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International Physiological Congresses 1889-1939


IDENTITY STATEMENT

Reference code(s): GB 0120 GC/71

Held at: Wellcome Library

Title: International Physiological Congresses 1889-1939

Date(s): 1930s

Level of description: Collection (fonds)

Extent: 2 boxes

Name of creator(s): Franklin | Kenneth James | 1897-1966 | Professor of Physiology

CONTEXT

Administrative/Biographical history:

CONTENT

Scope and content/abstract:

Papers relating to the International Physiological Congresses, 1889-1939, comprising notes and drafts by Kenneth J Franklin and other miscellaneous correspondence, reminiscences by colleagues; extracts and reprints of papers given at the Congresses (some published in 'Archives Internationales de Physiologie') and meeting and other papers. There is also empheral material such as postcards and guide books.

ACCESS AND USE

Language/scripts of material: English

System of arrangement:

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:

Detailed catalogue

ARCHIVAL INFORMATION

Accruals:

Archival history:

Immediate source of acquisition:

These papers were acquired and produced by Kenneth J Franklin FRS whilst working on "A short history of the International Congresses of Physiologists" for Annals of Science, in 1938 (3), pp.242-335. They were given to the Contemporary Medical Archives Centre in January 1985.

ALLIED MATERIALS

DESCRIPTION NOTES

Archivist's note: Copied from the Wellcome Library catalogue by Sarah Drewery.

Rules or conventions: In compliance with ISAD (G): General International Standard Archival Description - 2nd Edition (1999); UNESCO Thesaurus, December 2001; National Council on Archives Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997.

Date(s) of descriptions: Jan 2009


INDEX ENTRIES
Subjects
International agencies | Organizations
Professional practice | Organization and administration | Health services administration | Public administration | Government
Physiology

Personal names
Franklin | Kenneth James | 1897-1966 | Professor of Physiology

Corporate names
International Physiological Congress

Places