The collection is arranged in chronological order and includes letters written by and to individuals concerned with work in this area, including: Dr Elizabeth Blackwell, Sir John Seeley, George Eliot, Elizabeth Garrett Anderson, Cardinal Manning, Lady Strangford, Lord Shaftesbury, Mr Rickman J Godlee Dr Helen Wilson, Dr Sophia Jex-Blake, Frances Power Cobbe, Millicent Garrett Fawcett, Lord Baldwin and Margaret Lawrence (45 items, 1865-c.1972). Subjects include the training of women as doctors, the medical profession and their experiences as medical students.
VariousPapers of Dr. W. O. Williams comprising:
B WO A Williams committee papers 1966-1971
Records relating to Dr. W. O. Williams' membership of the Research Committee and the Academic Review Committee of the Royal College of General Practitioners. B WO B Williams Research Unit papers 1972-1988
Records relating to Dr. W. O. Williams' involvement with the Epidemic Observation Unit and the Swansea Research Unit of the Royal College of General Practitioners.B WO C Williams research and publications 1954-1988
Records relating to Dr. W. O. Williams' research projects and publications, includes bornholm disease, whooping cough, death certification, genetic cancer and doctors' workload. B WO D Williams miscellaneous papers.
The archive consists of a bound typescript autobiography (c 1952), correspondence (1918-1920), copies of papers written by Wilberforce (1928-c 1960), photographs (c 1885-1960), memorials and an obituary.
Wilberforce , Octavia Margaret , 1888-1963 , physicianAdministration records, financial records; records of Tower Hamlets Health Promotion Department; nursing records, photographs; plans and miscellaneous records.
Tower Hamlets Health District Tower Hamlets District Health AuthorityPapers of Shepherd Thomas Taylor including medical diary, general diaries, notebook with notes of lectures on internal cancers, accounts, 1859-1925.
Taylor , Shepherd Thomas , 1840-1936Minutes of Management Committee, Establishment Committee, Works Committee, Nursing Committee; Secretary's files.
Stepney (No 7) Group Hospital Management CommitteePersonnel file for one College Secretary only.
Royal College of Obstetricians and GynaecologistsAdministrative records; records of the Cardiac Department; records of Chaplain's Department; records of the Neurophysiology Department [a.k.a. E.E.G. Department]; title deeds, leases, trusts etc; records of the Dermatology Department; financial records; records of the Department of General Medicine; records of the London Linden Hall Association; patient records; records of the Department of Medical Photography; Medical Unit records; nursing records; records of the Nutrition and Dietetics department; nursing education records; records of the Department of Neurology and Psychiatry; records of the Obstetrics and Gynaecology Department; records of Orthopaedics Department; Occupational Therapy Department; photographs; records of the Pharmacy Department; records of the Public Relations Department; records of the London Hospital Photographic Society; records of the Radiotherapy Department; records of the Radiology Department; surveyors and estate records; records of the Social Society; records of the Works Department; records from unofficial sources, and persons and subject files.
Royal London Hospital London HospitalAdministrative records, Frimley Sanatorium Almoner's Department records, Chaplain's Department records, title deeds and related records, financial records, patient records, records of nursing education, photographs and illustrations, pharmacy records, surveyors' records, Works Office records and miscellaneous records.
Royal Brompton Hospital Brompton HospitalCorrespondence, reports and minutes generated by Royal College of General Pracitioners Research Units: A RE A Birmingham Research Unit; A RE B Scottish General Practitioner Research Support Unit; A RE C Manchester Research Unit.
Royal College of General Pracitioners Research UnitsRecords generated by faculties in English regions, including correspondence with central departments.
A FE A Midland
Records of Midland Faculty. [Existing faculty, 1998]
A FE B North Midlands
Records of North Midlands Faculty.
The North Midlands Faculty, based in Sheffield, was renamed the Trent Faculty in 1975. At some date after this a subfaculty in Leicester was created. Trent Faculty ceased to exist in October 1983, when the area was divided between three faculties, Sheffield, Leicester and Vale.
A FE C Sheffield
Records of Sheffield Faculty.
[Existing faculty, 1998]. The Sheffield Faculty was one of three faculties which replaced the Trent Faculty in 1983. See AFE B (North Midlands, Trent Faculty).
A FE D Leicester
Records of Leicester Faculty.
The Leicester Faculty was one of three faculties which replaced the Trent Faculty in 1983. A Leicester subfaculty existed previously.
(See AFE B (North Midlands, Trent Faculty) for other documents relating to this area before 1983.)
A FE E Vale of Trent
Records of Vale of Trent Faculty.
The Vale of Trent Faculty (Nottingham) was one of three faculties which replaced the Trent Faculty in 1983.
See AFE B (North Midlands, Trent Faculty) for documents relating to this area before 1983.
A FE F East Anglia
Records of East Anglia Faculty.
