Identity area
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- 1915-1966 (Creation)
Level of description
Extent and medium
1 box
Context area
Name of creator
Biographical history
The British Phrenological Society was established in 1886, incorporated in 1899, and disbanded in 1966-1967.
Repository
Archival history
Books from British Phrenological Society library were acquired by the British Medical Association. The papers of the Society were also included.
GB 0120 SA/PHR 1915-1966 Collection (fonds) 1 box British Phrenological Society
The British Phrenological Society was established in 1886, incorporated in 1899, and disbanded in 1966-1967.
Books from British Phrenological Society library were acquired by the British Medical Association. The papers of the Society were also included.
Papers given to the Wellcome Library by the British Medical Association.
Papers of the British Phrenological Society, 1915-1966, comprising minutes of the council and annual general meetings, 1951-1964; class attendance books, 1915-1938 and 1951-1966; and a visitors book, 1955-1966.
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
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.
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Immediate source of acquisition or transfer
Papers given to the Wellcome Library by the British Medical Association.
Content and structure area
Scope and content
Papers of the British Phrenological Society, 1915-1966, comprising minutes of the council and annual general meetings, 1951-1964; class attendance books, 1915-1938 and 1951-1966; and a visitors book, 1955-1966.
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Accruals
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As outlined in Scope and Content.
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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.
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
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English
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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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- English