TROWELL, Revd..... Dr Hugh C., 1973-c. 1985

File

Shelfmark: MSS. Afr. s. 1872 (144)

Held at the Weston Library

Comprises Folder 144A and 144B and includes 6 unfoliated items:

Folder 144A:

(fols. i-viii) personal data sheet and correspondence with the Oxford Development Records Project (ODRP)
(fols. 1-27) detailed reminiscences on service in Uganda (typescript)
(item 1) Nutrition Reviews, Vol. 31, No. 11, Nov 1973 (marking the 80th year of Dr Cicely Williams)
(items 2-5), articles and texts of talks by Dr Trowell on the disease Kwashiorkor, 1973-1983 (photocopies)
(fol. 28) press cutting about Dr Trowell, c. 1980
vol. 6: Kwashiorkor, A Nutrition Foundations Reprint by Trowell, J.N.P. Davies, and R.F.A. Dean, 1982.

Folder 144B (fols. 1-135) Transcript of tape-recorded conversations between Dr Trowell and his daughter, Mrs Elizabeth Bray, as well as between these and Denis Burkitt, relating to Dr Trowell's service in East Africa and his later research.

Dates

Creation: 1973-c. 1985

Extent

2 folders

Language of Materials

English

Shelfmark

MSS. Afr. s. 1872 (144)

Additional Description

Biographical / Historical

Career details:

Medical Officer, Kenya, 1929-1935
Medical Officer, Uganda, and Lecturer, Makerere Medical School in Medicine, Paediatrics, and Psychiatry, 1935-1957
Special Physician, 1946-1957.