Collection GB 0120 GC/135 - Napsbury Mental Hospital, St Albans

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Reference code

GB 0120 GC/135

Title

Napsbury Mental Hospital, St Albans

Date(s)

  • 1927-1956 (Creation)

Level of description

Collection

Extent and medium

3 boxes

Context area

Name of creator

Biographical history

Founded in 1905 as Napsbury Asylum, under Middlesex County Council. Became Napsbury Mental Hospital after the end of the First World War.

Archival history

GB 0120 GC/135 1927-1956 Collection 3 boxes Napsbury Mental Hospital , St Albans

Founded in 1905 as Napsbury Asylum, under Middlesex County Council. Became Napsbury Mental Hospital after the end of the First World War.

These items were received from Penny Shapland, Librarian of the Hospital, the volumes (Section A) in February 1987 and the cuttings collection (Section B) in September 1990. Acc.256 received on 26/02/1987, acc.422 in Sep 1990.

Napsbury Asylum papers comprising: procedure book, reports from Pathological Department, 1930s, investigation into typhoid carriers in the Hospital, 1934, study of 16 cases of cerebral tumour, 1935; articles and cuttings relating to psychiatry and neurology, 1927-1956.

Arranged as follows: A. Typescript volumes: procedures book, reports, studies into typhoid carriers and cerebral tumour. B. Articles, reprints, and cuttings.

Open. 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

Records of the hospital 1898-1974 now in London Metropolitan Archives (includes materials formerly held by Hertfordshire Archives and Local Studies), with additional material in the records of the Middlesex County Council (MCC) Mental Hospitals Committee and predecessor bodies, 1898-1945 and the MCC Mental Health Committee. Admission and discharge registers during its use as a military hospital 1915-1918 are in The National Archives, class MH106.

Entry compiled by Barbara Ball from the Wellcome Library online catalogue.

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.

January 2009 Medical institutions Hospitals Pathology Diseases Typhoid Neurology Medical sciences Health services Napsbury Hospital x Napsbury Asylum x Napsbury Mental Hospital

Immediate source of acquisition or transfer

These items were received from Penny Shapland, Librarian of the Hospital, the volumes (Section A) in February 1987 and the cuttings collection (Section B) in September 1990. Acc.256 received on 26/02/1987, acc.422 in Sep 1990.

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Scope and content

Napsbury Asylum papers comprising: procedure book, reports from Pathological Department, 1930s, investigation into typhoid carriers in the Hospital, 1934, study of 16 cases of cerebral tumour, 1935; articles and cuttings relating to psychiatry and neurology, 1927-1956.

Appraisal, destruction and scheduling

Accruals

System of arrangement

Arranged as follows: A. Typescript volumes: procedures book, reports, studies into typhoid carriers and cerebral tumour. B. Articles, reprints, and cuttings.

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Conditions governing access

Open. 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

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Records of the hospital 1898-1974 now in London Metropolitan Archives (includes materials formerly held by Hertfordshire Archives and Local Studies), with additional material in the records of the Middlesex County Council (MCC) Mental Hospitals Committee and predecessor bodies, 1898-1945 and the MCC Mental Health Committee. Admission and discharge registers during its use as a military hospital 1915-1918 are in The National Archives, class MH106.

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Wellcome Library

Rules and/or conventions used

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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Language(s)

  • English

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