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Royal College of Surgeons of England

Martin, Henry Victor: Scrapbook of songs and poems

IDENTITY STATEMENT

Reference code(s): GB 0114 MS0263

Held at: Royal College of Surgeons of England

Title: Martin, Henry Victor: Scrapbook of songs and poems

Date(s): c1842-1873

Level of description: Collection (fonds)

Extent: 1 volume

Name of creator(s): Martin | Henry Victor | 1811-1901 | surgeon

CONTEXT

Administrative/Biographical history:

Henry Victor Martin was born in 1811. He studied in Birmingham, and St Bartholomews Hospital, London. He became a member of the Royal College of Surgeons of England in 1834 and a fellow in 1859. He was surgeon to the 1st Devon Militia before taking medical charge of the military wards of the Barrington Hospital, Limerick. He practised at Staines, Middlesex, before retiring to Hounslow, and later to Epsom College. He died in 1901.

CONTENT

Scope and content/abstract:

Papers of Henry Victor Martin, c 1842-1873, comprising a scrapbook containing songs, poems, short plays, and letters written by Martin. Also including photographs, covers of published works, an epitaph and a plan of the Bois de Boulogne.

ACCESS AND 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

Accruals:

Archival history:

Immediate source of acquisition:

Donated by W G Picton, in 1980.

ALLIED MATERIALS

DESCRIPTION NOTES

Archivist's note: Compiled by Anya Turner.