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Sources Guide: Children and adolescents (A&M)
Societies, Associations, Businesses
Personal papers
Smaller collections
Wellcome archives
Further information about the materials mentioned below can be found on the Archives and Manuscripts Online Catalogue
In some cases the full detailed catalogues of archive collections are not yet in this online database: hard copy versions are available in the Rare Materials Room of the Library and on request to archs+mss@wellcome.ac.uk
Societies and Associations
ASH (Action on Smoking and Health) SA/ASH
Material relating to anti-smoking initiatives targeting children and adolescents, 1970s–90s
ASSOCIATION OF COUNTY MEDICAL OFFICERS OF HEALTH SA/CMO
Deals with responsibilities for child health and welfare of County MOsH, 1902-74; see also ASSOCIATION OF AREA MEDICAL OFFICERS OF HEALTH SA/AMO, for the period 1974-81
ASSOCIATION OF HEALTH AND RESIDENTIAL CARE OFFICERS SA/AHR
Professional body representing interests of officials in charge of residential care institutions, mainly for children; own records, 1915-84, and contacts with related bodies, 1950s-70s
BIRTH CONTROL CAMPAIGN SA/BCC/E
Press-cuttings files on adoption, battered babies, illegitimacy, etc, 1971–4
BRITISH MEDICAL ASSOCIATION SA/BMA
'Groups' files include material on health and welfare of children and young persons, child psychiatry, school medical service, etc, 1900s-60s
BRITISH SOCIAL HYGIENE COUNCIL SA/BSH
Besides having a general interest in sex education in schools and youth organisations, 1910s-40s, had an Advisory Board on Welfare of Children in Residential Homes, 1930s
BRITISH SOCIETY FOR THE STUDY OF ORTHODONTICS SA/BSO/6/5
Report of Committee to consider the orthodontic treatment of elementary school children and postgraduate orthodontic teaching, c.1944
BRITISH THORACIC SOCIETY and predecessors SA/BRT
Some material relating to issues to do with children and tuberculosis, c. 1920s-70s
CHARTERED SOCIETY OF PHYSIOTHERAPY SA/CSP
Photographs of work with handicapped children: e.g. exercises, riding for the disabled, swimming
CHILD ACCIDENT PREVENTION TRUST (f.1979) SA/CAP
Records of CAPT's research into childhood accidents and their prevention, 1977-1991, including working group papers and reports, and health education materials such as fact sheets, leaflets and videos
CHILD STUDY SOCIETY (LONDON) PSY/BPS/3
Records (minute books, some published material) of this society, 1907–46, and of predecessor organisations and other bodies which eventually amalgamated with it: Committee on The Mental & Physical Condition of Children, 1891–6; The Childhood Society, 1896–1908; British Child Study Association,
1897–1907; Child Study Society later Child Study Association, 1907–23
EUGENICS SOCIETY SA/EUG
Includes correspondence with various youth organisations and educational bodies, voluntary bodies concerned with children, the Child Study Society and the Caldecott Community, plus investigations into 'Problem' and 'Promising' families, 1920s-60s
Access only with permission of the Galton Institute
PLEASE NOTE: this collection is being digitised and parts of it will be unavailable during the process. Check the schedule for further information.
