Collection GB 0120 GC/12 - Tyburn Project: production of scrub typhus vaccine, Second World War

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GB 0120 GC/12 1945 Collection 1 box Ende , van den , Marinus , 1912-1957 , bacteriologist

Bargmann , Helène E , 1897-1987 , biologist

During the Second World War the Wellcome Foundation laboratories at Frant, East Sussex, were engaged in work for the Ministry of Supply, producing scrub typhus vaccine for the armed forces. The project was given the wartime codename of 'Tyburn' after Tyburn Farm, the farm at the Wellcome Veterinary Research Station there. The project was organised by the bacteriologist Marinus van den Ende (1912-1957), serving with the RAMC: his obituary in the Lancet states that "his greatest achievement in England was the organisation of the laboratory at Frant for the large-scale production of scrub typhus vaccine, exacting and dangerous work which he carried out with great speed and precision".

The report by Professor van den Ende was presented by Mr Matthews to the Wellcome Institute Library in 1959, and transferred to the CMAC in 1980. The papers and photographs by Dr. Bargmann were presented to the Library by her nephew, John M Bargmann, in September 1998.

'Report of Special Operational Store Tyburn, Jan-Nov 1945', by Marinus van den Ende (1912-1957), bacteriologist; and notes and photographs by Dr Helène E. Bargmann, PhD, FRZS, ATS (1897-1987), biologist.

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Wellcome Library catalogue online.

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.

January 2009 Vaccination Microbiology Bacteriology Pharmacology Drugs Biological products Vaccines Rickettsial infections Typhus Wars (events) World wars (events) World War Two (1939-1945) Pathology Diseases Tropical diseases Tyburn Project Bargmann , Helène E , 1897-1987 , biologist Ende , van den , Marinus , 1912-1957 , bacteriologist Systems of medicine Preventive medicine

The report by Professor van den Ende was presented by Mr Matthews to the Wellcome Institute Library in 1959, and transferred to the CMAC in 1980. The papers and photographs by Dr. Bargmann were presented to the Library by her nephew, John M Bargmann, in September 1998.

'Report of Special Operational Store Tyburn, Jan-Nov 1945', by Marinus van den Ende (1912-1957), bacteriologist; and notes and photographs by Dr Helène E. Bargmann, PhD, FRZS, ATS (1897-1987), biologist.

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.

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English

Wellcome Library catalogue online.

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.

• English