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- 1920s-1970s (Creation)
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5 boxes
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The Society for the Study and Cure of Inebriety was founded in 1884 as a pressure group in response to the inadequacy of the Habitual Drunkards Act of 1879.
In 1946 the Society changed it's name to the Society for the Study of Addiction to Alcohol and other Drugs.
The London Society for Study of Addiction is the London branch of the Society for the Study of Addiction to Alcohol and other Drugs.
The Society's current aims are to promote the communication and spread of scientific knowledge about dependence on drugs and alcohol and other forms of dependence associated with compulsive behaviour, and to encourage the systematic study of the forms of dependence.
The Society jointly sponsors the Dent Lecture with the Department of Pharmacology, Kings College London.
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GB 0120 SA/SSA 1920s-1970s Collection (fonds) 5 boxes Society for the Study of Addiction to Alcohol and other Drugs x Society for the Study and Cure of Inebriety
London Society for Study of Addiction , Society for the Study of Addiction to Alcohol and other Drugs x Society for the Study and Cure of Inebriety
The Society for the Study and Cure of Inebriety was founded in 1884 as a pressure group in response to the inadequacy of the Habitual Drunkards Act of 1879.
In 1946 the Society changed it's name to the Society for the Study of Addiction to Alcohol and other Drugs.
The London Society for Study of Addiction is the London branch of the Society for the Study of Addiction to Alcohol and other Drugs.
The Society's current aims are to promote the communication and spread of scientific knowledge about dependence on drugs and alcohol and other forms of dependence associated with compulsive behaviour, and to encourage the systematic study of the forms of dependence.
The Society jointly sponsors the Dent Lecture with the Department of Pharmacology, Kings College London.
These papers were deposited in 1990 by Malcolm Lader, the President of the Society, and Virginia Berridge who had been consulting them for her history of the Society. The attendance register (C4) was donated in 1990 by the Medical Society of London, on whose premises the Society's meetings were held.
Papers of the Society for the Study of Addiction to Alcohol and other Drugs, 1920s-1970s, comprising minutes, 1921-1969 and 1976; registers of attendance, 1904-1939; financial records, 1930s and 1960s; and uncatalogued meeting papers and correspondence, 1965-1968. Including minutes of the London Society for Study of Addiction, 1965-1967.
Arranged in sections as follows:
A Minutes
B Accounts
C Miscellaneous
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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Virginia Berridge, "The Society for the Study of Addiction 1884-1988", British Journal of Addiction vol 85, no 8, Aug 1990.
Virginia Berridge, "The archives of addicition: The Society for the Study of Addicition" in Archives vol 20, no 88, Oct 1992.
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 London Society for Study of Addiction , Society for the Study of Addiction to Alcohol and other Drugs x Society for the Study and Cure of Inebriety Pharmacology Compulsive behaviour Substance dependence Psychology Psychiatry Clinical psychology Psychoanalysis Abuse Pathology Diseases Smoking Drug abuse Substance abuse Social problems Addiction Behaviour Society for the Study of Addiction to Alcohol and other Drugs x Society for the Study and Cure of Inebriety Alcoholism
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These papers were deposited in 1990 by Malcolm Lader, the President of the Society, and Virginia Berridge who had been consulting them for her history of the Society. The attendance register (C4) was donated in 1990 by the Medical Society of London, on whose premises the Society's meetings were held.
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Papers of the Society for the Study of Addiction to Alcohol and other Drugs, 1920s-1970s, comprising minutes, 1921-1969 and 1976; registers of attendance, 1904-1939; financial records, 1930s and 1960s; and uncatalogued meeting papers and correspondence, 1965-1968. Including minutes of the London Society for Study of Addiction, 1965-1967.
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Arranged in sections as follows:
A Minutes
B Accounts
C Miscellaneous
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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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- Pharmacology
- Psychology
- Psychiatry
- Psychiatry » Clinical psychology
- Psychiatry » Clinical psychology » Psychoanalysis
- Pathology
- Pathology » Diseases
- Social problems » Addiction » Smoking
- Social problems » Addiction » Drug abuse
- Social problems
- Social problems » Addiction
- Behaviour
- Social problems » Addiction » Alcoholism
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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