FENNINGS PHARMACEUTICALS SA/FEN
Material relating to childrens’ medicines and preparations sold by Fennings C19th-C20th, including Children’s Cooling Powders, Junior Aspirin, Children’s Shampoo
HEALTH VISITORS’ ASSOCIATION SA/HVA
Material relating to their concern with child health, welfare and development, in home and school environment, 1900s-80s
MEDICAL WOMEN’S FEDERATION SA/MWF
Concerned with a wide range of issues to do with health and welfare of children and adolescents in homes, schools, and institutions, 1920s-80s
NATIONAL ASSOCIATION FOR THE PREVENTION OF TUBERCULOSIS AND DISEASES OF THE CHEST AND HEART SA/NPT
Some material relating to children with TB, 1920s-50s, and health education materials around asthma, cystic fibrosis etc, 1950s-60s
PATIENTS’ ASSOCIATION SA/PAT
Various matters to do with children as patients, c. 1970s–90s
THE PIONEER HEALTH CENTRE, PECKHAM SA/PHC
Material relating to the place of young people of all ages within the concept of this family-based experimental Health Centre, photographs of activities, etc, 1920s-1950s
POPULATION INVESTIGATION COMMITTEE SA/PIC
Records of its investigations of child health and development and trends of intelligence, 1940s-90s, including the Scottish Mental Survey, 1947
RESEARCH BOARD FOR THE CORRELATION OF MEDICAL SCIENCE AND PHYSICAL EDUCATION SA/RBC
Set up 1943; archive includes records of its Nursery Schools, Elementary and Secondary Schools, Special and Approved Schools and Youth Service Panels; material on juvenile and adolescent workers in industry; inquiries into physique of children and adolescents in Tottenham, Millichope School, and Watford, 1940s-50s
ROYAL SOCIETY FOR PUBLIC HEALTH AND PREDECESSORS SA/RSP/A/8
Examination registers for Practical Sanitary Science, School Teachers, 1901-12; Women Health Visitors , 1908-28, School Nurses, 1908-25; Maternity and Child Welfare Workers, 1913-25; Hygiene in its Bearing on School Life, 1909-28
SOCIETY OF MEDICAL OFFICERS OF HEALTH/ SOCIETY OF COMMUNITY MEDICINE/ SOCIETY OF PUBLIC HEALTH (1856-1997) SA/SMO
Much material relating to the Society's particular interest in child health and welfare services, including records of the Maternal and Child Health Group, 1946-1974, School Health Services Group, 1943-1989, Obstetrics, Child and Youth Health Committee, 1974-1976, and Child Health Special Interest Group, 1980-1981, minutes of committees on developmental paediatrics and child
welfare record cards in section D covering 1963-1976, files of evidence and comments to government and other external committees in section L, Society publications on the work of the child health doctor, school medical inspections and drugs, articles in the Society's journal Public Health and (non-Society) published sources in section R
Personal papers
Robina ADDIS (1900-1986) PP/ADD
Psychiatric social worker involved in early developments in Child Guidance, worked with Family Welfare Association, Save the Children Fund; miscellaneous materials relating to children’s welfare and development, 1930s-80s
Sir Thomas BARLOW (1845-1945) PP/BAR
Papers of pioneering specialist in children’s diseases, 1860s-1940s
John BOWLBY (1907-1990) PP/BOW
Large collection of papers of this influential child psychologist; material on connections with bodies and institutions in field as well as individual colleagues, 1930s-80s
Sir Thomas Lauder BRUNTON (1844-1916) MSS.5966-75
Papers relating to his career include publications and notes on diseases of children, school hygiene, etc, 1862-1915
Dame Harriette CHICK (1875-1977) PP/CHI
Material relating to her work in Vienna on diseases of malnutrition in children, 1919-22
Sir (William) Allan DALEY (1887-1969) PP/AWD
Medical Officer of Health: material relating to child health and welfare aspects of public health administration, including schools health service, and reflecting his involvement with interested bodies, e.g. National Association for Maternal and Child Welfare, 1920s-60s
Ann DALLY (b.1926) PP/DAL
Collection of her papers reflects her interests in child and family health, including files on the Children’s Act 1948, Nursery Schools, illegitimacy, articles on related topics by her, 1940s-90s
Charles DENT (1911-1976) PP/CED
