GB 0120 GC/227 - Drabble, Mary Louisa

Identity area

Reference code

GB 0120 GC/227

Title

Drabble, Mary Louisa

Date(s)

  • 1917-1931 (Creation)

Level of description

Extent and medium

6 boxes

Context area

Name of creator

Biographical history

Mary Louisa Drabble graduated from the University of Edinburgh with a degree in medicine on 24 July 1925. She became a general practitioner in Westlea, Derbyshire.

Archival history

GB 0120 GC/227 1917-1931 Collection (fonds) 6 boxes Drabble , Mary Louisa , 1900-1972 , general practitioner

Mary Louisa Drabble graduated from the University of Edinburgh with a degree in medicine on 24 July 1925. She became a general practitioner in Westlea, Derbyshire.

This material was given to the Contemporary Medical Archives Centre (now the Wellcome Library Archive and Manuscript department) in September 1997 by Maryrose W Price, daughter of Mary Louisa Drabble.

Papers of Mary Louisa Drabble, 1917-1931, comprising notebooks as a medical student at the University of Edinburgh, 1920-1925, testimonials; certificates; photograph; personalia. The collection also contains nursing notebooks of her sister Margery Drabble, was a nurse at Guy's Hospital during early 1920s (notebooks spanning 1922-1925).

Arranged by sections as follows:

A. Personal 1917-1931;

B. Student notebooks 1921-1925;

C. Margery Drabble's nursing notebooks 1922-1925;

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

For other related collections in Archives and Manuscripts see sources leaflets on Women in medicine and Nursing, Midwifery and Health Visiting.

Entry compiled by Sarah Drewery.

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.

Jun 2008 Medical students Medical sciences Nursing Midwifery Health services Community health nursing Higher science education Medical education Students Drabble , Mary Louisa , 1900-1972 , general practitioner Edinburgh University x University of Edinburgh Guy's Hospital , London

Immediate source of acquisition or transfer

This material was given to the Contemporary Medical Archives Centre (now the Wellcome Library Archive and Manuscript department) in September 1997 by Maryrose W Price, daughter of Mary Louisa Drabble.

Content and structure area

Scope and content

Papers of Mary Louisa Drabble, 1917-1931, comprising notebooks as a medical student at the University of Edinburgh, 1920-1925, testimonials; certificates; photograph; personalia. The collection also contains nursing notebooks of her sister Margery Drabble, was a nurse at Guy's Hospital during early 1920s (notebooks spanning 1922-1925).

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Accruals

System of arrangement

Arranged by sections as follows:

A. Personal 1917-1931;

B. Student notebooks 1921-1925;

C. Margery Drabble's nursing notebooks 1922-1925;

Conditions of access and use area

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

For other related collections in Archives and Manuscripts see sources leaflets on Women in medicine and Nursing, Midwifery and Health Visiting.

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Wellcome Library

Rules and/or conventions used

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

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