IDENTITY STATEMENT
Reference code(s): GB 0387 AR
Held at: Barts Health NHS Trust Archives (Royal London Hospital Archives)
Title: Accident Relief Society
Date(s): 1844-1875
Level of description: Collection (fonds)
Extent: 2 volumes
Name of creator(s): Accident Relief Society
CONTEXT
Administrative/Biographical history:
The Accident Relief Society was founded in 1838. In 1868 it moved to offices in Great Winchester Street, London. Although the Society contrived to relieve a number of deserving cases every year, it was never able to achieve financial stability. In 1879 its remaining assets were transferred to the Samaritan Society by authority of the Charity Commission.
CONTENT
Scope and content/abstract:
Committee and Annual Meeting minutes.
ACCESS AND USE
Language/scripts of material: English
System of arrangement:
See Scope and content.
Conditions governing access:
Open
Conditions governing reproduction:
Copying and digitisation services are available. Researchers should contact the repository in the first instance.
Physical characteristics:
Finding aids:
See 'Detailed catalogue' link above.
ARCHIVAL INFORMATION
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Archival history:
Immediate source of acquisition:
Transferred to the Royal London Hospital Archives by the Secretary of the Marie Celeste Samaritan Society in 1984.
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DESCRIPTION NOTES
Note:
Archivist's note: Originally compiled by Julie Tancell as part of the RSLP AIM25 project. Updated by Clare Button, Archivist, School of Medicine and Dentistry, Queen Mary University of London.
Date(s) of descriptions: June 2001, updated April 2020.