Sources Guides list

Sources Guide: International Organisations

Material which relates only to attendance at international conferences and congresses has been omitted.

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

Organisations’ own archives

Archives of other organisations with material relating to international bodies

Personal papers with material relating to international bodies

Wellcome archives

Organisations’ own archives

ECHS - EUROPEAN COLLABORATIVE HOSPITALS/HEALTH SERVICE STUDY GC/191
Records of a series of workshops run by an informal network, comparing the input and outcome of health services in different European countries, 1980-9

11TH INTERNATIONAL VETERINARY CONGRESS, 1930 GC/129
Film of arrival and departure of delegates.

INTERNATIONAL ACADEMY OF THE HISTORY OF MEDICINE SA/IAH
Files kept by the President, Dr Noel Poynter, 1946-73.

INTERNATIONAL CONFEDERATION OF MIDWIVES (f. 1919 as International Federation of Midwives' Unions/Organisations) SA/ICM
Archives, 1889-2001, although records of the Federation 1922-39 were destroyed by fire during World War II; aim is to ‘advance education in midwifery, and to spread knowledge of the art and science of midwifery, with the aim of improving the standard of care provided to mothers, babies and the family throughout countries of the world’. Includes their interactions with numerous other international bodies, including the World Health Organisation, FIGO (International Federation of Gynaecology and Obstetrics), International Planned Parenthood Federation, Council for International Organisations of Medical Services 1960s-90s

INTERNATIONAL PHYSIOLOGICAL CONGRESSES GC/71
Papers on and relating mainly to the Congresses 1889-1939

WORLD FEDERATION OF OCCUPATIONAL THERAPISTS SA/WFO
Institutional records, 1950-2007

WORLD ORGANISATION OF GASTROENTEROLOGY SA/OMG
Founded 1935 as International Society of Gastroenterology, reconstituted 1958.
Administrative records, 1958-95, publications, 1935, 1958-95

XXIII INTERNATIONAL CONGRESS OF THE HISTORY OF MEDICINE (LONDON, 1972) MS.8457
Notes documenting the input of the Wellcome Institute to organisation and entertainment.

Archives of other organisations with material relating to international bodies

ACTION ON SMOKING AND HEALTH SA/ASH
Some material on liaison with international bodies interested in related issues, European Parliament, etc, from 1970s

BIOCHEMICAL SOCIETY: some material relating to International Union of Biochemistry (and Molecular Biology), Federation of European Biochemical Societies, Unilever European Fellowships, Biotechnology in Europe Manpower, Education and Training (BEMET) Management Board, European Federation for Biotechnology, c. 1970s-90s SA/BIO

BRITISH MEDICAL ASSOCIATION SA/BMA
A few files of correspondence on the setting up of the World Medical Association, late 1940s [apparently incomplete]

BRITISH MICROCIRCULATION SOCIETY SA/BMS
Some material on European Microcirculation Society and international meetings, 1960s–80s

BRITISH SOCIETY FOR IMMUNOLOGY SA/BSI
Material on the International Union of Immunological Societies and European Federation of Immunological Societies, 1970s-90s

CANCER RESEARCH CAMPAIGN (f.1923 as the BRITISH EMPIRE CANCER CAMPAIGN, renamed 1970) SA/CRC
Some material on international cancer congresses, mainly International Union Against Cancer/Union Internationale Contre le Cancer, 1969-75

EUGENICS SOCIETY SA/EUG
Some material on international eugenics and population organisations, congresses, etc, 1910s-40s, also files on International Union of Family Organisations, 1940s-60s
Access: only with permission of the Galton Institute, through the General Secretary, 19 Northfields Prospect, London SW18 1DE

FAMILY PLANNING ASSOCIATION SA/FPA
Substantial amount of material on international birth control organisations and bodies concerned with world population issues, c. 1920s-70s

HOSPITAL INFECTION SOCIETY SA/HIS
Relations with International Federation of Infection Control, WHO, and other bodies, 1980s-90s

