Dickson, John Wanless (1920-2001)

Identity Statement

Reference code(s)	: GB 0120 PP/JWD
Held at	: Wellcome Library   Click here to find out how to view this collection at http://wellcomelibrary.org/ ›
Full title	: Dickson, John Wanless (1920-2001)
Date(s)	: 1959-1992
Level of description	: Collection (fonds)
Extent	: 35 boxes
Name of creator(s)	: Dickson | John Wanless | 1920-2001 | orthopaedic surgeon
Detailed catalogue	: Click here to view repository detailed catalogue

Context

Administrative/Biographical history:

Born, 1920; Consultant Orthopaedic Surgeon, Ipswich Hospital; died, 2001.

Content

Scope and content/abstract:

Medico-legal reports compiled by John Wanless Dickson, at the request of solicitors acting for clients, or for insurance companies, on individuals claiming compensation for injuries, usually from road accidents; complete run for 1959-1992, except for the year 1960.

Access & Use

Language/scripts of material:
English

System of arrangement:

Chronological.

Conditions governing access:

Due to the confidential nature of this material, which includes hospital medical records of individuals, all the files in this collection are closed for 84 years from the date of the claim.

Conditions governing reproduction:

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Archival Information

Archival history:

Immediate source of acquisition:

These papers were deposited in the Contemporary Medical Archives Centre by Mr Dickson, in June 1985, November 1986, January 1988, and February 1994 (accessions 205, 250, 281 and 501).

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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 2008