Colin Dawson's Casualties Union papers

Comprises files created and maintained by Colin Dawson during his time with Casualties Union. The files have a fair amount of overlap with material elsewhere in SA/CAS, but also cover in more detail the activities of Casualties Union in the 1990s and early 2000s.

1953-2003

13 boxes

This set of papers were given to Wellcome directly by Colin Dawson in 2003.

Dr Colin Dawson joined Casualties Union in the 1950s and in the 1960s became Honorary Treasurer and a Trustee. He resigned as Treasurer in 1969 in protest at the way proposed changes to the objects and constitution were being handled. However, after Eric Claxton resigned as the Council Chair, Dawson was elected Chair of the General Management Committee in 1970, a position he held until 1983.

In 1966 Dawson also became one of Casualties Union's Senior Medical Advisors and remained so until 1995.