Gough, Brian (1909-1999)
Identity Statement
Reference code(s) | : GB 0120 GP/62 |
Held at | : Wellcome Library Click here to find out how to view this collection at http://wellcomelibrary.org/ › |
Full title | : Gough, Brian (1909-1999) |
Date(s) | : 1920s-1990s |
Level of description | : Collection (fonds) |
Extent | : 2 boxes |
Name of creator(s) | : Gough | Wilfred Brian | 1909-1999 | general practitioner and anaesthetist |
Detailed catalogue | : Click here to view repository detailed catalogue |
Context
Administrative/Biographical history:
[Wilfred] Brian Gough was born in 1909; in 1932 he obtained his MB and ChB at Birmingham and also passed MRCS and LRCP. He spent his career in Birmingham, as a general practitioner and also Anaesthetist to the Solihull Hospital and the Birmingham and Midlands Hospital for Women. He was a Fellow of the BMA and of the Royal Society of Medicine, and President of the Birmingham Medical Institute. He died in 1999.
Content
Scope and content/abstract:
Papers of Dr Brian Gough, 1920s-1990s, comprising personal, professional and patient correspondence, including material about local institutions with which he was involved, and on his interests in medical history.
Access & Use
Language/scripts of material:
English
System of arrangement:
These papers were received in three small box files and in no particular order. They have therefore been sorted into sections reflecting the different aspects of Dr Gough's life and career. Arranged in sections as follows: A Personal; B Career and professional; C Organisations and institutions; D Medical History; E Patient correspondence [CLOSED until 1 Jan 2075].
Conditions governing access:
Certain restrictions apply. The patient correspondence in section E is closed until 1 Jan 2075.
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:
These papers were placed in Birmingham University Archives following Dr Gough's death, possibly by his daughter (see MS.7847, which had been presented by her to the Shakespeare Birthplace Trust).
Immediate source of acquisition:
Transferred to the Wellcome Library by Birmingham University Archives, March 2007.
Allied Materials
Related material:
MS.7847 consists of a small collection of medical documents of historical interest collected by Gough.
Publication note:
Description Notes
Archivist's note:
Entry compiled by Sarah Drewery.
Sources: obituary in the British Medical Journal.
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:
Jul 2008
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