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- 1800-1985 (Produção)
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90 boxes and 20 outsize boxes
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História biográfica
Born Wisconsin, USA, 1853; educated College of Pharmacy, Chicago, 1872; graduated Philadelphia College of Pharmacy, 1873; pharmaceutical representative for Caswell, Hazard and Co, New York; pharmaceutical representative for McKesson and Robins, New York, 1876; expedition to Ecuador and Peru to study the cinchona forests, 1878; partnership offer from Silas Burroughs, London, 1879; Burroughs Wellcome and Co head quarters open in London, 1881; Burroughs launched unsuccessful legal action to dissolve the partnership, 1888; Burroughs died and Wellcome gained sole control of the company, 1895; awarded an honorary degree from the Philadelphia College of Pharmacy; awarded an Honorary Doctor of Laws degree (LLD) by Edinburgh University,1928; naturalised as a British subject, 1910; received knighthood, 1932; awarded an Honorary Fellowship by the Royal College of Surgeons; awarded a Fellowship by the Royal Society; died in London, 1936; memorial plaque erected in St Paul's Cathedral by Wellcome Trustees and ashes interred in St Paul's churchyard, 1987.
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História do arquivo
Most of this collection was inherited by the Contemporary Medical Archives Centre of the Wellcome Institute (now part of the Wellcome Library's Archives and Manuscripts department) when the physical separation of the Wellcome Institute from the Wellcome Foundation Ltd began in 1990.
GB 0120 WA/HSW 1800-1985 Collection (fonds) 90 boxes and 20 outsize boxes Wellcome , Sir , Henry Solomon , 1853-1936 , Knight , manufacturing chemist, patron of science and archaeologist
Born Wisconsin, USA, 1853; educated College of Pharmacy, Chicago, 1872; graduated Philadelphia College of Pharmacy, 1873; pharmaceutical representative for Caswell, Hazard and Co, New York; pharmaceutical representative for McKesson and Robins, New York, 1876; expedition to Ecuador and Peru to study the cinchona forests, 1878; partnership offer from Silas Burroughs, London, 1879; Burroughs Wellcome and Co head quarters open in London, 1881; Burroughs launched unsuccessful legal action to dissolve the partnership, 1888; Burroughs died and Wellcome gained sole control of the company, 1895; awarded an honorary degree from the Philadelphia College of Pharmacy; awarded an Honorary Doctor of Laws degree (LLD) by Edinburgh University,1928; naturalised as a British subject, 1910; received knighthood, 1932; awarded an Honorary Fellowship by the Royal College of Surgeons; awarded a Fellowship by the Royal Society; died in London, 1936; memorial plaque erected in St Paul's Cathedral by Wellcome Trustees and ashes interred in St Paul's churchyard, 1987.
Most of this collection was inherited by the Contemporary Medical Archives Centre of the Wellcome Institute (now part of the Wellcome Library's Archives and Manuscripts department) when the physical separation of the Wellcome Institute from the Wellcome Foundation Ltd began in 1990.
Acquired from Sir Henry Solomon Wellcome on his death.
Papers of Henry Solomon Wellcome, 1800-1985, comprising articles, publications, financial records, legal records, administrative documents, property details, probate records, marriage and divorce records, diaries, microfiche of letter books, details of events, subscription lists, field and geological reports, press cuttings, photographs, ephemera, objects, and family papers dating back to 1800.
