Tabloid

Staff newspaper for Wellcome Foundation in the UK, bound in volumes according to year.

The newspapers mostly consist of informal news relating to the social activities of Wellcome Foundation employees, such as charity fundraising, new starters, weddings, retirements and obituaries. However, the volumes also contain details on such matters as the annual profits of the company; the sale of shares in the Wellcome Foundation, creating Wellcome plc; details of advertising campaigns for such Wellcome products such as Actifed, Sudafed and Calpol; Wellcome involvement in animal testing and Wellcome being awarded Queen's Awards for Technological Achievement (1985, 1986, 1987 and 1990) and Export Achievement (1989).

The newspapers also includes a regular book review column, written by Dr Roy Porter, of the Wellcome Institute for the History of Medicine.

9 volumes

Copyright was assigned to the Wellcome Trust for all material created or commissioned by the Wellcome Foundation, its successors and associated companies. The copyright in third party material (ie material not created by WF such as letters and publications from external sources, magazine articles, newspaper cuttings etc) is assumed to remain with the creator or his/her heirs. Where third party material exists, this has been noted at item level.