GB 0120 MSS.3353-3355 - McConnell, Robert Ernest (1877-c1929)

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GB 0120 MSS.3353-3355

Title

McConnell, Robert Ernest (1877-c1929)

Date(s)

  • c1910 (Creation)

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Extent and medium

2 volumes and 1 file.

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Name of creator

Biographical history

Robert McConnell was born in Montreal in 1877 and graduated M.D. and C.M. at McGill University. He was a member, with Lt.Col. George James Giles (1858-1916) of the Indian Medical Service, of the Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine's 14th expedition, to the Gold Coast to organise sanitary and anti-malaria measures. He became Medical Officer of Uganda in 1910. In 1928 he appears in the Medical Register as working for an oil company in Colombia; in the 1929 Register he is no longer present, presumably dead.

Archival history

This collection formed part of the collection of papers of John Lancelot Todd (1876-1949).
GB 0120 MSS.3353-3355 c1910 Collection (fonds) 2 volumes and 1 file. McConnell , Robert Ernest , 1877-1929 , physician

Robert McConnell was born in Montreal in 1877 and graduated M.D. and C.M. at McGill University. He was a member, with Lt.Col. George James Giles (1858-1916) of the Indian Medical Service, of the Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine's 14th expedition, to the Gold Coast to organise sanitary and anti-malaria measures. He became Medical Officer of Uganda in 1910. In 1928 he appears in the Medical Register as working for an oil company in Colombia; in the 1929 Register he is no longer present, presumably dead.

This collection formed part of the collection of papers of John Lancelot Todd (1876-1949).

Presented by the daughter of John Lancelot Todd, Mrs. Bridget Todd Fialkowski, in 1967 (acc.314522).

The collection has two main themes: tropical medical work in West Africa, and swamp fever in horses (the latter relating to work carried out in Winnipeg, Canada).

The material is held in chronological order of composition, so far as that can be established.

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.
English.

manuscript, bound and loose papers.

Described in: S.A.J. Moorat, Catalogue of Western Manuscripts on Medicine and Science in the Wellcome Historical Medical Library (London: Wellcome Institute for the History of Medicine, 1962-1973). Detailed catalogue available at http://www.a2a.pro.gov.uk.

The Wellcome Library holds MSS.2248-2268, 4790-4807 and 5690-5691, the papers of Joseph Everett Dutton (1877-1905) and John Lancelot Todd (1876-1949), dealing with related subjects; McConnell's papers were among those collected by Todd.

description compiled by Christopher Hilton based upon those in the Library's published finding aid by S.A.J. Moorat. 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. December 2000. Africa Animal diseases Biology Canada Diseases Manitoba McConnell , Robert Ernest , 1877-1929 , physician North America Pathology Tropical Diseases West Africa Winnipeg Zoology

Immediate source of acquisition or transfer

Presented by the daughter of John Lancelot Todd, Mrs. Bridget Todd Fialkowski, in 1967 (acc.314522).

Content and structure area

Scope and content

The collection has two main themes: tropical medical work in West Africa, and swamp fever in horses (the latter relating to work carried out in Winnipeg, Canada).

Appraisal, destruction and scheduling

Accruals

System of arrangement

The material is held in chronological order of composition, so far as that can be established.

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.

Language of material

  • English

Script of material

  • Latin

Language and script notes

English.

Physical characteristics and technical requirements

The Wellcome Library holds MSS.2248-2268, 4790-4807 and 5690-5691, the papers of Joseph Everett Dutton (1877-1905) and John Lancelot Todd (1876-1949), dealing with related subjects; McConnell's papers were among those collected by Todd.

Finding aids

Described in: S.A.J. Moorat, Catalogue of Western Manuscripts on Medicine and Science in the Wellcome Historical Medical Library (London: Wellcome Institute for the History of Medicine, 1962-1973). Detailed catalogue available at http://www.a2a.pro.gov.uk.

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Wellcome Library

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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.

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  • English

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