1931. The building, at Crazies Hill, Wargrave-on-Thames, near Henley had been donated in 1928 by Sir Campbell Rhodes, Chairman of the Evelina Hospital for Children, in memory of his wife Eleanor Wemyss who died in 1921. The Evelina Hospital assumed full financial responsibility for the Home in 1934. It had been regular practice for the Evelina to send its patients away to convalesce since 1880, when a Convalescent Fund was set up.
The Home was retained when the Evelina amalgamated with Guy's Hospital in 1948, but was eventually closed in July 1962.
Records of the Eleanor Wemyss Home, Evelina Hospital, comprising committee minutes, 1931-1939; financial ledger, 1942-1945; Children's Fund cash book, 1939-1948 and photograph album, 1931-1939.
The records are arranged in three sections: minute books and general administration (A), finance and accounts (D) and photographs and prints (ph).
Some closures on patients records for 100 years and on some other records which are under 30 years old.
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The Evelina. The Story of a London Children's Hospital 1869 - 1969 by H E Priestly M A, PhD
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. February 2009 Rhodes , Sir , Campbell , 1874-1941 , Knight , businessman and philanthropist Construction engineering Building design Accommodation Building standards Housing Residential care homes Convalescent homes Medical institutions Child health services History Personal history Medical history Health services Hospitals Hospital administration People People by roles Hospital patients Rhodes , Eleanor Wemyss , d 1921 , wife of Sir Campbell Rhodes Eleanor Wemyss Convalescent Home , Evelina Hospital for Sick Children London England UK Western Europe Oxfordshire Hertfordshire Wargrave-on-Thames Henley-on-Thames Berkshire Europe
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Records of the Eleanor Wemyss Home, Evelina Hospital, comprising committee minutes, 1931-1939; financial ledger, 1942-1945; Children's Fund cash book, 1939-1948 and photograph album, 1931-1939.
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The records are arranged in three sections: minute books and general administration (A), finance and accounts (D) and photographs and prints (ph).
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Some closures on patients records for 100 years and on some other records which are under 30 years old.
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- English
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- Latin
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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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