Minutes 1869-1939; outgoing correspondence 1913-1935; incoming correspondence 1923-1934; general correspondence 1934-1948
Royal Medico-Psychological Association, Scottish Division
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- ReferenceGB 239 GD15
- Dates of Creation1869-1948
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- Language of MaterialEnglish.
- Physical Description1.2 shelf metres: bound volumes, papers
Scope and Content
Administrative / Biographical History
In 1865, the Association of Medical Officers of Asylums and Hospitals for the Insane (1841) changed its name to the Medical Psychological Association of Great Britain and Ireland. By the end of the 19th Century, it had grown to over 600 members with three English divisions, a division for Ireland and one for Scotland. The latter was founded in 1869. The Association acquired a Royal Charter in 1926. The Royal College of Psychiatrists superseded it in 1971.
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Acquisition Information
Records owned by the Royal College of Psychiatrists, London (received via Scottish Division of the Royal College of Psychiatrists, November 1991)
Note
ompiled by Mike Barfoot and Jenny McDermott using existing handlists
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