The Society of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgeons: Alexander Bryce's Papers
TitleThe Society of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgeons: Alexander Bryce's Papers
ReferenceMS0005
Level of descriptionfonds
Date1931-1959
Admin./ biographical historyAlexander Graham Bryce was a Cardiologist, a Thoracic and General Surgeon, and a Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons of England (1923). He was the first secretary of the Society of Thoracic Surgeons of Great Britain and Ireland, which he found with other thoracic surgeons including J.E.H. Roberts and Sir Clement Price Thomas. The Society was later renamed The Society of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgeons of Great Britain and Ireland.
For more information on Bryce’s life and career, please visit his profile on Plarr’s Lives of the Fellows: https://livesonline.rcseng.ac.uk/client/en_GB/lives/search/results?qu=alexander+bryce&te=ASSET.
For more information on Bryce’s life and career, please visit his profile on Plarr’s Lives of the Fellows: https://livesonline.rcseng.ac.uk/client/en_GB/lives/search/results?qu=alexander+bryce&te=ASSET.
Scope and ContentThe papers relate exclusively to Bryce's service for the Society of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgeons. The material is principally correspondence but includes minutes, agendas and circulars and a sequence of printed membership booklets, 1934-1958. There are papers relating to the foundation of the Society in 1933, including the replies to the original invitations to join the Society (sent out by Bryce), to relations between the Society and the American Association of Thoracic Surgeons, and to overseas visits of the Society to Switzerland in 1934 and to Berlin and Bruges in 1937. Later material reflects the adjustments necessitated by the Second World War and the establishment of the National Health Service.
For a more detailed catalogue please go to the Access to Archives website at: http://www.a2a.org.uk.
For a more detailed catalogue please go to the Access to Archives website at: http://www.a2a.org.uk.
Extent2 boxes
LanguageEnglish
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Conditions governing reproductionCopies of material in the archives can be supplied for private study purposes only, depending on the condition of the documents. Some items within this collection may remain within copyright under the terms of the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988; it is the responsibility of users to obtain the copyright holder's permission for reproduction of copyright material for purposes other than research or private study. Permission to publish material must be sought in advance from the Royal College of Surgeons of England and, where appropriate, the copyright holder. Please email archives@rcseng.ac.uk in the first instance.
Related objectsMS0063
The Royal College of Surgeons of England also holds papers of the London Society of Thoracic Surgeons ('Charlies Club') 1952-1992 (Ref: Add Mss 547), and the Cardiothoracic Society ('Pete's Club') (Ref: Add Mss 548).
The Royal College of Surgeons of England also holds papers of the London Society of Thoracic Surgeons ('Charlies Club') 1952-1992 (Ref: Add Mss 547), and the Cardiothoracic Society ('Pete's Club') (Ref: Add Mss 548).