Arranged in sections as follows:
WA/HSW/FP FAMILY PAPERS
WA/HSW/ED EDUCATION AND EARLY CAREER
WA/HSW/ED/A Letters of introduction
WA/HSW/ED/B Correspondence
WA/HSW/ED/C Articles and publications
WA/HSW/AC PERSONAL FINANCIAL ACCOUNTS
WA/HSW/LE LEGAL MATTERS
WA/HSW/LE/A Citizenship and life assurance
WA/HSW/LE/B Administration of affairs
WA/HSW/LE/C Business matters
WA/HSW/LE/D Property
WA/HSW/LE/E Will and estate
WA/HSW/MD MARRIAGE/DIVORCE
WA/HSW/MD/A Marriage
WA/HSW/MD/B Separation and divorce
WA/HSW/MO MOUNTENEY
WA/HSW/DI DIARIES
WA/HSW/CO CORRESPONDENCE
WA/HSW/CO/Gen General (Misc)
WA/HSW/CO/Gen/A. 1881-1895
WA/HSW/CO/Gen/B. 1895
WA/HSW/CO/Gen/C. Feb 1895-Feb 1896
WA/HSW/CO/Gen/D. Feb-Jul 1896
WA/HSW/CO/Gen/E. Aug-Dec 1896
WA/HSW/CO/Gen/F. American Society Thanksgiving Dinner 1896
WA/HSW/CO/Gen/G. Jan-Apr 1897
WA/HSW/CO/Gen/H. May-Oct 1897
WA/HSW/CO/Gen/J. Nov 1897-Jul 1898
WA/HSW/CO/Gen/K. Aug 1898-Mar 1899
WA/HSW/CO/Gen/L. Apr-Oct 1899
WA/HSW/CO/Gen/M. Nov 1899-Jun 1900
WA/HSW/CO/Gen/N. Jul-Dec 1900
WA/HSW/CO/Gen/P. 1901
WA/HSW/CO/Gen/Q. 1902
WA/HSW/CO/Gen/R. 1903
WA/HSW/CO/Bus/A Business memoranda to Johnson 1901-1902
WA/HSW/CO/Bus/B Microfiche of letter books 1882-1905
WA/HSW/CO/Bus/C Miscellaneous correspondence
WA/HSW/CO/Bus/C.1 Early career
WA/HSW/CO/Bus/C.2 Khartoum 1901-1936
WA/HSW/CO/Bus/C.3 Physiological Research Laboratories 1902-1922
WA/HSW/CO/Bus/C.4 Wellcome Bureau of Scientific Research 1915-1925
WA/HSW/CO/Ind Individual correspondence files
WA/HSW/CO/Ind/A Extended correspondence/biographical files
WA/HSW/CO/Ind/B Personal correspondence
WA/HSW/ME METLAKAHTLA
WA/HSW/ME/A. Early Material
WA/HSW/ME/B. 'The Metlakatla Case'
WA/HSW/AR ARCHAEOLOGY
WA/HSW/AR/Jeb Jebel Moya
WA/HSW/AR/Lac Lachish
WA/HSW/AR/Lac/A. Field and Geological Reports
WA/HSW/AR/Lac/B. Correspondence and Administration
WA/HSW/AR/Lac/C. Presscuttings
WA/HSW/AR/Lac/D. Publications
WA/HSW/AR/Lac/E. Photographs
WA/HSW/AR/Lac/F. 'Lachish Letters'
WA/HSW/AR/Gen Other
WA/HSW/OR ORGANISATIONS AND SOCIETIES
WA/HSW/OR/A. African [Royal African] Society
WA/HSW/OR/B. American Society in London
WA/HSW/OR/C. Archaeological Society of Washington
WA/HSW/OR/D. China Publications Fund
WA/HSW/OR/E. Freemasonry
WA/HSW/OR/F. Imperial Vaccination League
WA/HSW/OR/G. Liege International Exhibition
WA/HSW/OR/H. Medical and Educational Mission to Sudan
WA/HSW/OR/J. Nicholls Testimonial Fund
WA/HSW/OR/K Royal College of Surgeons
WA/HSW/OR/L. Royal Commission on Museums
WA/HSW/OR/M. Royal Geographical Society
WA/HSW/OR/N. Royal Society
WA/HSW/OR/P. Royal Society of Medicine
WA/HSW/OR/Q. Society of Apothecaries
WA/HSW/OR/R. Vermin Repression Society
WA/HSW/OR/S. Subscription lists, ephemera, notes
WA/HSW/PE PERSONALIA AND MEMORABILIA
WA/HSW/PE/A Personalia
WA/HSW/PE/B Posthumous memorabilia
WA/HSW/AM ADA MISNER
WA/HSW/PH PHOTOGRAPHS
WA/HSW/OB OBJECTS
WA/HSW/GW GENEVIEVE WARD RELICS
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
20 outsized boxes.
