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First World War Collections in the UKA preliminary horizon-scanHoldinginstitutionKing’s CollegeLondon: RoyalBritish Nurses’Association(RBNA) ArchivesLabour HistoryArchive andStudy Centre(LHASC) atPeople’s HistoryMuseumLabour HistoryArchive andStudy Centre(LHASC) atPeople’s HistoryMuseumLabour HistoryArchive andStudy Centre(LHASC) atPeople’s HistoryMuseumLambeth PalaceLibraryLambeth PalaceLibraryLambeth PalaceLibrary: Churchof EnglandRecord CentreLondonMetropolitanUniversity:Women’sLibraryMary EvansPicture LibraryMuseum ofLondonItem/ collection Link to website Brief description Region Type oforganisationArchives of theRBNAPapers of theCommunist Partyof Great BritainLabour PartyArchivesWomen’sSuffragecollection witha focus on theWomen’s Socialand PoliticalUnionRecords ofthe Church ofEngland and inparticular theArchbishops ofCanterburyRecords ofthe Church ofEngland and inparticular theArchbishops ofCanterburyChurch ofEnglandcollectionRecords ofwomen’s lives inthe UK held in theWomen’s Library,Museum andArchiveWomen’s LibrarycollectionHistory andarchaeologycollectionswww.rbna.org.uk/archives.aspwww.communistpartyarchive.org.uk/index.phpwww.phm.org.uk/archive-study-centre/planning-a-visit/www.phm.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/7-Womens-suffrage.pdfwww.lambethpalacelibrary.org/www.lambethpalacelibrary.org/www.lambethpalacelibrary.org/content/cercwww.londonmet.ac.uk/thewomenslibrary/home.cfmwww.maryevans.com/collections.php?usr=notlogged&collection_no=C00015www.facebook.com/thewomenslibraryhttp://twitter.com/#!/womenslibrarywww.linkedin.com/company/thewomen’s-library-london-metropolitanuniversitywww.museumoflondon.org.uk/Collections-Research/About-the-Collections.htmMinute books from theAssociation’s foundingin 1887, membershiplists, RBNA papersand correspondence,periodicals, illustrationsand photographs.The CPGB was foundedin 1920. Almost all ofthe records held in thiscollection date from 1943- 1991.Labour Party Archives. Inaddition the Labour Partyhas acquired various othercollections over the years,These include the recordsof the Women’s LabourLeague 1906-18, the WarEmergency WorkersNational Committee 1914-19, the Council of Actionpapers 1920-21 and theArthur Henderson papers1915-35.Newspapers, writingsof Sylvia Pankhurst,WSPU pamphlets andcorrespondence with theLabour RepresentationCommittee, Women’sLabour League andLabour Woman, themagazine of the Woman’sLabour League publishedbetween 1918-1971, WarEmergency: Worker’sNational Committee.Collection of books andmanuscripts relating tothe Church of England, theArchbishops of Canterburyand the City of Londonclergy.Collection of books andmanuscripts relating tothe Church of England, theArchbishops of Canterburyand the City of Londonclergy.Papers covering thehistory of the Church ofEnglandBooks, pamphlets,periodicals, visualmaterials, oral history andobjects covering women’sstruggle for suffrage, civilrights, employment andeducation.Visual material from theWomen’s LibraryCollection covers thehistory of London duringthe First World War.London regionNorth WestNorth WestNorth WestLondon regionLondon regionLondon regionLondon regionLondon regionLondon regionSpecialistarchive/museumSpecialistarchive/museumSpecialistarchive/museumSpecialistarchive/museumSpecialistarchive/museumSpecialistarchive/museumSpecialistarchive/museumUniversityarchivesCommercialpicture librarySpecialistarchive/museumSubject area Status Medium Key individuals Highlights or Detailed Description Hours of access Social Networking Online access Link to website Terms of useHospitals andconvalescenceGovernment andpoliticsGovernment andpoliticsRegularImportantHighlysignificantInstitutionalrecords,photographiccollections,printed books,object - smallInstitutionalrecordsInstitutionalrecordsWomen Important InstitutionalrecordsReligion Important InstitutionalrecordsReligion Important InstitutionalrecordsReligion Important InstitutionalrecordsWomenHighlysignificantPrivate papers,institutionalrecords,ephemera,objects - small,photographiccollections, oralhistory, filmWomen Important Photographiccollections,works of artAll esp. Women,Industries