GD51, Scottish Eastern Association, Medical Women's Federation, 1915-2012

Collection Summary

Reference Code: GB239 GD51

Title: Scottish Eastern Association, Medical Women’s Federation

Dates of Creation of Material: 1915-2012

Level of Description: Fonds

Extent and Medium of the Unit of Description: 2 linear metres

 

Name of creator(s): Scottish Eastern Association, Medical Women’s Federation

Administrative history: The Scottish Eastern Association (SEA) of the Medical Women’s Federation is a Scottish local branch of the larger, national Federation. The Medical Women’s Federation was founded in 1917 as a successor of the Association of Registered Medical Women. The Federation was established in order to provide a shared voice for a growing number of local associations for female physicians.

Archival History: Custody of Scottish Eastern Association prior to transfer to LHSA.

Immediate Source of Acquisition or Transfer: Donated to LHSA in 2012.

 

Scope and Content: Minutes, publications (such as annual reports), correspondence, campaigning papers, and ephemera.

Appraisal, Destruction and Scheduling Information: Appraised.

Accruals: Accruals may result from the sorting of uncatalogued accessions (e.g. Acc17/047).

 

Conditions Governing Access: Public access to these records is governed by UK data protection legislation, the Freedom of Information (Scotland) Act 2002, and the current Scottish Government Records Management: NHS Code of Practice (Scotland). Whilst some records may be accessed freely by researchers, the aforementioned legislation and guidelines mean that records conveying sensitive information on named individuals may be closed to the public for a set time.

Conditions Governing Reproduction: Reproduction is subject to copyright restrictions, which affects press clippings in this collection.

Language/Scripts of Material: English

Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements:

Finding Aids: Item level catalogue is available on collections management system. ArchivesSpace (link from LHSA website is available).

 

Archivists’ Notes: Description compiled by Edith Halvarsson, 2016. Revised by Louise Williams, 2020.

Rules or Conventions: Description based on ISAD(G): General International Standard Archival Description International Council on Archives (2nd edition), 2000.

Date(s) of Description: 2016; 2020