Archives and history

Originally, the papers of the Physiological Society accumulated as they passed from each officer to his successor. From 1954 an 'archival depot' was established at University College London (UCL) for non-current files.

In November 1973, the Physiological Society Committee agreed to transfer the material at UCL to the Churchill College Archives Centre in Cambridge where cataloguing was undertaken by a professional archivist. In July 1977 an Honorary Archivist, DH Steven, was appointed to oversee the archive and to take care of accessions which continued to come in from serving officers and sub-committee members.

In 1991 following negotiations initiated by Dr JJ Jack and Dr EM Tansey (who was appointed Honorary Archivist), the archive was transferred to the Wellcome Library.

In August 1993 the Physiological Society photographic collection was also transferred.

Material continues to be added to the collection.

1954-2016

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