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Minutes of a Meeting held at Portland House, Friday 9 June [1944] to discuss matters relating to penicillin supply.

Memorandum ("Top Secret"): "Penicillin. Capacity existing or projected as at 18.6.44".

Wellcome Foundation Ltd

Therapeutic Research Corporation

Secretary's files

"Penicillin Press Cuttings - relative to TRC's letter to The Times, published 12 February 1944"

"Press Cuttings General"

"Chemical Press Cuttings (General)"

"Vivicillin Press Cuttings"

"Dr Petrow's Spare Experimental Details"

"Mould Metabolic Products Reports"

"Mould Metabolic Products Reports" - record of circulation

"Equipment for research workers"

"Publication of Penicillin Chemical Reports"

"Medical Research Council Committee for Penicillin Synthesis"

"Petrow Reports"

"Correspondence re Petrow Reports"

"Pharmacological Sub-Committee: Reports"

"Sulphetrone"

"Coronary Dilators"

Colonial Products Research Council: Annual Reports and reprinted papers

"Research General"

"Supplies of Penicillin for Member Companies"

"TRC Penicillin Synthesis Committee, Minutes and correspondence"

"Penicillin Conference Reports"

"Correspondence relating to Compound No. 209"

Correspondence between Dr Hartley and Dr J N Ashley (May & Baker Ltd)

"Penicillin Chemical Progress Reports" (Boots Pure Drug Co Ltd and May & Baker Ltd)

Letter, Dr Hartley to Dr T H Mead

Correspondence between Dr Hartley and Dr F A Robinson (Glaxo Laboratories Ltd)

"Pharmacological Sub-Committee: memoranda"

Correspondence between Dr Hartley and Dr E Lester Smith (Glaxo Laboratories Ltd)

Correspondence between Dr Hartley and Professor A R Todd (University of Manchester)

Correspondence between Dr Hartley and Dr D A Peak (Boots Pure Drug Co Ltd)

Correspondence between Dr Hartley and Wellcome Physiological Research Laboratories

Correspondence between Dr Hartley and Board Members

Correspondence between Dr Hartley and Dr W Bradley (The British Drug Houses Ltd)

Correspondence between Dr Hartley and Dr W R Boon of Imperial Chemical (Pharmaceuticals) Ltd

"TRC Outside Consultants: Professor H Raistrick"

"TRC Outside Consultants: Sir Robert Robinson"

"TRC Outside Consultants: Professor I M Heilbron"

"TRC Outside Consultants: Dr V A Petrow"

"TRC Outside Consultants: Dr Birkenshaw"

"TRC Outside Consultants: Miscellaneous"

"TRC staff: correspondence with Dr Petrow re his team"

"TRC staff: correspondence with Queen Mary College re Dr Petrow and his team"

"TRC staff: Dr Petrow's assistants"

TRC staff: Albert Courts, research worker under Dr Petrow

TRC staff: Brian Hollingsworth, research worker under Dr Petrow

TRC staff: H J Kahn, research worker under Dr Petrow

TRC staff: E L Rewald, research worker under Dr Petrow

TRC staff: Joshua Saper, research worker under Dr Petrow

TRC staff: B Sturgeon, research worker under Dr Petrow

"TRC staff: general correspondence with Petrow re programme, chemicals etc"

"TRC staff: Professor Heilbron's Group, Imperial College"

"TRC staff: Heilbron's patents"

Fusaria research at Imperial College (Professor Heilbron)

TRC staff: J A Elvidge, research worker under Professor Heilbron

TRC staff: Dr Ronald Bentley, research worker under Professor Heilbron

TRC staff: Dr A H Cook, research worker under Professor Heilbron

TRC staff: Dr John Reynolds Catch, research worker under Professor Heilbron

TRC staff: G Harris, research worker under Professor Heilbron

"TRC staff: laboratory expenses, bench fees etc"

"TRC staff: Professor Raistrick's assistants"

"TRC staff: collaboration with Dr J H Birkinshaw"

"TRC staff: Dr A H Campbell (Glaxo Laboratories Ltd)"

"TRC staff: Sir Robert Robinson's group"

"TRC staff: negotiations with Professor J H Burn"

"TRC staff: negotiations with Professor J H Gaddum"

"TRC staff: negotiations with Dr H A Krebs"

"TRC staff: negotiations with Professor W H Linnell"

"TRC staff: negotiations with Professor M Stacey"

"TRC staff: negotiations with Professor A R Todd"

"TRC staff: negotiations with Professor Wilson Smith"

"TRC staff: correspondence with Dr E Nassau"

"TRC staff: correspondence re honoraria"

"Miscellaneous" correspondence

Trade mark applications for Tercin (No. 624200) and Tercinin (No. 624201)

Trade mark application for Tercinin (Class 1, No. 629870)

Overseas trade mark applications for Tercinin: correspondence with patent agents

Trade mark registration of Tercinin in Argentine

Trade mark registration of Tercinin in Australia

Abandoned trade mark registration of Tercinin in Brazil

Abandoned trade mark registration of Tercinin in Canada

Trade mark registration of Tercinin in Chile

Trade mark registration of Tercinin in Colombia

Trade mark registration of Tercinin in Egypt

Trade mark registration of Tercinin in Eire

Trade mark registration of Tercinin in India

Trade mark registration of Tercinin in New Zealand

Trade mark registration of Tercinin in South Africa

Trade mark registration of Tercinin in Uruguay

Tercinin correspondence

Trade mark application for Teracin (No. 624199)

