Identity area
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Title
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- 1956-2005 (Creation)
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Extent and medium
35 boxes
Context area
Name of creator
Biographical history
The Society for Social Medicine was founded in 1956 for the advancement of academic social medicine primarily in the research field.
Repository
Archival history
GB 0120 SA/SSM 1956-2005 Collection (fonds) 35 boxes Society for Social Medicine
The Society for Social Medicine was founded in 1956 for the advancement of academic social medicine primarily in the research field.
Accession 294 was received in 1988 from the Social, Paediatric and Research Unit of the University of Glasgow. Accessions 464 and 599 were given in 1993 and 1995 by Dr Ian Leck. Further material was received from Dr Diana Kuh in 1997. Accession 1359 was received in 2005 from Dr Aileen Clarke.
Papers of the Society for Social Medicine, 1956-2005, comprising administrative records, 1956-2003; minutes of annual general meetings, the executive committee, and scientific meetings, 1957-2005; external relations materials, 1956-2003; mailings to members, 1987-2003; evidence and opinions submitted by the Society; and papers relating to the Society's links with associated organisations.
As outlined in Scope and Content.
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
The catalogue is available on microfiche via the National Inventory of Documentary Sources (NIDS).
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.
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Immediate source of acquisition or transfer
Accession 294 was received in 1988 from the Social, Paediatric and Research Unit of the University of Glasgow. Accessions 464 and 599 were given in 1993 and 1995 by Dr Ian Leck. Further material was received from Dr Diana Kuh in 1997. Accession 1359 was received in 2005 from Dr Aileen Clarke.
Content and structure area
Scope and content
Papers of the Society for Social Medicine, 1956-2005, comprising administrative records, 1956-2003; minutes of annual general meetings, the executive committee, and scientific meetings, 1957-2005; external relations materials, 1956-2003; mailings to members, 1987-2003; evidence and opinions submitted by the Society; and papers relating to the Society's links with associated organisations.
Appraisal, destruction and scheduling
Accruals
System of arrangement
As outlined in Scope and Content.
Conditions of access and use area
Conditions governing access
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
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Existence and location of copies
The catalogue is available on microfiche via the National Inventory of Documentary Sources (NIDS).
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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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Dates of creation revision deletion
Language(s)
- English