GB 0120 WMS/Amer.45 and 89 - Mexico: Junta Principal de Caridad

2 volumes

WMS/Amer.45 formed part of the Guerra Collection; WMS/Amer.89 formed part of the León Collection.
GB 0120 WMS/Amer.45 and 89 1797-1798 Collection (fonds) 2 volumes Junta Principal de Caridad , Mexico City , Mexico

The Junta Principal de Caridad was set up in the city of Mexico during the smallpox epidemic of 1797-1798. Its role was to co-ordinate the work of local charitable societies that were organised in all the city's subdivisions.

WMS/Amer.45 formed part of the Guerra Collection; WMS/Amer.89 formed part of the León Collection.

WMS/Amer.89 purchased 1927; WMS/Amer.45 purchased 1962.

The items in the collection span the work of the Junta during the 1797-1798 smallpox epidemic, comprising a circular announcing the setting up in late 1797 of local charitable societies to be co-ordinated by the Junta, and the Junta's concluding report of early 1798.

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.
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manuscript, bound.

Described in: Robin Price, An Annotated Catalogue of Medical Americana in the Library of the Wellcome Institute for the History of Medicine (London: Wellcome Institute for the History of Medicine, 1983). Detailed catalogue available at http://www.a2a.pro.gov.uk.

description compiled by Christopher Hilton based upon those in the Library's published finding aid by Robin Price. 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. Associations Charitable organisations Charities Disease control Diseases Epidemiology Government Health Health policy Infectious diseases Local government Medical sciences Medical treatment Mexico Mexico City Municipal government North America Organizations Pathology Public administration Smallpox Surgery Therapy Nonprofit organizations

WMS/Amer.89 purchased 1927; WMS/Amer.45 purchased 1962.

The items in the collection span the work of the Junta during the 1797-1798 smallpox epidemic, comprising a circular announcing the setting up in late 1797 of local charitable societies to be co-ordinated by the Junta, and the Junta's concluding report of early 1798.

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.

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Spanish.

Described in: Robin Price, An Annotated Catalogue of Medical Americana in the Library of the Wellcome Institute for the History of Medicine (London: Wellcome Institute for the History of Medicine, 1983). Detailed catalogue available at http://www.a2a.pro.gov.uk.

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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