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- 1753-1754 (Creation)
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1 folder
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These rolls of lottery tickets were printed in Dublin in 1753-1754 to raise money for the building of a new hospital in Great Britain St, Dublin, for poor lying-in women. The lottery was later abandoned.
Archival history
GB 1538 S43 1753-1754 Collection (fonds) 1 folder Unknown
These rolls of lottery tickets were printed in Dublin in 1753-1754 to raise money for the building of a new hospital in Great Britain St, Dublin, for poor lying-in women. The lottery was later abandoned.
The tickets were discovered in the College Library and transferred to the Archives in 1994, along with an explanatory article.
Two rolls of lottery tickets dated 1753-1754, raise money for the building of a new hospital in Great Britain St, Dublin, Ireland, for poor lying-in women. With an extract from The Book of the Rotunda Hospital by T P C Kirkpatrick MD and H Jellett MD (Bartholomew Press, 1913), which summarises the history of these and other hospital lotteries.
No further accruals are expected.
Open.
The book extract is the copyright of Bartholomew Press.
English
A general index to the files listed in the catalogue of the Archives of the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists is maintained in the College Archives; refer to the College Archivist.
RCOG Archives holds a video of a garden party at the Rotunda Hospital in 1947 (Ref: R5/4).
Sources: Biographical details of the individuals who have presented material to the College and/or comprise the subject of the records, have been compiled using information in administrative files and, where relevant, consulting Sir John Peel's book The Lives of the Fellows of the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists 1929-1969, Whitefriars Press Ltd, 1975. Compiled by Clare Cowling, Archivist, RCOG. National Council on Archives, Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997; ISAD(G), Second Edition, 2000. September 2000 Dublin Europe Health services Hospital finance Hospitals Ireland Maternity hospitals Medical institutions Social sciences Social welfare Western Europe
Immediate source of acquisition or transfer
The tickets were discovered in the College Library and transferred to the Archives in 1994, along with an explanatory article.
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Two rolls of lottery tickets dated 1753-1754, raise money for the building of a new hospital in Great Britain St, Dublin, Ireland, for poor lying-in women. With an extract from The Book of the Rotunda Hospital by T P C Kirkpatrick MD and H Jellett MD (Bartholomew Press, 1913), which summarises the history of these and other hospital lotteries.
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No further accruals are expected.
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Open.
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The book extract is the copyright of Bartholomew Press.
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- English
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- Latin
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English
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RCOG Archives holds a video of a garden party at the Rotunda Hospital in 1947 (Ref: R5/4).
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A general index to the files listed in the catalogue of the Archives of the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists is maintained in the College Archives; refer to the College Archivist.
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National Council on Archives, Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997; ISAD(G), Second Edition, 2000.
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- English