Council of the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists

Identity Statement

Reference code(s)	: GB 1538 A2
Held at	: Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists   Click here to find out how to view this collection at https://www.rcog.org.uk/en/guidelines-research-services/library-services/archives-and-heritage/archives/ ›
Full title	: Council of the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists
Date(s)	: 1925-2001
Level of description	: Collection (fonds)
Extent	: 54 boxes; 43 volumes
Name of creator(s)	: Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists | RCOG

Context

Administrative/Biographical history:

The Council was established by the Articles of Association of the British College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists to manage the affairs of the College. The first Council was to consist of the signatories to the Memorandum of Association; the full Council was to comprise the President, Treasurer and Honorary Secretary of the College, plus 18 members made up of Fellows and Members. The first Council meeting was held on September 25 1929. Council's specific duties as set out in the 1927 Articles of Association were to be as follows: to elect Fellows and Members, to acquire property, to appoint and remove examiners, officers, clerks and agents, to nominate trustees, to give security by way of indemnity, to delegate power to committees, to make and repeal byelaws, to borrow money, to pay expenses, to act for the College, to publish literature.

Content

Scope and content/abstract:

Records the Council of the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists, 1925-1999, comprising working files on Council meetings, 1971-1980; President's Council meeting papers, 1978-1980; papers relating to elections to Council, 1981-1986; papers of the Council sub-committees and working parties on constitutional matters, 1973-1984; Council attendance books, 1929-1993; minute books, 1929-1999.

Access & Use

Language/scripts of material:
English

System of arrangement:

The records are arranged as outlined in the scope and content.

Conditions governing access:

Open 20 years after last date on file.

Conditions governing reproduction:

Copyright is vested in the College.

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

Archival history:

The College Secretary's Office acts as the secretariat for the Council and most records have been tranferred from that office.

Immediate source of acquisition:

The College Secretary's Office acts as the secretariat for the Council and most records have been transferred from that office.

Allied Materials

Related material:

Blair-Bell's correspondence and papers, 1929-1930, relating to the establishment of Council and election of members (Reference: see A1/4-6, A1/28, A1/32-41 and A1/45); William Fletcher Shaw's papers relating to Council meetings, 1930-1933 (Reference: S34/98-100); President's papers relating to Council elections and membership, 1983-1989 (Reference: A4/21/45-46); circulated copies of precis of Council minutes, 1935-1952 (Reference: A4A/1/1-2); group portraits of Council (Reference: PH6); Council papers and agenda before 1970 may also be found among the papers of individual presidents (Reference: A4); paper on method of election to Council, presented to the College's futures working party in 1990 (Reference: M50/3/9).

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Publication note:

Description Notes

Archivist's note:
Compiled by Clare Cowling, revised by Julie Tancell as part of the RSLP AIM25 Project.

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:
November 2002