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ARMYTAGE, Vivian Bartley Green- (1882-1961): memorabilia


IDENTITY STATEMENT

Reference code(s): GB 1538 S37

Held at: Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists

Title: ARMYTAGE, Vivian Bartley Green- (1882-1961): memorabilia

Date(s): 1915-1967

Level of description: Collection (fonds)

Extent: 1 folder; 5 rolls

Name of creator(s): Armytage | Vivian Bartley Green- | 1882-1961 | gynaecologist

CONTEXT

Administrative/Biographical history:

Vivian Bartley Green-Armytage (1882-1961) was a Foundation Fellow of the College and served as its Vice President from 1949-1951. He endowed the Green-Armytage Short Term Travelling Scholarship Fund, the Green-Armytage Anglo-American Lectureship and the J Y Simpson Oration (bibliography: see Sir John Peel, Lives of the Fellows, pp.179-181).

CONTENT

Scope and content/abstract:

Papers of Vivian Bartley Green-Armytage, 1915-1967, comprising certificates as Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons, 1952, Foundation Fellow of the British College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists, 1930, as officier and chevalier of the Legion d'Honneur, 1958, 1967, Membre D'Honneur of the Societe Francais de Gynaecologie, undated; display labels for the display cabinet, and certificate of Green-Armytage having been mentioned in a despatch during action in World War One, 1915.

ACCESS AND USE

Language/scripts of material: English

System of arrangement:

Conditions governing access:

Open

Conditions governing reproduction:

Copyright: vested in the estate of V B Green-Armytage.

Physical characteristics:

Finding aids:

A general index to the files listed in the catalogue of the Archives of the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists is maintained in the College Archives; refer to the College Archivist.

ARCHIVAL INFORMATION

Appraisal, destruction and scheduling information:

Accruals:

No further accruals are expected.

Archival history:

S37/1 contains the surviving contents of a display cabinet presented in January 1962 by Mrs Green-Armytage in memory of her husband. Almost all the contents were stolen in 1971. The items at S37/2-6 may have been presented to the College at the same time; they were later found boxed with the records at S6, but unlisted.

Immediate source of acquisition:

ALLIED MATERIALS

Existence and location of originals:

Existence and location of copies:

Related material:

RCOG Archives holds papers relating to the Green-Armytage Anglo-American Lectureship and the Green-Armytage and Spackman Travelling Scholarship, and Green-Armytage's bequest to the College (Refs: E10/8 and E10/8A); papers relating to the J Y Simpson Oration endowed by Green-Armytage (Ref: E10/12); trust deeds and correspondence relating to these awards (Refs: GS3/8, GS3/14 and GS3/16).

Publication note:

DESCRIPTION NOTES

Note:

Archivist's note: Sources: Biographical details of the individuals who have presented material to the College and/or comprise the subject of the records, have been compiled using information in administrative files and, where relevant, consulting Sir John Peel's book The Lives of the Fellows of the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists 1929-1969, Whitefriars Press Ltd, 1975. Compiled by Clare Cowling, Archivist, RCOG.

Rules or conventions: National Council on Archives, Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997; ISAD(G), Second Edition, 2000.

Date(s) of descriptions: September 2000


INDEX ENTRIES
Subjects
Learned societies | Associations | Organizations
Professional associations | Associations | Organizations
Surgeons | Medical personnel | Medical profession
War | International conflicts
World War One (1914-1918) | World wars (events) | Wars (events)
Surgeons x Physicians
Personnel

Personal names
Armytage | Vivian Bartley | Green- | 1882-1961 | gynaecologist x Green-Armytage | Vivian Bartley

Corporate names
Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists x British College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists
Royal College of Surgeons of England

Places