The story of
Sir Ludwig Guttmann and the birth of the Paralympic Games
In the summer of 1948, neurologist Ludwig Guttmann set up a sporting competition between patients. It was the birth of the Paralympic Games.
Series
Medical Research Committee and Medical Research Council: Minute Books
Catalogue reference: FD 6
What's it about?
FD 6
Minutes of Medical Research Committee and Council meetings. The series also contains Committee and Council report books containing papers circulated to Committee and Council members, covering the period 1913 to 1928.
Full description and record details
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- FD 6
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Title (The name of the record)
- Medical Research Committee and Medical Research Council: Minute Books
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1913-1969
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Description (What the record is about)
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Minutes of Medical Research Committee and Council meetings. The series also contains Committee and Council report books containing papers circulated to Committee and Council members, covering the period 1913 to 1928.
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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Other minutes, with agendas and papers, are in FD 13
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- The National Archives, Kew
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Legal status (A note as to whether the record being described is a Public Record or not)
- Not Public Record(s)
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Language (The language of the record)
- English
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
- 26 volume(s)
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Access conditions (Information on conditions that restrict or affect access to the record)
- Subject to 30 year closure
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Subjects (Categories and themes found in our collection (our subject list is under development, and some records may have no subjects or fewer than expected))
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C7269/
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