British Institute of Musculoskeletal Medicine

Identity Statement

Reference code(s)	: GB 0120 SA/BIM
Held at	: Wellcome Library   Click here to find out how to view this collection at http://wellcomelibrary.org/ ›
Full title	: British Institute of Musculoskeletal Medicine
Date(s)	: 1971-2001
Level of description	: Collection (fonds)
Extent	: 3 archive boxes
Name of creator(s)	: British Institute of Musculoskeletal Medicine British Association of Manipulative Medicine
Detailed catalogue	: Click here to view repository detailed catalogue

Context

Administrative/Biographical history:

The British Institute of Musculoskeletal Medicine formed was formed on 5th December 1992 from the union of two other bodies, the British Association of Manipulative Medicine (BAMM) and the Institute of Orthopaedic Medicine.

Content

Scope and content/abstract:

Constitution, council and other minutes, reports and other papers of British Institute of Musculoskeletal Medicine (BIMM) and of one of its two predecessor organisations, the British Association of Manipulative Medicine (BAMM), 1987-2000. In addition to the official papers there is much correspondence and other documentation created by or sent to Malcolm Morrison, who was active in both bodies and eventually became President of BIMM. The latter material contains a large amount of information on medical education, including draft syllabi.

BAMM and subsequently BIMM served as the British representative bodies within the Fédération International de Médecine Manuelle (FIMM); the collection includes some material on FIMM meetings and some discussion of the body's future. There is also a very little information on activities of the British League Against Rheumatism (BLAR). The pre-merger history of the Institute of Orthopaedic Medicine (IoM) is not represented.

Access & Use

Language/scripts of material:
English

System of arrangement:

The collection is arranged as follows:
A: British Association of Manipulative Medicine (BAMM): official papers (1986-1991)
B: British Institute of Musculoskeletal Medicine (BIMM): official papers (1992-2000)
C: Personal papers of Malcolm Morrison, President of BIMM, relating to BAMM and BIMM (1971-2001)

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:

Photocopies/photographs/microfilm are supplied for private research only at the Archivist's discretion. Please note that material may be unsuitable for copying on conservation grounds, and that photographs cannot be photocopied in any circumstances. Readers are restricted to 100 photocopies in twelve months. Researchers who wish to publish material must seek copyright permission from the copyright owner.

Finding aids:

Archival Information

Archival history:

Immediate source of acquisition:

Deposited by Malcolm C.T. Morrison, President of BIMM, January 2002.

Allied Materials

Related material:

Publication note:

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