IDENTITY STATEMENT
Reference code(s): GB 1538 A5
Held at: Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists
Title: Vice President/Overseas Officer's Office of the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists
Date(s): 1955-1999
Level of description: Collection (fonds)
Extent: 15 boxes
Name of creator(s): Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists
CONTEXT
Administrative/Biographical history:
Under the By-laws of the College drawn up in 1929, two Vice Presidents were to be chosen from among the Fellows of the College. The Senior Vice President, or in his absence, the Junior Vice President, was to undertake the President's duties in the case of the latter's inability or unwillingness to undertake his duties. The Senior Vice President was to be the Vice President who had held office for a longer period. The Vice President assumed primary responsibility for overseas affairs in the early 1980s; prior to this time the College Secretary was responsible for overseas affairs.
CONTENT
Scope and content/abstract:
Records of the Office of the Vice President/Overseas Officer of the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists, 1960-1999, comprising correspondence of the Vice President, as Overseas Officer, relating to overseas affairs and with various overseas committees of the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists, 1955-1999.
ACCESS AND USE
Language/scripts of material: English
System of arrangement:
The series is divided into two sections, based on existing indexes held in the Vice President's offices: Overseas Officers' correspondence with overseas committees, arranged alphabetically by country, comprising two files for each country, a reference and/or representative committee file and a general information file; general correspondence, alphabetically arranged. Correspondence concerning overseas committees generally will be found in this class, as will one or two files on representative or reference committees.
Conditions governing access:
Open 20 years after last date on file.
Conditions governing reproduction:
Copyright is vested in the College.
Physical characteristics:
Finding aids:
A general index to the files listed in the catalogue of the Archives of the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists is maintained in the College Archives; refer to the College Archivist.
ARCHIVAL INFORMATION
Appraisal, destruction and scheduling information:
The records listed below were transferred in batches to the Archives over a period of years, appraised by the College Archivist 10 years after transfer and disposed of in accordance with Disposal Agreement No 8 between the Archivist and the vice president's secretary. The majority of files have been extensively weeded to remove duplicates and ephemera.
Accruals:
Further accruals are expected.
Archival history:
Immediate source of acquisition:
The records have been produced by the office of the Vice President and transferred to the Archives by the Administration Department.
ALLIED MATERIALS
Existence and location of originals:
Existence and location of copies:
Microfilm copies of F & E minute books from 1929-1976 (Reference: MR22/1-MR26/4), and copies of minute books from 1980-1985 (Reference: MR33).
Related material:
The Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists holds Records relating to the College's overseas committees and councils prior to the involvement of the Overseas Officer, including copies of the committees' own records, are to be found in B9. Records relating to overseas affairs will also be found in the papers of College presidents at A4; files of presidents relating specifically to overseas affairs, 1969-1999, are at A4/20 and A4/26. Sir Anthony Alment's papers on the first conference of chairmen of overseas councils and reference committees in 1979 are at A4/17/65-68.
Publication note:
DESCRIPTION NOTES
Note:
Archivist's note: Compiled by Clare Cowling, revised by Julie Tancell as part of the RSLP AIM25 Project.
Date(s) of descriptions: November 2002