GB 0120 MSS.5898-5938 - Moodie, Roy Lee (1880-1934)

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GB 0120 MSS.5898-5938

Title

Moodie, Roy Lee (1880-1934)

Date(s)

  • 1907-1934 (Creation)

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40 files

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Name of creator

Biographical history

Roy Lee Moodie was palaeopathologist to the Wellcome Historical Medical Museum.

Archival history

GB 0120 MSS.5898-5938 1907-1934 Collection (fonds) 40 files Moodie , Roy Lee , 1880-1934 , palaeopathologist

Roy Lee Moodie was palaeopathologist to the Wellcome Historical Medical Museum.

Acquired by the Wellcome Historical Medical Museum before 1945, probably at the time of Moodie's death.

Correspondence and papers of Roy Lee Moodie including letters to Moodie from various correspondents, especially in the United States, mainly concerning palaeopathology, 1907-1932; correspondence of Moodie on particular topics, 1926-1933; 'Palaeopathology II. A record of the evidences of disease and injury from the earliest times down to recorded history. By Roy Lee Moodie, Ph.D., palaeopathologist to the Wellcome Historical Medical Museum.' Papers and photographs intended for a multi-volumed work developing upon his Palaeopathology (Urbana, 1923) and catalogue by [Ale] Hrdlicka (1869-1943) of pathological material from prehistoric cemeteries of Peru, in the San Diego Museum of Anthropology, together with a paper by Moodie on 'pathological limb bones from pre-Columbian Peru.'

As outlined in Scope and Content.

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

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.

Jan 2009 Wellcome Historical Medical Museum Moodie , Roy Lee , 1880-1934 , palaeopathologist Pathology Palaeopathology Peru South America USA North America

Immediate source of acquisition or transfer

Acquired by the Wellcome Historical Medical Museum before 1945, probably at the time of Moodie's death.

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Scope and content

Correspondence and papers of Roy Lee Moodie including letters to Moodie from various correspondents, especially in the United States, mainly concerning palaeopathology, 1907-1932; correspondence of Moodie on particular topics, 1926-1933; 'Palaeopathology II. A record of the evidences of disease and injury from the earliest times down to recorded history. By Roy Lee Moodie, Ph.D., palaeopathologist to the Wellcome Historical Medical Museum.' Papers and photographs intended for a multi-volumed work developing upon his Palaeopathology (Urbana, 1923) and catalogue by [Ale] Hrdlicka (1869-1943) of pathological material from prehistoric cemeteries of Peru, in the San Diego Museum of Anthropology, together with a paper by Moodie on 'pathological limb bones from pre-Columbian Peru.'

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As outlined in Scope and Content.

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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

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English

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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).

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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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