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- 1957-1966 (Creation)
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8 volumes and 1 bundle of loose papers
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Sir Zachary Cope obtained his M.D. in London in 1907, and was elected FRCS Eng in 1909. He served with the RAMC in Mesopotamia 1916-1918, and was consulting surgeon to St. Mary's Hospital, Paddington. Among other works he wrote a History of the Royal College of Surgeons of England, published in 1959.
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GB 0120 MSS.1863-1870 & 8875 1957-1966 Collection (fonds) 8 volumes and 1 bundle of loose papers Cope , Sir , Vincent Zachary , 1881-1974 , Knight , surgeon
Sir Zachary Cope obtained his M.D. in London in 1907, and was elected FRCS Eng in 1909. He served with the RAMC in Mesopotamia 1916-1918, and was consulting surgeon to St. Mary's Hospital, Paddington. Among other works he wrote a History of the Royal College of Surgeons of England, published in 1959.
Presented by Sir Zachary, 1968 and 1972.
Notes, 1957-1966, made by Sir Zachary Cope in preparation for a History of Dispensaries in Great Britain, plus a piece on his own writings. Produced in London.
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.
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Described in: S.A.J. Moorat, Catalogue of Western Manuscripts on Medicine and Science in the Wellcome Historical Medical Library (London: Wellcome Institute for the History of Medicine, 1962-1973) and in a typescript supplement to that finding aid drafted by Richard Aspin and Christopher Hilton.
n the Wellcome Library: Correspondence with Sir Zachary occurs in the papers of the medical historians Charles Joseph Singer and Dorothea Waley Singer (PP/CJS), being held in files PP/CJS/A.21/23 and PP/CJS/F.1. Correspondence by him is also held in the papers of the Queen's Nursing Institute (SA/QNI), as SA/QNI/F.6/9; a brief history by him of the QNI is held as SA/QNI/P.10/1. Correspondence by him with the Wellcome Historical Medical Museum is held in that body's papers (WA/HMM), in file WA/HMM/CO/Chr/K.17. An obituary by him of Sir Almroth Wright is held in the Royal Army Medical Corps muniment collection as RAMC/1148. H.P. Greenberg's material on Richard Hunter FRCP (1923-1891) and Ida Macalpine FRCP (1899-1974), held as GC/218, contains a letter from Cope (GC/218/6). An article by Cope can be found in the papers of Frederick Parkes Weber (PP/FPW), in file PP/FPW/B.183/1. In other repositories: The Royal College of Surgeons of England holds the following material by Cope: abstracts of Council minutes (1790-1957); draft history of College and correspondence on history; notes for biography of Cheselden; register of operations (1917-1918); papers, autograph books etc.
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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Presented by Sir Zachary, 1968 and 1972.
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Notes, 1957-1966, made by Sir Zachary Cope in preparation for a History of Dispensaries in Great Britain, plus a piece on his own writings. Produced in London.
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The papers are available subject to the usual conditions of access to Archives and Manuscripts material, after the completion of a Reader's Undertaking.
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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.
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n the Wellcome Library: Correspondence with Sir Zachary occurs in the papers of the medical historians Charles Joseph Singer and Dorothea Waley Singer (PP/CJS), being held in files PP/CJS/A.21/23 and PP/CJS/F.1. Correspondence by him is also held in the papers of the Queen's Nursing Institute (SA/QNI), as SA/QNI/F.6/9; a brief history by him of the QNI is held as SA/QNI/P.10/1. Correspondence by him with the Wellcome Historical Medical Museum is held in that body's papers (WA/HMM), in file WA/HMM/CO/Chr/K.17. An obituary by him of Sir Almroth Wright is held in the Royal Army Medical Corps muniment collection as RAMC/1148. H.P. Greenberg's material on Richard Hunter FRCP (1923-1891) and Ida Macalpine FRCP (1899-1974), held as GC/218, contains a letter from Cope (GC/218/6). An article by Cope can be found in the papers of Frederick Parkes Weber (PP/FPW), in file PP/FPW/B.183/1. In other repositories: The Royal College of Surgeons of England holds the following material by Cope: abstracts of Council minutes (1790-1957); draft history of College and correspondence on history; notes for biography of Cheselden; register of operations (1917-1918); papers, autograph books etc.
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Described in: S.A.J. Moorat, Catalogue of Western Manuscripts on Medicine and Science in the Wellcome Historical Medical Library (London: Wellcome Institute for the History of Medicine, 1962-1973) and in a typescript supplement to that finding aid drafted by Richard Aspin and Christopher Hilton.
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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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