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- 1896-1957 (Creation)
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5 boxes
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Name of creator
Biographical history
Cinchona-Institute was a non-profit research institute connected to the quinine industry of Holland.
Archival history
GB 0809 CI 1896-1957 Collection (fonds) 5 boxes Cinchona-Institute, Amsterdam x Cinchona-Instituut, Amsterdam
Cinchona-Institute was a non-profit research institute connected to the quinine industry of Holland.
Unknown.
Papers of Cinchona-Institute, 1896-1957, comprise publications and reprinted extracts largely from medical journals concerning quinine and the treatment of various diseases including malaria. Publications, 1896-1952, largely concern quinine and its medical uses and notably include Influenza Prophylaxis Chininum (Bureau tot bevordering van het kininegebruik, Amsterdam, 1933-1934) and The Therapeutics of Malaria (Bureau for increasing the use of quinine, Amsterdam, 1933). Extracts collected from various sources, 1948-1957, notably include 'Malaria in Nigeria' by Leonard J Bruce-Chwatt of Medical Service, Medical Department, Lagos-Yaba, Nigeria, 1951; 'Malaria and its control for planters and miners' by G Macdonald, The Ross Institute Industrial Advisory Committee, Bulletin No. 7 November 1952 (revised March 1953) and also include extracts from Indian Journal of Malariology, American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene and British Medical Journal.
Arranged in original order.
This collection is open for consultation. Please contact the Archivist to arrange an appointment. All researchers must complete and sign a user registration form which signifies their agreement to abide by the archive rules. All researchers are required to provide proof of identity bearing your signature (for example, a passport or debit card) when registering. Please see website for further information at www.lshtm.ac.uk/library/archives.
Photocopies, subject to the condition of the original, may be supplied for research use only. Requests to publish original material should be submitted to the Archivist.
English, Dutch, French and German.
No additional finding aids exist.
LuEsther T. Mertz Library at The New York Botanical Garden contains the personal papers of Norman Taylor (1900-1967) which make reference to files on medicinal plants which were being considered for cultivation and promotion by the Cinchona-Instituut in Amsterdam.
Sources: Archives and manuscripts website at The LuEsther T. Mertz Library, The New York Botanical Garden.
Compiled by Samantha Velumyl, AIM25 cataloguer.
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.
February 2008 Amsterdam Cinchona-Institute Diseases Europe Infectious diseases Malaria Medical research Netherlands Pathology Periodicals Publications Tropical diseases Western Europe Communications media Information sciences
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Unknown.
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Scope and content
Papers of Cinchona-Institute, 1896-1957, comprise publications and reprinted extracts largely from medical journals concerning quinine and the treatment of various diseases including malaria. Publications, 1896-1952, largely concern quinine and its medical uses and notably include Influenza Prophylaxis Chininum (Bureau tot bevordering van het kininegebruik, Amsterdam, 1933-1934) and The Therapeutics of Malaria (Bureau for increasing the use of quinine, Amsterdam, 1933). Extracts collected from various sources, 1948-1957, notably include 'Malaria in Nigeria' by Leonard J Bruce-Chwatt of Medical Service, Medical Department, Lagos-Yaba, Nigeria, 1951; 'Malaria and its control for planters and miners' by G Macdonald, The Ross Institute Industrial Advisory Committee, Bulletin No. 7 November 1952 (revised March 1953) and also include extracts from Indian Journal of Malariology, American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene and British Medical Journal.
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Accruals
System of arrangement
Arranged in original order.
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This collection is open for consultation. Please contact the Archivist to arrange an appointment. All researchers must complete and sign a user registration form which signifies their agreement to abide by the archive rules. All researchers are required to provide proof of identity bearing your signature (for example, a passport or debit card) when registering. Please see website for further information at www.lshtm.ac.uk/library/archives.
Conditions governing reproduction
Photocopies, subject to the condition of the original, may be supplied for research use only. Requests to publish original material should be submitted to the Archivist.
Language of material
- English
Script of material
- Latin
Language and script notes
English, Dutch, French and German.
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No additional finding aids exist.
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LuEsther T. Mertz Library at The New York Botanical Garden contains the personal papers of Norman Taylor (1900-1967) which make reference to files on medicinal plants which were being considered for cultivation and promotion by the Cinchona-Instituut in Amsterdam.
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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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Language(s)
- English