andbusinessesImportantPhotographiccollections,works of artPrincess Christian ofSchleswig-Holstein(1846 - 1923), Edith Cavell(1861-1915)Arthur Henderson (1863-1935)Sylvia Pankhurst (1882-1960), Millicent Fawcett(1847-1929)George Charlton (1899-1979),George Studdy (1878-1948),Christabel Pankhurst(1880-1958)RBNA administrative records including membership registers, 1888-1966,Princess Christian Memorial Committee minutes and accounts, 1919-1927,Annual Reports (printed) 1902, 1913, 1915-1916, 1918, 1926, correspondence andpapers on the foundation of the College of Nursing, and possible merger withthe RBNA, 1916-1917; correspondence and papers on the College of Nursing’spetition for a Royal Charter, and the RBNA’s opposition, 1927. Correspondenceof Princess Christian of Schleswig-Holstein, who was the fifth child of QueenVictoria and Prince Albert and because President of the RBNA on its foundationin 1887. British College of Nursing papers. Periodicals: Nursing Record from1902, British Journal of Nursing 1888-1956 (the 1915 copy contains an accountof the execution of Nurse Edith Cavell), Nurses journal 1891-1918, InternationalNursing Review 1926-1939 and Journal of the RBNA 1947-1963. Photographsand illustrations relating to the history of nursing, including photographs,training certificates and papers relating to the nursing career of AgnesWotherspoon-Baird, dating from 1911 to 1950. Artefacts including RBNA badges,other badges and medals and RBNA banner.Papers relating to the founding of the Communist Party of Great Britain in 1920relate to the First World War in terms of a reaction to revolutionary changesduring the war, most directly the overthrow of the Romanovs in Russia and therule of the Communist Party.Papers of Arthur Henderson (1863 - 1935), leader of the Labour Party for threedistinct periods: 1908-1910, 1914-1917 and 1931-1932. He became the firstLabour cabinet minister in 1915, serving as President of the Board of Education.Under the premiership of David Lloyd George, he became part of the smallerWar Cabinet as a Minister without Portfolio. He resigned from the Cabinet inAugust 1917. Documents relating to the War Emergency Workers NationalCommittee 1914-1919 show Labour efforts to protect workers’ rights duringthe First World War. Huge volumes of papers relating to the activities of theLabour Party during the First World War including correspondence calling forthe relief of those suffering, from people whose homes and livelihoods weredamaged by air raids to Belgian refugees. Many documents outlining the LabourParty’s position on food and coal distribution, wages, pensions etc. Also on theiropposition to the introduction of coloured labour.Important papers covering the sometimes militant activities of WSPU before thewar, their decision to suspend their campaign for suffrage during the First WorldWar and their new focus on the role women could play in Britain’s war effort.Printed books: Huge range of material including a large number of prayer bookspublished during the war as well as pamphlets and books addressing the causesof and meaning of the First World War.Printed books: Huge range of material including a large number of prayer bookspublished during the war as well as pamphlets and books addressing the causesof and meaning of the First World War.Documents covering subjects such as the construction and managementof churches and properties, financial assistance to poor clergy and churchlegislative bodies since 1919. Also records of the World Alliance of InternationalFriendship (British Section), 1914-1939. The organisation was established inAugust 1914 to promote peace in Europe.Papers of leading suffrage campaigners like Sylvia Pankhurst and MillicentFawcett. Suffrage organisations’ pamphlets, published articles and objects likebanners, posters, badges and board games. Large collection of material relatingto other civil rights struggles in the early twentieth century, for example fairemployment practices and improving maternal health.Over 200 images - photographs, postcards, posters and other works of art.Particularly strong on suffrage and anti-suffrage visual material.Highlights from objects