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Date(s)
- 1958-2000 (Creation)
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Extent and medium
2 boxes and 1 outsize box
Context area
Name of creator
Biographical history
The Organisation originated as the International Society of Gastroenterology, founded at the First International Congress of Gasteroenterology in Brussels, 1935; the Society was reconstituted as the Organisation Mondiale de Gastroentérologie or World Organisation of Gastroenterology at a joint meeting with various related American Societies in Washington DC, 1958.
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GB 0120 SA/OMG 1958-2000 Collection (fonds) 2 boxes and 1 outsize box World Organisation of Gastroenterology x International Society of Gastroenterology x Organisation Mondiale de Gastroentérologie
The Organisation originated as the International Society of Gastroenterology, founded at the First International Congress of Gasteroenterology in Brussels, 1935; the Society was reconstituted as the Organisation Mondiale de Gastroentérologie or World Organisation of Gastroenterology at a joint meeting with various related American Societies in Washington DC, 1958.
Papers were given to the Contemporary Medical Archives Centre by the Honorary President and archivist-historian of the Organisation, Professor Francisco Vilardell MD FRCP in 1995 and 1997. Audio-visual material relating to the 1958 International Congress, minutes, and copies of the journal were received in 2000.
Papers of the World Organisation of Gastroenterology, 1958-2000, comprising administrative records, 1958-1995; publications including congress reports, bulletins, newsletters and World Gastroenterology News, 1935, 1958-1995; photographs and long playing records.
Further materials will probably accrue.
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
1 outsize box
Papers of Sir Richard Doll (1912-2005) PP/DOL; papers of The Prout Club, SA/PRO; papers of the British Society of Gastroenterology, SA/BSG; papers of Thomas Cecil Hunt, GC/46; papers relating to Balsalazide, GC/241.
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 World Organisation of Gastroenterology x International Society of Gastroenterology x Organisation Mondiale de Gastroentérologie Cultural policy Cultural cooperation Intellectual cooperation Medical sciences Gastroenterology Internal medicine Specialties, medical
Immediate source of acquisition or transfer
Papers were given to the Contemporary Medical Archives Centre by the Honorary President and archivist-historian of the Organisation, Professor Francisco Vilardell MD FRCP in 1995 and 1997. Audio-visual material relating to the 1958 International Congress, minutes, and copies of the journal were received in 2000.
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Scope and content
Papers of the World Organisation of Gastroenterology, 1958-2000, comprising administrative records, 1958-1995; publications including congress reports, bulletins, newsletters and World Gastroenterology News, 1935, 1958-1995; photographs and long playing records.
Appraisal, destruction and scheduling
Accruals
Further materials will probably accrue.
System of arrangement
As outlined in Scope and Content.
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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
Physical characteristics and technical requirements
Papers of Sir Richard Doll (1912-2005) PP/DOL; papers of The Prout Club, SA/PRO; papers of the British Society of Gastroenterology, SA/BSG; papers of Thomas Cecil Hunt, GC/46; papers relating to Balsalazide, GC/241.
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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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Language(s)
- English