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Sources Guide: Nutrition
Research into physiology/biochemistry of nutrition
Surveys and observations
Dissemination of information and public health aspects
Nutrition questions in the tropics
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
Research into physiology/biochemistry of nutrition
BEIT MEMORIAL FUND SA/BMF
Material relating to individuals and their research funded by Beit Fellowships, 1910-1990 Some files are closed
BIOCHEMICAL SOCIETY: material relating to biochemical research relevant to nutrition, c. 1960s-90s SA/BIO
Dame Harriette CHICK (1875-1977) PP/CHI
Materials relating to her research on vitamins, etc, mainly undertaken at the Lister Institute, q.v., 1900s-63
Surgeon Captain 'Peter' Thomas Latimer CLEAVE PP/TLC
Papers relating to his research and publications on the relationship between diet and health, in particular the dangers of refined carbohydrates, 1920s-80s
Sir Henry DALE FRS (1875-1968) PP/HHD
Experimental notebooks, 1913-16 include some nutrition experiments
Charles Enrique DENT (1911-1976) PP/CED
Large collection of papers, 1940s-70s, of this specialist in metabolic disorders, including malabsorption syndromes, which also include some material on conditions such as rickets which are both nutritional and metabolic in origin: notes on experiments on treatment of starvation conducted at Belsen in 1945
Egon KODICEK FRS (1908-1982) of the Dunn Nutritional Laboratory GC/65
Small group of papers, 1930s-80s
LISTER INSTITUTE OF PREVENTIVE MEDICINE (incorporated 1891 as the British Institute of Preventive Medicine) SA/LIS
Though sadly incomplete, the records of this important private research institution reflect its work in nutritional biochemistry, 1900s onwards
Professor R A MCCANCE FRS (1898-1993) and Dr E M WIDDOWSON FRS (1908-2000) authors of `the nutritionists' bible', The Composition of Foods, first published in 1940 as The Chemical Composition of Foods GC/97
A small group of papers on the analysis of foodstuffs, salt deficiency, and the absorption and excretion of iron, their wartime work on rationing, the influence of early undernutrition, etc, 1920s-90s
Sir Robert McCARRISON (1878-1960) GC/205
Posters illustrating nutrition observations and experiments, plus some memorabilia, 1900s-30s
Henry MCILWAINE (1912-1992): correspondence and papers relating to the Accessory Food Factors Vitamin B Subcommittee, 1946-7 PP/MCI/C.47-8
Sir John MCMICHAEL (1904-1993): Correspondence and reprints on Fats and Atheroma, Coronary Heart Disease and Diet, 1974-82 PP/JMM/C/4
Sir Edward (1884-1955) and Lady MELLANBY (1882-1978) PP/MEL
Papers include much material relating to Mellanby's research into the effects of various food factors, in which his wife was closely associated; also her own work in related fields, 1910s-70s
Sir Alan Sterling PARKES FRS CBE (1900-1990) PP/ASP
Includes a group of files relating to his work with the British Egg Marketing Board Scientific Advisory Committee, 1960-70
Frederick PARKES WEBER FRCP (1863-1962) PP/FPW
A couple of `bundles' of miscellaneous material (notes, cuttings, articles, correspondence, case-notes, etc) on diet, vitamins, and deficiency diseases, c.1900-50
STRANGEWAYS RESEARCH LABORATORY SA/SRL
Dame Honor FELL FRS (1900-1986) Director of the SRL, 1929-1970 PP/HBF
Fell collaborated with Mellanby in his work on Vitamin A subsequent to his retirement as Secretary of the Medical Research Council and this is reflected in her papers and archives of the SRL, 1940s-50s
Surveys and observations
Dr James William ANDERSON MS.7877
Papers relating to Bowen Road Military Hospital, Kowloon, Hong Kong, 1942-5, includes various nutritional data, case reports on malnutrition, weight register, etc
Capt George BLAIR PP/GBL
Typescript thesis "Malnutrition among Prisoners of War in the Far East", based on his own experiences in a Japanese POW camp
W Leonard BRADDON (1861-1936) MS.8589
2 letters to Sir C J Martin of the Lister Institute, and accompanying pamphlet and reprints, concerning his research on beriberi in Malaya, 1910-1927
Dame Harriette CHICK (1875-1977) PP/CHI
Work with the Lister Institute/Medical Research Council Mission in Vienna on disorders of infant malnutrition, 1919-21
NAPSBURY MENTAL HOSPITAL GC/135
Includes a number of papers on the psychiatric and neurological repercussions of various nutritional disorders, 1927-56
NATIONAL BIRTHDAY TRUST FUND SA/NBT
Records of Joint Council on Midwifery Nutrition Survey 1936-9
Surgeon-Captain J A PAGE RN (1908-1989) GC/131
Observations on malnutrition as a medical officer in Japanese POW camps during World War II
Rev Dr H C TROWELL FRCP (1904-1989) PP/HCT
Writings and correspondence re `dietary fibre' 1968-88, and publications and reminiscences of work on kwashiorkor in East Africa 1930-58.
