Add MS 56113

FLEMING PAPERS. Vol. VIII. 1924-1944.

ff. 1-257. Papers and correspondence include:

Emergency Public Health Laboratory Service

International Society for Microbiology

John Scott Medal

Knighthood

Medical Research Council

Ministry of Health

Royal Institute of Public Health and Hygiene

includes:

• ff. 1-3 Parke Davis & Company; pharmaceutical company: Letter, etc., to A. Fleming rel. to directions on how to use a human blood typing serum: 1924: Partly printed.
• ff. 2-3 Parke Davis & Company; pharmaceutical company: Leaflet providing directions on how to use a human blood typing serum: 1924: Printed.
• f. 4 [W.?] Liston, of the Royal College of Physicians, Edinburgh: Letter to A. Fleming rel. to a vaccine for influenza: 1930.
• ff. 6-15 Dr Margaret Penrose, wife of Lionel Sharples Penrose; county -founder of the Medical Association for the Prevention of War: Letter, etc., to A. Fleming rel. to cell structure and cell activity: 1930: Partly printed.
• ff. 7-15 Dr Margaret Penrose, wife of Lionel Sharples Penrose; county -founder of the Medical Association for the Prevention of War: Juda Hirsch Quastel, Director of Montreal General Hospital Research Institute, McGill University: Article entitled 'Cell Structure and Cell Activity': 1930: Printed.
• f. 16 London; Secular Institutions. HOSPITALS AND CHARITABLE INSTITUTIONS. St. Mary's Hospital: Letter, including an agenda, to A. Fleming inviting him to attend a meeting of the Management Committee of the Institute of Pathology and Therapeutic Research: 1936: Typewritten.
• f. 17 Lieutenant-General James Bennett Hance, OBE; President, Medical Board, Commonwealth Relations Office: William Sampson Handley, surgeon; Director of Bournemouth Municipal Cancer Clinic: Letter rel. to the treatment of a disease with a vaccoid to William Sampson Handley from Lt. Gen. James Bennett Hance: 1936: Typewritten.
• ff. 18-21 Arthur Felix, bacteriologist: Correspondence, etc., with A. Fleming: 1936-1947: Partly signed.
• ff. 22-24 James Thompson Duncan, Honorary Treasurer, International Society for Microbiology: Letter to A. Fleming appealing for guarantors to cover any deficit in the Congress accounts: 1936: Signed.
• f. 23 James Thompson Duncan, Honorary Treasurer, International Society for Microbiology: Draft of a letter to members of the International Society for Microbiology, appealing for donations to a guarantee fund: 1936: Typewritten.
• f. 24 International Society for Microbiology: Form of Guarantee: 1936: Typewritten.
• ff. 25-27 Sir Arthur Salusbury MacNalty, KCB; Chief Medical Officer, Ministry of Health: Letter, etc., to A. Fleming rel. to the formation of an Emergency Public Health Laboratory Service: 1939: Signed.
• ff. 26-27 Ministry of Health; Emergency Public Health Laboratory Service: List of laboratories in the South, Midlands, North of England, Wales and Greater London: 1939: Typewritten.
• ff. 28-33 Ministry of Health; Emergency Public Health Laboratory Service: List of the central, subsidiary and associated laboratories in the Southern, Northern and Midlands Zone: [1939]: Typewritten.
• f. 34 Roland W. Riddle, pathologist and bacteriologist: Letter to A. Fleming: 1940.
• ff. 36-37 Francis Edward Camps, forensic scientist: Correspondence with A. Fleming rel. to the preparation of penicillin using the sietz filtrate technique: 1940: Partly signed.
• f. 38 E. W. Stockwell, Secretary, St Mary's Hospital: Letter to A. Fleming informing him of change in attendance of medical staff in the Out-Patient and Fracture Clinic: 1940: Signed.
