Correspondence and papers of the Lister family

Date:
1737-1967
Reference:
MSS.6961-6989, 8770
Part of:
Lister, Joseph, 1st Baron (1827-1912), and the Lister family
  • Archives and manuscripts

About this work

Description

Correspondence and papers of the Lister family, most importantly of Joseph Lister, but also of his father Joseph Jackson Lister (1786-1869) F.R.S. The collection includes material on the Quaker forebears of the Upton House Listers, and later biographical work on Lord Lister by Rickman John Godlee (1849-1925) P.R.C.S., with relevant pamphlets and other printed matter.

Publication/Creation

1737-1967

Physical description

7 volumes and 26 files

Acquisition note

MSS.6961-6989 presented by Mrs. Gulielma Dowrick, 1981. MS.8770 purchased from Ian Marr Rare Books, 2011

Related material

At Wellcome Collection:

For further Lister Papers see MSS.3297-3299, 3303, 6178-6189, 6191 and MSL.80.

See: Richard Aspin, 'Seeking Lister in the Wellcome Collections', in Medical History, 1997, 41: 86-93.

Finding aids

Described in typescript supplements, by Christopher Hilton and Richard Aspin, to the Library's published finding aids.

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Identifiers

Accession number

  • accs. 349123 and 1817 respectively