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Patient Pioneers Oral Histories

 Fonds
Reference Code: GBR/0014/PPOH

Scope and Contents

Comprising oral history interviews with five patients who underwent treatment for infertility in the 1980s and 1990s (IVF and other fertility treatments). The patients were treated at Bourn Hall and other fertility clinics.

Dates

  • Creation: 2021

Conditions Governing Access

The original interviews are closed under the terms of the Data Protection Act 2018 until 2055-2092, but edited access copies (excluding identifying information) are open to researchers.

Biographical / Historical

These interviews were made for "Patient Pioneers – Women and Infertility", a project created as the final part of a Masters Degree in Public History, at Royal Holloway, University of London, by Lucy McDonald. The aim of the project was to record and preserve the stories of patients who experienced changes in medical technology, personally and intimately.

Extent

9 digital file(s) (5 interviews comprising 9 electronic files)

10.1 Gigabyte(s)

Language of Materials

English

External Documents

Immediate Source of Acquisition

Deposited by Lucy McDonald who conducted the oral history interviews.

General

Summary descriptions of the interviews (which were used as the basis of the catalogue descriptions of the interviews) were provided by Lucy McDonald. Biographical information was obtained from these summaries and the interviews. The interviews were catalogued by Madelin Evans in August 2023.

Author
Madelin Evans
Date
Dec 2021
Description rules
International Standard for Archival Description - General
Language of description
English
Script of description
Latin

Repository Details

Part of the Churchill Archives Centre Repository

Contact:
Churchill Archives Centre
Churchill College
Cambridge Cambridgeshire CB3 0DS United Kingdom
+44 (0)1223 336087