Consultation of the catalogues of the institutional archives is recommended.
In 1997 some material which had been confused with the records of HSW's business activities was returned by Glaxo-Wellcome and photocopies or microfilms were obtained of material which straddled both interests, the originals of which remain with the Company.
WA/HSW/PE/C.14 is available on microfilm (AMS/MF/143). In addition, papers relating to Gordon of Khartoum and the Bureau of Scientific Research are available on microfilm (AMS/MF/141).
HSW's correspondence with Sir H M Stanley and Lady Stanley, and related papers relevant to Stanley and African exploration, was given to the Royal Geographical Society in 1936.
The Griffith Institute, Ashmolean Museum, Oxford contains various materials including photographs, journals of expedition members, artist's sketches and paintings connected with the excavations at Gebel Moya and smaller sites in the Sudan.
The Harrowby Manuscripts Trust, Sandon Hall contains papers of Captain Peter Johnston-Saint.
The Sudan Archive at Durham University contatins the papers of several of Wellcome's associates.
The British Museum contains finds from the Lachish excavations of the Wellcome/Colt and Wellcome/Marston expeditions.
Robert Rhodes James, Henry Wellcome, London: Hodder & Stoughton, 1994.
Compiled by Anya Turner.
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.
June 2008 Royal African Society Burroughs Wellcome & Co. Wellcome , Sir , Henry Solomon , 1853-1936 , Knight , manufacturing chemist, patron of science and archaeologist Ward , Dame , Geneviève , 1837-1922 , opera singer and actress x Ward , Lucy Geneviève Teresa Sheldon , May , French- , 1847-1936 , explorer and author Saint , Peter Johnston , Johnston- , d 1974 , Captain Duncan , William , 1832-1918 , Anglican missionary Property Marriage Information sources Documents Primary documents Wills Scientific expeditions Archaeological expeditions Religious groups Missionaries Research work Field work Surveys Geological surveys Geology Geological data People People by roles Freemasons Industry Manufacturing industry Chemical industry Pharmaceutical industry Cultural interest Archaeological interest Ethnic groups Finance Indigenous populations Financial resources Funds Literature Prose Literary forms and genres Nonfiction Diaries Archaeological excavations Archaeology Religious activities Missionary work Missions Organization of research Scientific activities Social interaction Interpersonal relations Relationships Separation (marital) Administration of justice Research activities Probate Legal procedure Archaeological activities East Africa Sudan Khartoum Jebel Moya Israel Jerusalem Lachish North America Canada Middle East Palestine Wellcome Tropical Research Laboratories Wellcome Research Institution Wellcome Physiological Research Laboratories Wellcome Museum of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene Wellcome Museum of Medical Science Wellcome Laboratory of Tropical Medicine Wellcome Historical Medical Museum Wellcome Foundation Limited Wellcome Entomological Field Laboratories Wellcome Chemical Research Laboratories Wellcome Bureau of Scientific Research Royal College of Surgeons of England Civil law Legal systems Law
Fonte imediata de aquisição ou transferência
Acquired from Sir Henry Solomon Wellcome on his death.
Zona do conteúdo e estrutura
Âmbito e conteúdo
Papers of Henry Solomon Wellcome, 1800-1985, comprising articles, publications, financial records, legal records, administrative documents, property details, probate records, marriage and divorce records, diaries, microfiche of letter books, details of events, subscription lists, field and geological reports, press cuttings, photographs, ephemera, objects, and family papers dating back to 1800.
