British Society for Cardiovascular Research

The following is an interim description which may change when detailed cataloguing takes place in future:

The collection includes:

Committee minutes, 1983-1992
Annual General Meeting minutes, 1984-1993
Accounts, 1990-1991, 1994-1997
Annual report, 1991-1992
Flyers and posters advertising meetings, 1970s-1990s
Bulletin of the British Society for Cardiovascular Research, April 1993-July 1995
British Society for Cardiovascular Research membership lists, 1989-1992
International Society for Heart Research membership lists, 1990-1992
Membership applications and subscription information, 1990-1997
Correspondence, 1973-1994

1973-1997

Uncatalogued: 12 transfer boxes, 1 folder, 89 digital files

Given to the library at Wellcome Collection by the British Society for Cardiovascular Research in September 1998. Additional minutes and digital records given to the library in December 2013.

The British Society for Cardiovascular Research was founded in 1973 as the Cardiac Muscle Research Group. From the start the guiding principles of the group were that it would be open to all, there would be no publication, and each meeting would be dedicated to a single topic. It was decided that there should be two meetings each year, one in the Spring, and one in the Autumn, along with occasional additional workshops on specific topics.

1987 was a year of big changes for the Society. The name was changed from the Cardiac Muscle Research Group to the British Society for Cardiovascular Research, in order to better reflect the changing emphasis of the organisation. The same year saw the foundation of the Bulletin of the British Society for Cardiovascular Research which began to publish meeting abstracts, along with book reviews and short articles. 1987 also saw the introduction of an annual Society dinner.

The Society has strong links with many academic societies, including the British Cardiac Society, the Biochemical Society, the Physiological Society and the European Society of Cardiology.

More information can be found on the British Society for Cardiovascular Research website

This collection is currently uncatalogued and cannot be ordered online. Requests to view uncatalogued material are considered on a case by case basis. Please contact collections@wellcomecollection.org for more details.