General Correspondence

File consists of papers and general correspondence related to the seminar on, "The MRC Epidemiology Unit (South Wales)", which was held at the Wellcome Institute on 23 March 1999. The seminar was part of the Wellcome Witnesses to Twentieth Century Medicine meetings also known as the Witness Seminars. The transcript of the seminar on, "The MRC Epidemiology Unit (South Wales)", together with the additional interview extracts, plus selected material from the "Pneumoconiosis in Coal Workers" seminar which took place on 9 November 1994, were published together as Volume 13 of the Witness Seminar series, A.R. Ness, L.A. Reynolds and E.M. Tansey (editors), Population-based Research in South Wales: The MRC Pneumoconiosis Research Unit and the MRC Epidemiology Unit, (London: Wellcome Trust, 2002).

Details of the seminar correspondence, primarily between the chair (Professor Sir Richard Doll), organisers of the meeting (Dr Andy Ness and Dr E.M. Tansey), editors of the published transcript (A.R. Ness, 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.

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

Documents include;

A running order for the seminar on 23 March 1999 produced by Andy Ness.

A biography of Professor Archibald L. Cochrane written by Peter Elwood.

A list of "Unit Files" of the Medical Research Council Epidemiology Unit (South Wales).