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- 1800-1995 (Creation)
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8 boxes
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Born in 1855; educated at Durham School and at St Bartholomew's Hospital, 1879; served in South Africa as Senior Surgeon, Portland Hospital, Bloemfontein, 1899-1900; Maj, 1908-1914 and Lt Col, 1 London General Hospital, Royal Army Medical Corps, 1914-1919; civilian member of Army Medical Advisory Board, [1913]-1918; served in Army Medical Service, 1914-1919; British Red Cross Society representative on the Technical Reserve Advisory Committee on Voluntary Aid, 1914-1920; member of honorary consulting staff of Royal Army Medical College, Queen Alexandra Military Hospital, 1914-1920; served on British Red Cross Society Executive Committee, 1917-1920; honorary Maj Gen, Royal Army Medical Corps, 1920; died in 1929.
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GB 0120 GC/181 1800-1995 Collection (fonds) 8 boxes Bowlby , Sir , Anthony Alfred , 1855-1929 , 1st Baronet , surgeon
Born in 1855; educated at Durham School and at St Bartholomew's Hospital, 1879; served in South Africa as Senior Surgeon, Portland Hospital, Bloemfontein, 1899-1900; Maj, 1908-1914 and Lt Col, 1 London General Hospital, Royal Army Medical Corps, 1914-1919; civilian member of Army Medical Advisory Board, [1913]-1918; served in Army Medical Service, 1914-1919; British Red Cross Society representative on the Technical Reserve Advisory Committee on Voluntary Aid, 1914-1920; member of honorary consulting staff of Royal Army Medical College, Queen Alexandra Military Hospital, 1914-1920; served on British Red Cross Society Executive Committee, 1917-1920; honorary Maj Gen, Royal Army Medical Corps, 1920; died in 1929.
Given to the Contemporary Medical Archives Centre in 1995 by Sir Anthony's daughter-in-law, Ursula Bowlby. Some additional material was found among family papers of John Bowlby received from his daughter Mary Gatling in 2001.
Papers relating to Sir Anthony Bowlby including personal and biographical material; records of his work with the Portland Hospital during the Boer War, 1899-1902; and correspondence about rebuilding of St Bartholomew's Hospital, 1900-1905.
A. Personal, biographical and general correspondence 1880-1995
B. St Bartholomew's Hospital 1880-1921
C. Boer War 1899-1901
D. Publications 1908-1920
The papers are available subject to the usual conditions of access to Archives and Manuscripts material, after the completion of a Reader's Undertaking. File A.6 is only available for consultation on microfilm.
Photocopies/photographs/microfilm are supplied for private research only at the Archivist's discretion. Please note that material may be unsuitable for copying on conservation grounds, and that photographs cannot be photocopied in any circumstances. Readers are restricted to 100 photocopies in twelve months. Researchers who wish to publish material must seek copyright permission from the copyright owner.
English
GC/181/A6 is available on microfilm (AMS/MF/80).
In the Wellcome Library:
Further papers of, or concerning, Sir Anthony Bowlby [AAB] are held in the Royal Army Medical Corps Muniments collection:
RAMC 365: Papers as consulting surgeon to the British Armies in France during the First World War, 1914-1918
RAMC 1165/2/2: Interview with AAB by the Commission on [Army] Medical Establishments in France [during the First World War], Sep 1917
RAMC 2008/7/1: Ms letters, diary and narrative of work as senior surgeon in command of the Portland Hospital during the Boer War, 1900-1901
RAMC 2008/7/2-3: Diary as consulting surgeon to British forces in France during the First World War, 1914-19
RAMC 2008/7/4-5: Various reports, correspondence, etc from the First World War
RAMC 2008/7/6: AAB's certificates of mention in despatches
PP/BOW/Q: Lady Bowlby's papers, including her journals and her letters to AAB
Papers of AAB's son, [Edward] John [Mostyn] Bowlby (1907-1990), child psychologist, PP/BOW, include taped interviews with members of the family and other biographical material which refers to Sir Anthony, also journals, correspondence etc of his wife Maria Bridget Bowlby, nee Mostyn.
At other repositories: A two page report by AAB concerning the introduction of steel helmets in the First World War, dated 1916, is amongst the Private Papers in the archives of King's College London.
Copied from the Wellcome Library catalogue by Sarah Drewery.
General International Standard Archival Description, ISAD(G), second edition, 2000; National Council on Archives Rules for the Construction of Personal Place and Corporate Names 1997.
Mar 2009. Medical sciences Hospitals Medical institutions Health services Second Boer War, 1899-1902 Wars (events) Bowlby , Sir , Anthony Alfred , 1855-1929 , 1st Baronet , surgeon
Immediate source of acquisition or transfer
Given to the Contemporary Medical Archives Centre in 1995 by Sir Anthony's daughter-in-law, Ursula Bowlby. Some additional material was found among family papers of John Bowlby received from his daughter Mary Gatling in 2001.
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Scope and content
Papers relating to Sir Anthony Bowlby including personal and biographical material; records of his work with the Portland Hospital during the Boer War, 1899-1902; and correspondence about rebuilding of St Bartholomew's Hospital, 1900-1905.
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A. Personal, biographical and general correspondence 1880-1995
B. St Bartholomew's Hospital 1880-1921
C. Boer War 1899-1901
D. Publications 1908-1920
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Conditions governing access
The papers are available subject to the usual conditions of access to Archives and Manuscripts material, after the completion of a Reader's Undertaking. File A.6 is only available for consultation on microfilm.
Conditions governing reproduction
Photocopies/photographs/microfilm are supplied for private research only at the Archivist's discretion. Please note that material may be unsuitable for copying on conservation grounds, and that photographs cannot be photocopied in any circumstances. Readers are restricted to 100 photocopies in twelve months. Researchers who wish to publish material must seek copyright permission from the copyright owner.
Language of material
- English
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- Latin
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English
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In the Wellcome Library:
Further papers of, or concerning, Sir Anthony Bowlby [AAB] are held in the Royal Army Medical Corps Muniments collection:
RAMC 365: Papers as consulting surgeon to the British Armies in France during the First World War, 1914-1918
RAMC 1165/2/2: Interview with AAB by the Commission on [Army] Medical Establishments in France [during the First World War], Sep 1917
RAMC 2008/7/1: Ms letters, diary and narrative of work as senior surgeon in command of the Portland Hospital during the Boer War, 1900-1901
RAMC 2008/7/2-3: Diary as consulting surgeon to British forces in France during the First World War, 1914-19
RAMC 2008/7/4-5: Various reports, correspondence, etc from the First World War
RAMC 2008/7/6: AAB's certificates of mention in despatches
PP/BOW/Q: Lady Bowlby's papers, including her journals and her letters to AAB
Papers of AAB's son, [Edward] John [Mostyn] Bowlby (1907-1990), child psychologist, PP/BOW, include taped interviews with members of the family and other biographical material which refers to Sir Anthony, also journals, correspondence etc of his wife Maria Bridget Bowlby, nee Mostyn.
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GC/181/A6 is available on microfilm (AMS/MF/80).
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At other repositories: A two page report by AAB concerning the introduction of steel helmets in the First World War, dated 1916, is amongst the Private Papers in the archives of King's College London.
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General International Standard Archival Description, ISAD(G), second edition, 2000; National Council on Archives Rules for the Construction of Personal Place and Corporate Names 1997.
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- English