Obstetrical Society of London: announcement of meeting, 1866

Identity Statement

Reference code(s)	: GB 1538 S16
Held at	: Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists   Click here to find out how to view this collection at https://www.rcog.org.uk/en/guidelines-research-services/library-services/archives-and-heritage/archives/ ›
Full title	: Obstetrical Society of London: announcement of meeting, 1866
Date(s)	: 1866
Level of description	: Collection (fonds)
Extent	: 1 folder
Name of creator(s)	: Obstetrical Society of London

Context

Administrative/Biographical history:

At the inaugural meeting of the Obstetrical Society of London in December 1858 the Chairman and first President, Edward Rigby, stated that the meeting was for the purpose of inaugurating a society to be devoted to advancing the knowledge of obstetrics and of the diseases of women and children. Membership was open to all practitioners in London and the provinces. During its lifetime the Society published annual volumes of Transactions of its meetings. It met for the last time in July 1907, in which year it was absorbed into the Royal Society of Medicine.

Content

Scope and content/abstract:

Printed announcement of meeting of Obstetrical Society of London on obstetrical instruments, 1866.

Access & Use

Language/scripts of material:
English

System of arrangement:

Conditions governing access:

Open.

Conditions governing reproduction:

Out of copyright

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

Archival history:

There is no surviving documentation as to when and how this item was passed to the College Archives.

Immediate source of acquisition:

Allied Materials

Related material:

RCOG Archives holds midwifery certificates issued by the Obstetrical Society of London in 1888 and 1892 (Refs: PH13/21-22).

Related material in other repositories: records of the Society from 1858-1907 are held by the Royal Society of Medicine.

Publication note:

Description Notes

Archivist's note:
Sources: J Munro Kerr, R W Johnstone & Miles Phillips editors, Historical Review of British Obstetrics and Gynaecology 1800-1950, E & S Livingstone, Edinburgh 1954, Ch XXX1, "Obstetrical Societies and Clubs" pp 305-322. Compiled by Clare Cowling, Archivist, RCOG.

Rules or conventions:
National Council on Archives, Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997; ISAD(G), Second Edition, 2000.

Date(s) of descriptions:
September 2000