Maternity Unit Planning Committee

Identity Statement

Reference code(s)	: GB 1538 M25
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	: Maternity Unit Planning Committee
Date(s)	: 1959-1960
Level of description	: Collection (fonds) View parent record
Extent	: 1 folder, 1 volume
Name of creator(s)	: Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists

Context

Administrative/Biographical history:

This committee was established in 1959 under the chairmanship of H J Malkin to define the general principles to be followed in the building of maternity units. It reported in May 1960.

Content

Scope and content/abstract:

Correspondence, minutes and the draft report of the Maternity Unit Planning Committee of the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists, 1959-1960.

Access & Use

Language/scripts of material:
English

System of arrangement:

Conditions governing access:

Open.

Conditions governing reproduction:

Copyright: vested in the College.

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:

Immediate source of acquisition:

It is not known when or by whom the material was passed to the Archives. Miss Mallon, the College Secretary, provided secretarial support for the committee, as well as maintaining an official College Secretary's file on the subject (A8/12).

Allied Materials

Related material:

RCOG Archives hold minutes of this committee, 1959 (Ref: T7); College Secretary's file on the committee, 1959 (Ref: A8/12).

Publication note:

Description Notes

Archivist's note:
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:
February 2001