We shall shortly be acquiring the papers of a local medical man,
who died recently at the age of 102. He was in his time a leading
endocrinologist and had a particular interest in
transvestism/transsexualism.
We have been told that his papers contain sensitive medical
information about "interesting people", some of whom are still alive.
(I am not sure whether the people concerned are interesting
because of who they are or because of their medical condition.)
Clearly, this material cannot be made publicly available; indeed, I
am not happy about taking it at all, but that has been out of my
hands. So the question is, what to do with it? One suggestion that
has been made to me is to seal it for 100 years. I should be very
grateful for any other advice.
Lesley Gordon
Dr Lesley Gordon,
Special Collections,
The Robinson Library,
University of Newcastle upon Tyne,
Newcastle upon Tyne NE2 4HQ
Tel 0191 222 7671 Fax 0191 222 6235
"If man could be crossed with the cat, it would improve man
but deteriorate the cat." (Mark Twain)
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