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Sheffield Medical Portrait Collection

 Fonds
Reference code: SLI 11

Scope and Contents

Photographs and other portraits of medical personnel and institutions associated with Sheffield and its University, along with a small number of related documents.

The collection has been formed from material already held by the Library, both from University records and from donated material.

For further details of this collection please see the box list in the External Documents section below.

Dates

  • Creation: c1800 - 1980

Creator

Conditions Governing Access

Available by appointment

Copyright

University of Sheffield and other copyrights

Biographical / Historical

Given the close association between the Medical School of the University and the teaching and clinical practice associated with local hospitals there is inevitably a considerable overlap of interest between the two areas, particularly with respect to the Sheffield General Infirmary, opened in 1797 - from its centenary accorded the title `Royal Infirmary´ - and the Sheffield Royal Hospital, growing out of a Dispensary opened circa 1829. Both institutions amalgamated in 1939, their separate sites closing in more recent times and their identity within 'United Sheffield Hospitals' being reborn as the modern Royal Hallamshire Hospital.

What was to become the University Medical School began life in the early 19th century as two rival institutions in the city centre, founded in 1828 and 1829, and coexisting for some years before eventually merging. In 1882 the School began an association with the recently founded Firth College, and in 1897 was incorporated into University College. It formed an integral part of the new University of Sheffield founded in 1905.

Extent

Approx. 110 Item(s)

Language of Materials

English

Arrangement

By category

Custodial History

Assembled from material held by the Library, 2001.

Related Materials

Sheffield University Alumni Photographs

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

Contact:
Western Bank Library
University of Sheffield
Western Bank
Sheffield South Yorkshire S10 2TN United Kingdom
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