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Alan Sharp
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Username: Ash
Post Number: 420
Registered: 9-2003
| | Posted on Thursday, February 05, 2004 - 3:59 am: |       |
The Royal London Hospital has a file on the Whitechapel Murders including correspondence from Edward Knight Larkins which suggests that at some point he switched the focus of his attention from Portuguese cattle-men to a medical student at the London Hospital Medical College. I am requesting to view this file and wondered if anyone here had viewed it before and could give me a heads up what to expect to find there? |
Chris Phillips
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Username: Cgp100
Post Number: 172
Registered: 2-2003
| | Posted on Thursday, February 05, 2004 - 4:47 am: | |
You may already have seen this, but just in case you haven't:
IDENTITY STATEMENT
Reference code(s): GB 0387 LH/X/97
Held at: Royal London Hospital
Title: Whitechapel Murders
Date(s): 1888-1971
Level of description: Collection (fonds)
Extent: 0.5 linear metre
Name of creator(s): Larkins | Edward | fl 1888-1891 | Custom House official
CONTEXT
Administrative/Biographical history: Edward Larkins, a Custom House official, became interested in the Whitechapel murders, and the identification of the murderer. He came to the conclusion that the most likely suspect was a student at the London Hospital Medical College, probably because of to the close proximity of the Hospital to the murder sites and the possibility that the murderer had some anatomical knowledge.
CONTENT
Scope and content/abstract: Papers relating to the Whitechapel Murders, comprising evidence collected by Edward Larkins of the Custom House on the possible identification of the Whitechapel Murderer ('Jack the Ripper'), 1888-1891, comprising statistical information, including copies of Custom House and Home Office documents, particularly relating to ship movements; copy letters from Larkins; letter from Larkins to Munro-Scott, Warden of the London Hospital Medical College, concerning his research into student records at the London Hospital, 1891; note by Munro-Scott concerning Larkin's research, 1890;
contemporary photograph of the 'Lusk letter', sent to Mr George Lusk, Chairman of the Whitechapel Vigilance Committee, with a portion of kidney, 1888; contemporary photograph of the 'Openshaw letter' and envelope, sent to Dr Openshaw, Pathological Curator of the London Hospital Museum, signed Jack the Ripper, 1888;
papers collected by Professor Francis Camps relating to the Whitechapel murders ('Jack the Ripper'), 1888-1971, namely papers concerning the Mitre Square murder (Catherine Eddowes), 1888, comprising plan and elevation of Mitre Square showing the position of the body; plan of the surrounding area; sketch of the body at the crime scene; mortuary sketches of the body; photographs of drawings of the body of Catherine Eddowes (victim of the Whitechapel Murderer) by Dr T Gordon Brown, 1898; press cuttings and reprints on the Whitechapel Murder 1888, 1971.
ACCESS AND USE
Language/scripts of material: English
System of arrangement: The records are arranged as outlined in the scope and content.
Conditions governing access: Researchers wishing to consult the archives should first contact the Trust Archivist, the Royal London Hospital, Whitechapel, London, E1 1BB, for an appointment.
Conditions governing reproduction: A photocopying service is available at the discretion of the Archivist. Photocopies are supplied for research use only. Requests to publish original material should be submitted to the Archivist.
Finding aids: The papers are unlisted.
ARCHIVAL INFORMATION
Archival history:
Immediate source of acquisition: Transferred from the Medical College Library in 1987.
ALLIED MATERIALS
Related material: Papers relating to the Whitechapel Murders are also held by the Public Record Office including letters from individuals signed 'Jack the Ripper' (reference: MEPO 3).
Publication note: 'More About Jack the Ripper' Professor Francis Camps London Hospital Gazette Clinical and Scientific Supplement vol LXIX no 1 1966.
DESCRIPTION NOTES
Archivist's note: Sources: Public Record Office Online Catalogue. Compiled by Julie Tancell as part of the RSLP AIM25 project.
Rules or conventions: Compiled in compliance with General International Standard Archival Description, ISAD(G), second edition, 2000; National Council on Archives Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997.
Date(s) of descriptions: June 2001
http://www.aim25.ac.uk/cgi-bin/search2?coll_id=3936&inst_id=23
Chris Phillips
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Alan Sharp
Inspector
Username: Ash
Post Number: 423
Registered: 9-2003
| | Posted on Thursday, February 05, 2004 - 6:15 am: | |
Thanks Chris. That's the file in question. I was led to it by looking into Larkins but it sounds like the Francis Camps stuff might be interesting also. |
Thomas C. Wescott
Inspector
Username: Tom_wescott
Post Number: 248
Registered: 4-2003
| | Posted on Sunday, October 31, 2004 - 9:27 pm: | |
Alan,
Had any luck yet getting a look at this stuff?
Yours truly,
Tom Wescott |
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