British Society of Dental Surgeons

Identity Statement

Reference code(s)	: GB 0114 MS0078
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	: British Society of Dental Surgeons
Date(s)	: 1922-1928
Level of description	: Collection (fonds)
Extent	: 2 volumes
Name of creator(s)	: British Society of Dental Surgeons

Context

Administrative/Biographical history:

The British Society of Dental Surgeons was formed in 1923. The first meeting of the Committee to carry through the foundation of the Society was held in 1922. The proposed object of the society was the advancement of dentistry, the protection of interests of qualified Dental Surgeons, and the protection of public dental health. The first meeting of the Council of the British Society of Dental Surgeons was held in 1923, and Sir Frank Colyer, the new President of the Society, chaired the meeting. Following a referendum where British Dental Association members voted not to allow unqualified men from the Dentists Register 1921 to be admitted to the Association, the Society disbanded in 1928 with the balance of their funds handed to the Benevolent Fund of the British Dental Association.

Content

Scope and content/abstract:

Papers of the British Society of Dental Surgeons, 1922-1928, comprising a volume of minutes of the Council, and Ordinary Meetings of the British Society of Dental Surgeons, 1922-1925; and a volume of minutes of the Council, and Ordinary Meetings of the British Society of Dental Surgeons, 1925-1928.

Access & Use

Language/scripts of material:
English

System of arrangement:

As outlined in Scope and Content.

Conditions governing access:

By written appointment only.

Conditions governing reproduction:

At the discretion of the Librarian.

Finding aids:

Additional manuscripts catalogue.

Archival Information

Archival history:

Immediate source of acquisition:

Unknown

Allied Materials

Related material:

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:
Aug 2008