Frank Rowntree papers

  • Rowntree, Francis St Dominic ("Frank"), OBE (1928-1996 )
Date:
1959-1995
Reference:
PP/ROW
  • Archives and manuscripts

About this work

Description

Publications and papers by Rowntree on health education, particularly from the period when he was Area Health Education Officer for Sheffield, 1950s-c.1970, with colour slides of exhibitions, for lectures etc.

For his involvement in setting up and continuing involvement with the Institution of Health Education, see SA/IHE

Publication/Creation

1959-1995

Physical description

2 boxes

Acquisition note

Accession no 1487 was given to the library at Wellcome Collection in January 2007 by his son, Kevin Rowntree; Accession 1676 was transferred from Sheffield City Archives in July 2009

Biographical note

Frank Rowntree was the Health Education Officer for Sheffield, c. 1950s-1970s. He was one of the founders of the Institute of Health Education, now the Institute of Health Education and Promotion. He was awarded the OBE in 1986 for his services to health education.

Related material

In Wellcome: Institute of Health Education archives, SA/IHE; audio recordings originally made by Rowntree for BBC Radio Sheffield on assorted health topics, which have been digitised.

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Identifiers

Accession number

  • 1487
  • 1676