Gordon Bradley Lowe papers, ca. 1920 - 1956

MLMSS 8361

fonds

ca. 1920 - 1956

Textual Records, Graphic Materials, Clippings, Ephemera, Photographs

239927

0.86 metres of textual material (5 boxes)

Dr Gordon Bradley Lowe (1890-1956), physician, graduated in medicine from Sydney University in 1915. He served in the Army Medical Corps during World War I and after the war under took postgraduate training in the United Kingdom. On his return to Sydney he became Honorary Obstetrician and Gynaecologist to the Royal Hospital for Women until his retirement in 1950. He had a thriving practice in Croydon and was also Honorary Paediatric Surgeon at Randwick Hospital for Infants, Honorary Surgeon at Western Suburbs Hospital and a director of The Benevolent Society.

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Dr Gordon Bradley Lowe papers including private and professional correspondence, ledgers of operations and confinements, references, invitations, material relating to Dr Gordon Bradley Lowe's Croydon practice, hospitals, colleges and The Benevolent Society, certificates, awards and photographs.

BOX 1 (Restricted)
Letters from patients or regarding patients, expressions of gratitude from patients, 1942-1955, selection of letters to Dr Gordon Bradley Lowe regarding patients delay in settling, or inability to settle accounts, ca. 1929-1937, Litigation and adoption matters, carbon copy letter book of correspondence with patients, 1930-1934.

BOX 2
Professional papers including, invitations, photographs of mass meeting by doctors protesting against Commonwealth Government’s National Health Scheme, 1948, Mrs. Rourkes broadcast, 1955, Mabel Lowe’s correspondence. Notebooks recording operations performed, 1920-1929, notebooks recording confinements, 1923-1956, telephone messages book, 1956, cash accounting ledger, 1947-1956, diary, 1956

BOX 3
Dr Gordon Bradley Lowe personal papers, ca. 1920-1950 including references, curriculum vitae, registration certificates, discharge certificates, permits, birth certificate, ‘Who’s Who in Australia entry, Coronation of Queen Elizabeth II medal, personal correspondence, material related to internship at Bolingbroke Hospital, London, 1921 and working in the UK, material related to Croydon practice, Western Suburbs Hospital, Royal Alexandra Hospital for Children

BOX 4
Papers regarding the University of Sydney Post Graduate Committee in Medicine, papers regarding The Benevolent Society, photographic portraits of Gordon Bradley Lowe, 1894-1956, educational certificates and professional awards

BOX 5
Dr Gordon Bradley Lowe, educational certificates and professional awards, ca. 1920-1950

Partly restricted: Applies to MLMSS 8361/Box 1

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