on display at London Wall and in store: Red Cross outfitworn by Kathleen Falls. Souvenir handkerchief in loving memory of those thathas died as a result of the first daylight raid by Gothas on 13th of June, 1917.Greetings cards sent by soldiers fighting in France. Documents, photographsand objects relating to the movement for women’s suffrage: Last edition of‘The Suffragette’ weekly newspaper dated 14th of August, 1914. Advertisementfor ‘The Suffragette’ newspapers. Postcard of Christabel Pankhurst. ‘EveningStandard’ billboard with text ‘”Let them starve” Views of public men’. Flyersurging women to join the movement. Uniform of a female bus conductor.Charity lapel flags for different charities including Queen Alexandra’s Rosecharity, Lord Roberts Memorial Workshop for Disabled Soldiers & Sailors andthe Salvation Army. Artwork depicting the celebration of the 1919 peace treatyincluding drawing by George Charlton showing a street tea party in the East Endto celebrate the peace treaty of 1919. Amongst the people on the crowded street,a photographer prepares to capture the scene. Etching by George Studdy of afemale bus conductor (1916). Photographs of London businesses during theFirst World War era and female war workers.Researchers need to contact theRBNA directly either by post at: TheRoyal British Nurses’ Association,The Princess Royal House, TheTerritorial Army Centre, LondonRoad, Stonecot Hill, Sutton, Surrey,SM3 9HG or by telephone: 0208335 3691. King’s College LondonArchives: Opening times: Monday -Friday: 9.30am - 5.30pm.None specific to the collectionSummary guideon KCL websiteMonday - Friday: 10am - 5pm None specific to the collection Online accesscan bepurchased byweek or bymonthMonday - Friday: 10am - 5pm None specific to the collection Full cataloguelisting availablevia the NationalArchives’Access toArchives pageMonday - Friday: 10am - 5pm None specific to the collection Searchablecatalogue(incomplete)Monday - Friday: 10am - 5pm.Wednesday: opens at 10.30am.Users will be registered for aReader’s Ticket on their first visit.Monday - Friday: 10am - 5pm.Wednesday: opens at 10.30am.Users will be registered for aReader’s Ticket on their first visit.Record Centre Reading Room:Tuesday - Thursday: 10am - 4pm.Users will be registered for aReader’s Ticket on their firstvisit. Appointments should bemade by emailing archives@churchofengland.org withreferences of the documents userswish to see.Museum: Monday - Friday: 9.30am- 5.30pm, Thursday: until 8pm andSaturday: 10am - 4pm. LibraryReading Room: Tuesday - Friday:9.30am - 5pm, Thursday: until 8pmOnline resource. For queriescontact Mary Evans PictureLibrary by post at 59 Tranquil Vale,Blackheath, London SE3 0BS, bytelephone on +44(0)20 8318 0034 orby email at pictures@maryevans.comMuseum of London, 150 LondonWall, London, EC2Y 5HN:Monday - Sunday: 10am - 6pm.Museum of London Docklands,No1 Warehouse, London, E144AL: Monday - Sunday: 10am -6pm. The new Sainsbury StudyCentre and Search Zone are openduring Museum hours. Contactdetails for the Departmentof History Collections (1700 -today): Telephone: 020 78145750. Email: enquiries.history@museumoflondon.org.ukNone specific to the collectionNone specific to the collectionNone specific to the collectionNone specific to the collectionThemed playlists on Spotify. A range ofSmartphone apps.www.facebook.com/museumoflondonhttp://twitter.com/#!/museumoflondonwww.flickr.com/groups/museumoflondonwww.youtube.com/user/museumoflondon?blend=7&ob=5www.scribd.com/MuseumofLondonSee http://www.museumoflondon.org.uk/Explore-online/Records sharedon Copac, whichprovides freeaccess to themerged onlinecatalogues ofmajor UK andIrish academicand specialistresearchlibraries and isfunded by JISCSearchablecatalogueSearchablecatalogue(incomplete)SearchablecatalogueDigitisedcontentSearchablecatalogueand digitisedcontentwww.kcl.ac.uk/depsta/iss/archives/collect/10ro65-1.htmlwww.britishonlinearchives.co.uk/shop.php#CPGBwww.nationalarchives.gov.uk/A2A/records.aspx?cat=394-lp_5&cid=-1#-1www.phm.