Collection GB 0120 GC/19 - Harris, Professor Henry Albert (1885-1968)

Identity area

Reference code

GB 0120 GC/19

Title

Harris, Professor Henry Albert (1885-1968)

Date(s)

  • 1932-1945 (Creation)

Level of description

Collection

Extent and medium

1 box

Context area

Name of creator

Biographical history

Professor of Clinical Anatomy, University College London, 1931-1934, and Professor of Anatomy at Cambridge University, 1934-1951. For further details of career see obituaries in The Lancet and British Medical Journal.

Archival history

GB 0120 GC/19 1932-1945 Collection 1 box Harris , Henry Albert , 1885-1968 , anatomist

Professor of Clinical Anatomy, University College London, 1931-1934, and Professor of Anatomy at Cambridge University, 1934-1951. For further details of career see obituaries in The Lancet and British Medical Journal.

It has not been possible to ascertain full details of the provenance of this collection, which was transferred to the Contemporary Medical Archives Centre from the Western Manuscripts Section of the Wellcome Institute for the History of Medicine in October 1980. It was apparently received from University College London in 1976, but from whom, and how the papers came to be there, is not known.

Correspondence on the enzyme phosphotase, 1932; correspondence, notes, lists, pamphlets etc re talks to forces (general and on first aid) during Second World War; anatomical and physiological information supplied to RAF; personal correspondence, 1940-1945.

As outlined in Scope and Content.

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

Wellcome Library catalogue online.

Entry compiled by Barbara Ball from the Wellcome Library catalogue.

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.

January 2009 Wars (events) World wars (events) World War Two (1939-1945) Medical sciences Therapy Medical treatment Emergency treatment First aid Biochemistry Biochemicals Enzymes Biology Anatomy Aerospace medicine Physiology Harris , Henry Albert , 1885-1968 , anatomist RAF , Royal Air Force

Immediate source of acquisition or transfer

It has not been possible to ascertain full details of the provenance of this collection, which was transferred to the Contemporary Medical Archives Centre from the Western Manuscripts Section of the Wellcome Institute for the History of Medicine in October 1980. It was apparently received from University College London in 1976, but from whom, and how the papers came to be there, is not known.

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Scope and content

Correspondence on the enzyme phosphotase, 1932; correspondence, notes, lists, pamphlets etc re talks to forces (general and on first aid) during Second World War; anatomical and physiological information supplied to RAF; personal correspondence, 1940-1945.

Appraisal, destruction and scheduling

Accruals

System of arrangement

As outlined in Scope and Content.

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

Finding aids

Wellcome Library catalogue online.

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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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