GB 0120 MSS. 3654-3655 - Murie, James (1832-1925)

1 volume and 1 file

GB 0120 MSS. 3654-3655 c.1850-1920 Collection (fonds) 1 volume and 1 file Murie , James , 1832-1925 , Medical Officer and lecturer

James Murie obtained his M.D. at Glasgow University in 1857; later he was Medical Officer in the Expedition to support Speke and Grant in 1862 and visited the source of the Nile at Lake Victoria, Nyanza. He was later lecturer in anatomy at the Middlesex Hospital. He retired to Leigh-on-Sea, where he became interested in Fisheries.

Presented by J. Murie, December 1926 (accession numbers 44942 and 69903). In the latter case, material was only accessioned formally in 1937, having been part of the initial presentation.

Commonplace book with numerous entries by other hands, 1850-1920. Contains some medical and household receipts, but most entries are on moral and literary subjects, extracts, quotations etc. File of loose miscellaneous holograph items: The Infusoria, 1882; 2 drafts of a medical certificate for a worker at Messrs. Kynoch of Stamford-le-Hope, Essex, 1916; diary fragment, 1916; 2 letters to Murie from William Cole, Secretary of the Essex Field Club, on proposed lectures on natural history, 1907

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 volume 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.

Biography of James Murie by S J Lambert.

description compiled by Helen Wakely 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 Cole , William , fl 1907 , Secretary of the Essex Field Club Commonplace books Documents Essex Field Club Ethics Information sources Kynoch and Company , Stanford-le-Hope , Essex Literature Manuscripts Medical personnel Medical profession Medical sciences Medical treatment Moral concepts Murie , James , 1832-1925 , naturalist Natural history Personnel Physicians Surgery Therapy People by occupation People

Presented by J. Murie, December 1926 (accession numbers 44942 and 69903). In the latter case, material was only accessioned formally in 1937, having been part of the initial presentation.

Commonplace book with numerous entries by other hands, 1850-1920. Contains some medical and household receipts, but most entries are on moral and literary subjects, extracts, quotations etc. File of loose miscellaneous holograph items: The Infusoria, 1882; 2 drafts of a medical certificate for a worker at Messrs. Kynoch of Stamford-le-Hope, Essex, 1916; diary fragment, 1916; 2 letters to Murie from William Cole, Secretary of the Essex Field Club, on proposed lectures on natural history, 1907

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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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.

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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