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/7-Womens-suffrage.pdfhttp://copac.ac.uk/http://bookscat.lambethpalacelibrary.org.uk/searchhttp://archives.lambethpalacelibrary.org.uk:8080/archives/http://calmarchive.londonmet.ac.uk/DServe/DServe.exe?dsqApp=Archive&dsqCmd=Index.tclwww.maryevans.com/search.phpwww.museumoflondon.org.uk/Collections-Research/Search-thecollections.htmArchives have been restored andcatalogued with the financialhelp of the British Library.Typescript catalogue availableat the KCL Archives. Copies,subject to the condition of theoriginal, may be supplied forresearch use only. Requests topublish original material shouldbe submitted to the Director ofArchives and Corporate RecordsServices.The material to which the userbuys access to can only be usedfor private study and researchDigital camera, photocopying andcitation policy listed here: www.phm.org.uk/archive-studycentre/using-the-collections/Digital camera, photocopying andcitation policy listed here: www.phm.org.uk/archive-studycentre/using-the-collections/Text from FAQ page: “If youbelong to an academic institutionthat has an OpenURL router thenselecting the OpenURL link atthe end of the Copac Full recorddisplay will take you to your ownlibrary’s services. The nameof this link will depend on yourlibrary e.g. ‘Find It’. This mayallow you to access the full-textof a document you have identifiedon Copac. It may also provide alink to your library’s inter-libraryloan/article copy service.”Ability to email titles andreference numbers.Contains manuscript and archivecollections held at the LambethPalace Library and at the Churchof England Record Centre.Use the reference numbersfrom the catalogue to viewdocuments or objects.Contact: enquirydesk@thewomenslibrary.ac.ukHigh resolution images can bebought and downloaded withinhalf an hour. Customers canask for any picture not currentlyonline in a high resolutionformat to be scanned and thendownloaded in the same day.Currently includes the 3,000items on display in the Galleriesof Modern London but more willbe added each month until theMuseum’s entire collection isaccessible through CollectionsOnline. Each catalogue entrycan be shared online or printed.Users can also send commentson the catalogue entry tothe museum. Images can beenlarged but not purchaseddirectly. Images can be purchaseat www.museumoflondonprints.com/Page 4
First World War Collections in the UKA preliminary horizon-scanHoldinginstitutionMuseum ofLondonMuseum ofLondonRNLI (RoyalNationalLifeboatInstitution)Chathammuseum:ChathamHistoricDockyardsRNLI (RoyalNationalLifeboatInstitution)Whitby museumRNLI (RoyalNationalLifeboatInstitution)Henry BloggmuseumRNLI (RoyalNationalLifeboatInstitution) HQCollections andArchivesRoyal Collegeof Physicians:Heritage CentreRoyal Collegeof Surgeons:HunterianMuseum andArchivesItem/ collection Link to website Brief description Region Type oforganisationLibrary andArchivecollections:The SainsburyArchivesLibrary andArchivecollections:Port of LondonAuthorityarchivesGallery oflifeboats used bythe RNLI over thecourse of its longhistoryRNLI collectionrelating to theLifeboat stationat CromerCollectionrelating toCoxswain HenryBlogg (1876-1954), the RNLI’smost decoratedlifeboatman. Alsoaccess to thedigital archiveof The Lifeboatjournal.RNLI corecollectionsArchives andManuscriptsCollectionsArchive andmanuscriptcollectionsand museumcollection of theRoyal College ofSurgeonswww.museumoflondon.org.uk/Collections-Research/About-the-collections/Library-andarchive-collections/SainsburyArchive/www.museumoflondon.org.uk/Collections-Research/About-the-collections/Library-andarchive-collections/PLA+Archive.htmwww.rnli.org.uk/who_we_are/the_heritage_trust/chathamwww.rnli.org.uk/who_we_are/the_heritage_trust/whitbywww.rnli.org.uk/who_we_are/the_heritage_trust/henry-bloggwww.rnli.org.uk/who_we_are/the_heritage_trust/hq_collections_archivehttp://old.rcplondon.ac.uk/history-heritage/Collections/archive/Pages/Archive.aspxwww.rcseng.ac.uk/museumsArchive of Sainsbury’ssupermarket from itsbeginnings in Drury Lanein 1869 to the present day.Extensive archive of theLondon docklands and thePort of London Authority’spart in the development ofthe capital’s shipping andtrade industries.Seventeen historiclifeboats, of which onerelates to the First WorldWar.Models, paintings,medals, photographs,lifeboat