Level of Description: Fonds

Extent and Medium of the unit of description: 0.06 linear metres

Name of creator(s): Glasgow Northern Medical Society

Administrative/Biographical History
The Glasgow Northern Medical Society was founded in 1902 with the object of promoting social relationships between members, who included practitioners from the north of the city as well as those from the city centre. Items on the agenda included the reading of papers on medical and collateral subjects. The Society consisted of Ordinary, Corresponding and Honorary members. The Society was wound up in 1953.

Scope and content
Constitution, undated; minute books, 1914-1939; bank books, 1902-1941; receipts, 1937-1939; correspondence, 1937-1939.

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Identification of copyright holders of unpublished material is often difficult.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 in the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Glasgow. See also NRA(S) Survey 1909.

Publication Note
Jacqueline Jenkinson, Scottish Medical Societies, 1731-1939, Edinburgh University Press, 1993

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