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- 1937-1987 (Creation)
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1 box, 3 transfer boxes, 1 packet
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The British Society of Gastroenterology was founded in 1937.
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GB 0120 SA/BSG 1937-1987 Collection (fonds) 1 box, 3 transfer boxes, 1 packet British Society of Gastroenterology
The British Society of Gastroenterology was founded in 1937.
The minute book of this Society was deposited by them in the Wellcome Library, where it originally formed part of the collection of Western Manuscripts, and was transferred to the Contemporary Medical Archives Centre (both departments later formed part of the department of Archives and Manuscripts) in October 1980. The Jubilee History was donated by the Society in 1987. Subsidiary material was deposited in 1996; this has yet to be added to the catalogue.
Papers of the British Society of Gastroenterology including the minutes of General and Council Meetings, 1937-1966, and a Jubilee History, 1987.
The papers are available subject to the usual conditions of access to Archives and Manuscripts material, after the completion of a Reader's Undertaking. SA/BSG/1 (Minute book) is too fragile to be consulted in the original: readers are requested to consult the microfilm, reference AMS/MF/142.
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
SA/BSG/1 (Minute book) is available on microfilm (AMS/MF/142)
Copied from the Wellcome Library catalogue by Sarah Drewery.
In compliance with ISAD (G): General International Standard Archival Description - 2nd Edition (1999); UNESCO Thesaurus, December 2001; 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
The minute book of this Society was deposited by them in the Wellcome Library, where it originally formed part of the collection of Western Manuscripts, and was transferred to the Contemporary Medical Archives Centre (both departments later formed part of the department of Archives and Manuscripts) in October 1980. The Jubilee History was donated by the Society in 1987. Subsidiary material was deposited in 1996; this has yet to be added to the catalogue.
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Papers of the British Society of Gastroenterology including the minutes of General and Council Meetings, 1937-1966, and a Jubilee History, 1987.
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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. SA/BSG/1 (Minute book) is too fragile to be consulted in the original: readers are requested to consult the microfilm, reference AMS/MF/142.
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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SA/BSG/1 (Minute book) is available on microfilm (AMS/MF/142)
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In compliance with ISAD (G): General International Standard Archival Description - 2nd Edition (1999); UNESCO Thesaurus, December 2001; National Council on Archives Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997.
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Language(s)
- English