Material relating to Thomas Alexander, Director-General, Army Medical Services, 1858-1860, collected by Air Vice-Marshal T. McClurkin

Date:
1858-1860
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RAMC/1387
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Royal Army Medical Corps Muniments Collection
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Material relating to Thomas Alexander, Director-General, Army Medical Services, 1858-1860, collected by Air Vice-Marshal T. McClurkin. Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International (CC BY-NC 4.0). Source: Wellcome Collection.

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Includes the following:

  • RAMC/1387/1: Manuscript copies of letters, mainly to Alexander, 1856-1859; a few from Alexander; and a few dating back to 1830s and 1840s. Correspondents include Sir Thomas Longmore, Sir William Fergusson, Lord Ripon, Doctor R. Christison, and W.H. Russell. With photocopies of some of the letters, 1856-1859.
  • RAMC/1387/2: Copies of sketches by Alexander and manuscript copies of articles in newspapers and journals re the Herbert Commission to investigate the organisation of the Army Medical Department 1857; Alexander's promotion to be Director-General 1858; and his death 1860, and memorials, 1861, 1857-1861.
  • RAMC/1387/3: Precis of letters, 1857-1864, mainly from Florence Nightingale to Thomas Alexander, re arrangements for invalids and convalescents at the Royal Victoria Hospital, Netley, 1857-1864. For precis of all letters in the Florence Nightingale Collection at Columbia University, New York, see RAMC 454.
  • RAMC/1387/4: Copy of Alexander's death certificate, and manuscript extracts from biographical references, 19th century.
  • RAMC/1387/5: Photographs of portraits and statues of Alexander, and group photograph, 1859, of General Brown and his staff of the Light Division who served in the Crimea, 1859.
  • RAMC/1387/6: Air Vice Marshal McClurkin's correspondence re material for biography of Alexander and re deposit, 1956-1965.

    • Publication/Creation

    1858-1860

    Physical description

    1 file (in 4 parts)

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