Correspondence. Surnames, 'Akre' to 'Dykes'

File consists of correspondence with people who have surnames from Akre to Dykes, related to the seminar on, "The Resurgence of Breastfeeding, 1975-2000", which was held at the Wellcome Trust Centre for the History of Medicine at UCL, on 24 April 2007. The seminar was part of the Wellcome Witnesses to Twentieth Century Medicine meetings also known as the Witness Seminars. The transcript of this seminar was published as Volume 35 of the Witness Seminar series, S.M. Crowther, L.A. Reynolds and E.M. Tansey (editors), The Resurgence of Breastfeeding, 1975-2000, (London: Wellcome Trust, 2009).

Details of the seminar correspondence, primarily between the chair (Professor Lawrence Weaver), advisers/organisers of the meeting (Professor Lawrence Weaver and Dr Daphne Christie), editors of the published transcript (S.M. Crowther, L.A. Reynolds and E.M. Tansey) and others include:

Detailed information for the seminar, commentary on the transcripts and feedback on the meeting from participants.

Correspondence with those not listed as participants including; Janette Allotey (attendee); Professor Rima D. Apple who wrote the introduction for the published volume; Professor Jaques Bindels (apologies); Jane Britten (attendee) who provided a copy of the article by M. Broadfoot, J. Britten, D. Tappin & J. MacKenzie, "The Baby Friendly Hospital Initiative and Breast Feeding Rates in Scotland" and also the Paediatric Epidemiology and Community Helath (PEACH) Unit, Glasgow, paper no.8, titled, "Promotion and Support for Breastfeeding: 1967-1999"; and Mary Broadfoot.

2006-2009

1 file

The correspondence is arranged alphabetically by correspondent.