RCN Archives
The RCN Archives are the most important collections dedicated to the history of the nursing profession in the UK. Everyone is welcome to use this unique resource. We answer enquiries relating to the development of nursing and other healthcare professions and about RCN history.
As well as providing historical information, we can facilitate your research by offering advice on many aspects of historical research including information search skills, academic contacts and ongoing historical projects.
Family historians, teachers and students will find easily accessible historical and biographical information along with links to other sources on the UK Centre for the History of Nursing and Midwifery website.
We encourage donations that reflect the history of all the health care professions, which may otherwise be lost forever. If you are a retired nurse, or have had a nurses' professional belongings passed down to you, which you would like to see preserved please contact us to discuss donating them to the archives.
The RCN is a partner organisation of the centre along with Manchester University School of Nursing, Midwifery and Social Work.