Photographs and pictures of the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists

Identity Statement

Reference code(s)	: GB 1538 PH
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	: Photographs and pictures of the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists
Date(s)	: 1633-2001
Level of description	: Collection (fonds)
Extent	: 1 box outsize, 71 folders (19 outsize) of photographs, 19 framed pictures, 20 albums, 40 slides
Name of creator(s)	: Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists | RCOG

Context

Administrative/Biographical history:

Content

Scope and content/abstract:

Photographs and pictures of the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists, 1633-2001. The majority of photographs depict the membership and social history of the College and include presidential portraits and photographs of Fellows and Members, prominent obstetricians and gynaecologists, visitors to the College, meetings and study groups. There is also a class of photographs of College buildings. Donated and deposited material also includes photographs and slides of clinical disorders and specimens.

Records comprise portraits, pictures and other memorabilia relating to William Blair-Bell, 1920-1996; presidential portraits, 1927-1995; portraits of Fellows, 1935-1991; photographs of Honorary Fellows, 1921-1997; photographs of annual dinners, 1931-1954, 1998; photographs of admission ceremonies, 1931-1992; College buildings, 1930-1991; Royal visits, 1931-1990; Council and officers, 1934-1992; photographs of meetings, members and artefacts of the Gynaecological Visiting Society, 1911-1973; British congresses of obstetrics and gynaecology, 1933-1999; photographs of overseas groups and other photographs relating to the profession overseas, 1935-1997; RCOG study groups and educational courses, 1979-1995; photographs and paintings donated to the College by Professor Preston Maxwell, 1898-1935; presentations, awards and lectures, 1949-1995; Strachan collection of portraits of eminent medical men, c1693-c1847; ceremonial and related paraphernalia and artefacts and gifts to the College, 1931-1992; miscellaneous photographs relating to the history of the College and of obstetrics and gynaecology, 1929-1999; decorative pictures, 1633-1957; photographs of pathological subjects transferred from the College Museum, 1950s-1978; photographs and drawings presented to the College by Professor John Chassar Moir, 1932-1957; photographs of eminent medical men collected by Sir Anthony Alment, transferred from the College Library, 1921; photographs and memorabilia relating to Sir Norman Jeffcoate, 1946-1975;

undated portrait photographs of eminent medical persons; Donald Whatley Roy photographs donated to the College Archives by A D Roy, 1903-1935;

collection of miscellaneous photographs transferred from the College Library, undated.

Access & Use

Language/scripts of material:
English

System of arrangement:

The records are arranged as outlined in the scope and content.

Conditions governing access:

Normally open; varies with individual series.

Conditions governing reproduction:

Varies, consult College Archivist.

Finding aids:

An alphabetical index to individuals depicted in the photographs has been compiled by the Archivist and is available for consultation in the Archives.

Archival Information

Archival history:

It has not always been possible to reconstruct the custodial history from surviving documentation, but it appears that the bulk of the material was deposited in the Archives at some stage either by the creating departments or following donation of particular items to the College. Further material has been added by removal of individual photographs from the College file in which they were contained following transfer of the file to the Archives. This has been done to safeguard the photographs by providing proper storage facilities and in each case has been documented.

Immediate source of acquisition:

Allied Materials

Related material:

Other unlisted photographs are held in the Markland Library of the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists.

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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