Registers of Fellows and Members of the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists

Identity Statement

Reference code(s)	: GB 1538 A12
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	: Registers of Fellows and Members of the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists
Date(s)	: 1929-2001
Level of description	: Collection (fonds)
Extent	: 5 boxes; 5 volumes; 1 folder
Name of creator(s)	: Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists

Context

Administrative/Biographical history:

Lists of Fellows and Members were kept from the founding of the College in 1929; the Annual Report was also produced from that date. Production of the Register of Fellows and Members, the Annual Report and programmes of admission ceremonies is currently the responsibility of the Deputy College Secretary's Office.

Content

Scope and content/abstract:

Registers of Fellows and Members and related records of the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists, 1929-2001, comprising register of Fellows, 1931-1939; register of Members, 1929-1939; printed registers of Fellows and Members, 1946-1947, 1966-2002; Oath Book signed by Foundation Fellows and by Members on admission to the College, c1932-1967; forms giving particulars of directors and managers of the British College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists, 1932-1946; printed Annual Report, 1932-2001 (some gaps); printed notes describing the functions and organisation of the College, 1967-1998; Honorary Fellows' Admission Book (gift of William Blair-Bell), 1931-1979; Members' admission ceremonies programmes, 1995-2000; Fellows' admission ceremonies programmes and papers, 1987-1998; combined Fellows' and Members' admission ceremony programmes, 1996.

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.

Conditions governing reproduction:

Copyright is vested in the College.

Finding aids:

An alphabetical list of founder Fellows and Members is available from the College Archivist. This is list has been copied from the first Annual Report 1929-1930; there is also a copy from the fifth Annual Report 1934. A database of FRCOG and MRCOG holders is maintained by the Membership Services Department. The database does not include Fellows or Members who died before 1990. The College Archives holds card indexes of deceased and living FRCOG and MRCOG holders between 1929 and 1998. The indexes note the date of admission to the FRCOG or MRCOG.

Archival Information

Archival history:

Immediate source of acquisition:

Most of the items listed were transferred to the Archives by the Deputy College Secretary's Office.

Allied Materials

Related material:

The Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists holds the Deputy College Secretary's papers from 1986-1987 relating to redesign of the Annual Report (Reference: A13/8); photographs of admission ceremonies (Reference: PH3); Videocassette recordings of the 1987 Fellows' admission ceremony (Reference: R5/13); Presidents' correspondence concerning Fellowship admission ceremonies, 1985-1994, (Reference: A4/21/3-4 and A4/25/6-7); membership declaration forms and papers relating to admission ceremonies (Reference: A11); The Deputy College Secretary's papers from 1975-1989 relating to admission ceremonies (Reference: A13/4); records of the now defunct Fellowship Selection Committee, 1930-1995 (Reference: B3); Fellows' and Members' accounting records (Reference: F30-F31).

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Publication note:

Description Notes

Archivist's note:
Compiled by Clare Cowling, revised by Julie Tancell as part of the RSLP AIM25 Project.

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:
November 2002