International Academy of the History of Medicine

Identity Statement

Reference code(s)	: GB 0120 SA/IAH
Held at	: Wellcome Library   Click here to find out how to view this collection at http://wellcomelibrary.org/ ›
Full title	: International Academy of the History of Medicine
Date(s)	: 1946-1973
Level of description	: Collection (fonds)
Extent	: 7 boxes and 1 oversized folder
Name of creator(s)	: International Academy of the History of Medicine
Detailed catalogue	: Click here to view repository detailed catalogue

Context

Administrative/Biographical history:

The International Academy of the History of Medicine was founded in 1962.

Dr Noel Poynter was born, 1906; Librarian, 1954-1964; Director of the Wellcome Institute, 1964-1973; founder member and president of the International Academy of the History of Medicine; died, 1979.

Content

Scope and content/abstract:

Files kept by the International Academy of the History of Medicine's President, Dr Noel Poynter, of minutes, membership records, symposia and external relations, plus Poynter's correspondence with members, including prior to foundation of Academy, 1946-1973.

Access & Use

Language/scripts of material:
English

System of arrangement:

A. Administration and Internal Affairs B. Elections and Membership C. Poynter's correspondence with individual members D. Symposia E. External relations.

Conditions governing access:

The papers are available subject to the usual conditions of access to Archives and Manuscripts material, after the completion of a Reader's Undertaking.

Conditions governing reproduction:

Finding aids:

Archival Information

Archival history:

These files, which had belonged to Dr Noel Poynter were found during clearing the Enfield Stores of the Wellcome Institute Library.

Immediate source of acquisition:

Transferred to the Contemporary Medical Archives Centre, May 1997.

Allied Materials

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Description Notes

Archivist's note:
Copied from the Wellcome Library catalogue by Sarah Drewery.

Rules or conventions:
In compliance with ISAD (G): General International Standard Archival Description - 2nd Edition (1999); UNESCO Thesaurus, December 2001; National Council on Archives Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997.

Date(s) of descriptions:
Jan 2009