Specialist in metabolic disorders environmental and genetic; as well as material on conditions/cases manifesting in early life, 1940s-70s, one file on work with DHSS Committee on Medical Aspects of Food Policy Panel on Child Nutrition, 1970-72
Philip Rainsford EVANS (1910-1990) PP/PRE
Paediatrician: collection includes material on work in Uganda and Vietnam, as a member of the Medical Advisory Panel of the Independent Television Companies Association, largely relating to advertising of baby/child welfare products; notes, 1950s-70s
Michael FORDHAM (1905-1997) PP/FOR
Papers of Jungian child analyst, including material on infant observation, 1930s-90s
S H FOULKES (1898-1976) PP/SHF
Pioneer of group analysis: files re works as UNESCO consultant in Israel advising on school psychological services; lecture for Diploma in the Education of Handicapped Children; some notes on delinquency, work of Klein and Bowlby, etc
George Robert FRASER (1932-) PP/GFR/B-C
Geneticist, material relating to his work on deaf children and children with severe visual defects and the causes of these conditions in childhood, 1861-2007
Noel Gordon HARRIS (1897-1963) PP/NGH
Files on Child Guidance Council, 1938-9, Royal Medico-Psychological Association Child Psychiatry Committee, 1959-60, and other correspondence and articles on child guidance and psychiatry
James Randal HUTCHINSON (c.1880-1955) and William Henry BRADLEY (1898-1975) PP/JRH
Both of the Ministry of Health; files relating to common childhood infectious diseases, immunisation programmes, epidemics in nurseries, schools and institutions, 1910s-1950s
Melanie KLEIN (1882-1960) PP/KLE
Papers of distinguished pioneer of child analysis: case materials, unpublished lectures and articles, notes, etc, 1920s-50s
Tim LANG (b.1948) PP/TLA
Material relating to child health and nutrition, notably school meals and campaigns to improve them in which Lang was involved via the London Food Commission, Parents for Safe Food and as Professor of Food Policy and Director of the Centre for Food Policy, Thames Valley University, 1980s to 2000
Margaret LOWENFELD (1890-1973) PP/LOW
Papers relating to her career in child psychology and psychotherapy, development of play techniques, Institute of Child Psychology, etc 1920s–80s
George Cuthbert Mura M'GONIGLE PP/GMG
Medical Officer of Health’s papers include material on nursery schools, issues to do with child health (including tonsils), education, etc, c. 1920s-30s
Ronald MACKEITH (1908-1977) PP/MKH
Material relating to his career as a paediatrician, with particular interests in disability (especially cerebral palsy) and neurology, child psychiatry and infant feeding, 1940s-70s
Sir Edward (1884-1955) and Lady (1882-1978) MELLANBY PP/MEL
Records of Lady Mellanby’s surveys of the dental health of school-children, 1930s-1950s
Sir George NEWMAN (1870-1948) MSS.6201-7
Correspondence of this pioneer of public health provisions for child welfare, 1880s-1940s, including with politicians and reformers of the day and about the Board of Education
Frederick PARKES WEBER (1863-1962) PP/FPW
Numerous 'bundles' of notes, cuttings, articles, etc, both on rare diseases in children and general questions of development in childhood and adolescence, 1890s-1950s
Shirley RATCLIFFE and the Edinburgh MRC Clinical and Population Cytogenetics Unit Study of Long Term Outcomes for Children Born with Sex Chromosome Abnormalities 1967-1995 PP/SRA
Material relating to the MRC’s long term study following children with SCA from birth to their early twenties, documenting health, growth and psychological development
George Edward SHUTTLEWORTH (1842-1928) MSS.4579-86
Lectures etc on mental diseases in children, 1895-1913
Charles SPEARMAN PSY/SPE
Material relating to intelligence and aptitude testing of elementary (primary) and secondary school children, in the UK and USA, 1920s-30s
Alice Mary STEWART (1906-2002) PP/AMS
Substantial amounts of material relating to her research with the Oxford Childhood Cancer Survey, 1950s-90s
Rev Dr Hubert Carey TROWELL (1904-1989) PP/HCT
Co-author of Diseases of Children in the Sub-tropics and Tropics (1958): correspondence, writings, autobiographical material, 1940s-80s
Charles Wilfred VALENTINE (1879-1964) PSY/VAL
Papers relating to his work on infant and child psychology and development, including child study material, 1900s-c. 1950
Cicely WILLIAMS.(1893-1992) PP/CDW
