Correspondence of John Phimister Mitchell
Scope and Contents
The collection is composed of letters from J. P. Mitchell, from Ethiopia and the Sudan, mainly to his mother.
Dates
- Creation: 1921-1923
Language of Materials
English.
Conditions Governing Access
Generally open for consultation to bona fide researchers, but please contact repository for details in advance.
Biographical / Historical
In 1920, John Phimister Mitchell was resident in Fraserburgh, Scotland. He studied at Aberdeen University, graduating with the degree of M.D. in 1911. He also obtained the degree of M.B., and Ch.B. 1907. Mitchell was a Captain in the Royal Army Medical Corps and was in the Special Reserve. He had been Resident Medical Officer at Hospital for Women, Soho Square, London. Earlier he had been House Physician at the Seamen's Hospital - 'Dreadnought' - at Greenwich, and Resident Medical Officer at the Royal Waterloo Hospital for Children and Women, and also a Clinical Assistant and the Central London Ear Nose and Throat Hospital. He was awarded the O.B.E.
Full Extent
50 letters (approx)
Physical Location
Gen. 1377
Other Finding Aids
Important finding aids generally are: the alphabetical Index to Manuscripts held at Edinburgh University Library, Special Collections and Archives, consisting of typed slips in sheaf binders and to which additions were made until 1987; and the Index to Accessions Since 1987.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Letters acquired from African Centre (Centre for African Studies?), September 1968, Accession no. E68.25.
Accruals
Check the local Indexes for details of any additions.
Subject
- Title
- Correspondence of John Phimister Mitchell (fl.1922)
- Language of description
- Undetermined
- Script of description
- Code for undetermined script
Repository Details
Part of the University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections Repository
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Edinburgh EH8 9LJ Scotland
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