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Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists

College Members' declaration forms

IDENTITY STATEMENT

Reference code(s): GB 1538 RCOG/A11

Held at: Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists

Title: College Members' declaration forms

Date(s): 1970-2004

Level of description: Collection

Extent: 16 boxes

Name of creator(s): Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists

CONTEXT

Administrative/Biographical history:

Declaration forms are signed by Members on admittance to the College. The declaration was instituted by William Blair Bell in 1929 as a formal acceptance to subscribe to the regulations of the College and lawful practice in obstetrics and gynaecology. Initially Members were notified by post, later they were required to sign their acceptance in a book at the admission ceremony. From the 1970's members were required to sign a form. The forms have been the responsibility of various College departments, including the Administration Department and the defunct Central Services Department; current responsibility sits with the Membership Services Department.

CONTENT

Scope and content/abstract:

Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists Members' declaration forms dating from 1973 onwards; from 1980 the series includes papers relating to the relevant admission ceremony. The series also contains blank certificates of fellowship, membership and diploma from the 1970's and overseas membership forms (1973-1976).

ACCESS AND USE

Language/scripts of material: English

System of arrangement:

As set out above in Scope and Content.

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Finding aids:

An alphabetical list of founder Members is available from the College Archivist. This is list has been copied from the first Annual Report 1929-1930 and there is also a copy from the fifth Annual Report 1934.

The College Archives holds card indexes of deceased and living MRCOG holders between 1929 and 1998. The indexes note the date of admission to the MRCOG.

ARCHIVAL INFORMATION

Appraisal, destruction and scheduling information:

Records were appraised in July 2008 and most of the original series destroyed or removed to current Archives departmental reference files.

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Archival history:

Declaration forms

Immediate source of acquisition:

All the records in this series have been produced by the Archives Office.

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DESCRIPTION NOTES

Note:

Archivist's note: Imported from the RCOG catalogue and edited by Sarah Drewery.