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Papers of Alfred Theodore Rake comprising including fourteen testimonials to Rake's character and ability from staff of Guy's Hospital Medical School, relating to application for post of pathologist and registrar, Shadwell Hospital, Feb 1894; print of Rake's crest and coat of arms; eighteen certificates including Guy's Hospital Medical School certificates for the open scholarship in science, Sep 1887;…

Papers of Barbara Rampton comprising: record of lessons and proficiency in training undertaken at King's College Hospital (KCH), 1939; printed rules of the General Nursing Council (GNC) for England and Wales, 1931; receipts for GNC fees, 1940, 1942; question papers for the GNC Preliminary Examination, and Preliminary State Examination, 8 Oct 1940; and the Final State Examination for the General part…

The collection consists of two mounted pencil sketches of nesting birds and a moth presented to Herwald Ramsbotham, Parliamentary Secretary, Board of Education, by the Governors, Staff and Students of Chelsea Polytechnic at the opening of building extensions to the Modern Art and Biology classrooms at Chelsea Polytechnic, 4 November 1932.

'Abstracts of Mr [Joseph] Else's lectures on anatomy as delivered at his theatre in St Thomas's Hospital London, A.D. 1776' - manuscript volume of notes of 65 lectures, attributed to John Randall, 1776-1777, with index to lectures in the front of he volume. 133pp.

Medals and other awards, including the insignia of a Knight Bachelor, particularly for scientific achievement and his cavity magnetron work, with accompanying documentation, [1943-1959].

Papers of Charles Rayner comprising his notes on lectures on anatomy by Sir Astley Cooper and Henry Cline, delivered at St Thomas's Hospital, [1800-1810].

Book of handwritten notes and sketches, Oct-Dec 1851, taken by Reid from lectures on physiology delivered by Professor Robert Bentley Todd, and Professor Sir William Bowman, King's College London; volume of handwritten notes from lectures given by Professor Sir William Fergusson on the principles and practice of surgery, Oct-Dec 1851, and from clinical lectures given by Fergusson and Professor Richard…

Photograph album of Col C H Reinhold, containing black and white photographs of the Guy's Hospital Residents, Jan-Mar, Apr-Jun, and Jul-Sep 1904; the first Anniversary Dinner of the Centurion Club; the Externs, Mar 1904; Guy's Hospital staff nurses, 1902; District Nurses Jan-Feb 1904; images of the hospital wards, staff and patients, Summer 1901; informal students gatherings 1901 and 1904, Guy's Hospital…

Indenture of George Rendle, son of William Rendle, Surgeon of Newington Causeway, Surrey, as apprentice to his father for seven years in the art of surgeon and apothecary, 1857.

Typescript copy of Philip Rhodes' Bronte Prize Essay 1972, 'A medical appraisal of the Brontes'.

Photographs, event invitations and testimonials related to Kathleen Richards, [1900]-1962, notably including photographs of the London shop at 6 Seymour Place belonging to Henry Richards, Kathleen's father, [1914-1918]; Henry and Kathleen Richards, [1914-1918]; Kathleen Richards as a child and young woman, including as a participant in a group photograph at King's College posing with Principal Ronald…

Robinson's King's College Hospital certificate of nursing training 1908-1911.

Notebooks of Henry Betham Robinson, 1892-1895, on anatomy, with sketches, relating to the abdomen and pelvis, 1892; lower extremity, 1893; thorax, 1894; head and neck, 1895; brain, undated; anatomy notes, 1882; also Robinson's certificates from the University of London for degrees of Bachelor of Surgery and Medicine, 1885 and gold medal award.

Papers of Ronald Henry Ottywell Betham Robinson including notebook containing loose typescript and manuscript notes on botany and anatomy, some appear to be of lectures given by Robinson; copy of the Ridgeway Trimble lecture by Robinson; Robinson's St Thomas's Hospital Medical College certificate of honour with the University Scholarship, 1917; two letters addressed to 'Joey' from 'Pasty' - apparently…

Letter from Edward Almack, Secretary of the Committee of Management of King's College Hospital, to Mrs Rogers, 3 April 1884, expressing sympathy on the death of her husband, and informing her of the increase of her son's salary and a gratuity of £5.

Notebook containing annotated galley proofs of A surgeon's guide to cardiac diagnosis , and letters to Donald Ross, Thoracic Surgeon, Guy's Hospital, from Springer-Verlag, scientific publishers, relating to the editing of the volume, 1966.

Four letters, 1913-1920, to George Charles Williamson, author of Lady Anne Clifford, Countess of Dorset, Pembroke and Montgomery, 1590-1676: her life, letters and work (T Wilson & Son, Kendal, 1922), mainly concerning Round's opinion on the relevance of a volume containing an Elizabethan peerage to the Clifford peerage claim.

Archives of the Royal British Nurses Association (RBNA) and the British College of Nurses (BCN), comprising: RBNA administrative records including: General Council minutes 1887-1961; Annual General Meeting minutes 1889-1946; Executive Committee minutes, 1887-1982; Registration Board minutes, 1890-1904; Registration Committee minutes, 1904-1923; Membership Registers, 1888-1966; Register of Midwives,…

Royal Herbert Hospital case notes, consisting of volume of notes on operations, 1904-1907, carried out by Maj Gen Sir Maurice Holt (then Major RAMC), a specialist on operative surgery.

Papers of Prebendary Frederick William Ruffle, 1929-1933, relating to his studies for the Associateship of King's College (AKC) in the Faculty of Theology at King's College London, comprising prayer books, and course notes on the Old and New Testaments, St Paul's letter to the Phillipians, Apologetics, Systematic Theology, and spiritual retreats.