NAPLES, Joshua (fl 1811-1812)
Identity Statement
Reference code(s) | : GB 0114 MS0024 |
Held at | : Royal College of Surgeons of England Click here to find out how to view this collection at https://www.rcseng.ac.uk/museums-and-archives/archives/ › |
Full title | : NAPLES, Joshua (fl 1811-1812) |
Date(s) | : 1811-1812 |
Level of description | : Collection (fonds) |
Extent | : 1 volume |
Name of creator(s) | : Naples | Joshua | fl 1811-1812 | resurrectionist |
Detailed catalogue | : Click here to view repository detailed catalogue |
Context
Administrative/Biographical history:
The author of the diary, probably Joshua Naples, was a resurrectionist supplying bodies to anatomy teachers, and was active during 1811 and 1812.
Content
Scope and content/abstract:
Diary of a resurrectionist, 1811-1812, probably Joshua Naples, describing his activities supplying bodies to anatomists in London, including to St Thomas's and St Bartholomew's Hospitals.
Access & Use
Language/scripts of material:
English
System of arrangement:
The records are arranged as outlined in the scope and content.
Conditions governing access:
Open to bona fide researchers by written appointment.
Conditions governing reproduction:
At the discretion of the Librarian.
Finding aids:
Catalogue of Manuscripts in the Library of the Royal College of Surgeons of England (1928) by Victor G Plarr.
Archival Information
Archival history:
Immediate source of acquisition:
The diary was presented to the Royal College of Surgeons of England by Sir Thomas Longmore, a dresser to Bransby Cooper in his early days. Cooper's uncle, Sir Astley Cooper was closely associated with resurrectionists of the time.
Allied Materials
Related material:
Publication note:
Text of the diary is published in: The diary of a resurrectionist 1811-1812: to which are added 'The Resurrection Men in London', and a short history of the passing of the Anatomy Act James Blake Bailey (London, Swan Sonnenschein & Co, 1896).
Description Notes
Archivist's note:
Sources: Royal College of Surgeons of England on-line catalogue. Compiled by Julie Tancell as part of the RSLP AIM25 project.
Rules or conventions:
Compiled in compliance with General International Standard Archival Description, ISAD(G), second edition, 2000; National Council on Archives Rules for the Construction of Personal Place and Corporate Names 1997.
Date(s) of descriptions:
October 2002
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