Finance and Executive Group of the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists

Identity Statement

Reference code(s)	: GB 1538 A3
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	: Finance and Executive Group of the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists
Date(s)	: 1929-2001
Level of description	: Collection (fonds)
Extent	: 28 boxes, 32 volumes
Name of creator(s)	: Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists | RCOG

Context

Administrative/Biographical history:

An Executive Committee was established as a standing committee of the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists in 1926. By June 1930 it had combined with another standing committee, the Finance and Establishment Committee, to form the Finance and Executive Committee (F & E). Renamed the Finance and Executive Group in 2002, it is serviced by the College Secretary's Office.

Content

Scope and content/abstract:

Records of the Finance and Executive Group, previously Finance and Executive Committee and Executive Committee, of the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists, 1929-1999, comprising agenda, minutes, papers and correspondence, 1959-2001, including minutes and papers of the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists Australian and New Zealand Councils, 1971-1972; minute books of the Finance and Executive Group, 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:

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:

The Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists holds the first minute book of the Executive Committee, 1926-1929 (Reference: A1M); loose minutes (Reference: A1/1); Sir William Fletcher Shaw's copies of minutes for the same period (Reference: S34/62); Honorary Secretary's papers relating to F & E matters, 1983-1985 (Reference: A7/5/14).

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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