Affleck, James Whigham
Scope and Contents
Papers regarding rehabilitation 1957-1988; membership of Boards 1969-1981; miscellaneous papers 1969-1988; published papers 1947-1989; slides; Royal Medico-Psychological Association material 1927
Dates
- Creation: 1927-1989
Language of Materials
English.
Conditions Governing Access
Normal 30 year Scottish closure rules apply
Biographical / Historical
Born in 1915 and educated at Glasgow University, graduating MB.ChB in 1937. He entered psychiatry and practised in Stirling, Glasgow and Leeds before being appointed consultant psychiatrist and Deputy Superintendent of the Royal Edinburgh Hospital in 1957. In 1967 he became Physician Superintendent, and retired in 1980, and he was honorary senior lecturer at Edinburgh University from 1957. From 1974-1982 he was a member of Lothian Health Board; he was Chairman of the Royal College of Psychiatrists 1973-1976. He died in March 1989.
Extent
0.4 shelf metres: papers, photographic material
Arrangement
Chronological within record class
Other Finding Aids
Manual item-level descriptive list available
Custodial History
Papers held within family
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Richard Ovenden, National Library of Scotland, May 1996
Accruals
No further accessions are expected
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Repository Details
Part of the Lothian Health Services Archive Repository
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