IDENTITY STATEMENT
Reference code(s): GB 1538 RCOG/N4
Held at: Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists
Title: College statements and notices
Date(s): 1987-2008
Level of description: Collection
Extent: 1 file, 21 pamphlets
Name of creator(s): Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists
CONTEXT
Administrative/Biographical history:
The College formally announces matters of interest to media 'consumers' in press statements. Initially these were issued in paper form, from 2006 they have been issued electronically on the College website.
CONTENT
Scope and content/abstract:
Official Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists position statements on a range of issues, 1987-2008.
ACCESS AND USE
Language/scripts of material: English
System of arrangement:
Conditions governing access:
Open, although restrictions apply for items containing personal information.
Conditions governing reproduction:
Physical characteristics:
Finding aids:
RCOG/B3/2 have been indexed and the names of successful candidates will be found in the Index to the Guide to the College Archives.
ARCHIVAL INFORMATION
Appraisal, destruction and scheduling information:
Weeded of duplicate publications, copies of which were already held in the College Archives.
Accruals:
Accruing.
Archival history:
Previously arranged as a series under the Director of Corporate Affairs at RCOG/A13/22, the records at N4/1-11 were moved to N4 in June 2008.
Immediate source of acquisition:
Records at N4/12-21 were transferred by the Director of Corporate Affairs in July 2008.
ALLIED MATERIALS
Existence and location of originals:
Existence and location of copies:
A microfilm copy of the minute book at C7/1M is at MR/17.
Related material:
Publication note:
DESCRIPTION NOTES
Note:
Archivist's note: Imported from the RCOG catalogue and edited by Sarah Drewery.
Rules or conventions: 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: Import: Oct 2008; edit: Feb 2009.