LISTON, William Alexander and LISTON, William Glen: drawings
Identity Statement
Reference code(s) | : GB 1538 S19 |
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 | : LISTON, William Alexander and LISTON, William Glen: drawings |
Date(s) | : 1939 |
Level of description | : Collection (fonds) |
Extent | : 1 folder, 1 bundle |
Name of creator(s) | : Liston | William Alexander | 1908-1962 | Doctor of Medicine Liston | William Glen | fl 1939 | gynaecologist |
Context
Administrative/Biographical history:
William Alexander Liston (1908-1962), MC, BA (Cantab), MB, ChB (Edin) 1933, MRCP Ed 1936 (F 1946), FRCS Ed 1937, MRCOG 1937 (F 1950) was born in Bombay and educated at Edinburgh, Oundle and Cambridge University, qualifying in medicine at Edinburgh in 1933. He later passed the examination for the higher diplomas of all three Royal Colleges. After war service he became a consultant at the Edinburgh Royal infirmary and also worked at the Edinburgh Medical school and for the Edinburgh Obstetrical Society. William Glen Liston, his son, worked with him in his research.
Content
Scope and content/abstract:
Original drawings, published by William A Liston and William Glen Liston, in "A Study of Trichomonas Vaginitis in Hospital Practice in Edinburgh", in Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology of the British Empire, 46 (1939), pp 474 -502 , 1939; letter from W G Liston to Aleck Bourne, Museum Curator, dated 6 Aug 1939, describing the drawings, 1939.
Access & Use
Language/scripts of material:
English
System of arrangement:
Conditions governing access:
Open
Conditions governing reproduction:
Copyright: vested in the estate of W G Liston.
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:
The collection was presented to the College museum by William Glen Liston in 1939, and passed to the College Archives at an unknown date.
Immediate source of acquisition:
Allied Materials
Related material:
Publication note:
Description Notes
Archivist's note:
Sources: Biographical details of the individuals who have presented material to the College and/or comprise the subject of the records, have been compiled using information in administrative files and, where relevant, consulting Sir John Peel's book The Lives of the Fellows of the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists 1929-1969, Whitefriars Press Ltd, 1975. 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
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