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- 1857-[2000] (Creation)
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99 volumes and 21 files
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Great Ormond Street Hospital for children was founded in 1852 by Charles West on its current site in Bloomsbury. It was the first children's hospital in Great Britain. The press cuttings were collected by the hospital management from 1857.
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GB 2669 GOS/13 1857-[2000] Sub-fonds 40 volumes and 21 files Great Ormond Street Hospital x Hospital for Sick Children , Great Ormond Street x Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children NHS Trust x The Hospital for Sick Children x The Hospital for Children
Great Ormond Street Hospital for children was founded in 1852 by Charles West on its current site in Bloomsbury. It was the first children's hospital in Great Britain. The press cuttings were collected by the hospital management from 1857.
Historically, received from the Hospital Secretary.
Press cuttings books and files relating to Great Ormond Street Hospital, including the opening of buildings, events, campaigns, staff, fundraising and statistics, 1857-[2000]; comprising 'Notices of the Press', 1857-1879 (GOS/13/1); GOS/13/2: Press-cuttings and printed circulars concerning opening of new hospital wing, 1893; GOS/13/3: Press-cuttings and printed circulars concerning the Imperial Coronation Bazaar, 1902; GOS/13/4: Press-cuttings book concerning Astor Gift (of new Out-Patients Department), 1902; GOS/13/5: General Press-Cuttings Book, of items concerning both the hospital and child health in general, 1914-1917; GOS/13/6: General Press-Cuttings Book, 1916-1920; GOS/13/7: General Press-Cuttings Book, 1919-1922; GOS/13/8 Press-Cuttings Book of 1919 Appeal ('Children’s Hospital City'); GOS/13/9: General Press-Cuttings Book, 1922-1923; GOS/13/10: General Press-Cuttings Book, 1923-1926; GOS/13/11: General Press-Cuttings Book, 1927-1933; GOS/13/12: General Press-Cuttings Book, 1932-1933; GOS/13/13: Secretary’s Official Press-Cuttings Book, 1926-1934;GOS/13/14: General Press-Cuttings Book, 1934-1935; GOS/13/15: General Press-Cuttings, Book, 1938-1939; GOS/13/16: Medical Press-Cuttings Book, 1948-1954; GOS/13/17: General Press-Cuttings Book, 1950-1952; GOS/13/18 General Press-Cuttings Book, 6/1952-9/1954; GOS/13/19: Hospital Centenary Press-Cuttings Book, 1952; GOS/13/20: General Press-Cuttings Book, 8/1954-8/1956; GOS/13/21/1-39, Files of General Press-Cuttings, 1954-1977 (mainly covering 1965-1966); GOS/13/22: Press-Cuttings Book of visit of King George VI and Queen Elizabeth, 18 October 1938; GOS/13/23: Articles from The Times about the hospital, 1934, 1966, 1969; GOS/13/24: Copies of national and London newspapers containing articles on industrial action at the hospital, 1979-1980; GOS/13/25 Miscellaneous Press-Cuttings file, 1884-1984; GOS/13/26:Miscellaneous Press-Cuttings and articles (file), 1877-1981, this includes some complete newsletters and journals containing articles or advertisements about Great Ormond Street Hospital including The Primrose League Gazette 1921; law journals; poster for 'Mr. Punch’s Living Pictures', c 1925, Christmas issue of Fireside 1882, with article on Great Ormond Street Hospital at Christmastime; GOS/13/27:Obituary notices for Dr Jenner (1898) and Sir Thomas Smith (1909); GOS/13/28: Miscellaneous Press-Cuttings compiled by Nursing Directorate Office, 1932-1994, including items on 'The Wishing Well Appeal', the 1987 extension of the Peter Pan copyright to the Hospital, the demolition of houses in Guilford Street prior to the construction of Great Ormond Street Hospital's Nurses’ Home, 1932, with photograph; GOS/13/29: Article on Great Ormond Street Hospital from The Observer 1993; GOS/13/30: Article about bone marrow transplant at Great Ormond Street Hospital from The Cambridge Student 2000.
See above Scope and Content.
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Scanning available subject to UK copyright law.
