Correspondence. Surnames, 'Gordon-Smith' to 'Kay'

File consists of correspondence with people who have surnames from Gordon-Smith to Kay, related to the seminar on, "Leukaemia", which was held at the Wellcome Institute on 15 May 2001. The seminar was part of the Wellcome Witnesses to Twentieth Century Medicine meetings also known as the Witness Seminars. The transcript of this seminar was published as Volume 15 of the Witness Seminar series, D.A. Christie and E.M. Tansey (editors), Leukaemia, (London: Wellcome Trust, 2003).

Details of the seminar correspondence, primarily between the chair (Professor John Goldman), organisers of the meeting (Professor Sir David Weatherall, Professor John Goldman, Sir Christopher Booth and Dr Daphne Christie), editors of the published transcript (D.A. Christie and E.M. Tansey) and others include:

Detailed information for the seminar, commentary on the transcripts and feedback on the meeting from participants. Documents include; a manuscript by Professor Frank Hayhoe on the early development of chemotherapy prepared for the seminar and his annotated copy of the history of leukemia provided to attendees; a new text for the proposed publication and extensive commentary provided by Dr Peter Hunter in 2003.

Correspondence with those not listed as participants including; Professor Edward Gordon-Smith (apologies); Professor Melvyn Greaves (apologies); Professor Kenneth Harrap (apologies); Professor Ernst Huehns; and Sama Iziah.

2000-2003

1 file

The correspondence is arranged alphabetically by correspondent.