Key Information
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Title
Date(s)
- [1860]-1984 (Creation)
Level of description
Series
Extent
27 albums and approximately 3 linear metres of loose photographs
Scope and content
Photographs of Guy's Hospital Medical School, [1850s-1981], comprising photograph portraits of physicians and surgeons of Guy's Hospital, [1850s-1935]; photographs of Deans of the Medical and Dental Schools, 1874-1945; photographs of 'Guy's men', [1862-1948], mainly surgeons and physicians; photographs of dental students, 1983-1987; Guy's Hospital staff, 1891, 1893, 1925; Guy's Hospital Dressers, 1889, 1895; Guy's Hospital Resident staff, 1905-1967, with names of individuals; Guy's Hospital Firms and Units, 1906-1930, with names of individuals; Guy's Hospital students from FRCS courses (Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons), 1937-1961, with names of individuals; first year students, 1942-1958; Medical and Dental school first and second year students, 1955-1971, most giving names of individuals; Medical Preliminary Clinical Classes, 1930-1963, with names of individuals; students as blackface minstrels, 1905-1937; Guy's Royal Dental Corps, 1914; photographs of staff and students of Guy's Hospital Dental School, comprising photograph of the School staff and students, 1947; Dental School staff, 1949; students from Second MB and Dental Technique courses, 1967-1968, with names of individuals; Preliminary Clinical Class in Operative Dentistry, 1948-1971, with names of individuals; Dental House Officers and House Surgeons, 1911, 1946-1959, with names of individuals; students from Prosthetics' classes, 1958-1969; first year, first BDS and LDS students, 1936-1956; students on first clinical appointments, 1968-1969, with names of individuals; second year students, 1948-1972, most with names of individuals; third year, BDS and LDS students, 1955-1967, with names of individuals; photographs of sporting clubs of the Medical and Dental Schools, 1878-1979, comprising photographs of teams including from the Football, Cricket, Shooting, Rugby, Swimming, Tennis, Hockey and Athletics Clubs; albums of group photographs of medical and dental students, 1941-1971, with lists of names; albums of group photographs of medical students, 1955-62, including preliminary clinical period classes and first clinical appointment groups; album of groups of Dental School students, 1968; albums of medical and dental students, 1951-1986, including Guy's Hospital Residents, 1951-1963 and sports teams, 1970-1986, some with names of individuals; albums of photographs of Guy's Hospital surgical and medical ward clerks, 1907-1933, with names of individuals; albums of Medical and Dental School staff and student groups, 1947-1968; exterior views of Guy's Hospital and Medical School buildings, 1890-1958; interior views, [1892]-1903, including scenes of wards, staff and patients; photographs of the Medical School's sports ground at Honor Oak Park, including bomb damage, [1941]; photographs of Guy's Hospital events and functions, 1912-[1980s], including Christmas celebrations; photographs of informal groups of students and staff, 1941, 1958; photographs of drawings of external views of the Hospital, 1947-1948.
General Information
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Repository
Archival history
The photographs have come from a variety of sources. The albums of group photographs of medical and dental students, 1941-1971, were given by Professor MacDonald.