Edward Addison (b.1916): memories of working at Burroughs Wellcome & Co.

Date:
2012
Reference:
MS.8853
  • Archives and manuscripts

About this work

Description

Edward Addison's memories, written in 2012, of how he came to work at Burroughs Wellcome & Co. in 1934, at the age of 18. His work was in the department producing product literature, Wellcome's medical diaries and other printed output. Mr Addison summarises his duties and the daily routine, and describes the roles of the other people working in this section of the company.

Brief memoir of Dorothea Margaret Addison, nee Elliott's, career in nursing at Lambeth Hospital during the 1940s.

Photograph of Dorothea Elliott in her uniform

Photograph of Edward Addison as a young man

Photocopy of letter from Joan Addison to Sir William Castell, 14 Dec 2013, with copy of Edward Addison's Committal of Ashes Ceremony, 19 Nov 2013

Publication/Creation

2012

Physical description

1 file

Acquisition note

Presented by Edward Addison and his daughter Joan Addison, via Sir William Castell, chairman of the Wellcome Trust, in December 2012; additional material relating to his wife, Dorothea Addison nee Elliott, received from Joan Addison, July 2013

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  • 1966
  • 1994