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Multiple Sclerosis Society of Great Britain and Northern Ireland


IDENTITY STATEMENT

Reference code(s): GB 0120 SA/MSS

Held at: Wellcome Library

Title: Multiple Sclerosis Society of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

Date(s): 1953-1977

Level of description: Collection (fonds)

Extent: 17 boxes

Name of creator(s): Multiple Sclerosis Society of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

CONTEXT

Administrative/Biographical history:

The Multiple Sclerosis Society (MSS) was set up in 1953 by Sir Richard Cave (1912-1988), "to co-operate with the medical profession to encourage scientific research into the causes of and the cure for Multiple Sclerosis and to aid and ameliorate the conditions of those suffering from it ... to encourage sufferers to join a local group for self help and to join activities and entertainments".

CONTENT

Scope and content/abstract:

Papers of the Multiple Sclerosis Society (MSS), 1953-1977, comprising general files relating to the MSS headquarters, 1953-1976; medical files relating to the MSS headquarters, 1955-1976; files relating to MSS regional branches, 1954-1977; and records relating to the International Federation of Multiple Sclerosis Societies, 1955-1977.

ACCESS AND 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:

The catalogue is available on microfiche via the National Inventory of Documentary Sources (NIDS).

Detailed catalogue

ARCHIVAL INFORMATION

Appraisal, destruction and scheduling information:

Ephemeral correspondence (e.g. relating to travel arrangements), and duplicate items have been weeded.

Accruals:

At the time of cataloguing in 1987, further accessions of material relating to the Society were expected in the future.

Archival history:

Immediate source of acquisition:

Files transferred in 1977 from the House of Lords office of Sir Richard Cave, MVO,KSG, founder and chairman of the MSS.

ALLIED MATERIALS

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


INDEX ENTRIES
Subjects
Care for the disabled | Care | Health services
Disabled persons | Disadvantaged groups
Medical charities | Charities | Charitable organisations | Associations | Organizations
Multiple sclerosis | Diseases | Pathology
Autoimmune diseases
Nonprofit organizations

Personal names
Cave | Sir | Richard | fl 1953 | Knight | founder of the Multiple Sclerosis Society

Corporate names
International Federation of Multiple Sclerosis Societies
Multiple Sclerosis Society

Places