Dame Janet VAUGHAN DBE,FRS,FRCP (1899-1993) GC/186
File on treatment of starvation at Belsen, 1945; file on social medicine, 1941-3, also considers nutritional questions
Sir William Henry WILLCOX (1870-1941) GC/185
Reports on beri-beri and scurvy, Mediterranean Expeditionary Force 1916-20
Dissemination of information and public health aspects
ASSOCIATION OF COUNTY MEDICAL OFFICERS OF HEALTH (1902-1974) SA/CMO
Food hygiene/food-borne disease questions predominate but some nutritional issues covered
Sir Francis AVERY–JONES (1910–1998) GC/198
Letters to press on nutritional subjects, correspondence with individuals working in the field, articles, reviews, etc, 1941-96
BRITISH MEDICAL ASSOCIATION SA/BMA
Files of `Science' Group contain records of BMA Nutrition Committee, files relating to Association's Family meals and catering, nutrition in wartime, 1930s-50s
HEALTH VISITORS' ASSOCIATION (f.1896) SA/HVA
Aspects of infant feeding and nutrition are covered, particularly in the publications produced and collected by the Association as a result of its interest in infant welfare and maternal education, 1900s-80s
J R HUTCHINSON (c.1880-1955) Senior Medical Officer at the Ministry of Health PP/JRH
Accumulated papers classified under headings 'Food' and 'Milk' include items on nutrition besides food and milk-borne disease, 1904-49
Sir W Arbuthnot LANE (1856-1943) GC/127
Small group of papers including some material pertaining to Lane's interests in diet, and activities in the New Health Society, 1920s-50s
Tim LANG (b.1948) PP/TLA
Material relating to many aspects of food production, health, nutrition, safety, economics and policy in the UK from the 1980s to 2000, including papers of the London Food Commission, Parents for Safe Food, the National Food Alliance, the Food Additives Campaign Team and representing Tim Lang’s activities as Professor of Food Policy and Director of the Centre for Food
Policy, Thames Valley University
F LE GROS CLARK (1892-1977) GC/145
Bulletins of the Children's Nutrition Council, 1939-46, and the Committee against malnutrition, 1934-36, and writings, 1941-68
George Cuthbert Mura M'GONIGLE PP/GMG
Papers of Medical Officer of Health, Stockton-on-Tees, who made significant contributions to debates on poverty, nutrition and health, c. 1920s–30s
Ronald MACKEITH (1908-1977) PP/MKH
Materials relating to infant feeding, 1940s-70s
PATIENTS’ ASSOCIATION (f. 1963) SA/PAT
File on Nutrition Task Force, 1994-5, and other materials relating to diet, food, and nutritional matters, c. 1970s–90s
Sir John Ridley PATTISON (b. 1942) PP/JPN
Papers relating to his work with the Spongiform Encephalopathy Advisory Committee (SEAC), 1994-c.2009, includes questions of infected meat getting into the human (and animal) food chain, rules for the slaughter of animals and correspondence with the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food
POLITICS OF HEALTH GROUP SA/PHG
The small group of papers of this body from 1982-6 include some items on food health issues
ROYAL SOCIETY FOR PUBLIC HEALTH and predecessors SA/RSP
Examination registers for Inspectors of Meat and Other Foods, 1901-25; and records of the Nutrition Examination Committee, 1945-76; minutes of the Food and Nutrition Subjects Group, 1961-67
SOCIETY OF MEDICAL OFFICERS OF HEALTH/ SOCIETY OF COMMUNITY MEDICINE/ SOCIETY OF PUBLIC HEALTH (1856-1997) SA/SMO
Particular reference to nutrition in papers of Maternal and Child Health Group, 1946-74, and School Health Services Group, 1943-89, articles in Society's journal Public Health, and (non-Society) published sources, including pictorial material, in Section R
Nutrition questions in the tropics
A C LOVETT-CAMPBELL (d.1985) Medical Officer, West African Medical Staff WTI/ALC
Photographs of malnutrition in Nigeria, 1930s-40s
Cicely Delphine WILLIAMS FRCP,CMG (1893-1992) PP/CDW
Papers relating to research and teaching in nutrition 1929-87, with especial interest in the developing world. Includes pioneering work on kwashiorkor, research on vomiting sickness in Jamaica, work with the WHO 1948-51, and as head of POW camp nutrition in Singapore, Second World War.
ROYAL ARMY MEDICAL CORPS MUNIMENT (RAMC) incorporates some items on nutrition, largely in a military/health of armed forces context, from late eighteenth century
Wellcome archives
WELLCOME ARCHIVES: Historical Medical Museum WA/HMM
Correspondence on food adulteration exhibit, 1913-5, with the Food Education Society, 1930-52, Royal Empire Society questionnaires re 'Food of Natives' in Africa, 1925-3, material on pellagra, see also WA/BSR, file on Louis Sambon's research, c.1913-4
WELLCOME FOUNDATION: archives of pharmaceutical company include material on nutrition, vitamins, diet, etc, c.1900s-90s WF
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