Sir Herbert Barker's Correspondence
TitleSir Herbert Barker's Correspondence
ReferenceMS0179/1
Level of descriptionsub-fonds
Date1903-1967
Scope and ContentSir Herbert Barker's correspondence files contain letters to both patients and professional surgeons and physicians. The content of the letters covers subjects such as individual treatments, personal letters to friends, and letters about Barker's work as a manipulative surgeon and the controversies surrounding it. Some letters in the collection are addressed to Lady Barker.
1) Letters from Surgeons and Physicians 1914-1950, including letters from Lord Moynihan (1865-1936), and Sir Archibald Hector McIndoe (1900-1960).
2) Letters from Patients 1903-1950, including letters from Lady Essex and the 3rd Earl Granville. (This file is in two parts)
3) Miscellaneous Letters 1911-1950, including telegrams from the Royal Family and congratulations on his Knighthood.
4) Correspondence with Walter Rowley Bristow (FRCS) and others regarding the demonstration at St. Thomas's Hospital by Sir Herbert Barker, 1936-1945.
5) 18 letters from Augustus Edwin John (1878-1961), the artist, dating from 1930 to 1950.
6) 17 letters from Rudyard Kipling (1865-1936), and his wife Caroline, dating from 1934 to 1938.
7) 10 letters and cards from George Bernard Shaw (1856-1950) dating from 1930 to 1946.
8) Letters regarding the donation of the Barker papers to the College, May to July 1967.
9) Copy letters sent from Sir Arthur Crosfield MP to Lloyd George and various other political figures in 1917 in support of Sir Herbert Barker.
1) Letters from Surgeons and Physicians 1914-1950, including letters from Lord Moynihan (1865-1936), and Sir Archibald Hector McIndoe (1900-1960).
2) Letters from Patients 1903-1950, including letters from Lady Essex and the 3rd Earl Granville. (This file is in two parts)
3) Miscellaneous Letters 1911-1950, including telegrams from the Royal Family and congratulations on his Knighthood.
4) Correspondence with Walter Rowley Bristow (FRCS) and others regarding the demonstration at St. Thomas's Hospital by Sir Herbert Barker, 1936-1945.
5) 18 letters from Augustus Edwin John (1878-1961), the artist, dating from 1930 to 1950.
6) 17 letters from Rudyard Kipling (1865-1936), and his wife Caroline, dating from 1934 to 1938.
7) 10 letters and cards from George Bernard Shaw (1856-1950) dating from 1930 to 1946.
8) Letters regarding the donation of the Barker papers to the College, May to July 1967.
9) Copy letters sent from Sir Arthur Crosfield MP to Lloyd George and various other political figures in 1917 in support of Sir Herbert Barker.
Extent9 files
LanguageEnglish
System of arrangementThe correspondence has been arranged into 9 files relating to sender or subject. Files 1, 3, and 4 are unsorted. File 2 is arranged in alphabetical order by sender. Files 5, 6, 7 and 8 are arranged in date order.
Conditions governing accessBy appointment only. See College website for contact details of the Archives.
Persons keyword Berkeley George Andrew Moynihan, 1865-1936, 1st Baron Moynihan, surgeon, Sir Archibald Hector McIndoe, 1900-1960, Knight, plastic surgeon, Granville George Leweson- Gower, 1872-1939, 3rd Earl Granville, diplomat, Augustus Edwin John, 1878-1961, painter, etcher, Rudyard Kipling, 1865-1936, author, George Bernard Shaw, 1856-1950, author, playwright, Walter Rowley Bristow, 1882-1947, surgeon, Sir Arthur Henry Crosfield, 1865-1938, 1st Baronet, MP
SubjectSurgery, Medical treatment