equipment anditems relating to famousrescues.Models, paintings,medals, photographs,lifeboat equipment anditems relating to famousrescues.Historic documents,models, paintings,medals, photographs,lifeboat equipment anditems relating to famousrescues.Records of the College’sactivities from itsfounding in 1518 to thepresent day. Institutionalarchives, legal documents,Western manuscripts,Oriental manuscripts,personal papers and othersocieties’ papers.Record of the Collegeand its surgeons.Includes large collectionsof personal papers,photographic collectionsand sketchbooks as wellas surgical instrumentsand specimens.London regionLondon regionSouth EastYorkshireEastern EnglandSouth WestLondon regionLondon regionSpecialistarchive/museumSpecialistarchive/museumSpecialistarchive/museumSpecialistarchive/museumSpecialistarchive/museumSpecialistarchive/museumSpecialistarchive/museumSpecialistarchive/museumSubject area Status Medium Key individuals Highlights or Detailed Description Hours of access Social Networking Online access Link to website Terms of useIndustriesand business,WomenNaval andshipping,Industriesand business,MunitionsmanufactureVoluntaryOrganisations,Naval andshippingVoluntaryOrganisations,Naval andshippingVoluntaryOrganisations,Naval andshippingVoluntaryOrganisations,Naval andshippingMedical science,hospitals andconvalescenceMedical science,hospitals andconvalescenceRegularRegularCompany papers,objects - small,photographiccollections, oraltestimony, filmPrinted books,works of art,photographiccollections, film,institutionalrecordsJohn James Sainsbury (1844-1928), Mary Ann Sainsbury(1849-1927), John BenjaminSainsbury (1871-1956)Objects include food preparation and testing equipment, product packaging andstaff uniforms. Company records: reports, accounts, press releases and staffrecords among other records. Wartime newspaper advertisements includingoriginal artwork. Large collection of photographs charting the history of thecompany. During the war J Sainsbury began to recruit women to run stores forthe first time. A new training school for these women was set up in Blackfriarsin 1916.Comprehensive records of the Port of London Authority, established in1908 to govern the Port of London. Minute books of private dock companies.Photographic archive of images showing the dockyards busy with the activities ofall manner of trades. Photographs of the aftermath of the Silvertown explosionin January 1917, when an explosion at a munitions factory in West Ham killedseventy-three people.Sainsbury Study Centre at theMuseum of London Docklands,Museum in Docklands, No 1Warehouse, West India Quay,London, E14 4AL: SearchRoom: Tuesday and Thursday:10.30am - 1pm and 2pm - 4.30pmand open same hours secondSaturday of each month. Twoforms of identification necessary.Appointments necessary. Contactthe Search Room on 020 70019844, book in person at theReception desk or email info@museumoflondon.org.ukSainsbury Study Centre at theMuseum of London Docklands,Museum in Docklands, No 1Warehouse, West India Quay,London, E14 4AL: SearchRoom: Tuesday and Thursday:10.30am - 1pm and 2pm - 4.30pmand open same hours secondSaturday of each month. Twoforms of identification necessary.Appointments necessary. Contactthe Search Room on 020 70019844, book in person at theReception desk or email info@museumoflondon.org.ukRegular objects - large St Paul: winner in 1919 of two Silver and fourteen Bronze RNLI Medals. Museum opening times: Daily until27th November: 10am - 6pm (until29th October), 10am - 4pm (from30th October).RegularRegularRegularImportantImportantPhotographiccollections,works of art,objects - small,ephemeraPhotographiccollections,works of art,objects - small,ephemeraInstitutionalrecords,photographs,works of art,objects - small,ephemeraInstitutionalrecords, privatepapers, objects- small, works ofart, photographiccollectionsInstitutionalrecords, privatepapers, objects- small, works ofart, photographiccollectionsThomas Langlands, RichardEglon, George PeartHenry Blogg (1876-1954)Thomas Hancock ArnoldChaplin (1864-1944), EdwardAlfred Cockayne (1880-1956),Sir John Josias Conybeare(1888-1967), Robert WilliamInnes Smith (1872-1933), SirWilliam Henry Willcox (1870-1941), Robert Hutchinson(1871-1960)John Bland-Sutton (1855-1936), Rudyard Kipling(1865-1936), Victor Bonney(1872-1953), Henry Souttar(1875-1964), Arthur Keith(1866-1955), Harry Stobie(1875-1955)Text from RNLI website (www.rnli.org.uk/rnli_near_you/north/stations/whitbynorthyorkshire/history): “1914 Gold Medal to Coxswain ThomasLanglands, and Silver Medals to Second Coxswain Richard Eglon and GeorgePeart for saving 35 lives when the hospital ship Rohilla, with 229 people onboard, on her way to Dunkirk to evacuate wounded men during the First WorldWar, ran onto a dangerous reef at Saltwick Nab. Lifeboats from Scarborough,Teesmouth, Tynemouth, Upgang and two from Whitby were involved in thisrescue. In total, 146 people survived. This was the most outstanding lifeboatservice of the War and one of the greatest in the whole history of the RNLI.”Coxswain Henry Blogg (1876-1954) was the RNLI’s most decorated lifeboatman.During his 53 years of service Blogg was awarded three Gold and four SilverRNLI medals for gallantry, as well as the British Empire Medal for Gallantry in1924 and the George Cross, in 1941. One of the most daring rescue attemptstook place in 1917 when Coxswain Blogg helped rescue sailors from the Swedishvessel Fernebo that had struck a naval mine and blown into two halves. Hismedals are on display at the museum. Also, access to the digital archive of TheLifeboat, a journal that over 150 years’ old.Documents charting the charity’s history as well as models, paintings, medals,photographs, lifeboat equipment and items relating to famous rescues and thehistory of the RNLI. No online catalogue.Institutional archives: Papers relating to all aspects of the College like itsorganisation, publications, events and proceedings. Personal papers: ThomasHancock Arnold Chaplin (1864-1944): Papers on medical history (1915 - 1920);Edward Alfred Cockayne (1880-1956): Personal and professional papers,including case book (1914 - 1946); Sir John Josias Conybeare (1888-1967):War diary and medical notebook (1915 - 1924); Robert William Innes Smith(1872-1933): Papers, early 20th century, including research in medical historyand biography during the 1920s and early 1930s; Sir William Henry Willcox(1870-1941): Papers relating to murder trials (1911 – 1913), criminal abortion(1913 – 1915) and the use of Insulin (1923 – 1924). Oriental and WesternManuscripts pre-date the First World War period. Other societies: IncludesAssociation of Physicians of Great Britain and Ireland: Attendance records,cash book, correspondence, minutes and photographs (1907-1972); a numberof dispensaries. Picture Library: Over 5000 portraits of physicians, scientistsand other leading cultural figures in paintings, prints and drawing collections.Including portrait of Robert Hutchinson (1871 - 1960). As medical adviser to theMinistry of Food during the First World War his special concern was with therations allowed for invalids.College archives and manuscripts relating to medicine and surgery fromthe sixteenth century to the present including case notes, lecture notes,correspondence and drawings. A large number of personal papers of surgeonsprominent during the First World War period. Examples: Papers of Sir JohnBland-Sutton (1855-1936), surgeon at the Middlesex Hospital between 1905and 1920, President of the Royal College between 1923 and 1925. Duringthe First World War he was attached to the 3rd London General Hospital atDenmark Hill. The papers include letters from Rudyard Kipling, who was a closepersonal friend. Papers of Victor Bonney (1872-1953), gynaecological surgeon,who served at the military branch of the Middlesex Hospital, at Clacton-on-Sea, during the First World War. Photographs & papers recording Sir HenrySouttar’s work as surgeon to the Belgian field hospital at Antwerp during theFirst World War. Papers of Sir Arthur Keith (1866-1955), surgeon and physicalanthropologist who gave lectures on how to treat war injuries in 1917 and 1918.Patient Records of Professor Harry Stobie, November 1915 - April 1919. Wartimepapers of Harold Burrows (1875-1955) who in France with the 20th GeneralHospital and later became