GB 0120 SA/MIG - British Migraine Association / Migraine Trust

Identity area

Reference code

GB 0120 SA/MIG

Title

British Migraine Association / Migraine Trust

Date(s)

  • 1964-1968 (Creation)

Level of description

Extent and medium

1 box and 1 folder.

Context area

Name of creator

Biographical history

The British Migraine Association (BMA) was founded in 1958 as an association for sufferers. Growing out of the activities of the BMA, the Migraine Trust was set up in 1965 as a charitable organisation for the promotion of research into migraine and its alleviation.

Archival history

GB 0120 SA/MIG 1964-1968 Collection (fonds) 1 box and 1 folder. British Migraine Association

Migraine Trust

The British Migraine Association (BMA) was founded in 1958 as an association for sufferers. Growing out of the activities of the BMA, the Migraine Trust was set up in 1965 as a charitable organisation for the promotion of research into migraine and its alleviation.

Records were given by Dr K D Keele, a member of the Medical Advisory Group of the British Migraine Association, and of its successor the Medical Advisory Council of the Migraine Trust. Other records were received via the Voluntary Euthanasia Society in 1981, formerly in the possession of Miss Lucy Dorling-Bone, its secretary, who had also been a member of the BMA and Migraine Trust.

Papers of the British Migraine Association (BMA) and the Migraine Trust, 1964-1968, comprising minutes of the Medical Advisory Group of the BMA, 1964-1965; minutes of the Medical Advisory Council of the Migraine Trust, 1965-1978; Migraine Newsletter, 1966-1980; Migraine News, 1967-1978; and miscellaneous publications and press cuttings.

As outlined in Scope and Content.

The papers are available subject to the usual conditions of access to Archives and Manuscripts material, after the completion of a Reader's Undertaking.

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

1 folder

Compiled by Anya Turner.

Compiled in compliance with 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.

June 2008 Pathological conditions, signs and symptoms Signs and symptoms Headache Migraine Pain Pathology Diseases Nervous system diseases Medical sciences Neurology Neurologic manifestations Associations Organizations British Migraine Association Migraine Trust

Immediate source of acquisition or transfer

Records were given by Dr K D Keele, a member of the Medical Advisory Group of the British Migraine Association, and of its successor the Medical Advisory Council of the Migraine Trust. Other records were received via the Voluntary Euthanasia Society in 1981, formerly in the possession of Miss Lucy Dorling-Bone, its secretary, who had also been a member of the BMA and Migraine Trust.

Content and structure area

Scope and content

Papers of the British Migraine Association (BMA) and the Migraine Trust, 1964-1968, comprising minutes of the Medical Advisory Group of the BMA, 1964-1965; minutes of the Medical Advisory Council of the Migraine Trust, 1965-1978; Migraine Newsletter, 1966-1980; Migraine News, 1967-1978; and miscellaneous publications and press cuttings.

Appraisal, destruction and scheduling

Accruals

System of arrangement

As outlined in Scope and Content.

Conditions of access and use area

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.

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

Script of material

  • Latin

Language and script notes

English

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Wellcome Library

Rules and/or conventions used

Compiled in compliance with 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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Language(s)

  • English

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