Collection GB 0120 MSS.3961-3963 and 7440 - Power, Sir D'Arcy (1855-1941)

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Reference code

GB 0120 MSS.3961-3963 and 7440

Title

Power, Sir D'Arcy (1855-1941)

Date(s)

  • 1890-1940 (Creation)

Level of description

Collection

Extent and medium

3 volumes and 1 file

Context area

Name of creator

Biographical history

Sir D'Arcy Power was surgeon at St Bartholomew's Hospital and a distinguished medical historian.

Archival history

From the author's library, with his armorial book-plate.

GB 0120 MSS.3961-3963 and 7440 1890-1940 Collection 3 volumes and 1 file Power , Sir , D'Arcy , Knight , 1855-1941

Sir D'Arcy Power was surgeon at St Bartholomew's Hospital and a distinguished medical historian.

From the author's library, with his armorial book-plate.

Purchased at Sotheby's 10/6/1941, Lot 312 (part).

Material on medical history (particularly on syphilis) and the history of the Power and Simpson families; correspondence, 1890-1940.

As set out above in Scope and Content.

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

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).

MSS.627-628 comprise material relating to the Barber-Surgeons' Company, London, compiled by Sir D'Arcy Power.

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.

November 2008 Medical profession Medical personnel Surgeons History of medicine Treponemal infections Medical sciences Spirochaetales infections Bacterial infections Pathology Diseases Syphilis People People by occupation Bacterial infections and mycoses Physicians History Personnel Power , Sir , D'Arcy , 1855-1941 , Knight , surgeon and historian

Immediate source of acquisition or transfer

Purchased at Sotheby's 10/6/1941, Lot 312 (part).

Content and structure area

Scope and content

Material on medical history (particularly on syphilis) and the history of the Power and Simpson families; correspondence, 1890-1940.

Appraisal, destruction and scheduling

Accruals

System of arrangement

As set out above in Scope and Content.

Conditions of access and use area

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

Physical characteristics and technical requirements

MSS.627-628 comprise material relating to the Barber-Surgeons' Company, London, compiled by Sir D'Arcy Power.

Finding aids

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).

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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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  • English

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