Florence Nightingale Letters: May Resource of the Month
May 1st, 2008 Posted in 2008 | Make a Comment »Did you know the UAB Historical Collections contains original Florence Nightingale letters?
The letters range in date from 1853 to 1893 while the majority are from the 1860s to 1880s. The letters generally deal with Nightingale’s war relief charities during the Franco-Prussian War and her sanitation work in India.
The 51 letters and 2 portraits have been digitized and are available through the UAB Digital Collections. Each digitized letter contains a digital image and transcript of the letter as well as pdf functionality so you can zoom in to see it more closely.
To see the original letters in person, please schedule an appointment with Michael Flannery, Associate Director for Historical Collections, by calling 205-934-4475. For information about other material in Historical Collections, please visit the UAB Historical Collections Website.
Below is an excerpt from an October 1888 letter of reference for Thomas Gillham Hewlett, Health Officer of Bombay.









