GB 0120 MSS.8577 & 8586-8588 - They made history: BBC dramas

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Reference code

GB 0120 MSS.8577 & 8586-8588

Title

They made history: BBC dramas

Date(s)

  • 1959-1961 (Creation)

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Extent and medium

4 files

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Name of creator

Biographical history

The television series was produced by Bill Duncalf, with the exception of the 1961 programme on Ross which was produced by Shelagh Rees. The first two scripts were also by Duncalf; Anthony Coburn and Anthea Browne-Wilkinson scripted the 1961 programmes.

Archival history

Previously held in the Wellcome Library's collection of printed books at shelfmark BZP, having been received by the Library as accession no.307470.

GB 0120 MSS.8577 & 8586-8588 1959-1961 Collection (fonds) 4 files Duncalf , Bill

Coburn , Anthony

Rees , Shelagh

Wilkinson , Anthea , Browne-

BBC , British Broadcasting Corporation

Poynter , Frederick Noël Lawrence , b 1908 , historian and bibliographer

Clarke , Edwin Sisterson , 1919-1996 , neurologist medical historian

The television series was produced by Bill Duncalf, with the exception of the 1961 programme on Ross which was produced by Shelagh Rees. The first two scripts were also by Duncalf; Anthony Coburn and Anthea Browne-Wilkinson scripted the 1961 programmes.

Previously held in the Wellcome Library's collection of printed books at shelfmark BZP, having been received by the Library as accession no.307470.

Transferred to Archives and Manuscripts Department, January 2008 (acc.1569) and February 2008 (acc.1576).

Scripts and associated documentation for BBC dramas on milestones in 19th century medical history entitled They made history, on which Wellcome Historical Medical Museum staff had advised.

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

By episode.

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 Television Television programmes Anaesthesia Nurses Paramedical personnel Health policy Nursing Pharmacology Drugs Ether Anaesthetics Diseases Pathology Malaria Infectious diseases Public health practice Public health Communicable disease control Infection control Antisepsis Medical sciences Surgery Wars (events) Crimean War (1853-1856) Lister , Joseph , 1827-1912 , 1st Baron Lister , surgeon x Lister , 1st Baron Broadcasting Medical personnel Health Nightingale , Florence , 1820-1910 , reformer of hospital nursing Wellcome Historical Medical Museum BBC , British Broadcasting Corporation Ross , Sir , Ronald , 1857-1932 , Knight , physician, parasitologist, tropical medicine specialist Clarke , Edwin Sisterson , 1919-1996 , neurologist medical historian Poynter , Frederick Noël Lawrence , b 1908 , historian and bibliographer Personnel People by occupation People

Immediate source of acquisition or transfer

Transferred to Archives and Manuscripts Department, January 2008 (acc.1569) and February 2008 (acc.1576).

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Scope and content

Scripts and associated documentation for BBC dramas on milestones in 19th century medical history entitled They made history, on which Wellcome Historical Medical Museum staff had advised.

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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

Finding aids

By episode.

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Wellcome Library

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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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Dates of creation revision deletion

Language(s)

  • English

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