consultant surgeon to the First Army and to the Armyof the Rhine, with the rank of Colonel. Papers of Rudyard Kipling (1865-1936)that relate to his correspondence with leading surgeons of the day as well asunpublished works. Sketchbooks of injuries and reconstructive surgery. ArmyMedical Services gave the Hunterian its collection of war specimens. Records ofthe London Lock Hospital, 1746-1948, a hospital for the treatment of venerealdiseases.Easter - October: Daily 10am-5pm.November - December: Daily11am-4pm (subject to weather).January - March: Weekends only11am-4pm (subject to weather).Tuesday - Sunday : February- March: 10am-4pm, April -September: 10am-5pm, October -November: 10am-4pm, December:weekends 10am-4pm, January:closed.Library archive: Monday andThursday: 9.30am - 12.30pm.Object collections: by appointmentonly.Heritage centre, Regent’s Park:Wellcome Library Reading Room:Monday - Friday: 9am - 5pm.Appointment necessary. Usersneed to complete a readerregistration form on their first visit.Hunterian Museum: OpeningHours: Tuesday - Saturday: 9am- 5pm. Library: Opening times:Monday - Friday: 9.30am - 5.30pm.Access to archival material isprovided by appointment throughthe College Library. Emaillibrary@rcseng.ac.uk for furtherinformation.None specific to the collection Summary guide www.museumoflondon.org.uk/Collections-Research/About-thecollections/Library-and-archivecollections/SainsburyArchive/SummaryGuideIndex.htmwww.mymuseumoflondon.org.uk/blogs/blog/documenting-the-port-of-londonauthority-archive/None specific to the collectionNone specific to the collectionLinks to enable users to share each pageof the website on over 340 other sitesLinks to enable users to share each pageof the website on over 340 other sitesNone specific to the collectionLinks to enable users to share eachpage of the Library website on over340 other sites. www.facebook.com/pages/Hunterian-Museum-London/264949800174?ref=nfSummary guideContactinformationContactinformationContactinformationContactinformationContactinformationSearchablecatalogue(incomplete)and digitisedcontentwww.museumoflondon.org.uk/Collections-Research/About-thecollections/Library-and-archivecollections/PLA+Archive.htmAddress: Lifeboat!, The Historic Dockyard,Chatham, Kent, ME4 4TZ. Telephone:01634 823800Address: Pier Road, Whitby, YO21 3PU.Telephone: 01947 602001Address: The Rocket House, TheGangway, Cromer, Norfolk, NR27 9ET.Telephone: 01263 511294. Email address:cromer_museum@rnli.org.ukAddress: West Quay Road, Poole, Dorset,BH15 1HZ. Telephone: 01202 662228.Email: heritage@rnli.org.ukAddress: Heritage Centre, RoyalCollege of Physicians, 11 St AndrewsPlace, Regent’s Park, London, NW14LE. Telephone: 020 3075 1543. Email:heritage@rcplondon.ac.ukhttp://surgicat.rcseng.ac.uk/(tybiarzbn3kuam454svcal45)/Default.aspxInformation from website:“Following a 2-year project toproduce a full archive catalogueusing DS CALM software, workon editing descriptions, linking toimages and adding new recordsis ongoing, with a view to makingthe catalogue publicly availableonline in due course.”Items from the collection canbe found by searching theonline catalogue that is beingsystematically expanded. Eachcatalogue entry can be sharedonline or printed. Users canalso send comments on thecatalogue entry to the museum.Images can be enlarged butnot purchased directly. Imagescan be purchase at www.museumoflondonprints.com/No digitised content availableonline.No digitised content availableonline.No digitised content availableonline.No digitised content availableonline.Contact the Heritage Centre forinformation about on imagesin the Picture Library andreproduction costs.Catalogue currently holdsrecords for approximatelyhalf of the College’s depositedmanuscripts. The cataloguealso contains 50,000 museumobject records as well asrecords of specimens, surgicalinstruments, paintings andsculptures from the CollegeMuseum. There are no imageson the archive databasecurrently, however there areimages of some of the museumcollection. These photographs,for instance of medicalequipment can be enlargedand printed for personal noncommercialuse.Page 5
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