GOS/2 - Constitutional and Legal Records

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Reference code

GOS/2

Title

Constitutional and Legal Records

Date(s)

  • 1703-1991 (Creation)

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Extent and medium

7 boxes

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Name of creator

Biographical history

Great Ormond Street Hospital was founded in 1852 by Charles West on its current site in Bloomsbury as the Hospital for Sick Children. It was the first children's hospital in Britain. It became part of the NHS in 1948 and took over the Queen Elizabeth Hospital for Sick Children in 1968. It went through several changes of name during this period and adopted its current name in 1994.

Archival history

GOS/2 1908-1960 Sub fonds of Great Ormond Street Hospital Archives 1 box Great Ormond Street Hospital

Great Ormond Street Hospital was founded in 1852 by Charles West on its current site in Bloomsbury as the Hospital for Sick Children. It was the first children's hospital in Britain. It became part of the NHS in 1948 and took over the Queen Elizabeth Hospital for Sick Children in 1968. It went through several changes of name during this period and adopted its current name in 1994.

Great Ormond Street Hospital.

Constitutional and legal records of Great Ormond Street Hospital, 1908-1960, comprising 'Memoranda and Articles of Association', 1914; annotated 1936; 1939; Constitution and Rules of the Hospital, 1908 and 1924 editions; register of seals, 1952-1960; Miscellaneous legal correspondence, 1930-1932; copy letters to the Hospital’s and other lawyers regarding the revision of Articles of Association; Peter Pan copyright agreements with the Daniel Mayer Co., and George Bell Ltd.; administration of legacies to the Hospital; administration of Hospital property and tenancies, Guilford Street, London.

Arranged in 4 series.

Open to the public.

Items can be copied without restriction.

English

Typescript catalogue available for consultation in the Archives.

Compiled by Andrea Tanner.

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Immediate source of acquisition or transfer

Great Ormond Street Hospital.

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Scope and content

Constitutional and legal records of Great Ormond Street Hospital, 1703-1991, comprising 'Memoranda and Articles of Association', 1914; annotated 1936; 1939; Constitution and Rules of the Hospital, 1908 and 1924 editions; register of seals, 1952-1960; Miscellaneous legal correspondence, 1930-1932; copy letters to the Hospital’s and other lawyers regarding the revision of Articles of Association; Peter Pan copyright agreements with the Daniel Mayer Co., and George Bell Ltd.; administration of legacies to the Hospital; administration of Hospital property and tenancies, Guilford Street, London. Deeds of Hospital properties in and around Great Ormond Street,1703-1991

Appraisal, destruction and scheduling

Accruals

System of arrangement

Arranged in 4 series.

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Conditions governing access

Open to the public.

Conditions governing reproduction

Items can be copied without restriction.

Language of material

  • English

Script of material

  • Latin

Language and script notes

English

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Finding aids

Typescript catalogue available for consultation in the Archives.

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Great Ormond Street Hospital Archives

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Dates of creation revision deletion

Language(s)

  • English

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