Notes on trade mark application for "Terce"

Tercinin production reports

"Tercinin: general correspondence and reports"

Clinical Advisory Sub-Committee correspondence

Clinical Advisory Sub-Committee Minutes

Press cuttings concerning Tercinin (patulin) and the common cold

"Disposals of Tercinin" (by British Drug Houses Ltd and Boots Pure Drug Co Ltd)

"Wellcome Foundation penicillin production proposals"

Pencillin production reports (Wellcome Foundation Ltd)

Penicillin production reports (Glaxo Laboratories Ltd)

Penicillin production reports (Boots Pure Drug Co Ltd)

Penicillin production reports (The British Drug Houses Ltd)

General penicillin correspondence

"TRC marketing and selling: formation of policy"

"TRC marketing and selling": further correspondence on policy

"Requests to Member-Companies for £1,000 contributions and supporting details"

"Enquiries from outside companies"

"Scottish Council on Industry"

TRC offices (Aldwych): correspondence with General Assurance Co Ltd

TRC offices (Rupert Street): correspondence

TRC offices (Buckingham Street): correspondence

[Notes by Dr Hartley]

[Three notebooks belonging to Dr Hartley: notes from meetings]

"Collaboration with other companies"

"Announcement of setting up" [TRC]

"Formation of Biological Committee"

"TRC Tuberculosis Committee"

"Meeting of chemists and biologists engaged in research work on tuberculosis fatty acids"

Chemotherapy abstracts received from Medical Research Council

"Reports from USA collaborators Merck, Squibb and Pfizer"

"Reports from USA collaborators"

"Penicillin labels"

"Therapeutic Substances Association regulations"

"Publicity": correspondence

"Publicity: enquiries from abroad"

"Publicity: enquiries from UK"

Publicity: marketing through films and booklet

"General correspondence with Boots Pure Drug Co Ltd"

General correspondence with TRC member-companies

TRC Board Meetings: Minutes

Agendas and Minutes of Meetings of the Research Executive

"Babel in the Drug Trade" (The Lancet)

"A British Triumph: The Discovery and Development of Penicillin": draft text and proofs

"A British Triumph": correspondence

"A British Triumph": publicity

"A British Triumph": correspondence with member-companies concerning text

"A British Triumph": distribution

"A British Triumph": abridged text for foreign translation

Press cuttings

"General information and publicity": publicity correspondence

"TRC Press Cuttings"

London Press Exchange: correspondence

General Penicillin Committee (Ministry of Supply): Minutes

"General Penicillin Committee: Penicillin Supplies to Clinical Trials Committee"

Penicillin Clinical Trials Committee: Minutes to meetings

"General Penicillin Committee: correspondence with Prof. Christie and matters relating to Clinical Trials Committee"

"Penicillin in Warfare": special issue of The British Journal of Surgery

Research Panel: Agendas (with "Notes for Chairman")

"Research Panel and Executive: correspondence from members relating to meetings and circular letters"

Notes on administrative duties of Company Secretary, and TRC committee structure

"General correspondence with The British Drug Houses Ltd"

"General correspondence with Glaxo Laboratories Ltd"

"General correspondence with May & Baker Ltd"

"General correspondence with The Wellcome Foundation Ltd"

"Miscellaneous correspondence"

Penicillin Producers Research Conference

"Details of substances from outside sources": Soviet Gramicidin

"Details of substances from outside sources"

"Chemotherapy of Tuberculosis - collaboration with Medical Research Council"

"Tuberculosis Testing and Research Unit"

"Plans for Bacteriological Unit"

MRC Penicillin Publications Committee

"Abstracts of US Reports, received from Directorate of Medical Supplies"

"General Penicillin Committee: Agendas"

"General Penicillin Committee: correspondence with Dr Allison (Ministry of Health)"

"General Penicillin Committee: current matters for next meeting"

"General Penicillin Committee: correspondence with Sir Henry Dale"

"General Penicillin Committee: Ministry of Food"

"General Penicillin Committee: miscellaneous correspondence"

"General Penicillin Committee: correspondence with Mr Mortimer and Directorate of Medical Supplies"

"General Penicillin Committee: Penicillin Producers Research Conference correspondence"

"General Penicillin Committee: Penicillin Sub-Committee on additional production"

"General Penicillin Committee: visits to Penicillin Units and information to foreign and colonial delegates"

Merck & Co Inc: technical drawings of deep culture plant penicillin plant

"Anglo-American Agreement"

"Plans for Production (extension of production)"

"Plans for submerged culture plant (Engineers meeting)"

"Visit of Mr Jephcott and Dr Boon to the USA, February/March 1944"

"Penicillin Advertisements and Propaganda"

"Requests from allied and neutral countries countries for  for assistance relating to penicillin production"

"TRC Research Panel and Research Panel Executive: correspondence and notes re Minutes"

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