Avaliação, seleção e eliminação
Incorporações
Sistema de arranjo
Arranged in sections as follows:
WA/HSW/FP FAMILY PAPERS
WA/HSW/ED EDUCATION AND EARLY CAREER
WA/HSW/ED/A Letters of introduction
WA/HSW/ED/B Correspondence
WA/HSW/ED/C Articles and publications
WA/HSW/AC PERSONAL FINANCIAL ACCOUNTS
WA/HSW/LE LEGAL MATTERS
WA/HSW/LE/A Citizenship and life assurance
WA/HSW/LE/B Administration of affairs
WA/HSW/LE/C Business matters
WA/HSW/LE/D Property
WA/HSW/LE/E Will and estate
WA/HSW/MD MARRIAGE/DIVORCE
WA/HSW/MD/A Marriage
WA/HSW/MD/B Separation and divorce
WA/HSW/MO MOUNTENEY
WA/HSW/DI DIARIES
WA/HSW/CO CORRESPONDENCE
WA/HSW/CO/Gen General (Misc)
WA/HSW/CO/Gen/A. 1881-1895
WA/HSW/CO/Gen/B. 1895
WA/HSW/CO/Gen/C. Feb 1895-Feb 1896
WA/HSW/CO/Gen/D. Feb-Jul 1896
WA/HSW/CO/Gen/E. Aug-Dec 1896
WA/HSW/CO/Gen/F. American Society Thanksgiving Dinner 1896
WA/HSW/CO/Gen/G. Jan-Apr 1897
WA/HSW/CO/Gen/H. May-Oct 1897
WA/HSW/CO/Gen/J. Nov 1897-Jul 1898
WA/HSW/CO/Gen/K. Aug 1898-Mar 1899
WA/HSW/CO/Gen/L. Apr-Oct 1899
WA/HSW/CO/Gen/M. Nov 1899-Jun 1900
WA/HSW/CO/Gen/N. Jul-Dec 1900
WA/HSW/CO/Gen/P. 1901
WA/HSW/CO/Gen/Q. 1902
WA/HSW/CO/Gen/R. 1903
WA/HSW/CO/Bus/A Business memoranda to Johnson 1901-1902
WA/HSW/CO/Bus/B Microfiche of letter books 1882-1905
WA/HSW/CO/Bus/C Miscellaneous correspondence
WA/HSW/CO/Bus/C.1 Early career
WA/HSW/CO/Bus/C.2 Khartoum 1901-1936
WA/HSW/CO/Bus/C.3 Physiological Research Laboratories 1902-1922
WA/HSW/CO/Bus/C.4 Wellcome Bureau of Scientific Research 1915-1925
WA/HSW/CO/Ind Individual correspondence files
WA/HSW/CO/Ind/A Extended correspondence/biographical files
WA/HSW/CO/Ind/B Personal correspondence
WA/HSW/ME METLAKAHTLA
WA/HSW/ME/A. Early Material
WA/HSW/ME/B. 'The Metlakatla Case'
WA/HSW/AR ARCHAEOLOGY
WA/HSW/AR/Jeb Jebel Moya
WA/HSW/AR/Lac Lachish
WA/HSW/AR/Lac/A. Field and Geological Reports
WA/HSW/AR/Lac/B. Correspondence and Administration
WA/HSW/AR/Lac/C. Presscuttings
WA/HSW/AR/Lac/D. Publications
WA/HSW/AR/Lac/E. Photographs
WA/HSW/AR/Lac/F. 'Lachish Letters'
WA/HSW/AR/Gen Other
WA/HSW/OR ORGANISATIONS AND SOCIETIES
WA/HSW/OR/A. African [Royal African] Society
WA/HSW/OR/B. American Society in London
WA/HSW/OR/C. Archaeological Society of Washington
WA/HSW/OR/D. China Publications Fund
WA/HSW/OR/E. Freemasonry
WA/HSW/OR/F. Imperial Vaccination League
WA/HSW/OR/G. Liege International Exhibition
WA/HSW/OR/H. Medical and Educational Mission to Sudan
WA/HSW/OR/J. Nicholls Testimonial Fund
WA/HSW/OR/K Royal College of Surgeons
WA/HSW/OR/L. Royal Commission on Museums
WA/HSW/OR/M. Royal Geographical Society
WA/HSW/OR/N. Royal Society
WA/HSW/OR/P. Royal Society of Medicine
WA/HSW/OR/Q. Society of Apothecaries
WA/HSW/OR/R. Vermin Repression Society
WA/HSW/OR/S. Subscription lists, ephemera, notes
WA/HSW/PE PERSONALIA AND MEMORABILIA
WA/HSW/PE/A Personalia
WA/HSW/PE/B Posthumous memorabilia
WA/HSW/AM ADA MISNER
WA/HSW/PH PHOTOGRAPHS
WA/HSW/OB OBJECTS
WA/HSW/GW GENEVIEVE WARD RELICS
Zona de condições de acesso e utilização