• ff. 39-43, 91-96 J. Stanley White, of the Medical and Scientific Department, Parke Davis & Company: Correspondence, etc., with A. Fleming: 1940-1942: Partly signed.
• f. 41 J. Stanley White, of the Medical and Scientific Department, Parke Davis & Company: L. T. Clark, of Parke Davis & Company: Letter rel. to penicillin and a vaccine for tetanus and typhoid to J. Stanley White from L. T. Clark: 1940: Copy.
• f. 44 Harold Raistrick, Professor of Biochemistry, University of London: Correspondence with A. Fleming: 1941-1946: Partly signed.
• f. 45v Ministry of Health; Emergency Public Health Laboratory Service: Victor Douglas Allison, bacteriologist: Report from Cardiff Laboratory on the examination of nasal and throat swabs by the direct smear method as an aid to the rapid diagnosis of diphtheria: [1941]: Typewritten.
• ff. 46-55 William John Tulloch, MD; bacteriologist: James Walter McLeod, Professor Emeritus, Department of Pathology, Leeds: Letter providing information about his publications and lectures, work interests and other activities to James Walter McLeod from William John Tulloch: 1941: Signed.
• ff. 56-57 London County Council; Public Health Department Pathological Service: Notes on desoxycholate-citrate agar for the isolation of dysentery, paratyphoid and salmonella organisms: 1941: Typewritten.
• f. 58 St Mary's Hospital; Medical School: Note from the School Secretary explaining the criteria for the William Julius Mickle Fellowship: [1941].
• ff. 59-60 Sir Ernst Boris Chain, Kt.; biochemist: Correspondence with A. Fleming rel. to a new medium for penicillin: 1942.
• ff. 61-64, 79 Sir Andrew Rae Duncan, GBE; President of the Board of Trade: Correspondence, etc., with A. Fleming: 1942: Partly signed.
• f. 63 Sir Andrew Rae Duncan, GBE; President of the Board of Trade: William Ewart Gye, Director of the Imperial Cancer Research Fund: Letter to William Ewart Gye from Sir Andrew Rae Duncan: 1942: Typewritten.
• ff. 65-66, 69, 80-84, 87-88 James Davidson Pratt, Controller of Chemical Defence Development, Ministry of Supply: Correspondence, etc., with A. Fleming: 1942: Partly signed.
• ff. 67-68, 70, 78, 85-86, 89-90 L. T. D. Williams, of the Ministry of Supply: Correspondence, etc., with A. Fleming: 1942: Partly signed.
• f. 68 James Davidson Pratt, Controller of Chemical Defence Development, Ministry of Supply: B. P. Wiesner, of the Ministry of Supply Research Laboratories: Letter rel. to A. Fleming to James Davidson Pratt from B. P. Wiesner: 1942: Typewritten.
• ff. 71-77 B. P. Wiesner, of the Ministry of Supply Research Laboratories: Correspondence, etc., with A. Fleming: 1942: Partly signed.
• f. 75 Art. Photographs: Bacteriology: Photograph of an agar plate showing the reaction of aspergillus clavatus with various bacteria: [1942].
• f. 76 Art. Photographs: Microbiology penicillin: Photograph of an agar plate showing the reaction of penicillin notatum with various bacteria: [1942].
• ff. 81-84 Sir Alexander Fleming, bacteriologist: Report to date on the antibacterial activity of Dr Wiesner's aspergillus clavatus: 1942: Typewritten.
• ff. 92-96 Parke Davis & Company; pharmaceutical company: Information on the tolerance of the gastro-intestinal tract to phemerol: 1942: Typewritten.
• ff. 97-119 Sir Alexander Fleming, bacteriologist: Report on penicillin, including its discovery, its use as a culture, methods of assaying, its efficiency compared to other substances and results of tests on animals and humans: 1942: Typewritten.