A FE G Wessex
Records of Wessex Faculty.
This faculty was established in 1964, covering the counties of Dorset, Hampshire, including the Isle of Wight and the Channel Islands and southern part of Wiltshire (these areas previously being parts of the South East England and South West England faculties).
A FE H South West England
Records of South West England Faculty.
Part of the faculty merged with part of South East England Faculty toform the Wessex Faculty in 1964.
A FE J Tamar
Records of Tamar Faculty.
The Tamar Faculty was formed in 1980
A FE K Severn
Records of Severn Faculty.
Severn Faculty was formed in 1980.
A FE L North West England
Records of North West England Faculty.
A FE M Yorkshire
Records of Yorkshire Faculty.
The Humberside (previously Hull and East Yorkshire) Subfaculty of the Yorkshire Faculty became a separate faculty in 1988.
A FE N North East, North England
Records of North East England, later North of England Faculty.
[Existing faculty, 1998]. The North East England became the North ofEngland Faculty in November 1973. A subfaculty was formed in Cumbria in 1976, which became a faculty in 1984.
A FE P Cumbria
Records of Cumbria faculty
Cumbria was formed as a subfaculty of the North of England Faculty in 1976. It became a faculty in 1984. See A FE N. A FE Q Merseyside and North Wales, Mersey
Records of Merseyside and North Wales Faculty, subsequently the Mersey faculty. [Existing faculty, 1998]. The Merseyside and North Wales Faculty was founded in 1954. From November 1987 when the North Wales subfaculty achieved full faculty status, it became the Mersey Faculty.
Records generated by central departments of College 1951-2001
A CE A
Formal
Records (including Annual Reports) generated by the formal, public functions of the College such as Annual General Meetings, College Dinners and Annual Lectures.
A CE B
Council
Records of College governing body and its precursors, including the General Practice Steering Committee and the Provisional Foundation Council.
A CE C
Executive
Records of executive bodies, including Finance and General Purposes Committee (1953-1964), General Purposes Committee (1964-1989) and Council Executive Committee (1989-).
A CE D
Finance
Records of finance bodies and officers, including Finance Committee (1964-).
A CE E
Fellowship & Awards
Records generated by committees concerned with the granting of College fellowships, awards and other honours.
A CE F
Membership & Examinations
Records of membership and examination officers and committees.
A CE G
Research
Records of Research committees and projects.
A CE H
Education
Records generated by committees, working parties and projects concerned with education and training.
A CE J
Quality & Clinical
Records generated by committees and projects concerned with quality standards and clinical practice.
A CE K
Technical Services
Records generated by technical services supporting the work and maintaining the premises of the College.
A CE L
Services to Members
Records generated by College services to members, including publications and information provision.
A CE M
Faculty Support
Records generated by central College contact with regional (including overseas) faculties and regional Councils.
(Not to be confused with records relating to individual faculties, which are treated as separate fonds (A-FE, A-FH, A-FI, A-FS, A-FW, A-FX ).
A CE N
External Relations
Records generated by College contact with external organizations.
A CE O
Networks
Records of Networks Department A CE P
International Department
This coordinates the work of The International Committee.
Administrative records, chaplaincy records, clinico-pathological minute books, title deeds and other legal records, financial records, patient records, nursing records, photographs and records received from unofficial sources.
North Eastern Hospital for Children; Queen's Hospital for Children; Queen Elizabeth Hospital for Children.The archive consists of correspondence between Lisa Pottesman and Sylvia Pankhurst, letters concerning the petition for Dr. Burt White' s re-instalment, press cuttings and biographical notes about Lisa Pottesman.
Pottesman , Luesa , 1881-1959 , activistCertificates; paptients lists; correspondence; photographs; medals; annotated copies of own works; epidemiological charts, research notes, manuscripts of articles and speeches. 1912-1972
William Pickles (1885-1969)The archive consists of reading copies of tapes, summaries and transcriptions of fourteen individual interviews. The National Life Stories (formerly National Life Story Collection (NLSC)) was established at the British Library in 1987 to 'record first-hand experiences of as wide a cross-section of present-day society as possible'. This small collection focuses on the lives of pioneering career women, each of whom made their mark in traditionally male-dominated areas such as politics, the law and medicine. The project was supported by the Women's Library and the Friends of The Women's Library (formerly known as the Fawcett Society Library).
British Library Sound Archive , National Life Story TrustAdministrative records, Chaplain's records, patient records, nursing records, photographs and miscellaneous records.
Mile End HospitalAdministrative records, patient registers, nursing records and photographs.
Royal London HospitalComprises: Administrative records; Estate and property records; Nursing records; Medical records; Pathology records; Radiography records; Nurses League records; Staff records; Operating theatre records.
Metropolitan Hospital, LondonMinutes, committee minutes, agenda books, rules and regulations, files and miscellaneous.