Condições de acesso
The papers are available subject to the usual conditions of access to Archives and Manuscripts material, after the completion of a Reader's Undertaking.
Condiçoes de reprodução
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.
Idioma do material
- inglês
Sistema de escrita do material
- latim
Notas ao idioma e script
English
Características físicas e requisitos técnicos
Instrumentos de descrição
Consultation of the catalogues of the institutional archives is recommended.
Zona de documentação associada
Existência e localização de originais
Existência e localização de cópias
WA/HSW/PE/C.14 is available on microfilm (AMS/MF/143). In addition, papers relating to Gordon of Khartoum and the Bureau of Scientific Research are available on microfilm (AMS/MF/141).
Unidades de descrição relacionadas
HSW's correspondence with Sir H M Stanley and Lady Stanley, and related papers relevant to Stanley and African exploration, was given to the Royal Geographical Society in 1936.
The Griffith Institute, Ashmolean Museum, Oxford contains various materials including photographs, journals of expedition members, artist's sketches and paintings connected with the excavations at Gebel Moya and smaller sites in the Sudan.
The Harrowby Manuscripts Trust, Sandon Hall contains papers of Captain Peter Johnston-Saint.
The Sudan Archive at Durham University contatins the papers of several of Wellcome's associates.
The British Museum contains finds from the Lachish excavations of the Wellcome/Colt and Wellcome/Marston expeditions.
Nota de publicação
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Identificador(es) alternativo(s)
Pontos de acesso
Pontos de acesso - Assuntos
- Marriage
- Information sources
- Documents
- Documents » Primary documents
- Research work » Field work » Scientific expeditions
- Religious groups
- Research work
- Research work » Field work
- Research work » Field work » Surveys
- Geology
- Geology » Geological data
- Industry
- Industry » Manufacturing industry
- Industry » Manufacturing industry » Chemical industry
- Industry » Manufacturing industry » Chemical industry » Pharmaceutical industry
- Ethnic groups
- Finance
- Finance » Financial resources
- Literature
- Literary forms and genres » Prose
- Literary forms and genres
- Archaeology » Archaeological excavations
- Archaeology
- Religious activities
- Religious activities » Missionary work
- Organization of research
- Organization of research » Scientific activities
- Social interaction
- Social interaction » Interpersonal relations
- Administration of justice
- Administration of justice » Legal procedure
- Civil law
- Law » Legal systems
- Law
Pontos de acesso - Locais
Pontos de acesso - Nomes
Pontos de acesso de género
Zona do controlo da descrição
Identificador da descrição
Identificador da instituição
Regras ou convenções utilizadas
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.
Estatuto
Nível de detalhe
Datas de criação, revisão, eliminação
Línguas e escritas
- inglês