"Old information, Vernon Mallinson, Mayfairia, Institutions, Early Correspondents"

From a folder so inscribed. Correspondence of Peter Carter, the Honorary Secretary of the Thalidomide Society.

Starts with early response to the letter Carter wrote to The Observer on 3rd July 1962, which led to the foundation of the Society and many other contacts. Includes correspondence with Vernon Mallinson, Reader in Education at the University of Reading; discussions of further press reports; letter to Enoch Powell (Ministry of Health) about drug safety issues raised by thalidomide; thank-you letters to fund-raisers; arrangements with Mayfairia Rooms where the first Annual General Meeting of the Thalidomide Society took place in April 1963; networking correspondence with various bodies.

1962-1965

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