GB 0120 GC/208 - Memories of Health Care before the National Health Service

Identity area

Reference code

GB 0120 GC/208

Title

Memories of Health Care before the National Health Service

Date(s)

  • 1987 (Creation)

Level of description

Extent and medium

5 files

Context area

Name of creator

Biographical history

Archival history

GB 0120 GC/208 1987 Collection (fonds) 5 files Summers , Anne

This collection was transferred to the Contemporary Medical Archives (known as Archives and Manuscripts following its merger with Western Manuscripts in July 2000) from the Wellcome Unit Oxford in July 1996.

Letters received by Dr Anne Summers (formerly of Wellcome Unit Oxford) in 1987, in response to a broadcast on Woman's Hour (BBC Radio), and an article published in Nursing Times; material in connection with the conference 'Memories of Health and Caring', Morley College, London, April 1987.

The letters contain accounts of individuals' experiences of health care they and their families received prior to the inception of the National Health Service (and some accounts by health care professionals), ranging from brief anecdotes to several pages of reminiscences.

The conference papers include list of attendees, financial arrangements, copies of newspaper articles and correspondence.

Arranged as follows:

  1. Letters (arranged alphabetically);

2.'Memories of Health and Caring' Conference;

  1. Potential interviewees (and interviewers)

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

Hard copy catalogue available in Wellcome Library.

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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Immediate source of acquisition or transfer

This collection was transferred to the Contemporary Medical Archives (known as Archives and Manuscripts following its merger with Western Manuscripts in July 2000) from the Wellcome Unit Oxford in July 1996.

Content and structure area

Scope and content

Letters received by Dr Anne Summers (formerly of Wellcome Unit Oxford) in 1987, in response to a broadcast on Woman's Hour (BBC Radio), and an article published in Nursing Times; material in connection with the conference 'Memories of Health and Caring', Morley College, London, April 1987.

The letters contain accounts of individuals' experiences of health care they and their families received prior to the inception of the National Health Service (and some accounts by health care professionals), ranging from brief anecdotes to several pages of reminiscences.

The conference papers include list of attendees, financial arrangements, copies of newspaper articles and correspondence.

Appraisal, destruction and scheduling

Accruals

System of arrangement

Arranged as follows:

  1. Letters (arranged alphabetically);

2.'Memories of Health and Caring' Conference;

  1. Potential interviewees (and interviewers)

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

Finding aids

Hard copy catalogue available in Wellcome Library.

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Existence and location of originals

Existence and location of copies

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Description control area

Description identifier

Institution identifier

Wellcome Library

Rules and/or conventions used

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.

Status

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Dates of creation revision deletion

Language(s)

  • English

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    Sources

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