GB 0120 PP/HHD - Dale, Sir Henry Hallett (1875-1968)

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GB 0120 PP/HHD

Title

Dale, Sir Henry Hallett (1875-1968)

Date(s)

  • 1888-1968 (Creation)

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2 boxes

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Name of creator

Archival history

GB 0120 PP/HHD 1888-1968 Collection (fonds) 2 boxes Dale , Sir , Henry Hallett , 1875-1968 , Knight , physiologist, pharmacologist and physician

Physiologist; Nobel laureate.

This material was acquired by the Wellcome Institute Library from various sources over a period of time. PP/HHD/1 was purchased in 1935. PP/HHD/12-23 were presented to the Library by Dale in 1954. PP/HHD/10 was presented by the BBC in 1963. The notebooks (PP/HHD/2-7), the introductory notes to Adventures in Physiology, the notes on his brother and the obituary by F H K Green were presented separately during 1970, by donor or donors unknown. All these items were transferred to the Contemporary Medical Archives Centre in October 1980. PP/HHD was discovered among the papers of the former Director of the Institute, Dr E Ashworth Underwood. Further material (PP/HHD/25-27) was transferred to the Contemporary Medical Archives Centre from the Autograph Letters collection in February 1988 and October 1990.

Papers of Sir Henry Hallett Dale including experimental notebooks, 1913-1916; biographical items; drafts of articles, 1919-1925; lectures, 1920s; congratulatory letters received.

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

The catalogue is available on microfiche via the National Inventory of Documentary Sources (NIDS).

Files 2-7 are also available on microfilm: Notebooks on experiments at Hampstead 1913-1916.

The bulk of Dale's papers are held at the Royal Society. There are significant amounts of Dale material among the following collections in the Wellcome Library: PP/ASP, PP/CLE, PP/ESS, PP/HBF, PP/LEW, PP/MEL, PP/PBM, PP/RRW, SA/BPS, SA/PHY, SA/SRL.

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.

Jan 2009 Dale , Sir , Henry Hallett , 1875-1968 , Knight , physiologist, pharmacologist and physician Medical sciences Endocrinology Nutrition Physiology

Immediate source of acquisition or transfer

This material was acquired by the Wellcome Institute Library from various sources over a period of time. PP/HHD/1 was purchased in 1935. PP/HHD/12-23 were presented to the Library by Dale in 1954. PP/HHD/10 was presented by the BBC in 1963. The notebooks (PP/HHD/2-7), the introductory notes to Adventures in Physiology, the notes on his brother and the obituary by F H K Green were presented separately during 1970, by donor or donors unknown. All these items were transferred to the Contemporary Medical Archives Centre in October 1980. PP/HHD was discovered among the papers of the former Director of the Institute, Dr E Ashworth Underwood. Further material (PP/HHD/25-27) was transferred to the Contemporary Medical Archives Centre from the Autograph Letters collection in February 1988 and October 1990.

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Scope and content

Papers of Sir Henry Hallett Dale including experimental notebooks, 1913-1916; biographical items; drafts of articles, 1919-1925; lectures, 1920s; congratulatory letters received.

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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

Language and script notes

English

Physical characteristics and technical requirements

The bulk of Dale's papers are held at the Royal Society. There are significant amounts of Dale material among the following collections in the Wellcome Library: PP/ASP, PP/CLE, PP/ESS, PP/HBF, PP/LEW, PP/MEL, PP/PBM, PP/RRW, SA/BPS, SA/PHY, SA/SRL.

Finding aids

The catalogue is available on microfiche via the National Inventory of Documentary Sources (NIDS).

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Existence and location of originals

Existence and location of copies

Files 2-7 are also available on microfilm: Notebooks on experiments at Hampstead 1913-1916.

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Wellcome Library

Rules and/or conventions used

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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  • English

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