IDENTITY STATEMENT
Reference code(s): GB 1538 M25
Held at: Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists
Title: Maternity Unit Planning Committee
Date(s): 1959-1960
Level of description: Collection (fonds)
Extent: 1 folder, 1 volume
Name of creator(s): Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists
CONTEXT
Administrative/Biographical history:
This committee was established in 1959 under the chairmanship of H J Malkin to define the general principles to be followed in the building of maternity units. It reported in May 1960.
CONTENT
Scope and content/abstract:
Correspondence, minutes and the draft report of the Maternity Unit Planning Committee of the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists, 1959-1960.
ACCESS AND USE
Language/scripts of material: English
System of arrangement:
Conditions governing access:
Open.
Conditions governing reproduction:
Copyright: vested in the College.
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:
It is not known when or by whom the material was passed to the Archives. Miss Mallon, the College Secretary, provided secretarial support for the committee, as well as maintaining an official College Secretary's file on the subject (A8/12).
ALLIED MATERIALS
Existence and location of originals:
Existence and location of copies:
RCOG Archives hold a microfilm copy of the committee's minutes for 1959 (Ref: MR/2).
Related material:
RCOG Archives hold minutes of this committee, 1959 (Ref: T7); College Secretary's file on the committee, 1959 (Ref: A8/12).
Publication note:
DESCRIPTION NOTES
Note:
Archivist's note: Compiled by Clare Cowling, Archivist, RCOG.
Date(s) of descriptions: February 2001