School of Medicine

Description

(1) 42 photographs of the Old Medical School Site before the Conversion for Microbiology, illustrating the poor condition of the building (39 interior photographs, 3 external photographs), (2) Photograph of one of the arterial staircases in the new Worsley Medical and Dental building, taken by Dr. Donald Hughes, Radiation Protection Officer, March 1979, (3) Colour photograph of one of the risers in the Worsley Medical Building, with letter from Eric Daniels to Mr. F.A. Coy (record of dangerous wiring), (4) Photograph of commemorative plaque on the opening of the Worsley Medical and Dental Building, by H.R.H the Duke of Kent, 23 March 1979, (5) Colour photograph of the Worsley Medical and Dental Building, South West Elevation, (6) 7 b/w photographs of the Worsley Medical Building and surrounding site & buildings, at various stages of construction during 1976 [(4) - (6) in the same envelope], (7) 24 colour photographs of the Medical School Mural, c. 1989, 5 of which include the artist, Brian
Holmes (one of these 5 photographs also includes the Pro-Chancellor, Colonel Alan Roberts), (8) Photograph of a print of a drawing of number 1 East Parade, where the Leeds School of Medicine was located 1831-1865 (3 copies of the same photograph, 1 mounted), (9) Photograph of the General Pathology Museum interior, Old Medical School (b/w, copy photograph, mounted), (10) Photograph of the interior of the Physiology Experimental Laboratory, Old Medical School (b/w copy, mounted), (11) Photograph of the interior of the Anatomy Lecture Theatre, Old Medical School (b/w copy, mounted), (12) Photograph of the interior of the Histology Class Room, Department of Physiology, Old Medical School (b/w copy photograph, Mounted), (13) Photograph of the Dissecting Room, Old Medical School (b/w copy photograph, mounted) [(9) -(13) reprinted from the School of Medicine brochure /prospectus, c. 1915], (14) Photograph of the exterior of the Physiology Extension, Old Medical School, 1930 (b/w copy photograph,
mounted), South East Elevation, (15) Photograph of the exterior of the Dental School & Hospital, 1928 (b/w copy photograph, mounted), (16) 2 photographs of the Hexagonal Entrance Hall, interior, Old Medical School (b/w copy photpgraph, mounted and colour photograph), (17) Photograph of the quadrangle (exterior), Old Medical School (b/w copy photograph) [(9) - (17) in the same envelope], (18) Photograph of drawing of the Old Medical School Extension, 1928 (b/w), (19) Photograph of the Old Medical School, 1870 in Park Street (4 copies, 3 mounted), (20) 1 similar photograph (Sepia, Mounted), (21) 2 photographs of drawings of the Old Medical School (b/w), (22) Photograph of plans of the interior of the Old Medical School Building [(19) - (22) in the same envelope], (23) 15 different b/w photographs of the Old Medical School Building, mostly from the exterior, including 2 photographs of plans, 2 photographs of drawings, 1 photograph of the interior of the Library and 1 photograph of a
commemorative plaque (4 copies of one photograph, 4 copies of another), (24) A further colour photograph of the Hexagonal Entrance Hall, Old Medical School building [(23 - (24) in the same envelope], (25) 8 photographs of the interior of the Old Medical School Library, (26) 7 photographs of break through into bookcase and wall at end of reading room onto staircase, of Old Medical School Library (internal views) [part of Physiology Extension], (27) Photograph of the front of the Women's Hospital, South East Elevation, taken from the roof of the Old Medical School Building, (27A) 1 photograph of the main entrance to the Microbiology building, and 4 photographs of the internal staircase, 2001, (28) 1 b/w photograph of small Hexagon Hall, mounted, (29) 1 b/w photograph of the library, Thoresby Place, mounted, (30) 1 b/w photograph of Park Street, mounted, (31) 1 b/w photograph of a sketch of the main entrance to Thoresby Place, (32) 1 b/w photograph of a floor of plan of Thoresby Place [Plans
Chest IV, drawer 1], (33) 1 colour photograph of Thoresby Place, mounted, (34) 1 colour photograph of the plaque outside Thoresby Place, (35) Photograph of elevation of unidentified building, mounted, (36) 2 b/w photographs of Thoresby Place, (37) 1 b/w of door arch detail at Park Street School of Medicine 1865-1894. (used in Reporter 273 page 1 and Reporter 274 page 2).

Biography or history

The Leeds School of Medicine was founded in 1831, and became the Medical Department of the Yorkshire College in 1884. Buildings have been occupied by the School of Medicine at: (1) No. 1, East Parade, 1831-1865, (2) Park Street, 1865-1894; Architect: George Corson, (3) Thoresby Place (Mount Pleasant) (now known as the "Old Medical School") 1894-1979; Architect: W. H. Thorp, (4) Worsley Medical and Dental Building, 1979-.

Access and usage

Access

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Physical and technical conditions

Good, apart from one negative which is sticky at the edges

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