English
Collection includes outsize and fragile items.
Currently only available on Word catalogue from the Archives reading room.
Extracts appear in Jules Kosky, Mutual Friends, Charles Dickens and Great Ormond Street Children's Hospital.
Entry compiled by Andrea Tanner.
September 2010 Hospitals Hospital administration History of medicine Great Ormond Street Hospital x Hospital for Sick Children , Great Ormond Street x Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children NHS Trust x The Hospital for Sick Children x The Hospital for Children History Medical institutions Health services
Immediate source of acquisition or transfer
Historically, received from the Hospital Secretary.
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Scope and content
Press cuttings books and files relating to Great Ormond Street Hospital, including the opening of buildings, events, campaigns, staff, fundraising and statistics, 1857-[2000]; comprising 'Notices of the Press', 1857-1879 (GOS/13/1); GOS/13/2: Press-cuttings and printed circulars concerning opening of new hospital wing, 1893; GOS/13/3: Press-cuttings and printed circulars concerning the Imperial Coronation Bazaar, 1902; GOS/13/4: Press-cuttings book concerning Astor Gift (of new Out-Patients Department), 1902; GOS/13/5: General Press-Cuttings Book, of items concerning both the hospital and child health in general, 1914-1917; GOS/13/6: General Press-Cuttings Book, 1916-1920; GOS/13/7: General Press-Cuttings Book, 1919-1922; GOS/13/8 Press-Cuttings Book of 1919 Appeal ('Children’s Hospital City'); GOS/13/9: General Press-Cuttings Book, 1922-1923; GOS/13/10: General Press-Cuttings Book, 1923-1926; GOS/13/11: General Press-Cuttings Book, 1927-1933; GOS/13/12: General Press-Cuttings Book, 1932-1933; GOS/13/13: Secretary’s Official Press-Cuttings Book, 1926-1934;GOS/13/14: General Press-Cuttings Book, 1934-1935; GOS/13/15: General Press-Cuttings, Book, 1938-1939; GOS/13/16: Medical Press-Cuttings Book, 1948-1954; GOS/13/17: General Press-Cuttings Book, 1950-1952; GOS/13/18 General Press-Cuttings Book, 6/1952-9/1954; GOS/13/19: Hospital Centenary Press-Cuttings Book, 1952; GOS/13/20: General Press-Cuttings Book, 8/1954-8/1956; GOS/13/21/1-39, Files of General Press-Cuttings, 1954-1977 (mainly covering 1965-1966); GOS/13/22: Press-Cuttings Book of visit of King George VI and Queen Elizabeth, 18 October 1938; GOS/13/23: Articles from The Times about the hospital, 1934, 1966, 1969; GOS/13/24: Copies of national and London newspapers containing articles on industrial action at the hospital, 1979-1980; GOS/13/25 Miscellaneous Press-Cuttings file, 1884-1984; GOS/13/26:Miscellaneous Press-Cuttings and articles (file), 1877-1981, this includes some complete newsletters and journals containing articles or advertisements about Great Ormond Street Hospital including The Primrose League Gazette 1921; law journals; poster for 'Mr. Punch’s Living Pictures', c 1925, Christmas issue of Fireside 1882, with article on Great Ormond Street Hospital at Christmastime; GOS/13/27:Obituary notices for Dr Jenner (1898) and Sir Thomas Smith (1909); GOS/13/28: Miscellaneous Press-Cuttings compiled by Nursing Directorate Office, 1932-1994, including items on 'The Wishing Well Appeal', the 1987 extension of the Peter Pan copyright to the Hospital, the demolition of houses in Guilford Street prior to the construction of Great Ormond Street Hospital's Nurses’ Home, 1932, with photograph; GOS/13/29: Article on Great Ormond Street Hospital from The Observer 1993; GOS/13/30: Article about bone marrow transplant at Great Ormond Street Hospital from The Cambridge Student 2000. GOS/13/38-97 Press Cuttings albums of 'Wishing Well Appeal, 1987-89.
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Scanning available subject to UK copyright law.
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- English
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- Latin
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Currently only available on Word catalogue from the Archives reading room.
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