Internationally-renowned figure for her work on paediatrics and nutrition: papers on research, teaching, development of child welfare programmes for the Third World, 1930s-80s
Donald Woods Winnicott (1896-1971) PP/DWW
Published and unpublished writings of significant child analyst, correspondence with individuals, organisations, etc, 1910s-1980s: NB Permission of Winnicott Trust required. A substantial proportion of Winnicott’s papers are at New York Cornell University
Smaller collections
AIDS-relevant cognitions in Dundee and Kirkaldy GC/252
Transcripts and tapes of interviews with young people concerning their understandings of Auto Immune Deficiency Syndrome, 1988-90
Caietanus de ALTERIIS MS.935
De morbis puerorum, 1684
Amedeo BALDANZI MS.1041/8
Delle malattie dei fanciulli secondo Offman e Boerave, Florence, 1737-66
Dr John Angus BLACK (b.1918) MS.8098
Lectures, reports, etc on various issues in paediatric medicine, 1950s-80s
Eustachius BUTIUS MS.172
De tribus instrumentis medicinae, 1612, includes ‘trattatus [sic] de regimine puerorum’
Pietro CARBONI MS.1507
Tractatus de morbis mulierum et puerorum. Lecture notes taken down by Francesco Petrucelli at Naples, 1727
Joachimus CASTALDUS MS.1522
Dissertatio de morbis puerorum, Naples, c. 1730
Herbert CHALKE (1897-1979) GC/200
Medical Officer of Health: some items concerning child welfare, epidemic diseases etc, 1930s-60s
‘CHILD HEALTH AND ENVIRONMENT’ GC/114
Course material on this topic, c. 1960s
Pierre CHIRAC (1650-1732) MS.1611
Traité des maladies des petits enfants, c. 1745
Sir Weldon DALRYMPLE-CHAMPNEYS (1892-1980) GC/139
Some talks and broadcasts on nurseries, infant welfare, etc, 1940s-50s
DEGUERRE, Tractatus pathologicus de morbis infantium MS.2089
A student's notes of lectures, Pont-à-Mousson, c. 1750
‘THE ENIGMA OF SEX’ GC/211
This pseudonymous autobiography includes an account of the author’s childhood and youth
‘THE EXPANDING FIELD OF MENTAL HEALTH IN ENGLAND AND WALES, 50 YEARS OF PROGRESS, 1918-1968’ MS.7913
Includes material on work with children and adolescents
Letitia FAIRFIELD (1885-1978) GC/193
First woman Senior Medical Officer of the LCC: some items on child and adolescent health and welfare, 1920s-60s
Harold HEWITT (b. 1915) GC/222
Autobiographical memoir ‘Getting by without ambition’ includes recollections of early life and schooldays
HISTORY OF CHILDREARING: notes and abstracts GC/256
Material, 1920-83, gathered by Deirdre LeFaye for projected book by Hugh Jolly (q.v.), including comparative ethnological data
Werther HOIN MS.357
Collection of medical, veterinary and other receipts, including for children’s diseases, c. 1630
Hugh JOLLY (1918-1986) GC/143
Consultant paediatrician and ‘media doctor’: material on his work at University College, Ibadan, Nigeria, and at Charing Cross Hospital, material re radio and TV broadcasts, lectures, etc, 1960s-80s
James KERR (d. 1941) MS.5651
Schools Medical Officer: Chart prepared while Medical Superintendent, Bradford School Board, showing the ages and heights of 1500 school children in Bradford, with note, 'This is the first record of medical inspection of elementary schools in England', 1894
Jacques LAZERME (1676-1756) MSS.3192, 3197, 3200
De morbis infantium, Montpellier, 1729, 1755; lecture ‘ De morbis puerorum’, 1729
Frederick LE GROS CLARK (1892-1977) GC/145
Materials relating to child nutrition, 1930s-60s
Peter Karl LEWIN (b. 1935) MS.8369
His memoir, 'A Chameleon of Sorts: Autobiographical Vignettes', includes accounts of his work in paediatric medicine, in London and Canada, from the late 1950s
Colin MACKENZIE ( -1775) MS.3392
Student notes of lectures on Diseases of children, with directions for the management of them…. the symptoms by which you can distinguish their complaints, and the Materia Medica infantum, 1770
MEDICAL NOTEBOOK GC/122
Includes notes [? of lectures] on paralyses of childhood, c.1930s
Alfred MODEL (1906-1979) GP/50
Articles on work in general practice with emotionally disturbed children and the adolescent patient, 1960s
David MORRIS: Balint Paediatric Seminars GC/169
Transcripts of discussions between paediatricians and psychoanalysts from various London hospitals, 1975-1977
Brenda MORRISON (b.1916) GC/240
Memoir of her education and career in paediatrics, 1933-1956, and associated items.