London Hospital Medical CouncilMinutes, constitutional and membership papers, meeting and agenda papers, secretary's papers, medical agency papers and miscellaneous papers.
London Hospital Medical ClubAdministrative records, deeds, financial records, patient records, nursing records and photographs.
The London Jewish HospitalAdministrative records, records of the Anatomy Department, Students' Club records, title Deeds, financial records, records of the Department of Forensic Medicine, the London Hospital Students Hostel records, records of the Library, Neonatal Research Unit records, photographs, records of the Photographic Department, records of the Physiological Laboratory, records of the Pathological Museum, plans of College buildings, student records, records of the London Hospital Clubs Union and miscellaneous records.
London Hospital Medical CollegeAdministrative records, deeds, financial records, patient records, nursing records, photographs, pharmacy records, surveyor's records and papers, photographs and paintings from unofficial sources.
London Chest HospitalAdministrative records, photographs, miscellaneous records.
Royal London Hospital League of NursesPublished report of the Joint Working Party of the RCOG and Royal College of General Practitioners on training for obstetrics and gynaecology for general practitioners, 1981.
Royal College of Obstetricians and GynaecologistsJoint Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists and Royal College of General Practitioners committees and working parties, 1968-1993, comprising records from joint committees and working parties exclusively between the RCOG and the Royal College of General Practitioners. The majority discuss training for general practitioners in obstetrics and gynaecology and provision of services. They include: correspondence and reports on general practitioner maternity units (1968); correspondence, papers and a minute book for a working party on training in obstetrics for general practitioners (1972-1974); a study on attitudes to pregnancy (1972-1976); papers of Sir Rustam Feroze on a joint working party on obstetrics and gynaecology for GP's (1980-1981); papers and report of a joint working party on vocational training in obstetrics and gynaecology for GP's (1990-1993).
Royal College of Obstetricians and GynaecologistsProfessional papers relating to Hunt's involvement in the Royal College of General Practitioners, 1948-79, which he was fundamental in founding, including articles and correspondence published in the lay and medical press, correspondence, committee minutes and notes, covering his role proposing the College in 1951, his work as Honorary Secretary of the Steering Committee in 1952, and of the Foundation Council and then Council of the College, 1953-66, then as President, 1967-70, and during his remaining years, 1971-78, when he continued to be involved with the College's development; papers relating to his life peerage, as a member of the House of Lords, including correspondence, speeches and articles, 1973-83; papers relating to Hunt's other commitments to various institutions and societies, including St Bartholomew's Hospital, the British Medical Association, Royal Society of Medicine, Medical Society of London, the Armed Forces, Department of Health, and the Hunterian Society, as President, member or adviser, mostly articles produced as a result of his involvement with these bodies, 1932-74; and biographic material relating to his personal life, including his curriculum vitae, bibliography, personal notes, and publications resulting from his DM Thesis, undertaken at the Univeristy of Oxford in 1935, 1935-1988.
John Henderson Hunt, Lord Hunt of Fawley (1905-1987)The archive consists of diaries, correspondence, photographs and memorabilia relating to Holme's activities as a suffragette; her work with the Women's Volunteer Reserve and the Scottish Women's Hospital Unit during the First World War; her visits to and relief work in Serbia / Yugoslavia; and her personal life and friendships. Many items across the collection relate to her girlfriend Evelina Haverfield.
Holme , Vera Louise , 1881-1969 , actress and suffragetteComprises: Engineering Department; Administrative records; Financial records; Estate and property records; Postcards; Photographs; Internal publications; Medical Committee; Nursing records; Medical Photography/Illustration Department; Medical records; Pathology records; League of Friends; Nurses League; Staff records; Operating theatre registers; External Publications.
The German HospitalA Professional papers relating to Fry's work as a general practitioner in Beckenham, Kent, 1948-91, where he undertook his extensive research into common diseases, including his diaries, accounts, patient records, administrative notes and statistics.
B Papers relating to Fry's role within the Royal College of General Practitioners, 1961-91, including publications about the College and draft papers relating to the Research Committee and the Board of Censors.
C-D Publications and papers by Fry and other authors on various [C] clinical and [D]non-clinical research subjects, arranged by topic, 1946-93
E Material relating to his other commitments at the World Health Organization (WHO), General Medical Council (GMC), the Keppel Club of Society of Social Medicine, and the Army. His editorial work for various journals and organisations like the World Organization of Family Doctors (WONCA), and lectures notes and publications relating to his overseas trips, and any related correspondence, 1953-94
F Biographic material relating to the more personal side of Fry's life, including correspondence relating to the depositing of his papers, 1973-95.