MEDICAL WOMENS' FEDERATION SA/MWF
Substantial amount of material relating to Medical Women’s International Association, 1920s-80s

MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS SOCIETY OF GREAT BRITAIN AND NORTHERN IRELAND SA/MSS
Files relating to the International Federation of Multiple Sclerosis Societies, 1950s-70s

PHYSIOLOGICAL SOCIETY SA/PHY
Files re relations with International Union of Physiological Sciences, 1920s-90s

ROYAL SOCIETY OF TROPICAL MEDICINE AND HYGIENE WTI/RST
Files on relations with League of Nations, 1930s, and WHO, 1950s-70s

Personal papers with material relating to international bodies

Robina ADDIS PP/ADD
Files relating to her connection with Semaines Internationales d’Etudes pour l’Enfance Victime de la Guerre, World Federation for Mental Health, International Association for Suicide Prevention, 1940s-70s

Carlos Paton BLACKER PP/CPB
Material relating to his involvement with International Medical Group for the Investigation of Birth Control, International Union of Family Organisations, International Planned Parenthood Federation, International Union for the Scientific Study of Population Problems, 1920s-70s

John BOWLBY PP/BOW
Files on his involvement with WHO concerning child development questions, and as President of International Association for Child Psychiatry, 1950s-60s

William Henry BRADLEY PP/JRH
One file of miscellaneous material on WHO, 1948

Stanley George BROWNE (1907-1986) WTI/SGB
Correspondence, minutes etc. relating to Browne's involvement with the International Leprosy Association,1909-85; the International Society of Dermatology (formerly International Society of Tropical Dermatology), 1959-86; the World Health Organisation, 1963, 1985; and the Leprosy Mission, 1968-86; Council of International Organizations of Medical Sciences (CIOMS), 1980; Association internationale pour l'oevre du Docteur Albert Schweitzer de Lambaréné (AISL), 1950s-80s

Sir Ernst Boris CHAIN PP/EBC
Files relating to European Society for Biochemical Pharmacology, Federation of European Biological Societies, International Association of Microbiological Societies, International Cultural Foundation, International Federation of University Women, International Organisation for Biotechnology and Bioengineering, International Scientific Academy for the Protection of Life, International Union of Biochemistry, Pan-American Health Organisation, Pugwash Conferences, UNESCO, World Federation of Doctors who Respect Human Life, WHO, 1940s-70s

Sir Alan DALEY PP/AWD
Papers relating to WHO - UK Committee, minutes, reports and journal, 1955-67; WHO/Rockefeller Foundation Survey on the Study of Family Health and Welfare Workers, correspondence, report, etc, 1950s; International Hospital Federation, minutes, correspondence and conference papers, 1950s-60s,

Sir Weldon DALRYMPLE-CHAMPNEYS GC/139
File on International Bureau of Public Hygiene, 1946-50, and on Joint Food and Agricultural Organisation/WHO Expert Panel on Brucellosis, chaired by WDC, 1950s

Dame Honor Bridget FELL PP/HBF
Files on her involvement with European Society for Cell Biology, European Tissue Club/ Society, 1950s-70s

Sigmund Heinrich FOULKES PP/SHF
Files relating to his UNESCO consultancy, and involvement in International Council of Group Psychotherapy and International Association for Social Psychiatry, 1950s-70s

Rudolph Karl FREUDENBERG PP/RKF
Files relating to his involvement with World Health Organisation over mental health matters, and Council of Europe: Public Health Committee Working Party on the Organisation of Preventive Services in Mental Illness, 1950s-70s

Percy Cyril Claude GARNHAM PP/PCG
Correspondence with WHO, mainly re malaria, and World Federation of Parasitologists, 1940s-70s

Sir George GODBER GCB (b.1908) GC/201
Chief medical Officer, DHSS, DES and Home Office, 1960-73. Photographs of World Health Organisation officials and assembly delegates, 1960s-70s

Philip D’Arcy HART (1900-2006) PP/PDH
Material on his association with World Health Organisation Tuberculosis Expert Committee, 1940s-1980s

