GB 0120 PP/ASP - Parkes, Sir Alan Sterling (1900-1990)

14 boxes and 2 outsize items

GB 0120 PP/ASP 1926-1988 Collection (fonds) 14 boxes and 2 outsize items Parkes , Sir , Alan Sterling , 1900-1990 , Knight , endocrinologist

Sir Alan Sterling Parkes was an endocrinologist and Fellow of the Royal Society. Parkes worked through an epoch-making era in reproductive biology.

These papers were given to the Contemporary Medical Archives Centre by Sir Alan Parkes and collected from his home in March 1985, August 1988, and June 1991.

Papers of Sir Alan Sterling Parkes, 1926-1988, with a particular bias to the diverse bodies (official, voluntary, and international) which which Parkes was involved through his interests in reproductive biology, endocrinology, scientific publishing, low-temperature biology, and global population issues (among others). There is a large selection of mostly identified photographs.

The papers were found in mostly good order within files/groups, although the overall arrangements was somewhat confused, presumably due to moves. In some cases, material had been removed from files for use in Parkes's memoirs or other writings and had to be reintegrated into the appropriate files.

Arranged as follows:

A. Correspondence: colleagues and general, 1935-1988

B. Publications by ASP, 1950s-80s

C. Official bodies, 1930-1970

D. British societies and organisations, 1938-1982

E. International Organisations, 1963-1978

F. Personalia, photographs and tapes

Files PP/ASP/D.14-23 (Royal Society election material) are closed for 75 years:

PP/ASP/D.14 Closed until 1 Jan 2032

PP/ASP/D.15 Closed until 1 Jan 2038

PP/ASP/D.16 Closed until 1 Jan 2036

PP/ASP/D.17 Closed until 1 Jan 2034

PP/ASP/D.18 Closed until 1 Jan 2039

PP/ASP/D.19 Closed until 1 Jan 2036

PP/ASP/D.20 Closed until 1 Jan 2038

PP/ASP/D.21 Closed until 1 Jan 2038

PP/ASP/D.22 Closed until 1 Jan 2041

PP/ASP/D.23 Closed until 1 Jan 2042

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

Correspondents were indexed for the convenience of readers: the index is currently available in hard copy on request.

In the Wellcome Library:

Allied material can be found in the papers of the Eugenics Society (SA/EUG: please note that to consult this collection prior permission from the Galton Institute is required) and the Family Planning Association (SA/FPA). There is some correspondence with Parkes in GC/213 and the papers of CP Blacker, PP/CPB, of Sir William Paton, PP/WDP, and of Marthe Vogt, PP/MLV.

See Parkes' two autobiographical volumes Off-beat biologist: The autobiography of Alan S. Parkes (Cambridge: The Galton Foundation, 1985) and Biologist at Large: The background to "Off-beat Biologist" (Published by the Author, 1988).

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.

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These papers were given to the Contemporary Medical Archives Centre by Sir Alan Parkes and collected from his home in March 1985, August 1988, and June 1991.

Papers of Sir Alan Sterling Parkes, 1926-1988, with a particular bias to the diverse bodies (official, voluntary, and international) which which Parkes was involved through his interests in reproductive biology, endocrinology, scientific publishing, low-temperature biology, and global population issues (among others). There is a large selection of mostly identified photographs.

The papers were found in mostly good order within files/groups, although the overall arrangements was somewhat confused, presumably due to moves. In some cases, material had been removed from files for use in Parkes's memoirs or other writings and had to be reintegrated into the appropriate files.

Arranged as follows:

A. Correspondence: colleagues and general, 1935-1988

B. Publications by ASP, 1950s-80s

C. Official bodies, 1930-1970

D. British societies and organisations, 1938-1982

E. International Organisations, 1963-1978

F. Personalia, photographs and tapes

Files PP/ASP/D.14-23 (Royal Society election material) are closed for 75 years:

PP/ASP/D.14 Closed until 1 Jan 2032

PP/ASP/D.15 Closed until 1 Jan 2038

PP/ASP/D.16 Closed until 1 Jan 2036

PP/ASP/D.17 Closed until 1 Jan 2034

PP/ASP/D.18 Closed until 1 Jan 2039

PP/ASP/D.19 Closed until 1 Jan 2036

PP/ASP/D.20 Closed until 1 Jan 2038

PP/ASP/D.21 Closed until 1 Jan 2038

PP/ASP/D.22 Closed until 1 Jan 2041

PP/ASP/D.23 Closed until 1 Jan 2042

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

• Latin

English

In the Wellcome Library:

Allied material can be found in the papers of the Eugenics Society (SA/EUG: please note that to consult this collection prior permission from the Galton Institute is required) and the Family Planning Association (SA/FPA). There is some correspondence with Parkes in GC/213 and the papers of CP Blacker, PP/CPB, of Sir William Paton, PP/WDP, and of Marthe Vogt, PP/MLV.

Correspondents were indexed for the convenience of readers: the index is currently available in hard copy on request.

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.

• English