Unplanned Pregnancy Working Party, 1970-1972

Identity Statement

Reference code(s)	: GB 1538 M7
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	: Unplanned Pregnancy Working Party, 1970-1972
Date(s)	: 1970-1972
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:

The working party was established by the RCOG in 1969 to study and report on unplanned pregnancy. The working party commenced its study under the chairmanship of Sir John Peel in 1970 and presented its report to Council in 1972.

Content

Scope and content/abstract:

Correspondence, minutes and final report of the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists (RCOG) working party on unplanned pregnancy, 1970-1972.

Access & Use

Language/scripts of material:
English

System of arrangement:

Conditions governing access:

Open 20 years after last date on file.

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:

The records of the working party were apparently maintained on Sir John Peel's behalf in a drawer in the College Secretary's Office, along with other papers of Sir John's (see S4/6) before being passed at some stage to the College Archives.

Immediate source of acquisition:

Allied Materials

Related material:

RCOG Archives holds press cuttings and correspondence relating to the working party's report (Ref: A16/26); records of a working party on the same subject that met from 1989 to 1991 (Ref: M40).

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