Sheffield Medical Portrait Collection
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
- University of Sheffield Library (Established 1879) (Organisation)
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.
- 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
+44 (0) 114 222 7299
lib-special@sheffield.ac.uk