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Announcement: Archives and Manuscripts in the Wellcome Library

• Date: Fri, 16 Jun 2000 17:21:32 -0700 (Pacific Daylight Time)
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• From: Russell A. Johnson <rjohnson@library.ucla.edu>
• Subject: Announcement: Archives and Manuscripts in the Wellcome Library
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Forwarded to STHC-L from H-SCI-MED-TECH.

Russell Johnson


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Date: Thu, 15 Jun 2000 00:27:40 -0400
From: "N. Lerman, H-SCI-MED-TECH" <smtedit@mail.h-net.msu.edu>
Subject: Archives and Manuscripts in the Wellcome Library
Sender: "H-NET List on the History of Science, Medicine, and 
Technology" <H-SCI-MED-TECH@H-NET.MSU.EDU>
From:      "Sheppard ,Miss Julia" <j.sheppard@wellcome.ac.uk>


Archives and Manuscripts
in the Wellcome Library for the History and Understanding of
Medicine

The staff of the Contemporary Medical Archives Centre (CMAC)  and Western
Manuscripts Section have been aware for some time that their roles and
work have drawn closer together. As common automation of their finding
aids is anticipated in the near future, a merger is considered timely.
This will take place from 1 July 2000, when the two sections will unite as
Archives and Manuscripts in the Wellcome Library.

Julia Sheppard will be Archivist and Richard Aspin Deputy Archivist.
Lesley Hall becomes Senior Assistant Archivist (Outreach) and
Christopher Hilton Senior Assistant Archivist (Finding Aids). Other
staff in this section are Annie Lindsay  and Helen Wakely (Assistant
Archivists) and  Amanda Engineer (Temporary Assistant Archivist).

The new section is responsible for c.8,000 manuscripts and over 650
archival collections dating from antiquity to the present day and
documenting the Western medical tradition.  It includes private papers
of eminent figures such as Edward Jenner, Thomas Hodgkin, Florence
Nightingale, Lord Lister, Richard von Krafft-Ebing, Marie Stopes and
Melanie Klein as well as the records of organisations, professional
bodies, pressure groups and others involved in medical research and
healthcare such as the Royal Army Medical Corps Muniment Collection,
Queen's Nursing Institute, Eugenics Society, Medical Women's
Association,  Mental After Care Association, Pioneer Health Centre,
Family Planning Association, and the Patients' Association. Additional
accessions to the archives and manuscripts are acquired by gift,
bequest,  deposit and purchase, and the collections are much in demand
for research.

Current projects of the section include the Hospital Records Database
(jointly with the Public Record Office) which has c.2900 entries and is
available for online searching at http://hospitalrecords.pro.gov.uk/ and
via the Wellcome Library website, and the Medical Archives and Manuscripts
Survey (MAMS)1660-1945 (London entries soon to be available via the
Library's web site).

Further details of the holdings of the Archives and Manuscripts
section and a list of publications for sale are available via the
Library's web site. Copies of the annual review 1998-99 are available
from the address below.

Library Archives and Manuscripts Open: Mon, Wed, Fri 9.45-5.00; Tues,
Thurs 7.45-7.00; Sat 9.45-1.00 (Archives prior appointment advised and
evenings and Sat by prior arrangement only)

Archives and Manuscripts
Wellcome Library
The Wellcome Building
183 Euston Road
London NW1 2BE
E-mail: arch+mss@wellcome.ac.uk     URL:
http://www.wellcome.ac.uk/library


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