Prout Club

Identity Statement

Reference code(s)	: GB 0120 SA/PRO
Held at	: Wellcome Library   Click here to find out how to view this collection at http://wellcomelibrary.org/ ›
Full title	: Prout Club
Date(s)	: 1975-1996
Level of description	: Collection (fonds)
Extent	: 2 boxes
Name of creator(s)	: The Prout Club
Detailed catalogue	: Click here to view repository detailed catalogue

Context

Administrative/Biographical history:

The Prout Club was started by Hugh Baron (Secretary) and Michael Hobsley (Treasurer) as a dining club for people interested in the secretions of the stomach, in 1972; the inaugural meeting was held in conjunction with the British Society of Gastroenterology (BSG); membership was limited to 50; the committee did not actually ever meet, but conducted its business by correspondence; Hobsley retired and was succeeded by David Ralphs in 1994; Baron retired and was suceeded by Roy Pounder in 1996.

Content

Scope and content/abstract:

Papers of The Prout Club, 1975-1996, comprising records of the annual dinners including menus, correspondence, order of business, invitation circular, annual toast to Prout, list of attendees, annual balance, and CVs of new members and honorary guests; committee correspondence; and papers relating to the history of the club.

Access & Use

Language/scripts of material:
English

System of arrangement:

As outlined in Scope and Content.

Conditions governing access:

The papers are available subject to the usual conditions of access to Archives and Manuscripts material, after the completion of a Reader's Undertaking.

Conditions governing reproduction:

Photocopies/photographs/microfilm are supplied for private research only at the Archivist's discretion. Please note that material may be unsuitable for copying on conservation grounds, and that photographs cannot be photocopied in any circumstances. Readers are restricted to 100 photocopies in twelve months. Researchers who wish to publish material must seek copyright permission from the copyright owner.

Finding aids:

Archival Information

Archival history:

Immediate source of acquisition:

Papers given to the Wellcome Library by Dr Hugh Baron in July 1996.

Allied Materials

Related material:

Other papers deposited by Hugh Baron are GC/199 Dr J.H. Baron, GC/241 Balsalazide, and SA/BHC British Health Care Arts Centre.

National Register of Archives: Click here to view NRA record

Publication note:

Description Notes

Archivist's note:
Compiled by Anya Turner.

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:
June 2008