Collection GB 0210 GC/12 - Tyburn Project: production of scrub typhus vaccine, Second World War

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GB 0210 GC/12

Title

Tyburn Project: production of scrub typhus vaccine, Second World War

Date(s)

  • 1945 (Creation)

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1 box

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Biographical history

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"

Archival history

GB 0210 GC/12 1945 Collection 1 box van den Ende, Marinus, 1912-1957
Bargmann, Helène E., 1897-1987

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.

as above in Scope and Content.

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Entry compiled by Barbara Ball.

January 2009 World War Two (1939-1945) World wars (events) Wars (events) Typhus Rickettsial infections Diseases Pathology Vaccines Biological products Drugs Pharmacology Medical research Tyburn Project

Immediate source of acquisition or transfer

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.

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"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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as above in Scope and Content.

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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.

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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Wellcome catalogue online

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  • English

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