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Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists

Honorary Officers' meetings

IDENTITY STATEMENT

Reference code(s): GB 1538 RCOG/A22

Held at: Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists

Title: Honorary Officers' meetings

Date(s): 2003-2007

Level of description: Collection

Extent: 8 boxes

Name of creator(s): Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists

CONTEXT

Administrative/Biographical history:

The governing body of the College is Council, which includes six Honorary Officers: the President, Senior Vice President, two Vice Presidents (who are elected by Council for a maximum of three years), the Honorary Treasurer and Honorary Secretary (whose term of office is for a maximum of seven years). The Honorary Officers meet on a weekly basis and each take turn to raise any issues they would like to discuss and give feedback on meetings they have attended.

CONTENT

Scope and content/abstract:

Records of the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists' Honorary Officers' meetings, 2003-2007, including agenda, notes, action points and associated papers from the Honorary Officers' meetings.

ACCESS AND USE

Language/scripts of material: English

System of arrangement:

As set out above in Scope and Content.

Conditions governing access:

These records are closed because they contain information about planning and policy.

Conditions governing reproduction:

Physical characteristics:

Finding aids:

An alphabetical list of founder Members is available from the College Archivist. This is list has been copied from the first Annual Report 1929-1930 and there is also a copy from the fifth Annual Report 1934.

The College Archives holds card indexes of deceased and living MRCOG holders between 1929 and 1998. The indexes note the date of admission to the MRCOG.

ARCHIVAL INFORMATION

Appraisal, destruction and scheduling information:

Records were appraised in July 2008 and most of the original series destroyed or removed to current Archives departmental reference files.

Accruals:

No further accruals expected.

Archival history:

The records of the committee have been transferred on an ad hoc basis.

Immediate source of acquisition:

Transferred from the President's Office.

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DESCRIPTION NOTES

Note:

Archivist's note: Imported from the RCOG catalogue and edited by Sarah Drewery.