Lister Institute of Preventive Medicine - AIM25

Identity area

Reference code

GB 0120 SA/LIS

Title

Lister Institute of Preventive Medicine

Date(s)

1886-1986 (Creation)

Level of description

Extent and medium

35 boxes, 1 outsize box, 5 volumes, 3 folders, and 7 reels of microfilm.

Context area

Name of creator

Lister Institute of Preventive Medicine

Biographical history

In 1891 the British Institute for Preventive Medicine (BIPM) was incorporated. In 1893 the BIPM amalgamated with the College of State Medicine. In 1898 Lord Lister became Chairman of the Governing Body of the BIPM. In 1899 the BIPM became the Jenner Institute of Preventive Medicine. In 1903 the Institute became the Lister Institute of Preventive Medicine (LIPM). From 1904-1911 Lord Lister was President of LIPM. In 1905 LIPM became a school of the University of London. In 1912 Lord Lister died. In 1919 the National Collection of Type Cultures was established at LIPM. In 1944 the Medical Research Council Blood Research Unit was established at LIPM. In the 1970s the LIPM laboratories for conducting research, and producing vaccine and sera, were closed. In 1981 the LIPM became a grantmaking body. A Scientific Advisory Committee was set up to consider applications to provide support for research in biomedical sciences. In 1982 the Council disbanded and the Memorandum and Articles of Association were amended.

Repository

Wellcome Library

Archival history

Testing and production records were found in the stable block of Queensbury Lodge and transferred in 1994. They had damage from damp and insects, and required clearning and some repair. Many records were destroyed when LIPMs Chelsea site was bombed during the war. The papers of Sir Charles J Martin, Director of LIPM (1903-1930), were transferred to the Australian Academy of Sciences, Canberra.

GB 0120 SA/LIS 1886-1986 Collection (fonds) 35 boxes, 1 outsize box, 5 volumes, 3 folders, and 7 reels of microfilm. Lister Institute of Preventive Medicine

In 1891 the British Institute for Preventive Medicine (BIPM) was incorporated. In 1893 the BIPM amalgamated with the College of State Medicine. In 1898 Lord Lister became Chairman of the Governing Body of the BIPM. In 1899 the BIPM became the Jenner Institute of Preventive Medicine. In 1903 the Institute became the Lister Institute of Preventive Medicine (LIPM). From 1904-1911 Lord Lister was President of LIPM. In 1905 LIPM became a school of the University of London. In 1912 Lord Lister died. In 1919 the National Collection of Type Cultures was established at LIPM. In 1944 the Medical Research Council Blood Research Unit was established at LIPM. In the 1970s the LIPM laboratories for conducting research, and producing vaccine and sera, were closed. In 1981 the LIPM became a grantmaking body. A Scientific Advisory Committee was set up to consider applications to provide support for research in biomedical sciences. In 1982 the Council disbanded and the Memorandum and Articles of Association were amended.

Testing and production records were found in the stable block of Queensbury Lodge and transferred in 1994. They had damage from damp and insects, and required clearning and some repair. Many records were destroyed when LIPMs Chelsea site was bombed during the war. The papers of Sir Charles J Martin, Director of LIPM (1903-1930), were transferred to the Australian Academy of Sciences, Canberra.

Papers received from the LIPM in 1985. Photocopied letters of Lord Lister were acquired in 1987. Testing and production records were transferred from Queensbury Lodge in 1994. Additional material has been donated by former members of staff, including Professor Leslie Collier, Dr Leon Vallet and Dr Jean Dolby.

Papers of the Lister Institute of Preventive Medicine (LIPM), 1886-1986, comprising minutes, 1886-1982; annual reports, 1895-1986; records relating to the origins and establishment of LIPM, 1889-1898; records of LIPMs links and amalgamations with other bodies, 1886-1898; records relating to vivisection, 1889-1899; Lord Lister's correspondence, 1893-1912; J L Pattison's correspondence, 1898-1903 and 1914; records relating to LIPMs organisation and administration, 1896-1949; production and distribution records for serum and vaccine lymph, 1894-1950; records relating to research projects, 1891-c1940s; records relating to LIPMs relations with outside bodies and individuals, 1889-1975; records relating to properties of LIPM; historical material; biographical material; miscellaneous papers; pamphlets relating to LIPM and associated bodies; pamphlets relating to other institutions; photographs; photocopies of letters from Lord Lister to Dr G Dean; and an index of correspondents.

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, the Lister Institute of Preventive Medicine.

English

1 outsize box, 5 volumes, 3 folders, and 7 reels of microfilm.

The catalogue is available online except the index of correspondents which is only available in hard copy in the Wellcome Library.

Minutes and bound annual reports have been retained by LIPM.

