West of Scotland Neuro-Psychiatric Research Institute, Glasgow

Reference HB 21
Dates of Creation 1929-1949
Name of Creator West of Scotland Neuro-Psychiatric Research Institute (psychiatric clinic : 1909-1960 : Glasgow)
Language of Material English
Physical Description 0.2 metres

Scope and Content

Minutes 1931-1948
Annual Reports 1929 and 1933
Research memoranda 1939-1948
Financial statements 1932-1944
Inventory and valuation of moveable property 1949

Administrative / Biographical History

Founded in  1909  as the Scottish Western Asylums Research Institute, it was reorganised in  1932  and its name changed to the  West of Scotland Neuro-Psychiatric Research Institute. It worked in cooperation with the University of Glasgow from a laboratory at Gartnavel Royal Hospital. After the creation of the National Health Service in  1948 , the Institute was managed by the Board of Management for Glasgow Royal Mental Hospital until  1960  when it was wound up and the residue of its funds were transferred to the Henderson Research Scholarship.

Arrangement
Chronological within record class

Conditions Governing Access
Open

Acquisition Information
Gartnavel Royal Hospital, Glasgow

Other Finding Aids
Descriptive list

Alternative Form Available
No known copies

Archivist's Note
Compiled by Alistair Tough, Greater Glasgow NHS Board Archivist, 23 July 1998 and revised by Alistair Tough, 7 May 2019.

Reproduction subject to usual conditions: educational use and condition of documents.

Appraisal Information
This material has been appraised in line with standard procedures

Custodial History
Records held within National Health Service prior to transfer

Accruals
None expected

Related Material
HB 28, Records of Western Regional Hospital Board, Glasgow; and HB 13, Records of Gartnavel Royal Hospital, Glasgow.