GB 0120 MSS.5725-5726 and 6222-6227 - Manor House Asylum

7 volumes and 1 file

GB 0120 MSS.5725-5726 and 6222-6227 1870-1925 Collection (fonds) 7 volumes and 1 file Manor House Asylum , Chiswick

Chiswick House Asylum

Manor House Asylum was a private lunatic asylum (metropolitan licensed house) founded by Edward Francis Tuke (c 1776-1846) and continued by the Tuke family. The Asylum moved to Chiswick House in 1893 and was later known as Chiswick House Asylum.

Purchased from R.D. Gurney Ltd. in 1981 (accession number 334938) and from Mr L.E. Bond in 1989 (accession number 348216).

Records of Manor House Asylum, 1870-1925, comprising six casebooks relating to male and female patients and one of voluntary boarders, both male and female. There is also a file of correspondence to members of the Tuke family and others. The collection includes undated material.

MS.5725 is a male and female casebook, MSS.6222-6224 are male casebooks, MSS.6225-6226 are female casebooks, MS.6227 is a voluntary boarders casebook and MS.5726 is a file of correspondence.

The material is arranged chronologically. There are gaps in the sequence.

MSS.5725, 6222-6223 and 6225 are available subject to the usual conditions of access to Archives and Manuscripts material, after the completion of a Reader's Undertaking. The remaining items are subject to access restriction for varying periods: see individual item records for detail.

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

Described in: Richard Palmer, Catalogue of Western Manuscripts in the Wellcome Library for the History and Understanding of Medicine: Western Manuscripts 5120-6244 (London: The Wellcome Library for the History and Understanding of Medicine, 1999).

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.

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Purchased from R.D. Gurney Ltd. in 1981 (accession number 334938) and from Mr L.E. Bond in 1989 (accession number 348216).

Records of Manor House Asylum, 1870-1925, comprising six casebooks relating to male and female patients and one of voluntary boarders, both male and female. There is also a file of correspondence to members of the Tuke family and others. The collection includes undated material.

MS.5725 is a male and female casebook, MSS.6222-6224 are male casebooks, MSS.6225-6226 are female casebooks, MS.6227 is a voluntary boarders casebook and MS.5726 is a file of correspondence.

The material is arranged chronologically. There are gaps in the sequence.

MSS.5725, 6222-6223 and 6225 are available subject to the usual conditions of access to Archives and Manuscripts material, after the completion of a Reader's Undertaking. The remaining items are subject to access restriction for varying periods: see individual item records for detail.

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.

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English

Described in: Richard Palmer, Catalogue of Western Manuscripts in the Wellcome Library for the History and Understanding of Medicine: Western Manuscripts 5120-6244 (London: The Wellcome Library for the History and Understanding of Medicine, 1999).

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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