Level of Description: Fonds

Extent and Medium of the unit of description: 17 items

Name of creator(s): Garrey, Dr Matthew, (d. 2004) obstetrician and gynaecologist

Administrative/Biographical History
Dr Matthew Garrey, retired obstetrician and gynaecologist, gained his medical qualifications, MB ChB (with commendation), from Glasgow University in 1936. He became a Fellow of the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists in 1963 and Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons, Glasgow in 1973. He was formerly Emeritus Consultant at Glasgow Royal Maternity Hospital and is an ex-president of the Royal Medico-Chirurgical Society of Glasgow. He died on 4th October 2004.

Scope and content
Photographs of Glasgow Royal Infirmary Residents, 1938-1943; photograph of Western Infirmary Residents, 1938; instrument catalogues for gynaecology and obstetrics, c.1957 and 1973; post card of Trongate, Glasgow; stamp and postcard collection.

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Identification of copyright holders of unpublished material is often difficult.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
Instruments in RCPSG instrument collection.

Archivist's Note
Compiled by Carol Parry, Archivist, 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
November 2000. Amended October 2004