PIERCY, John E (Jack) (1899-1986)

Identity Statement

Reference code(s)	: GB 1530 D6
Held at	: Royal Free Hospital Archives Centre   Click here to find out how to view this collection at http://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/a?_ref=1530 ›
Full title	: PIERCY, John E (Jack) (1899-1986)
Date(s)	: c1934-1978
Level of description	: Sub-Fonds of New End Hospital (NEH) View parent record
Extent	: 2 linear metres
Name of creator(s)	: Piercy | John E (Jack) | 1899-1986 | surgeon

Context

Administrative/Biographical history:

Jack Piercy (1899-1986) was a Canadian by birth who had come to Britain after World War One . He was appointed Surgeon-Superintendent at New End Hospital, Hampstead in 1932. He became eminent for his research and pioneering treatment into diseases of the thyroid, establishing New End as a world-renowned centre for endocrinology, especially after the opening of the Endocrinology Department in 1955. He was awarded the CBE on his retirement from New End in 1966.

Content

Scope and content/abstract:

Papers of John E (Jack) Piercy, Surgeon Superintendent at New End Hospital 1932-1965, comprising lecture notes on the history of New End Hospital [1934] and diseases of the thyroid [c1937], correspondence, photographs and papers on the official opening of the Thyroid Clinic and Department of Endocrinology at New End by the Duke of Edinburgh, 1955; photographs and press cuttings on Piercy's retirement as Surgeon-Superintendent of New End, 1965; photopraphs and press cuttings on the opening of Piercy Ward at New End, 1978; photographs of prizegivings at New End School of Nursing, 1950 and undated.

Access & Use

Language/scripts of material:
English

System of arrangement:

Attempts were made to catalogue the papers shortly after Piercy's death in 1986, and this description therefore reflects the arrangement and, numbering system used at the time.

Conditions governing access:

Researchers wishing to consult the Archives should first contact the Archivist, Royal Free Hospital Archives Centre, 'The Hoo', 17 Lyndhurst Gardens, London NW3 5NU, for an appointment.

Conditions governing reproduction:

Copies, subject to the condition of the original, may be provided for research use only. Requests to publish original material should be submitted to the Archivist.

Finding aids:

Catalogue available in the Reading Room.

Archival Information

Archival history:

The papers in this collection are believed to have been donated to the Archives Centre by Jack Piercy's daughter, Mary Piercy Miller, after his death in 1986. Attempts were made to catalogue the papers shortly afterwards, and this description therefore reflects the arrangement and, numbering system used at the time.

Immediate source of acquisition:

Allied Materials

Related material:

New End Hospital Collection (Ref GB 1530 NEH).

National Register of Archives: Click here to view NRA record

Publication note:

Description Notes

Archivist's note:
Compiled Mar 2001, revised by Alan Kucia as part of the RSLP AIM25 Project.

Rules or conventions:
Compiled in compliance with General International Standard Archival Description, ISAD(G), second edition, 2000; National Council on Archives Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997.

Date(s) of descriptions:
Created 21 Mar 2001, modified Nov 2001