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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Location Status Access Closed stores
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- 1966
- 1994