• ff. 119-120v James Randall Hutchinson, Medical Officer, Ministry of Health: Letter, etc., to A. Fleming rel. to cases of diphtheria at Downside (Worth) School, Poole: 1943: Signed.
• ff. 119-124 Sir Alexander Fleming, bacteriologist: Report on the inhibition of diphtheria bacillus by staphylococcus especially in connexion with an outbreak at a preparatory school (Downside Worth School, Poole): [1943]: Typewritten.
• f. 120 James Randall Hutchinson, Medical Officer, Ministry of Health: George Chesney, of the Public Health Department, Borough and County Town of Poole: Letter rel. to cases of diphtheria at Downside (Worth) School, Poole to James Randall Hutchinson from George Chesney: 1943: Copy.
• ff. 121-122, 124 William Henry Bradley, Medical Officer, Ministry of Health: Letter, etc., to A. Fleming rel. to Downside (Worth) School, Poole: 1943.
• f. 123 A. M. W. Farlan, of the Emergency Public Health Laboratory Service: Letter to A. Fleming rel. to the inhibition of diphtheria: 1943.
• ff. 125-134 Sir Francis Henry Knethell Green, Principal Medical Officer, Medical Research Council: Correspondence, etc., with A. Fleming rel. to influenza and marfanil: 1943-1951: Partly signed.
• f. 126 Sir Francis Henry Knethell Green, Principal Medical Officer, Medical Research Council: List of references in the 'Bulletin of War Medicine' to German papers on marfanil and marfanil-protalbin: 1943: Typewritten.
• ff. 128-133 Medical Research Council: Report on marfanil and marfanil-protalbin: 1943: Typewritten.
• ff. 135-136 Harold King, chemist: Correspondence with A. Fleming: 1943-1945: Partly signed.
• f. 137 M. Duncan, Deputy Town Clerk, Darvel, county Ayrshire: Letter to A. Fleming conveying congratulations and appreciation for his achievements from Darvel Council: 1943: Signed.
• ff. 138-139 Dr Alastair MacLeod, of Harley Street, London: Letter, etc., to A. Fleming rel. to treatment of one of the Queen's chemists: 1943.
• ff. 140-141 M. B. P. Watson, of the Medical Department, British Council: Letters to A. Fleming rel. to prints of the original penicillin culture: 1944: Signed.
• ff. 142-147, 216-217 W. J. Stedman, Chairman, Public Business Committee, Royal Medical Society: Correspondence with A. Fleming rel. to an address to the Society: 1944: Partly signed.
• f. 148 [A. U.] Sallwood, of the Wellcome Physiological Research Laboratories: Letter to A. Fleming asking him to test a batch of penicillin sodium salt tablets: 1944: Signed.
• ff. 149, 165 Sir George White Pickering, Master of Pembroke College, Oxford: Correspondence with A. Fleming rel. to a method for estimating penicillin: 1944: Partly signed.
• ff. 150-151, 163-164, 169, 172, 178, 222 Sir Harold Esmond Arnison Boldero, Kt.; physician and medical administrator: Correspondence, etc., with A. Fleming: 1944-1953: Partly signed.
• ff. 152, 166, 179, 182, 196-197 Colonel William Edge Parkes, House Governor, St Mary's Hospital: Correspondence, etc., with A. Fleming: 1944-1949: Partly signed.
• ff. 153-154 London; Secular Institutions. HOSPITALS AND CHARITABLE INSTITUTIONS. St. Mary's Hospital: Agenda for a meeting of the sub-committee for centenary celebrations: 1944: Typewritten.
• ff. 155-158, 160-161, 207-212, 218, 220-221 H. H. Gerrans, Secretary, Royal Institute of Public Health and Hygiene: Correspondence, etc., with A. Fleming: 1944-1946: Partly signed.
• f. 156 Royal Institute of Public Health and Hygiene: List of former Harben Lecturers: 1944: Typewritten.
• f. 157 Royal Institute of Public Health and Hygiene: Poster advertising lectures of former Harben Lecturer Professor R. D. Passey: 1938: Printed.
