General Files (Correspondence)

Series of general files comprising correspondence and papers relating to the administration of the Lebanon Hospital, and its financial concerns. Includes the correspondence of Sir Geoffrey Furlonge (former Chairman of the London General Committee), dated 1971-1981, general correspondence from the Lo...

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Date(s) of creation: 1902 - 1997
Level: Series
Format: Archive           

collection SOAS Archive
id LH.08
recordtype archive
scb_item_location Archive & Special Collections
item_location Archive & Special Collections
scb_loan_type Reference only
callnumber LH/08
callnumber_txt LH/08
callnumber-sort LH/08
prefix_number 08
title General Files (Correspondence)
scb_date_creation 1902 - 1997
scb_level Series
level_sort 4/Collection/Sub-Collection/Sub-Sub-Collection/Sub-Sub-Sub-Collection/Series/
scb_extent 25 files
format Archive
description Series of general files comprising correspondence and papers relating to the administration of the Lebanon Hospital, and its financial concerns. Includes the correspondence of Sir Geoffrey Furlonge (former Chairman of the London General Committee), dated 1971-1981, general correspondence from the London Office, and papers relating to staff matters, trust funds and endowments, appeals for funds and general financial matters, the closing down of the original Hospital, and correspondence between the London Trustees and the Charity Commission. [See also files of correspondence relating to the Constitution, 1962-1983.]
scb_arrangement Wherever possible original file groupings and titles have been retained. Correspondence found loose in the archive has been grouped together, and arranged chronologically (see 'Lebanon Hospital, Miscellaneous Correspondence, 1951-1989). All files have been arranged in broad chronological order, although groups of related files have been kept together to form complete sub-series.
scb_access_status Open
language English
language_search English
hierarchy_top_id_raw LH
hierarchy_sequence LH.0008