Letters between Rutson James and the manuscript dealer and historian Frank Matcham (d.1944)
- Date:
- 1936-1938
- Reference:
- MS.7493/2-16
- Part of:
- James, Robert Rutson (1881-1959), F.R.C.S., medical historian
- Archives and manuscripts
About this work
Description
Rutson James' letters are manuscript and signed, Matcham's are typescript carbons, unsigned. The two exchange notes on London medical practioners, and a transcript from apprentice books at Barbers' Hall is attached to no.2; also included is a carbon of a letter from Matcham to the surgeon and medical historian Sir D'Arcy Power (1855-1941) (no.8).
Publication/Creation
1936-1938
Physical description
15 items
Finding aids
Database description transcribed from Richard Aspin and Christopher Hilton's typescript supplement to S.A.J Moorat's Catalogue of Western Manuscripts.