John Fry (1922-1994)Records of the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists' External Affairs Committee, 1932-1950, comprising correspondence and related papers covering a wide variety of issues reflecting the Committee's broad terms of reference, for example: maternity hospitals, midwifery, female circumcision, pregnancy in wartime, maternal mortality and nutrition in pregnancy. It should be noted however, that much of the material included in the series appears to have been placed here in error simply because it relates to the external affairs of the College. As well as containing records of the External Affairs Committee, this fonds also has records related to the general external affairs of the college. Some of these records are concerned with obstetrics and gynaecology during the period of the Second World War.
Royal College of Obstetricians and GynaecologistsRecords of the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists' Ethics Committee, 1981-2005, comprising agenda, minutes, papers and correspondence; reports on specific issues.
Royal College of Obstetricians and GynaecologistsAdministrative records.
Eastern DispensaryAnnual reports and 'The History of a Hundred Years: East London Nursing Society 1868 - 1968' by Edith Ramsay, M.B.E. (missing).
East London Nursing SocietyAdministrative records, financial records, patient records, nursing records, photographs, pharmacy records and miscellaneous records.
East London Hospital for Children and Dispensary for WomenRegisters of nurse training and registers of trained nurses.
East Ham Memorial HospitalLetter book of William Collyns, physician, 1787-1838.
Collyns , William , d [1863] , physicianLetter from John Cartwright to Mr Chantry, 2 Nov 1817. Recommending Mr Gualter as 'a candidate for an expected vacancy of surgeon to the Westminster Hospital.'
Autograph, with signature.
Cartwright , John , 1740-1824 , political reformerProfessional papers relating to Byrne's work as a General Practitioner, consisting of diaries and correspondence, 1947-80, material relating to his work at Manchester, 1960-78, in the Department of General Practice, which he was fundamental in establishing in 1968, including lecture notes, reports, speeches made to external bodies to promote the work of the Department, and material relating to his Chair, 1972-78, papers relating to the Royal College of General Practitioners, 1964-76, including papers relating to the committees on which he sat, including the Education Committee and the Board of Censors, and material relating to the duties undertaken during his presidency, 1973-76, correspondence with faculties of the College and other General Practice colleges worldwide, reports and correspondence relating to other commitments, 1946-86, such as the Leeuwenhorst Group and the local and regional medical advisory committees on which he sat, lecture notes and related correspondence from visits made abroad.
Biographic material includes personal notes, financial papers, correspondence relating to his award of OBE and CBE, and photographs.
Patrick Sarsfield Byrne (1913-1980)3 letters from Mrs Bentham of Ryde, [Isle of Wight], 3 letters to Richard Wilson, Esq, of 47 Lincoln's Inn Fields, London, 1816-1818. Enquiring about payments of money to her as she has very little, and her rheumatism is the cause of heavy expenditure on doctors' bills; the doctor had charged 10s 6d a visit and had advised her to move to Bath rather than risk another winter on the Isle of Wight. She had received a quarterly payment of £25 from a Charles Bacon, withdrawn for the year 1817-1818. Enquiring about payment from Mr Bentham [?her husband], to be arranged through Sir James Graham, and about money owing to her from 3 shilling stock, for which she has apparently waited 10 years. Autograph, with signature.
Bentham , - , fl 1816-1818 , wife of T BenthamThis collection contains a single manuscript volume, the 'Naval Surgeons Casebook'. The volume begins with details of cases, symptoms and cures of Nathaniel Bedford's patients at St George's hospital during 1781. The rest of the volume contains descriptions of cases, sickness, and treatments during his travels whilst a ship's surgeon in the West Indies during 1781-1783.
Bedford, Nathaniel, fl 1781-1783, naval surgeonThe archive consists of letters from Louisa to her mother Elizabeth Garrett Anderson from Holloway, letters to her family from the Women's Hospital Corps, Paris during First World War, a scrapbook relating to Endell Street Military Hospital and photographs, 1879-1943.
Anderson , Louisa Garrett , 1873-1943 , physicianThe archive consists of legal papers related to the marriage of Elizabeth Garrett and James Anderson in 1871: marriage settlement, notices to insurance companies, solicitors correspondence, estate duty form, stock certificates, trustees cash accounts, memorandum.
Anderson , Elizabeth Garrett , 1836-1917 , physicianThe collection contains 2 parts. Part A contains letters regarding Elizabeth Garrett Anderson's struggle to secure an entry into the medical profession. Part B contains letters which discuss the Franco-Prussian war, the London School Board and her engagement to James Anderson.
Anderson , Elizabeth Garrett , 1836-1917 , physician and supporter of women's suffrageComprises: Dispensary; Alexandra Hospital School; Administrative records; Financial records; Estate and property records; Drawings and illustrations; Postcards; Nursing records; Medical records; Photographs; Staff records; Operating theatre records; Supplies Department; External publications.
Alexandra Hospital for Children with Hip DiseaseAdministrative records, patient records, nursing records.
Albert Dock Seamen's Hospital