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- 1937-1960 (Creation)
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8 boxes
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Biographical history
The Research Board for the Correlation of Medical Science and Physical Education (RBCMSPE) was established in 1943; its aims were "to ensure more general recognition of the need for health and physical education in the widest sense" in the hope that "the lessons of war would, in the field of health and physical efficiency, become the accepted standards of peacetime and reconstruction"; published major report Medical Science and Physical Education covering maternity, child welfare, education, recreation, and the Armed Forces, in 1944; published major report Medical Science and Physical Education in Industry containing far-reaching recommendations on occupational health and rehabilitation, in 1946; RBCMSPE funded special projects, awarded grants for relevant studies, and administered the Nuffield Provincial Hospitals Trust Hyde Prize; closed down in 1956.
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GB 0120 SA/RBC 1937-1960 Collection (fonds) 8 boxes Research Board for the Correlation of Medical Science and Physical Education
The Research Board for the Correlation of Medical Science and Physical Education (RBCMSPE) was established in 1943; its aims were "to ensure more general recognition of the need for health and physical education in the widest sense" in the hope that "the lessons of war would, in the field of health and physical efficiency, become the accepted standards of peacetime and reconstruction"; published major report Medical Science and Physical Education covering maternity, child welfare, education, recreation, and the Armed Forces, in 1944; published major report Medical Science and Physical Education in Industry containing far-reaching recommendations on occupational health and rehabilitation, in 1946; RBCMSPE funded special projects, awarded grants for relevant studies, and administered the Nuffield Provincial Hospitals Trust Hyde Prize; closed down in 1956.
Records collected from the Worshipful Company of Apothecaries of London, in 1986.
Papers of the Research Board for the Correlation of Medical Science and Physical Education, 1937-1960, comprising records of general meetings, 1942-1956; finance records, 1944-1956; policy committee records, 1937-1956; research committee records, 1943-1950; records relating to research sponsored by the Board, 1944-1960; and miscellaneous papers.
As outlined in Scope and Content. Files have been sorted and reconstructed. Correspondence files have been amalgamated.
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.
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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 Health services Education Recreation Leisure Child welfare Therapy Rehabilitation (medical) State security Armed forces Health Maternal health Social welfare Maternal welfare Occupational medicine Medical sciences Organizations Military organizations Research Board for the Correlation of Medical Science and Physical Education Industry
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Records collected from the Worshipful Company of Apothecaries of London, in 1986.
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Papers of the Research Board for the Correlation of Medical Science and Physical Education, 1937-1960, comprising records of general meetings, 1942-1956; finance records, 1944-1956; policy committee records, 1937-1956; research committee records, 1943-1950; records relating to research sponsored by the Board, 1944-1960; and miscellaneous papers.
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As outlined in Scope and Content. Files have been sorted and reconstructed. Correspondence files have been amalgamated.
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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.
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- English
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- Latin
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English
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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