Innes Smith Personal Papers
Scope and Contents
A small collection of personal papers of Robert William Innes Smith, medical practitioner in Sheffield and medical historian, for the period circa 1894 to 1936. The papers are personal documents (correspondence, news-cuttings etc.) which belonged to Robert William Innes Smith but which were not included in his Working Papers deposited at the Royal College of Physicians of London.
The file includes a copy of the listing, with his notes on the papers, made by Dr Harold Swan, Honorary Lecturer in Medical History, University of Sheffield, and formerly Consultant in Haematology, United Sheffield Hospitals, who originally received the papers in the late 1980s for use in his own researches. Uncatalogued.
Dates
- Creation: c1894 - 1936
Creator
Conditions Governing Access
Available by appointment
Biographical / Historical
Robert William Innes Smith (1872-1933) was a graduate in medicine of Edinburgh University and a general practitioner for thirty three years in the Brightside district of Sheffield. His strong interest in medical history and art brought him some acclaim, and his study of 'English-speaking students of medicine at the University of Leyden', published in 1932, is regarded as a model of its kind. Locally in Sheffield Innes Smith was highly respected as both medical man and scholar: his pioneer work in the organisation of ambulance services and first-aid stations in the larger steel works made him many friends.
Extent
1 Box(es)
Language of Materials
English
Arrangement
Arranged by section
Custodial History
Donated in 1997
- Status
- Unprocessed
- Description rules
- International Standard for Archival Description - General
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Repository Details
Part of the Special Collections and Archives Repository
Western Bank Library
University of Sheffield
Western Bank
Sheffield South Yorkshire S10 2TN United Kingdom
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