STROGANOFF, W: letters to Prof James Haig Ferguson

Identity Statement

Reference code(s)	: GB 1538 S71
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	: STROGANOFF, W: letters to Prof James Haig Ferguson
Date(s)	: 1928-1929
Level of description	: Collection (fonds)
Extent	: 1 file
Name of creator(s)	: Stroganoff | W | fl 1928-1930 | Russian professor [of obstetrics]

Context

Administrative/Biographical history:

W Stroganoff was a Russian professor based in Leningrad, he published The Improved Prophylactic Method in the Treatment of Eclampsia (1930: New York. William Wood & Co.).

James Haig Ferguson was born 1862; educated in Edinburgh, graduating 1884; general practitioner; specialised in obstetrics and gynaecology at the Royal Infirmary and Royal Maternity Hospital, Edinburgh; opened a hostel for antenatal care in Edinburgh Royal Maternity Hospital, 1899; died, 1934.

Content

Scope and content/abstract:

Letters from W Stroganoff, Russia to Prof James Haig Ferguson, 1928-1929, chiefly on the translation into English and publication of Stoganoff's book The Improved Prophylactic Method in the Treatment of Eclampsia.

Access & Use

Language/scripts of material:
English

System of arrangement:

Chronological

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Finding aids:

No additional finding aids.

Archival Information

Archival history:

Immediate source of acquisition:

Passed from the College Library's 'Autographed Letters Collection' to the Archives in August 2007.

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Description Notes

Archivist's note:
Compiled by Sarah Drewery.

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:
Jul 2008