General Correspondence

File consists of papers and general correspondence related to the seminar on, "British Contributions to Medical Research and Education in Africa After the Second World War", which was held at the Wellcome Institute on 3 June 1999. 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 10 of the Witness Seminar series, L.A. Reynolds and E.M. Tansey (editors), British Contributions to Medical Research and Education in Africa After the Second World War, (London: Wellcome Trust, 2001).

Details of the seminar correspondence, primarily between the chair (Professor David Bradley), organisers of the meeting (Dr Mary Dobson, Dr Maureen Malowany, Dr Gordon Cook and Dr E.M. Tansey), editors of the published transcript (L.A. Reynolds and E.M. Tansey) and others include:

List of attendees, suggested outline of meeting, control sheets concerning feedback on transcripts and marketing leaflets for the meeting. Also details of a dinner following the meeting.

Handwritten notes and copies of e-mails regarding the organisation of the meeting and notes between the organisers and editors regarding the transcript and accommodating people's comments.

Documents include;

A paper by Michael Hutt titled, "Jack Neville Phillips Davies - An Appreciation".

Marketing leaflet for a conference, "Recovering the History of Indigenous Medicine in Africa", taking place on 12 June 1999.

Details of a symposium on "Tropical Medicine Institutes" taking place at the Wellcome Institute on 4 June 1999.

A copy of a letter sent to Christian Action on AIDS written by Anne Bailey referring to the effects of AIDS in Africa and dated 10 April 1987. Letter provided by Dr Felix Konotey-Ahulu 15 July 2009.