• Archives and manuscripts

Van Heyningen, William Edward (1911-1989)

Archive Collection
Publication/Creation:
1947-1978
Reference:
PP/VAN
About this archive collection
About this archive collection
Collection contents
Collection contents

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Description

Laboratory notebooks (bacterial toxins, dysentery, tetanus), 1947-1961; correspondence on cholera, 1967-1978, and tetanus, 1956-1974; miscellaneous reports and publications (mainly cholera).

Arrangement

A. Laboratory Notebooks, 1947-1961

B. Correspondence on Cholera, 1967-1978

C. Miscellanea: reports, publications etc

D. Correspondence with various individuals, mainly on tetanus research, 1956-1974

Acquisition note

The first accession of these papers was given to the Contemporary Medical Archives Centre by Dr Van Heyningen in November 1979; and he gave further papers to the CMAC in February 1981. Additional material given to the Wellcome Unit for the History of Medicine, Oxford, was transferred to the Contemporary Medical Archives Centre in July 1996.

Related material

GC/209 Cholera Research Laboratory, Dacca

Accruals note

The following is an interim description of material that has been acquired since this collection was catalogued. This description may change when cataloguing takes place in future:

9 transfer boxes and 11 boxes were received in July 1996 (acc.659), including : Journals; published reports by SEATO (South-East Asia Treaty Organization) and Cholera Research Laboratory Dacca; PSCRL (Pakistan-SEATO Cholera Research Laboratory) proceedings; reprints A-Z; drafts of book 'Why was discovery of cholera toxin so long delayed?'; files entitled 'Research Merck toxin', 'Research Ungar toxin', 'Research Wyeth toxin', 'Finkelstein toxin'; photographs; correspondence regarding Cholera Research Laboratory Dacca and W B O'Shaughnessy; one large film reel.

Notes

Acc 659 awaiting cataloguing.
The catalogue is available on microfiche via the National Inventory of Documentary Sources (NIDS).
Collection catalogued (accs 10 and 86 only) by Lesley Hall, April 1980 and November 1981. This database description compiled by Lesley Hall, May 2003, on the basis of that catalogue

Ownership note

William Edward Van Heyningen MA,ScD (1911-1989) was a microbiologist.

Terms of use

This collection has been partially catalogued and the catalogued part is available to library members. Some items have access restrictions which are explained in the item-level catalogue records. Due to ongoing work to improve our collections management systems we are unable to facilitate access to uncatalogued material until 2027.

Physical description

6 boxes 9 transfer boxes, 10 boxes, 1 bundle

Accession numbers

  • 10
  • 86
  • 659

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