Medical Pilgrims
- Medical Pilgrims
- Date:
- 1928-2012
- Reference:
- SA/PIL
- Archives and manuscripts
About this work
Description
The records include minutes, diaries, loose photographs and illustrations, correspondence, commemorative history and publications. They fall into two main groups: the archives of the Pilgrims themselves, and material accumulated by particular Pilgrims, including Dr Clifford Hawkins' files on their history. There is also a group of items relating to Sir Arthur Hurst, the society's founder.
Publication/Creation
1928-2012
Physical description
4 boxes; 8 digital items
Contributors
Arrangement
The collection is divided into sections as follows:
A. Archives of the Medical Pilgrims 1928-1995
B. Items from individual Pilgrims
B.1 Scrapbook [?from John Hay]
B.2 Sir Melville Arnott's file 1967-1976
B.3 Dr Clifford Hawkins' history files
C. Material on Sir Arthur Hurst
D. Slides
Acquisition note
The majority of these papers were given to the library at Wellcome Collection in October 1998 by Professor Stephen Tomlinson of the Department of Medicine, Manchester Royal Infirmary, in his capacity as Honorary Secretary of the Pilgrims. Items A.7-8 were added in 2011-2012, also by Professor Tomlinson. Accession 2198 was given by Professor Tomlinson in July 2015 and is currently uncatalogued.
Biographical note
The Medical Pilgrims were founded in 1928 by Sir Arthur Hurst. There was a chosen membership of 20 and they made annual visits to foreign and British cities. (Lists of the various "Pilgrimages" may be found in SA/PIL/B.3/2.)
Related material
At Wellcome Collection:
Additional material on the Medical Pilgrims can be found among the papers of Donald Hunter (PP/HUN). The papers of the Travelling Surgical Society, an analogous organisation, are held as SA/TSS.
Terms of use
This collection has been partially catalogued and the catalogued part is available to library members. Some items have access restrictions which are explained in the item-level catalogue records. Requests to view uncatalogued material are considered on a case by case basis. Please contact collections@wellcomecollection.org for more details.
Appraisal note
A certain amount of duplication was discovered on sorting and some weeding took place.
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Identifiers
Accession number
- 774
- 1768
- 1853
- 1947
- 2198