Photographs of the Krishnarajendra Hospital and the University Medical College, Mysore (now Mysuru).

Identity Statement

Reference code(s)	: GB 0114 MS0188
Held at	: Royal College of Surgeons of England   Click here to find out how to view this collection at https://www.rcseng.ac.uk/museums-and-archives/archives/ ›
Full title	: Photographs of the Krishnarajendra Hospital and the University Medical College, Mysore (now Mysuru).
Date(s)	: [1938]
Level of description	: Collection (fonds)
Extent	: 1 volume
Name of creator(s)	: Shankar | G | fl 1938 | artist and photographer

Context

Administrative/Biographical history:

The Krishnarajendra Hospital was opened in Mysore (now Mysuru), India, in 1876. It was re-constructed in 1918 with accomodation for 250 in-patients. The hospital aimed to offer free treatment for the poor, regardless of caste, creed or colour. An out-patient department endowed by Hajee Sier Ismail Sait was opened in 1928. An Eye Department and a Children's Ward were opened in 1934. By 2004 the hospital was a Tertiary Referral Centre and Teaching Hospital attached to Mysore Medical College. The hospital has a total bed capacity of around 1330 beds.

The Mysore University Medical College was established first at Bangalore in 1924, and moved to new buildings at Mysore (now Mysuru) in 1930. In the 1930s, some graduates of the College went on to become Members of the Royal College of Physicians (London) and the Royal College of Surgeons of England. Some went on to further study and practice in the United States of America, and others stayed to practice in India. The College is attached to the teaching hospitals, Krishnarajendra Hospital and Cheluvamba Hospital.

No biographical information relating to G Shankar was available at the time of compilation.

Content

Scope and content/abstract:

Papers relating to the Krishnarajendra Hospital and the University Medical College, Mysore (now Mysuru), India, c1938, comprising an album containing photographs by G Shankar, of the Krishnarajendra Hospital and the University Medical College; manuscript captions; short histories of the Krishnarajendra Hospital and the University Medical College; and a list of staff.

Access & Use

Language/scripts of material:
English

System of arrangement:

As outlined in Scope and Content.

Conditions governing access:

By written appointment only.

Conditions governing reproduction:

No photocopying permitted.

Finding aids:

Archival Information

Archival history:

Immediate source of acquisition:

Donated by Sir Cecil Wakeley, in 1945. The album was passed to Sir Cecil Wakeley by D S Puttanna (Senior Surgeon), and S Subba Rao (Dean) of the University Medical College, Mysore, in 1938.

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Description Notes

Archivist's note:
Compiled by Anya Turner.
Source: http://www.geocities.com/mysoremedicalcollege/

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:
Sep 2008