Level of Description: Fonds
Extent and Medium of the unit of description: 3 boxes
Name of creator(s): Glasgow Eye Infirmary
Administrative/Biographical History
The Infirmary was founded in 1824. In 1874 it moved into purpose built accommodation in the West End of Glasgow at Berkeley St which, by the late 1880s, had over 100 beds. The Infirmary continued to run an outpatients department in the East End. In 1945 the Spencer Research Committee was formed with capital of over £12,000, to oversee research in the GEI. In 1971 the entire in-patient accommodation at Berkeley St was destroyed by fire. From 1948 to 1974 the Glasgow Eye Infirmary was under the Board of Management for Glasgow Western (later Western and Gartnavel) Hospitals. In 1974 it was placed in the Western District of the Greater Glasgow Health Board and in 1993 it became the responsibility of the West Glasgow University NHS Trust. It was transferred to Gartnavel Hospital in 1998.
Scope and content
General items relating to the Eye Infirmary; c.1820s-1990; Annual Reports, 1861-1865; student notebook, 1764-1765; documents relating to William Brown, 1821-1873; documents relating to ophthalmological instruments, 1890-c.1949; pharmaceutical labels c.1930s-1980s; medical and ophthalmological, photographs, prints and illustrations, c.1830s-c.1960s; photographs of the Infirmary, 1998; medical illustrations from Universitäts-Augenklinik, Basel, 1924-c.1937.
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Identification of copyright holders of unpublished material is often difficult.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.
Related units of description
RCPSG 24 Papers of Dr William Mackenzie, (1791-1868), ophthalmologist. RCPSG 12 Papers of William Brown, (1807-1873), surgeon. Acc 1998.8 Dissection of left facial nerve attributed to William Mackenzie. Acc 2003.77 Ophthalmic museum items from the Infirmary.
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. Amended by Susan Fisher, August 2003.
Rules or Conventions
ISAD(G): General International Standard Archival Description, International Council on Archives (2nd edition, 2000).
Date(s) of Descriptions
March 2000, August 2003