Professor Vernon H MOTTRAM (1882-1976) GC/151/7
Unpublished autobiography includes accounts of childhood
Nora NAISH, ‘Doctor Lucy’ MS.8034
Unpublished biography of Dr Lucy Naish, nee Wellburn (1876-1967), includes accounts of her own childhood and adolescence and those of her children, her work in infant and child welfare, etc, as well as her husband Arthur Naish’s career in paediatrics
Alastair Morrison NELSON (1924-1993) GC/157
Medical Officer of Health: some items on public health concerns re child health and welfare 1940s-90s
Dr J D W PEARSE (1905-1994) GC/192
Clinical psychiatrist with interest in juvenile delinquency and child welfare: papers re committees, writings, 1930s-1950s
Eric CAMPBELL PRITCHARD (1864-1943) GC/49
Paediatrician: autobiography ‘Harley Street Calling’ about his life and career
PSEUDO-GALEN MS.542/3
De passionibus puerorum, early C15th
R A RAMS.AY (1887-1975) GC/81
Pioneered Ramstedt’s operation for pyloric stenosis in infants in Britain: casenotes and other material re operation, 1914-52
Bernardino ROSSI MS.4269
Notes of lecture, Naples, 1739, ‘Dissertatio de morbis puero’
Andreas SCHWEIGKOFER MS.735
Artzeneypuech includes ‘Von Anligen und Kranckhaiten des weiblichen Geschlechts und der Jungen Kinder, etc’, Wurtemburg, 1595
Luca TOZZI (1638-1717) MS.4830
Liber practices, includes ‘De morbis mulierum’: student notes on lectures, Naples, c. 1685
UNIVERSITY OF LONDON AUDIO-VISUAL CENTRE GC/170/19
File relating to film by Dr S Grantham-McGregor on Childhood Nutrition and Mental Development, 1985
Dane Janet VAUGHAN (1889-1993) GC/186
One file on Nuffield Foundation and Child Guidance, 1943-46
Clemens VON PIRQUET (1874-1929) MSS. 3911, 7424/8
Austrian paediatrician: ms of article about the new Kinderklinik in Vienna, 1911; 1 letter, 1922
Joseph VON SCHNELLER (1811-1885) MS.4453, 4462
Notata, etc. zur Pharmacodynamik in ihrer Anwendung für Kindliche Älters, etc, Author's holograph MS, 1857; Arzneimittellehre in ihre Anwendung auf die Krankheiten des Kindlichen Älters, Vienna: Sallmeyer & Co. 1857. Author's own copy, with copious inserted holograph corrections and additions, c. 1880
Philip A WILLISON (1912-1990) GC/162
Probation officer with interests in delinquency and disturbed children: various items concerning, 1960s-70s
Albert WILSON (1854-1928) MS.5025
Medical notes on feeble-minded and/or delinquent girls at the Essex County Asylum, Walthamstow, 1891-4
Clare WINNICOTT (née Britton) (d. 1984) GC/148
Psychiatric social worker: small group of papers re work in Child Care Service, writings etc, 1940s-70s; includes some material on D W Winnicott
see also material among Donald Winnicott papers, PP/DWW/H
Wellcome archives
HISTORICAL MEDICAL MUSEUM WA/HMM
Archives, 1899-1985, include material on the history of child health and welfare
WELLCOME FOUNDATION WF
Archives of pharmaceutical company include material on products relating to child health and welfare, 1880s-1990s
Treatments for childhood ailments can be found in Domestic Medicine and Receipt Books: see sources leaflets for C16th-C17th, C18th, and C19th
The Wellcome/National Archives Hospital Records Database provides information on the survival and location of the records of numerous specialist children’s hospitals in the UK, and see also the Wellcome Medical Archives and
Manuscripts Survey for relevant material in other London repositories.
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