Comprises 76 leaves and 4 items.

Correspondence is mainly between the Colonial Office (Sir J. E. Shuckburgh, J. Hathorn Hall), the Foreign Office (Charlotte Waterlow) and the Overseas Nursing Association (Miss C. M. Adams, Miss M. Gawan Taylor) about appointments in the Health Directorate and in government hospitals. There are also letters from nurses describing experiences. With related papers including:

(item 2) Rules of the Tehran Nursing Association (affiliated to the Colonial Nursing Association, London), 1932

(item 3) form of contract for foreign officials, in English and Arabic, c. 1938

(fols. 73-75) memorandum by Mrs. G. M. Hamblin on her visit to Iraq, Mar 1958

(item 4) twelve photographs of hospital and staff, chiefly at Twaitha, 1958