The following photographs are held by Wellcome Images:

SA/LIS/L.63, 1/8 scale plan of Lister Institute's Chelsea site, [1894-1895], L31734

SA/LIS/L.63, 4th floor plan of Lister Institute's Chelsea site, [1894-1895], L31733

SA/LIS/L.63, 2nd floor plan of Lister Institute's Chelsea site, [1894-1895], L31731

SA/LIS/L.63, 1st floor plan of Lister Institute's Chelsea site, [1894-1895], L31730

SA/LIS/L.63, Ground floor plan of Lister Institute's Chelsea site, [1894-1895], L31729

SA/LIS/L.63, 3rd floor plan of Lister Institute's Chelsea site, [1894-1895], L31732

SA/LIS/L.63, Basement plan of Lister Institute's Chelsea site, [1894-1895], L31728

SA/LIS/R.37, Photo of Dr A.T. Maclonkey sitting at laboratory table, L32766

SA/LIS/R.38, Photo of Dr A.T. Maclonkey sitting in an office, L32765B

SA/LIS/R.48, Copy of portrait of Charles J Martin, n.d, L29957

SA/LIS/R.51a, Muriel Robertson fishing for leeches at Elstree, 1910-1911, L29958

SA/LIS/R.67, Photograph of Dr S R Rowland and Mr H Bray, with Mobile Laboratory, 1914, L28891

SA/LIS/R.68, Sir Marc Armand Ruffer, n.d., L29959

The following items are available in the Library on microfilm:

A.1-5 Microfilm: Minutes 1896-1982 (AMS/MF/11)

A.6 Microfilm: Minutes 1899-1908 (AMS/MF/12)

A.7-8 Microfilm: Governors' minute books 2/3 1908-1942 (AMS/MF/13)

A.9 Microfilm: Governors' minute book 4 1942-1955 (AMS/MF/14)

A.12-13 Microfilm: Governors' minute books 7-8 1971-1982 (AMS/MF/15)

A.14-18 Microfilm : Building/house/finance/academic Cttes minutes books (AMS/MF/16)

B.1-16 Microfilm: Annual reports 1895-1899 (AMS/MF/17)

E.8 Microfilm: Vivisection press cuttings book 1894-1899 (AMS/MF/83)

L.1-46 Microfilm: Property deeds, leases etc (AMS/MF/18)

O.3 Microfilm: 75th anniversary scrap book (AMS/MF/19)

A number of framed engravings and photographs were transferred to the Wellcome Institute in 1985 and are in the care of the Iconographic Department.

Some of the books and a set of Collected Papers from the LIPM library were transferred to the Royal College of Pathologists in 1980. For accounts of the research undertaken at the LIPM, see War on Disease Chick, Hume and Macfarlane.

'Illustrations from the WIHM Library' by L Hall and N Morgan, Medical History, 1986, 30, p212-215

Items SA/LIS/R.206 (negative) and SA/LIS/H.8/9-17 (typed report/memo, cDec 1905-Jan 1906) are missing.

Compiled by Anya Turner.

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.

June 2008 Pattison , Jacob Luard , 1841-1915 , public servant Lister , Joseph , 1827-1912 , 1st Baron Lister , surgeon x Lister , 1st Baron Dean , George , 1863-1914 , pathologist Research Biomedical sciences Research grants Science finance Economics of science Medical sciences Scientific facilities Research laboratories Pharmacology Drugs Biological products Vaccines Vivisection Scientific methods Experimental methods Animal experimentation Educational grants Fellowships Lister Institute of Preventive Medicine x Jenner Institute of Preventive Medicine x British Institute for Preventive Medicine x College of State Medicine

Immediate source of acquisition or transfer

Papers received from the LIPM in 1985. Photocopied letters of Lord Lister were acquired in 1987. Testing and production records were transferred from Queensbury Lodge in 1994. Additional material has been donated by former members of staff, including Professor Leslie Collier, Dr Leon Vallet and Dr Jean Dolby.

Content and structure area

Scope and content

Papers of the Lister Institute of Preventive Medicine (LIPM), 1886-1986, comprising minutes, 1886-1982; annual reports, 1895-1986; records relating to the origins and establishment of LIPM, 1889-1898; records of LIPMs links and amalgamations with other bodies, 1886-1898; records relating to vivisection, 1889-1899; Lord Lister's correspondence, 1893-1912; J L Pattison's correspondence, 1898-1903 and 1914; records relating to LIPMs organisation and administration, 1896-1949; production and distribution records for serum and vaccine lymph, 1894-1950; records relating to research projects, 1891-c1940s; records relating to LIPMs relations with outside bodies and individuals, 1889-1975; records relating to properties of LIPM; historical material; biographical material; miscellaneous papers; pamphlets relating to LIPM and associated bodies; pamphlets relating to other institutions; photographs; photocopies of letters from Lord Lister to Dr G Dean; and an index of correspondents.

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, the Lister Institute of Preventive Medicine.

Language of material

English

Script of material

Latin

Language and script notes

English

Physical characteristics and technical requirements

A number of framed engravings and photographs were transferred to the Wellcome Institute in 1985 and are in the care of the Iconographic Department.

Finding aids

The catalogue is available online except the index of correspondents which is only available in hard copy in the Wellcome Library.

Allied materials area

Existence and location of originals

Existence and location of copies