IDENTITY STATEMENT
Reference code(s): GB 1538 S29
Held at: Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists
Title: LAWSON, John Bateman (1922-1997)
Date(s): 1991
Level of description: Collection (fonds)
Extent: 1 folder
Name of creator(s): Lawson | John Bateman | 1922-1997 | gynaecologist and Vice President of the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists
CONTEXT
Administrative/Biographical history:
John Bateman Lawson (1922-1997) MA, MB, Bchir, FRCS(Glasgow), FRCOG, has been a member of several committees of the College, including the Fellowship Selection Committee 1971-1976 and 1987-1989, Scientific Advisory and Pathology Committee 1972-1974, Postgraduate Committee 1978-1987, Examination Committee 1980-1987, Accreditation Committee 1981-1984, Council 1981-1983 and 1985-1989, Hospital Recognition Committee 1981-1987 and Higher Training Committee 1984-1987. He was Director of Postgraduate Studies 1981-1987 and Vice President from 1987-1989. He was also a Professor of Obstetrics and Gynaecology in Ibadan, Nigeria, and was renowned for his work in African countries.
CONTENT
Scope and content/abstract:
Copy of Lawson's "The export of British obstetric traditions", a Hugh McLaren lecture delivered to the Birmingham and Midland Obstetrical and Gynaecological Society in 1991, and communications on the subject from C A Carlaw, Olive Frost FRCOG, Hugh Philpott FRCOG, and Coralie Rendle-Short FRCOG.
ACCESS AND USE
Language/scripts of material: English
System of arrangement:
Conditions governing access:
copy of lecture open. Remaining material open 30 years after last date on file.
Conditions governing reproduction:
Copyright: John Lawson.
Physical characteristics:
Finding aids:
A general index to the files listed in the catalogue of the Archives of the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists is maintained in the College Archives; refer to the College Archivist.
ARCHIVAL INFORMATION
Appraisal, destruction and scheduling information:
Accruals:
No further accruals are expected.
Archival history:
Immediate source of acquisition:
presented to the Archives by John Lawson in October 1991, along with a photograph of himself as a Fellow of the College (see PH1/3/22).
ALLIED MATERIALS
Existence and location of originals:
Existence and location of copies:
Related material:
The RCOG Archives holds John Lawson's records as Director of Postgraduate Studies 1981-1987, and as Vice President from 1987-1989 (Refs: B8 and A5); photographs of Lawson (Refs: PH1/3/17, PH1/3/22; PH6/7 and PH9/34-35); copy of the programme for a memorial service held in memory of John Lawson on 29 June 1998 (Ref: R1/10).
Publication note:
DESCRIPTION NOTES
Note:
Archivist's note: Sources: Biographical details of the individuals who have presented material to the College and/or comprise the subject of the records, have been compiled using information in administrative files and, where relevant, consulting Sir John Peel's book The Lives of the Fellows of the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists 1929-1969, Whitefriars Press Ltd, 1975. Compiled by Clare Cowling, Archivist, RCOG.
Date(s) of descriptions: September 2000