MANUSCRIPT
Brooke, Evelyn (Eva) Gertrude, 1879-1962: Autograph book
- Date
- 1912-1916
- By
- Brown, Evelyn Gertrude, 1879-1962; Barton-Chapple, Virginia, 1945-
- Reference
- MSX-9348
- Description
Autograph book of Matron Evelyn (Eva) Gertrude Brooke. Entries date from her time as a nursing sister at Wellington Hospital and to her service as a military nurse during World War I in Samoa and on board New Zealand Hospital Ship 'Maheno' (1915-1916). Includes contributions from soldiers Matron Brooke treated, as well as fellow medical staff. Entries vary in length from names and dates to single page letters. Entries also include sayings as well as quotations from poems (including John Keats). One entry is in te reo Maori. Volume also contains three photographs showing palm trees in Samoa and a boat in Alexandria, Egypt.
Language - one entry is in te reo Maori
Source of title - Supplied by Library
Accompanying material - Print out of biography of Matron Eva Brooke and photocopy of her certificate of service in the New Zealand Expeditionary Forces held in Library backfile
Quantity: 1 volume(s). 0.02 Linear Metres.
Physical Description: Mss
Provenance: Donated by Evelyn Brooke's great niece, Virginia Barton-Chapple, November 2014
Donor/Lender/Vendor - Donated by Virginia Barton-Chapple, Wellington in Nov 2014
- Access restrictions
- No access restrictions
- Format
- 1 volume(s), 0.02 Linear Metres, Manuscripts, Mss
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