GD1/3 Thomas Preston Lewis, medical practitioner

Collection Summary

Reference Code: GB239 GD1/3
Title: Lewis, Thomas Preston
Dates of Creation of Material: 1874-1979
Level of Description: Fonds
Extent and Medium of the Unit of Description: 5 items: papers

Name of creator(s): Thomas Preston Lewis (1853-1919), medical practitioner
Biographical History: Born in 1853, Lewis was a student of Joseph Lister from 1874-1877. He practised mostly in Brixton, South London, and died at Cromer in Norfolk in 1919.
Archival History: Papers held within family
Immediate Source of Acquisition or Transfer: P. Holmes, London, September 1982

Scope and Content: Class tickets for Lister’s lectures on Clinical Surgery signed by Lister University of Edinburgh 1874-1875 and 1876-1877; attendance certificates for Lister’s lectures on Clinical Surgery signed by Lister with Medical Faculty’s attendance regulations University of Edinburgh 1874-1875, First Class Merit certificate in Clinical Surgery signed by Lister University of Edinburgh 1874-1875; notes from Lister to Lewis 1879
Accruals: No further accessions are expected
System of Arrangement: Chronological within record class

Conditions Governing Access: None
Conditions Governing Reproduction: Reproduction is subject to closure periods and physical condition
Language/Scripts of Material: English

Archivists' Notes: Compiled by Mike Barfoot and Jenny McDermott using existing handlists
Rules or Conventions: Description based on ISAD(G): General International Standard Archival Description International Council on Archives (2nd edition), 2000
Date(s) of Description: May 2000; revised June 2002