Files of correspondence and papers relating to H.C. Hunt, A Retired Habitation. A History of The Retreat, York (London 1932)

• RET/1/10/2/25
• item
• 1928 - 1945

Part of The Retreat Archive

Comprises file of correspondence relating to additions by Doctors Pierce and Macleod to Hunt's draft of the book, 1928-9; file of reviews of the book 1932-3; file of correspondence of A.F. Burgess, Secretary of The Retreat relating to the pro...

Opening of the Rose Walk, in memory of Dr Bedford Pierce, July 1934

• RET/1/8/7/16
• item
• July 1934

Part of The Retreat Archive

Dr Bedford Pierce was Retreat Medical Superintendent 1892-1922. The photographs show his daughter, Dr Marjorie Garrod, opening the Memorial Walk; there are also photographs of the commemorative plaque on the garden wall, photographs of Arnold Rown...

Papers relating to Bedford Pierce, Medical Superintendent 1892 - 1922

• RET/5/9/8
• file
• 1892-1933

Part of The Retreat Archive

Papers are described in 17 separate parts.

Consulting Practice of Dr Bedford Pierce

• RET/8/4/1
• subseries
• 1895-1931

Part of The Retreat Archive

Dr Bedford Pierce, was Medical Superintendent of the Retreat 1892-1922. His consulting practice began in the 1890s and was extended after the Retreat gave him permission to open consulting rooms at 22 Park Place (from 1906 at 6 Park Square), Leeds...

Addresses to Mental Nurses (London 1924) by Bedford Pierce

• RET/5/11/14
• item
• 28 May 1923

Part of The Retreat Archive

This is a volume of collected addresses. Each address in this volume is accompanied by autobiographical details of the authorIt includes publications at RET 5/11/1-12 and three others, comprising:Some Practical Considerations in Mental Nursing, by...

Dr Bedford Pierce photograph

• RET/1/8/6/2/10
• item
• 1894-1922

Part of The Retreat Archive

Dr Bedford Pierce was Retreat Medical Superintendent 1892-1922.Photograph 1 is a three quarter length photograph, c 1894.Photograph 2 is a head and shoulders photograph, c 1922

Group photograph at the meeting of the Medico-Psychological Association at The Retreat, 22 July 1919

• RET/1/8/7/4/3
• item
• 22 July 1919

Part of The Retreat Archive

In 1919 Bedford Pierce was President of the Medico-Psychological Association.There are two copies of the photograph: one has all the names inscribed. Photograph dated 22 July 1919.

Nurses Home viewed from the front of the Retreat: the photograph shows Dr Pierce, his son Edmund Pierce, and the Matron

• RET/1/8/9/14/9
• item
• c1890s-1900s

Part of The Retreat Archive

Manuscript copies of lectures and syllabuses of lectures to Retreat nurses

• RET/5/14/1
• item
• 1894 - early 20th century

Part of The Retreat Archive

Dr Bedford Pierce introduced formal training for Retreat nurses shortly after his appointment as Medical Superintendent in 1892. These papers outline the proposed syllabus and lectures for first year, second year and third year probationer nurses....

Memorandum of Agreement between the Directors of the York Retreat and Dr Bedford Pierce: Dr Pierce to be Medical Superintendent, October 1892. With supplementary endorsement allowing Dr Pierce to open consulting rooms and accept private patients, October 1903

• RET/5/2/3/1
• item
• 1892-1903

Part of The Retreat Archive

Dr Bedford Pierce, Medical Superintendent, with his Assistant Medical Officers, Dr Henry J. Mackenzie and Dr Norah Kemp

• RET/1/8/6/2/11
• item
• c 1900

Part of The Retreat Archive

Harvey Archive

• HARVEY
• fonds
• c 1897-1900

11 letters written by Helen Grace Harvey and Margaret Harvey of Leeds while they were pupils of The Mount School, York, c.1897-1899, with transcriptions and biographical notes; summer term school report for Helen Grace Harvey, 1900.Letter recipien...

Harvey family of Leeds

The Medical Staff, 1897; (Dr Pierce and two others, sitting outside The Retreat)

• RET/1/8/9/1/7
• item
• 1897

Part of The Retreat Archive

Report on the Locks in use at the Retreat Dr Bedford Pierce

• RET/2/2/11/4
• item
• c 1895

Part of The Retreat Archive

This outlines in detail the present situation of many locks and keys and describes a new system.