Research Collections
The MHRC and affiliated researchers work in close conjunction with academic and civic collections across Glasgow, central Scotland, and the wider UK. In order to facilitate collaboration between researchers and collections, MHRC has held a variety of scoping and development workshops at a local level, including archival 'speed dating' events with University of Glasgow Archives and Special Collections and with the City Archives at the Mitchell Library. A key strategic aim is to enhance collaboration and co-ordination of medical humanities research employing Glasgow and Scottish collections.
Listed below are just a few of the collections and holdings that have been promoted or investigated by the MHRC and affiliated researchers.
Glasgow
University of Glasgow Archives and Special Collections holds , including the Erskine Archive, the Cullen Papers, the Hunterian Collection, the RD Laing Collection, the Scottish Allotments Collection and Syphilis Collection. In recognition of this strength in University Collections, the MHRC Director sits on the selection committee for the .
Glasgow Life Museums and Libraries: The City Archives, including Glasgow Corporation and Strathclyde Police Archives; Joyce Laing 'Art Extraordinary' Collection
Glasgow Women's Library
Glasgow Zine Library
Hunterian Museum: Anatomy Collection
NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde
Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons Glasgow: The archive, museum and library collections include material used in recent medical humanities research, including the Sir Ronald Ross Collection, and the papers of Sir William Macewen.
Scottish Jewish Archives Centre
Scotland
Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh: William Cullen Papers
Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh: Sir Henry Duncan Littlejohn Collection
National Library of Scotland: W.R.D. Fairbairn Papers; Blackwood Papers; Papers of David Macbeth Moir; George Combe Papers
University of Edinburgh Special Collections: Winifred Rushforth Collection
Royal Medical Society, University of Edinburgh: Dissertations archive
University of Aberdeen Special Collections: Sir Alexander Ogston Collection
National Records of Scotland: Court and Legal Records
United Kingdom
Royal College of Physicians of London: Robert Ferguson Papers
King's College London Library: Archives of Dame Cicely Saunders
Wellcome Collection: Personal Papers of David Stafford-Clark; Personal Papers of Ronald A. Sandison; Adamson Collection
BBC Written Archives Centre
Bristol University Archives and Special Collections: Penguin Archive