• ff. 159, 194, 214-215 William M. Cullen, chemist and metallurgist: Correspondence with A. Fleming rel. to their 'Endowed Memorial Lectures' series in Edinburgh: 1944: Partly signed.
• ff. 162, 167 Georgiana M. Bonsen, pathologist; of the Pathology Department, Seacroft Emergency Hospital, Leeds: Correspondence with A. Fleming rel. to haemolytic streptococcus and the level of penicillin in patients after treatment: 1944: Partly signed.
• f. 168 Hon Sir Edward Cecil George Cadogan, KBE: Colonel William Edge Parkes, House Governor, St Mary's Hospital: Letter rel. to St. Mary's Hospital Centenary to Col. William Edge Parkes from Hon. Sir Edward Cecil George Cadogan: 1944: Typewritten.
• ff. 170-171 W. J. Hurran, of Glaxo Laboratories, Middlesex: Letter to A. Fleming rel. to different samples of penicillin: 1944: Signed.
• f. 173 Douglas Macleod, surgeon: Letter to A. Fleming: 1944.
• f. 174 John W. Carr, of the Algernon Firth Institute of Pathology, University of Leeds: Letter to A. Fleming rel. to his knighthood: 1944.
• f. 175 Sir Alexander Fleming, bacteriologist: Letter rel. to a Knighthood to A. Fleming: 1944: Signed.
• f. 176 Sir Alexander Lowe McColl, Chairman and Director, Lubricating Oil Committee, Petroleum Board: Letter to A. Fleming congratulating him on his knighthood: 1944: Signed.
• f. 177 John William Trevan, Director, Wellcome Physiological Research Laboratory: Letter from A. Fleming rel. to a scheme for penicillin demonstrations: 1944: Typewritten.
• f. 180 Anthony M. Ritchie, of Ogle and Moodie, Stock and Share Brokers: Correspondence with A. Fleming congratulating him on his knighthood: 1944-1953: Partly copies.
• f. 181 Sir Howard Walter Florey, Baron Florey: Letters to A. Fleming: 1944-1951.
• f. 183 Gladman Arthur Hurst Buttle, OBE; physician and pharmacologist: Letter to A. Fleming rel. to his knighthood and the distribution of penicillin during the war: 1944.
• ff. 184, 191 J. A. R. Pimlott, of the Home Office: Correspondence with A. Fleming rel. to arrangements for the presentation of his knighthood: 1944: Partly signed.
• f. 185 England. Home Office: Letter to A. Fleming rel. to the number of guests allowed to be present at the investiture of his knighthood: 1944: Typewritten.
• ff. 186, 188, 219, 223 David Traill, Honorary Secretary, Ardeer Chemical Club: Correspondence with A. Fleming rel. to a lecture at the Club: 1944: Partly signed.
• f. 187 Arthur Espie Porritt, Baron Porritt: Letter to A. Fleming congratulating him on his knighthood and the use of penicillin during the war: 1944.
• f. 189 Harry Morton Stanley Turner, of Brookwood, county Surrey: Letter to A. Fleming rel. to his knighthood: 1944.
• ff. 190, 193 F. J. Bolton, Honorary Secretary, Edinburgh and East of Scotland Section, Society of Chemical Industry: Correspondence with A. Fleming rel. to the Lister Memorial Lecture: 1944: Partly signed.
• f. 192 Central Chancery of the Orders of Knighthood: Letter from A. Fleming to the Secretary rel. to witnesses for the investiture of his knighthood: 1944: Typewritten.
• ff. 195, 201 J. R. Lockie, County Clerk, Ayr: Correspondence with A. Fleming rel. to Ayr County Council's congratulations on his knighthood: 1944: Partly signed.
• ff. 198-200 F. R. C. Johnstone, Actorum Moderator, Royal Medical Society, Edinburgh: Correspondence with A. Fleming rel. to an address to the Society: 1944: Partly signed.
• f. 202 Sir Zachary Vincent Cope, Hunterian Professor, Royal College of Surgeons: Poem rel. to A. Fleming's knighthood: [1944]: Typewritten.
