Edinburgh and South East Scotland Blood Transfusion Service
Scope and Contents
Management 1930-1999; administration 1931-1985; publicity 1936-1986; history and publications 1930-1997; donors 1931-2001; photographs
Dates
- Creation: 1930-2001
Language of Materials
English.
Conditions Governing Access
Normal 30 year and 75 year Scottish closure rules apply
Biographical / Historical
Origins lie in the activities of Jack R Copland, an Edinburgh dentist shocked by the death of a friend due to a lack of blood donors. A member of the Holyrood Conclave of the Order of Crusaders, founded in 1921 by Lt. General Sir Edward Bethune, Copland proposed that they set up a blood donor panel and transfusion centre for the Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh. This began in 1930 with 26 donors, rapidly growing to 350 by 1936. In the same year the connection with the Crusaders ceased and the Edinburgh Blood Transfusion Service was founded. As a result of demands caused by World War II, the Scottish National Blood Transfusion Service was set up involving five regional centres, one of which was Edinburgh and South East Scotland.
Extent
21 shelf metres: bound volumes, papers, photographic material
Arrangement
Chronological within record class
Other Finding Aids
Manual item-level descriptive list of available
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Blood Transfusion Service, Lauriston Place, July 1989
Accruals
Further accessions are expected
Bibliography
Masson, Alastair H.B. History of the blood transfusion service in Edinburgh. Edinburgh and South-East Scotland Blood Transfusion Association, 1993
- Title
- Edinburgh and South East Scotland Blood Transfusion Service
- Language of description
- Undetermined
- Script of description
- Code for undetermined script
Repository Details
Part of the Lothian Health Services Archive Repository
Centre for Research Collections
Edinburgh University Library
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Edinburgh EH8 9LJ Scotland
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