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- 1890s-1900s (Creation)
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1 box
Context area
Name of creator
Biographical history
Sir Shirley Foster Murphy was born in 1848 and educated University College School and Guy's Hospital. Murphy was Vice President of Royal Sanitary Institute, Society of Medical Officers of Health, Epidemiological Section Royal Society of Medicine and Royal Statistical Society and examiner in Public Health, Royal Colleges of Physicians and Surgeons. He was a Bissett Hawkins Medallist, Royal College of Physicians; Jenner Medallist, Royal Society of Medicine; Medical Officer of Health, Administrative County of London and a member of Royal Commission on Tuberculosis. Murphy was knighted in 1904; awarded Knight Commander Order of the British Empire, 1919, and became a fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons. Murphy died in 1923.
Archival history
GB 0809 Murphy 1890s-1900s Collection (fonds) 1 box Murphy , Sir , Shirley Foster , 1848-1923 , Knight , public health official
Sir Shirley Foster Murphy was born in 1848 and educated University College School and Guy's Hospital. Murphy was Vice President of Royal Sanitary Institute, Society of Medical Officers of Health, Epidemiological Section Royal Society of Medicine and Royal Statistical Society and examiner in Public Health, Royal Colleges of Physicians and Surgeons. He was a Bissett Hawkins Medallist, Royal College of Physicians; Jenner Medallist, Royal Society of Medicine; Medical Officer of Health, Administrative County of London and a member of Royal Commission on Tuberculosis. Murphy was knighted in 1904; awarded Knight Commander Order of the British Empire, 1919, and became a fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons. Murphy died in 1923.
Murphy/05 was accessioned to the library collections in 1949. The remainder of the collection may have also been accessioned at a similar time.
Papers of Sir Shirley Foster Murphy, 1890s-1900s, comprise correspondence and both unpublished and published work in the fields of health and medicine and relate to his work as a medical officer. The collection notably comprises correspondence from Dr Ernest Pfeiffer, 1899-1901 (Murphy/01); handwritten extracts and notes from works concerning slaughterhouses and meat inspection, [1890s-1900s] (Murphy/02); manuscript titled 'Alcohol in relation to the Child and to National Health', [1890s-1900s] (Murphy/03); manuscript notes on topics including 'liberty and authority' and 'alcohol and poverty', [1890s-1900s] (Murphy/04); published paper concerning the sale to the public of tuberculous meat (British Congress on Tuberculosis for the Prevention of Consumption, by Shirley Murphy, Medical Officer of Health of the Administrative County of London), [1890s-1900s] (Murphy/05) and an address, perhaps given to his colleagues at County Council of London on the subject of food supplies, with reference to tuberculosis, [1890s-1900s] (Murphy/06).
The collection is arranged into six series.
This collection is open for consultation. Please contact the Archivist to arrange an appointment. All researchers must complete and sign a user registration form which signifies their agreement to abide by the archive rules. All researchers are required to provide proof of identity bearing your signature (for example, a passport or debit card) when registering. Please see website for further information at www.lshtm.ac.uk/library/archives.
Photocopies, subject to the condition of the original, may be supplied for research use only. Requests to publish original material should be submitted to the Archivist.
English and German.
No additional finding aids exist.
Sources: Who was who 1916-1928 (A & C Black, London, 1929)
Compiled by Samantha Velumyl, AIM25 cataloguer.
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.
February 2008 Actinomycetales infections Age distribution Age groups Agricultural products Agronomy Alcoholic beverages Animal products Beverages Childhood Children Cultivation Diseases England Europe Food Food control Food industry Food production Food resources Food supply Health Health policy Industry LCC , London County Council x London County Council London Manufacturing industry Meat Medical profession Medical sciences Murphy , Sir , Shirley Foster , 1848-1923 , Knight , public health official Natural resources Pathology Pfeiffer , Ernest , fl 1899-1901 Poverty Social policy Social problems Tuberculosis UK Western Europe
Immediate source of acquisition or transfer
Murphy/05 was accessioned to the library collections in 1949. The remainder of the collection may have also been accessioned at a similar time.
Content and structure area
Scope and content
Papers of Sir Shirley Foster Murphy, 1890s-1900s, comprise correspondence and both unpublished and published work in the fields of health and medicine and relate to his work as a medical officer. The collection notably comprises correspondence from Dr Ernest Pfeiffer, 1899-1901 (Murphy/01); handwritten extracts and notes from works concerning slaughterhouses and meat inspection, [1890s-1900s] (Murphy/02); manuscript titled 'Alcohol in relation to the Child and to National Health', [1890s-1900s] (Murphy/03); manuscript notes on topics including 'liberty and authority' and 'alcohol and poverty', [1890s-1900s] (Murphy/04); published paper concerning the sale to the public of tuberculous meat (British Congress on Tuberculosis for the Prevention of Consumption, by Shirley Murphy, Medical Officer of Health of the Administrative County of London), [1890s-1900s] (Murphy/05) and an address, perhaps given to his colleagues at County Council of London on the subject of food supplies, with reference to tuberculosis, [1890s-1900s] (Murphy/06).
Appraisal, destruction and scheduling
Accruals
System of arrangement
The collection is arranged into six series.
Conditions of access and use area
Conditions governing access
This collection is open for consultation. Please contact the Archivist to arrange an appointment. All researchers must complete and sign a user registration form which signifies their agreement to abide by the archive rules. All researchers are required to provide proof of identity bearing your signature (for example, a passport or debit card) when registering. Please see website for further information at www.lshtm.ac.uk/library/archives.
Conditions governing reproduction
Photocopies, subject to the condition of the original, may be supplied for research use only. Requests to publish original material should be submitted to the Archivist.
Language of material
- English
Script of material
- Latin
Language and script notes
English and German.
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No additional finding aids exist.
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- Age distribution
- Age distribution » Age groups
- Agricultural products
- Agronomy
- Agricultural products » Food » Beverages » Alcoholic beverages
- Agricultural products » Animal products
- Agricultural products » Food » Beverages
- Age distribution » Age groups » Childhood
- Age distribution » Age groups » Childhood » Children
- Agronomy » Cultivation
- Pathology » Diseases
- Agricultural products » Food
- Health » Health policy » Food control
- Industry » Manufacturing industry » Food industry
- Agronomy » Cultivation » Food production
- Natural resources » Food resources
- Natural resources » Food resources » Food supply
- Health
- Health » Health policy
- Industry
- Industry » Manufacturing industry
- Agricultural products » Animal products » Meat
- Medical profession
- Medical sciences
- Natural resources
- Pathology
- Social problems » Poverty
- Social policy
- Social problems
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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