Level of Description: Collection

Extent and Medium of the unit of description: 0.04 linear metres

Name of creator(s): Glasgow University Faculty of Medicine

Administrative/Biographical History
In 1961, on the initiative of Sir Arthur Porrit (Honorary Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Glasgow and the surgeon to the Royal family from 1936 onwards), a working party on Medical Aid to the Developing Countries was set up and the following year their report entitled ‘Medical Aid to the Developing Countries’ was published. Its recommendations were accepted by the Government, almost in their entirety, and universities were invited by the Government Department of Technical Co-operation to explore the possibilities of establishing mutually advantageous links with overseas universities. The Faculty of Medicine at the University of Glasgow at once expressed a wish for such an association with the University of East Africa. Four Glasgow representatives made an exploratory visit to Kampala, Nairobi and Dar-es-Salaam in February 1964. Recruitment of Glasgow staff began in November 1964, their duties being to organise and participate in the undergraduate teaching programme at Nairobi on lines similar to those used at the medical school at Makere and to promote further development of post-graduate work.

The collection was gathered together by Mr William Reid, Honorary Secretary of the Senior Fellows Club, following a meeting in March 1984 at which Professor Charles M. Fleming and Stewart Kennedy gave a talk on the Glasgow contribution to the University of East Africa.

Scope and content
Booklets relating to Sir Arthur Porrit’s working party, 1962-1963; Reports relating to the visit of the representatives of Glasgow University to East Africa and to the Makere School of Medicine, 1964; Letters, 1964 -1984; Article, memorandum and talk by Professor C M Fleming regarding the links between Glasgow and East African Universities, 1966 -1984.

Conditions governing access
Access to some items may be restricted. Please contact the Archivist at the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Glasgow.

Conditions governing reproduction
Identification of copyright holders of unpublished material is often difficult. Permission to make any published use of any material from the collection must be sought in advance from the Archivist. We will try to assist in identifying copyright owners but the responsibility for copyright clearance before publication ultimately rests with the reader.

Language/scripts of material
English

Finding aids
Descriptive list available at the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Glasgow.

Archivist's Note
Compiled by Rachael Third, Scottish Archive Network Project, based on work undertaken by the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Glasgow

Rules or Conventions
ISAD(G): General International Standard Archival Description, International Council on Archives (2nd edition, 2000).

Date(s) of Descriptions
March 2000