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Sources Guide: Radiology, Radiotherapy and Radiobiology
Personal papers
Institutions
Smaller collections
Wellcome archives
Doctors and nuclear warfare
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
Personal papers
J W B (“Jack”) BOAG PP/JWB
Notebooks relating to radiation research at Radiotherapeutic Research Unit, Hammersmith Hospital, 1948-52, and at Institute of Cancer Research and after retirement, 1970s-80s
Mary CATTERALL PP/CAT
Material relating to her career in radiology, 1950s-90s, including as Consultant in charge of Fast Neutron Clinic, Hammersmith Hospital, 1970–87, and work generally on neutron therapy for cancer
Frederick PARKES WEBER (1863-1962), specialist in rare diseases PP/FPW
A few 'bundles' of articles, cuttings, notes, etc, on radium and X-rays in diagnosis and therapy, 1890s-1940s
Sir Edward Eric POCHIN (1909-1990) PP/EEP
Reports, notes and correspondence on exposure to radiation, 1950s-80s, including nuclear power plant inquiries and the Index of Harm; also some clinical notes on radioiodine therapies for cancer
John READ (1908–1993) PP/JRE
Papers relating to his work in radiobiology, including research materials , publications, lectures, correspondence and involvement with various organisations, 1920s–1994
Frederick Gordon SPEAR (1895-1980), Deputy Director Strangeways Research Laboratory; President of the British Institute for Radiology, 1961-1962 PP/FGS
Notes and memoranda, research in radiology at Strangeways Research Laboratory, Cambridge, c1924-58; cuttings, etc, re history of the Laboratory; minutes and publications of the British Institute for Radiology, correspondence, etc, re its Development Committee and re FGS's presidency; material re the history of radiology; reprints and unpublished papers [1925]-1972
Alice Mary STEWART FRCP (1906-2002), epidemiologist PP/AMS
Papers relating to her pioneering work on the effects of low-dose radiation, both her own research, and concerning her involvement in legal cases and anti-nuclear activism, 1950s-1990s
Institutions
BRITISH MEDICAL ASSOCIATION SA/BMA
Minutes, reports and correspondence of the Radiologists Group, 1936-68, Committee on Radioactive Substances, 1945-51, and re radiologists in hospitals, 1926-53, and mass radiography, 1940s-50s
BRITISH THORACIC SOCIETY and predecessors SA/BRT
Material relating to mass radiography for tuberculosis, 1940s-60s
CANCER RESEARCH CAMPAIGN (formerly BRITISH EMPIRE CANCER CAMPAIGN) SA/CRC
Papers of the Radiology and Physics Sub-committee of the Scientific Advisory Committee, 1947-70. Papers, re UK and overseas radium institutes, radiotherapy units; supply and use of radium in hospitals and research; purchase of radium and radiological equipment by the Campaign; cobalt 60 beam therapy unit; cyclotrons; National Radium Commission
MEDICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL MEDICAL CYCLOTRON UNIT SA/MCU
Registers of cases treated at the Cyclotron Unit at Hammersmith Hospital by radium beam and linear accelerator 1934-61; minutes of the Radium Beam Therapy Research Committee of the Radium Institute and associated committees, 1934-45
NATIONAL ASSOCIATION FOR THE PREVENTION OF TUBERCULOSIS SA/NPT
Material relating to the introduction of mass radiography, and encouraging public to use this service, 1940s-70s
STRANGEWAYS RESEARCH LABORATORY SA/SRL
Minutes of the National Radium Commission, 1941, and index to 1943-[1948] minutes; minutes of the Gramme Unit Committee, 1932-7
Smaller collections
Sidney CHAVE (1914-1985) GC/178
Lecture notes, publications, research materials on public health aspects of radiation, c.1950s
Henry Edward CROOKS GC/250
Papers re work as radiographer, Shaftesbury Military Hospital, World War II, and on the development of the copper-reference x-ray pentameter
Marie CURIE (1867-1934) MSS.1978-9
Note-book of experiments, etc. on radio-active substances, 1902, ‘Les rayons, a,b,g des corps radioactifs en relation avec la structure nucléaire’, 1932
Ieuan ELLIS (d.1954), dental surgeon GC/11
Dental studies notebook, University College of Wales, Aberystwyth, including notes on oral and dental radiology [c.1940]
John Winston GALLOP (b.1910), Senior Cyclotron Engineer, MRC Cyclotron Project GC/160
Diaries, reports and correspondence from the building of the cyclotron at Hammersmith Hospital, 1949-57, including details of cyclotrons in the USA
Alfred GLUCKSMANN (1904-1985) Deputy Director, Strangeways Research Laboratory, 1960-1971 GC/91
Microfilm of diaries, 1930-48; correspondence, 1940s-80s, including with fellow radiologists and radiotherapists
George William HILL (1858-1928) MS.1722/10
Notes on the use of Radium in the treatment of diseases of the ear, etc, 1915
Henry Daniel MCCULLOCH (d.1914) MS.1729/7
‘Curative influences of Roentgen rays in Malaria’, 1911
Louisa MARTINDALE (1872-1966) MSS.3470-87, GC/25
Diaries including accounts of deep X-ray therapy etc observed by her, 1900-50; papers and correspondence on radiotherapy in gynaecological disorders, 1923-55
John Miller Woodburn MORISON (1875-1951), Professor of Radiology, University of London, 1930-1938; Visiting Professor, Fouad University, Egypt GC/77
Notes on cases and for his lectures [1912-39]; typescripts of lectures and addresses, 1930s-40s; correspondence and reports from Fouad University, 1948-51; reprints, 1915-51
Georges Marc Marie SAGNAC (1869-1928) MSS.4332-4
Collection of holograph papers relating to Roentgen Rays, 1897-1922
Harry Livingstone SULMAN MS.4735
Notes and cuttings on radium, 1903-4
Joseph WALTER (1910-1979), radiotherapist GC/37
`The history of radioactive isotopes and their medical application', with some biographical notes
WELLCOME WITNESS SEMINARS GC/253
Correspondence, photos, tapes, etc. of Witness Seminar 'Making the Body More Transparent', Jul 1996
WESTMINSTER HOSPITAL RADIOTHERAPY INTERVIEW GC/171
1993 interview with Professor Kurt Hellman, Professor Gerald Westbury and Dr Kenneth Newton about Sir Stanford Cade and radiotherapy at Westminster Hospital
Constance Annie Poyser WOOD (1897-1985), Director of Radium Beam Therapy Research, Radiotherapeutic Research Unit (formerly London Radium Institute), 1934-1962 GC/95
Correspondence, reports, etc, re establishment and development of the RBTR project; lectures; reprints; personal correspondence including re introduction of radiotherapy into Kenya, 1966-74
Wellcome archives
WELLCOME ARCHIVES: Historical Medical Museum WA/HMM
Archives, 1898-1985, include material on x-rays, radiology, radiotherapy, etc
Doctors and nuclear warfare
Sir Alexander HADDOW (1907-1976) PP/HAD
Includes material on scientific responsibility and world peace in the nuclear age, 1950s-70s
SOCIETY FOR SOCIAL MEDICINE SA/SSM
Records of conference on `The role of medicine in the prevention of nuclear disaster', 1986
ROYAL ARMY MEDICAL CORPS MUNIMENT COLLECTION
Reports on the effects of the atom bombs dropped on Japan, 1945, and re RAMC training for nuclear warfare, 1949-61
See Nuclear Warfare in the subject index
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