Personal Papers and Private Collections

Founded in 1897, Hayes, Conyngham and Robinson Pharmaceutical Chemists started as a family-run business and went on to become one of the largest Irish-owned pharmacy chains in Ireland. The last of its shops on Grafton Street closed in 1998. The collection contains the corporate, administrative and financial records of the company as well as photographs, artefacts and personal papers of family members and staff associated with Hayes, Conyngham and Robinson Pharmaceutical Chemists.

The Sir Charles Cameron papers comprise material relating to the life and career of Cameron. The collection includes Cameron's personal diaries spanning the period 1870-1921, scrapbooks, and printed works authored by Cameron in his capacity of Chief Medical Superintendent for Health in Dublin.

The Abraham Colles papers comprise correspondence, photographs, lecture notes, medical certificates, and a small number of personal items relating to Colles' life and medical career. Also includes items relating to the Colles family tree.

Photograph album presented to the Library of the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland by Maurice Henry Collis FRCSI in February 1869. Photographs depict surgical operations to the head and neck.

The Emily Winifred Dickson papers comprise medical certificates, medals, personal items, correspondence, photographs, published material and newspaper cuttings relating to Dickson's life and medical career. The collection also includes documents relating to the family history and genealogy of the Dickson and Martin families.

The Douglas Wellington Montgomery papers comprise material relating to D.W. Montgomery's time in Normandy as Surgeon in Charge of 111 Field Surgical Team with the Royal Army Medical Corps. Montgomery arrived in Normandy during the D-Day landings of 6 June 1944 and remained in the area until mid-September 1944. Notable items include a log book listing a record of surgical operations performed by Montgomery during the period June-September 1944, and a typescript report compiled by Montgomery providing an autobiographical account of his experiences during this time. A temporary sign reading 'La mairie est fermee' bears the signatures of 111 Field Surgical Team members.

Manuscript diaries from the Emin Pasha Relief Expedition.

The William Wallace papers comprise patient catalogues, patient illustrations and published material relating to Wallace's medical career and specifically his study of skin diseases. Illustrations in this collection include graphic depictions of the body including male and female genitalia.