A Study in Specialism: cataloguing and conserving records of St Mark’s Hospital (360G-Wellcome-203717_Z_16_Z)

To catalogue and conserve records of St Mark’s Hospital, and related bodies, resulting in a complete catalogue of this unique collection, to enable its promotion and use as a resource for research into the history of medicine and healthcare policy in the 20th-century. Key goals for the project include: 1) the preservation, cleaning, and repackaging of unique archival records to better ensure their stability and long-term survival. 2) the compilation of a detailed catalogue of all project material and making that information available to researchers via a hosted website. 3) the conversion of audio recordings to a digital format to ensure their long-term preservation and access, and the digitisation of selected images from the St Mark's photographic collections. 4) public and academic outreach activities to highlight the research value and wider interest of the collection 5) the implementation of archival transfer and retention arrangements for the post-1995 records of St Mark's Hospital