GB 0120 PP/RGM - Macfarlane, Robert Gwyn

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Reference code

GB 0120 PP/RGM

Title

Macfarlane, Robert Gwyn

Date(s)

  • [1930-1986] (Creation)

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Extent and medium

12 boxes

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Name of creator

Biographical history

Born, 1907; CBE,MD,FRCP, FRS; Haematologist and biographer; died, 1986.

Archival history

GB 0120 PP/RGM [1930-1986] Collection (fonds) 12 boxes Macfarlane , Robert Gwyn , 1907-1986 , haematologist and biographer

Born, 1907; CBE,MD,FRCP, FRS; Haematologist and biographer; died, 1986.

Papers of Robert Macfarlane relating to his research, mainly on blood coagulation; notes and drafts for his biographies of Sir Alexander Fleming and Lord Florey, [1930-1986].

The majority of the papers are available subject to the usual conditions of access to Archives and Manuscripts material, after the completion of a Reader's Undertaking. PP/RGM/B.3 is closed until 1 Jan 2010.

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

The catalogue to this collection has not yet been fully converted to electronic form: for detail, and to order material, see hard-copy list available in the Wellcome Library. Copies of the catalogue are available on request.

Collection level description available on-line on the Wellcome Library website

See A and M sources leaflet: War, Medicine and Health after 1918.

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 Macfarlane , Robert Gwyn , 1907-1986 , haematologist and biographer History History of medicine Internal medicine Haematology Chemical actions and uses Therapeutic uses Pharmacologic actions Anti-infective agents Anti-bacterial agents Medical sciences Specialties, medical Fleming , Sir , Alexander , 1881-1955 , Knight , bacteriologist Florey , Howard Walter , 1898-1968 , Baron Florey , pathologist

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Scope and content

Papers of Robert Macfarlane relating to his research, mainly on blood coagulation; notes and drafts for his biographies of Sir Alexander Fleming and Lord Florey, [1930-1986].

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Conditions governing access

The majority of the papers are available subject to the usual conditions of access to Archives and Manuscripts material, after the completion of a Reader's Undertaking. PP/RGM/B.3 is closed until 1 Jan 2010.

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

See A and M sources leaflet: War, Medicine and Health after 1918.

Finding aids

The catalogue to this collection has not yet been fully converted to electronic form: for detail, and to order material, see hard-copy list available in the Wellcome Library. Copies of the catalogue are available on request.

Collection level description available on-line on the Wellcome Library website

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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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  • English

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