George MACDONALD (1903-1967) PP/MAC
Material relating to his involvement as member of the expert panel on malaria of the World Health Organization, 1950s-60s

Louisa MARTINDALE GC/25/B
Files as President of Medical Women’s International Association, 1937-47

Robert Gwyn MACFARLANE (1907–1987) PP/RGM/D.2-5
Files on the International Haemophilia Society, 1949-92

Henry McILWAIN (1912-1992) PP/MCI
Records of McIlwain's involvement with international bodies such as the International Brain Research Organisation and the International Society for Neurochemistry, 1960s-90s

Sir Peter Brian MEDAWAR PP/PBM
One file on International Foundation of Scientists for Peace and Liberty of Conscience, 1980s

Arthur Ernest MOURANT (1904-1994) PP/AEM
Files on International Association of Human Biologists, 1976-7, Societe Internationale de Transfusion Sanguine, 1951

EM ‘Max’ NICHOLSON GC/142
Various papers and publications of international bodies concerned with population and conservation issues, 1970s-90s

Eileen PALMER PP/EPR
Papers relating to birth control movement include several files on Birth Control International Information Centre and one on Birth Control Worldwide, 1930s

Sir Alan Sterling PARKES PP/ASP
Files on his association with WHO (re human reproduction, etc), International Planned Parenthood Federation, 1960s-70s

John Dalziel Wyndham PEARCE GC/192
File on International Union for Child Welfare, 1959-81

Alastair ROBB-SMITH GC/182
Files relating to involvement with Council for International Organizations of Medical Sciences Working Group on Standardized Nomenclature in Medicine, WHO Expert Panel on Health Statistics, 1960s-80s

Sir Leonard ROGERS PP/ROG
Some material re founding of international leprosy organisation, correspondence with League of Nations, 1920s-30s

Charles Joseph SINGER PP/CJS
Material on International Academy of the History of Science, International Council of Scientific Unions and International Union for the History of Science, international congresses of the history of medicine and of science, 1930s-60s

Alice Mary STEWART PP/AMS
Material relating to her involvement with the anti-nuclear movement worldwide, including FREEZE, and with the Right Livelihood Award, 1980s-90s

Robert Henry Stewart THOMPSON PP/RHT
Files relating to International Union of Biochemistry (IBU), of which he was first Secretary (1955–64), 1955–80

Marthe VOGT PP/MLV
Material relating to her involvement in various international organisations and conferences, notably the International Catecholamine Symposia, International Pharmacological Congresses, International Society for Neurochemistry, International Congresses on Endocrinology and Amnesty International, 1930s-80s

Sir Edward WAYNE PP/EJW
Files on his connections with the International Council on Alcohol and Addictions, 1970s, and the International Committee in Alcohol, Drugs, and Traffic Safety, 1980

Robert George Ranyard WEST PP/RRW
Some files on transnational organisations: Federal Union, United States of Europe, World Federalists and World Government Societies, 1930s-50s; correspondence with World Unity Movement; correspondence with WHO re appointments 1950-61

Air Marshal Sir Harold WHITTINGHAM (1887-1983) PP/HEW
Papers relating to service as medical advisor to the International Air Transport Association, World Health Organisation and Commonwealth Development Corporation, 1940s-70s, mainly re aviation and tropical medicine

Cicely Delphine WILLIAMS PP/CDW
Files as WHO Head of maternal and child health services, and subsequently as consultant, 1950s-60s

Constance AP WOOD GC/95
File of correspondence with International Club of Radiologists, 1955-70

Wellcome archives

WELLCOME ARCHIVES
The archives of the Historical Medical Museum, 1899-1985, WA/HMM, include correspondence and publications relating to various international organisations, congresses and exhibitions, and the records of the Bureau of Scientific Research, 1913-38, WA/BSR, include correspondence with international organisations, participation in international congresses, etc; Sir Henry Wellcome's personal papers, WA/HSW, include some material on his involvement with international bodies, including a file on the Liege International Exhibition, 1905.