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Guyites Club and Junior Guyites Club of Guy's Hospital

IDENTITY STATEMENT

Reference code(s): GB 0100 G/S22-S23

Held at: King's College London College Archives

Title: Guyites Club and Junior Guyites Club of Guy's Hospital

Date(s): 1845-1928

Level of description: Collection (fonds)

Extent: 4 volumes

Name of creator(s): Guy's Hospital Guyites Club
Guy's Hospital Junior Guyites Club

CONTEXT

Administrative/Biographical history:

The 'Guyites' Club was founded in 1845, to 'perpetuate the friendship which existed amongst its members during their studentship at Guy's Hospital'. The Club held an annual dinner, which was continued by the Junior Guyites Club.

CONTENT

Scope and content/abstract:

Records of the Guyites Club of Guy's Hospital, 1845-1959, comprising minutes, 1845-1857, 1872-1886, which include details of the establishment of the Club, regulations, annual dinner expenses; letter concerning the deposit of the minute book with Guy's Hospital, 1959; 'Laws of the Guyites Club', undated; 'Rules of the United Guyites', undated; letter concerning annual meeting, 1905; Guyite Club Reports, 1903-1905;

Records of the Junior Guyite's Club, [1921-1928], comprising list of members of the Junior Guyite Club, [1920s], with accounts and correspondence of the Club Secretary, 1921-1928, including members' lists.

ACCESS AND USE

Language/scripts of material: English

System of arrangement:

As outlined in the scope and content.

Conditions governing access:

Open, subject to signature of reader's undertaking form.

Conditions governing reproduction:

Copies, subject to the condition of the original, may be supplied for research use only. Requests to publish original material should be submitted to the Director of Archive and Corporate Record Services.

Physical characteristics:

Finding aids:

Detailed catalogues are available in the reading room of the College Archives.

ARCHIVAL INFORMATION

Appraisal, destruction and scheduling information:

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Archival history:

The minute book of the Guyite Club was deposited with the Library of Guy's Hospital Medical School in 1959 by Sir Charles Symonds.

Immediate source of acquisition:

Transferred from Guy's Hospital Medical School Library in 2002.

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DESCRIPTION NOTES

Note:

Archivist's note: Compiled by Julie Tancell as part of the RSLP AIM25 project.