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Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists

Annual Reports and Reviews


IDENTITY STATEMENT

Reference code(s): GB 1538 RCOG/N3

Held at: Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists

Title: Annual Reports and Reviews

Date(s): 1932-1933, 1939-1944, 1948, 1950-2007

Level of description: Collection

Extent: 3 boxes

Name of creator(s): Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists

CONTEXT

Administrative/Biographical history:

The College has released annual reports since its establishment as the British College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists in 1929. In 2006 the Annual Report was renamed the Annual Review, with the Annual Report and Accounts being published on the College website.

CONTENT

Scope and content/abstract:

Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists reports running annually from 1930 to the present; numbers 1-3, 6-10, 17-19, 21 are missing, but one memorandum has survived from No.3. For each year, the Report lists the Honorary Fellows and Officers and reports on the following: honorary appointments and adminstration; the structure of the College; Council Membership; New Fellows and Members; the annual general meeting; awards; overseas activities; obituaries; gifts; RCOG publications; financial activites. It also includes reports of Council and from the standing committees, representative committees, reference committees and other committees of note, and a full financial report from the College Treasurer.

ACCESS AND USE

Language/scripts of material: English

System of arrangement:

As set out above in Scope and Content.

Conditions governing access:

Open, although restrictions apply for items containing personal information.

Conditions governing reproduction:

Physical characteristics:

Finding aids:

RCOG/B3/2 have been indexed and the names of successful candidates will be found in the Index to the Guide to the College Archives.

ARCHIVAL INFORMATION

Appraisal, destruction and scheduling information:

3 filing-cabinet drawers of material were appraised by the College Archivist in consultation with the CPD Administrator in February 2006. A few files were retained by the Department for current use. Routine and ephemeral material was assigned for destruction. Only those files documenting the origins and development of the College's policy and programme in this area were selected for permanent preservation. A full set of CME/CPD documentation was transferred at the same time.

Accruals:

Accruing.

Archival history:

These records were previously catalogued to A23.

Immediate source of acquisition:

Earlier reports were transferred from College Library.

ALLIED MATERIALS

Existence and location of originals:

Existence and location of copies:

A microfilm copy of the minute book at C7/1M is at MR/17.

Related material:

Publication note:

DESCRIPTION NOTES

Note:

Archivist's note: Imported from the RCOG catalogue and edited by Sarah Drewery.

Rules or conventions: 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: Import: Oct 2008; edit: Feb 2009.


INDEX ENTRIES
Subjects
Medical societies | Societies | Associations | Organizations

Personal names

Corporate names
Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists

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