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WOOLER COLLECTION, 1930 - 1984

 Fonds
Reference Code: GBR/0276/SEPP/WOOLER

Scope and Contents

Papers of Geoffrey Wooler (SE 1930) including medicine notebooks, MD Thesis, essays and article on surgery of war wounds and limb injuries; copy photographs of Selwyn Freshers 1930, Hockey Club 1931-2, Amateur Dramatics "The Queries" (nd) (probably supposed to be the Queeries), Rag Day group outside Selwyn with banner saying, "Support Haig's Fund" (nd) and also Pathology Class (1933); issues of Calendar 1930s-80s, autobiography entitled, "Pig in a suitcase", various papers 1930s-80s including correspondence while at Cambridge and London Hospital, Selwyn College Hockey Club Lent term 1932 programme and Jubilee 1933 programme; also sports scarf and necktie (unidentified)

Dates

  • Creation: 1930 - 1984

Biographical / Historical

Geoffrey Wooler, distinguished Heart Surgeon (SE 1930), 24 November 1911 - 8 January 2010. He came to Selwyn to read Law but soon transferred to Medicine.

Extent

2 archive box(es) (2 boxes) : paper and other

Immediate Source of Acquisition

Papers transferred by his nephew, Peter Wooler, September 2010

Existence and Location of Copies

See SEPH/2/1 for other Freshers photographs 1930

Related Materials

See copies of obituaries of Geoffrey Wooler printed from BMJ and Yorkshire Post online at SEHR/2/WOOLER; See other Hockey photographs at SEPH/2/3/5 and other Rag Day photographs at SEPH/2/4/11

Bibliography

Autobiography, "Pig in a suitcase" 1999

Originator(s)

WOOLER, Geoffrey

Finding aid date

2010-10-26 11:33:08+00:00

Repository Details

Part of the Selwyn College Archives Repository

Contact:
The College Archivist
Selwyn College Archives
Selwyn College, Grange Road
Cambridge Cambridgeshire CB3 9DQ United Kingdom
+44 (0)1223 762014