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Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists

Chelsea Hospital for Women Clinical Society minute book


IDENTITY STATEMENT

Reference code(s): GB 1538 S94

Held at: Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists

Title: Chelsea Hospital for Women Clinical Society minute book

Date(s): 1923-1973

Level of description: Collection (fonds)

Extent: 1 vol.

Name of creator(s): Chelsea Hospital for Women Clinical Society

CONTEXT

Administrative/Biographical history:

Chelsea Hospital for Women was founded in 178 King's Road, 1871; moved to Fulham Road, 1883; moved to Dovehouse Street, 1916; in co-operation with Queen Charlotte's Maternity Hospital formed a combined postgraduate teaching school, 1946, this subsequently became the Institute of Obstetrics and Gynaecology; Chelsea Hospital for Women was closed in 1988.

CONTENT

Scope and content/abstract:

Minute book for Chelsea Hospital for Women Clinical Society from the first meeting, 19 Feb 1923, to 8 Mar 1973, with inserts including menus for Society dinners, correspondence and a printed history of Chelsea Hospital for Women.

ACCESS AND USE

Language/scripts of material: English

System of arrangement:

Single volume.

Conditions governing access:

Conditions governing reproduction:

Physical characteristics:

Bound in a volume.

Finding aids:

No additional finding aids.

ARCHIVAL INFORMATION

Appraisal, destruction and scheduling information:

Accruals:

Archival history:

Immediate source of acquisition:

Transferred from the Library to the College Archives in September 2007

ALLIED MATERIALS

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DESCRIPTION NOTES

Note:

Archivist's note: Compiled by Sarah Drewery.

Rules or conventions: Compiled in compliance with 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: Jul 2008


INDEX ENTRIES
Subjects
Clinical medicine | Medical sciences
History of medicine | History
Medical societies | Societies | Associations | Organizations
Social occasions | Leisure time activities | Leisure
Women | Sex | Sex distribution
Womens hospitals | Hospitals | Health services
Medical institutions

Personal names

Corporate names
Chelsea Hospital for Women

Places