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Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists

Unplanned Pregnancy Working Party, 1970-1972


IDENTITY STATEMENT

Reference code(s): GB 1538 M7

Held at: Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists

Title: Unplanned Pregnancy Working Party, 1970-1972

Date(s): 1970-1972

Level of description: Collection (fonds)

Extent: 1 folder, 1 volume

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

CONTEXT

Administrative/Biographical history:

The working party was established by the RCOG in 1969 to study and report on unplanned pregnancy. The working party commenced its study under the chairmanship of Sir John Peel in 1970 and presented its report to Council in 1972.

CONTENT

Scope and content/abstract:

Correspondence, minutes and final report of the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists (RCOG) working party on unplanned pregnancy, 1970-1972.

ACCESS AND USE

Language/scripts of material: English

System of arrangement:

Conditions governing access:

Open 20 years after last date on file.

Conditions governing reproduction:

Copyright: vested in the College.

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:

The records of the working party were apparently maintained on Sir John Peel's behalf in a drawer in the College Secretary's Office, along with other papers of Sir John's (see S4/6) before being passed at some stage to the College Archives.

Immediate source of acquisition:

ALLIED MATERIALS

Existence and location of originals:

Existence and location of copies:

Related material:

RCOG Archives holds press cuttings and correspondence relating to the working party's report (Ref: A16/26); records of a working party on the same subject that met from 1989 to 1991 (Ref: M40).

Publication note:

DESCRIPTION NOTES

Note:

Archivist's note: 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: February 2001


INDEX ENTRIES
Subjects
Contraception | Birth control | Family planning
Pregnancy | Human reproduction | Physiology
Professional associations | Associations | Organizations
Health education
Health services
Reproductive cycle
Social sciences
Social welfare

Personal names

Corporate names
Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists x British College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists
Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists | Working Party on Unplanned Pregnancy, 1970-1972

Places