• f. 203 Victor Douglas Allison, bacteriologist: Letter to A. Fleming: 1944: Signed.
• f. 204 Sir Henry Hallett Dale, GBE; physiologist and pharmacologist: Letter to A. Fleming rel. to an annuity from Mr. A. Sims of London: 1944: Signed.
• f. 205 A. R. Pirie, of the Reference Division, Ministry of Information: Letter to A. Fleming rel. to a copy of the 'American Times' journal: 1944: Signed.
• f. 208 Royal Institute of Public Health and Hygiene: Poster advertising Harben Lecturer Professor E. C. Dodds, Courtauld Professor of Biochemistry, University of London: 1937: Printed.
• f. 210 Sir Alexander Fleming, bacteriologist: Summary of Harben Lectures, November: 1944: Typewritten.
• f. 213 S. Jones, Acting Assistant Secretary, Society of Chemical Industry: Letter to A. Fleming rel. to accommodation when giving the 'Lister' lecture: 1944: Signed.
• ff. 224-225v London; SOCIETIES, MEDICAL. ROYAL COLLEGE OF PHYSICIANS: Summary of negotiations with the Canadian Government rel. to sites for College accommodation: [1944]: Typewritten.
• f. 226 London; SOCIETIES, MEDICAL. ROYAL COLLEGE OF PHYSICIANS: Arthur W. Kenyon, architect: London; SOCIETIES, MEDICAL. ROYAL COLLEGE OF SURGEONS: Summary of a report for a joint building project between the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons on the Lincoln's Inn Fields site by Arthur W. Kenyon: [1944]: Typewritten.
• f. 227 London; SOCIETIES, MEDICAL. ROYAL COLLEGE OF PHYSICIANS: Abstracts from comitia minutes concerning the College building sites: [1944]: Typewritten.
• f. 228v Sir Harold Esmond Arnison Boldero, Kt.; physician and medical administrator: Kennedy Cassels, Secretary, Royal College of Surgeons of England: Letter rel. to a combined building scheme to Sir Harold Esmond Arnison Boldero from Kennedy Cassels: 1944.
• f. 229 Robert Cruickshank, bacteriologist: Letter from A. Fleming: 1944: Typewritten.
• ff. 230-244, 249 J. F. French, of the Foreign Office: Letters, etc., to A. Fleming rel. to the John Scott Medal: 1944: Partly signed.
• ff. 231-232, 246 Sir Alexander Fleming, bacteriologist: Edward Frederick Lindley Wood, Baron Irwin; 3rd Viscount and 1st Earl of Halifax: Correspondence rel. to the John Scott Medal of Sir Alexander Fleming and Edward Frederick Lindley Wood: 1944: Partly typewritten.
• ff. 233-236 S. M. Swaab, Secretary of the Advisory Committee on the Award of the John Scott Medal: Citation on the history of penicillin: 1944: Typewritten.
• ff. 237-244 S. M. Swaab, Secretary of the Advisory Committee on the Award of the John Scott Medal: Address on the place of the John Scott Award in the history of modern medicine: [1944]: Typewritten.
• f. 245 Foreign Office: Letter from A. Fleming to the Under-Secretary of State thanking him for a letter from Lord Halifax: 1944: Typewritten.
• ff. 247, 251 Foreign Office: Letters to A. Fleming from the Under-Secretary for Foreign Affairs acknowledging his letter of the 20th November: 1944: Partly printed.
• ff. 250, 252-253, 256 E. Clayton Jones, Assistant Editor, The Lancet: Correspondence with A. Fleming rel. to his comments on the publication of a paper on penicillin: 1944: Partly signed.
• f. 254 Stephen Miall, Editor, Journal of the Society of Chemical Industry: Correspondence with A. Fleming: 1944-1945: Partly signed.
• f. 255 Harold Johann T. Ellingham, Honorary Secretary, Society of Chemical Industry: Correspondence with A. Fleming rel. to a cheque for the Lister Memorial Lecture: 1944-1945: Partly signed.