1. Preliminary Programs, 14-17 July 1925

File — Box: 3

Scope and Contents

From the Series: The collection on the Ophthalmological Society of the United Kingdom, spanning 1924 to 1935, was collected by Burton Chance, a member of the Society. Included is correspondence, announcements of meetings, programs, receipts, and miscellaneous material. Especially well documented in the collection is the 1925 Convention of English-Speaking Ophthalmological Societies.

Series 1 includes correspondence with members of the Ophthalmological Society of the United Kingdom, including Basil Graves, A. Maitland Ramsay, T. Harrison Butler, and W. T. Holmes Spicer. Most of these letters are of a personal nature; some concern Society meetings. Series 1 also contains a letter from Mr. G. Taylor, who wrote to Chance about his successful "artificial eye business" in London, and a letter from Theodore Hamblin Ltd., with an enclosed pamphlet describing "Hamblin's Telescopic Spectacles".

Chance corresponded with the wives of several famous ophthalmologists, including A. Constance Bickerton, the wife of Thomas Herbert Bickerton (1857-1933), and Mita Critchett, the widow of Sir George Anderson Critchett (1845©1925). Chance and Critchett had planned to meet in July 1925 when Chance was in England for the Convention of English©Speaking Ophthalmological Societies, but Critchett died unexpectedly in the spring of that year.

Series 2 contains materials relating to the 1925 Convention of English©Speaking Ophthalmological Societies, which was held in London and sponsored by the Ophthalmological Society of the United Kingdom. This series contains Chance's mementos of the convention, including preliminary programs, a program of scientific business with a catalogue of exhibits, invitations to receptions, a banquet menu, and his convention member ticket.

Series 3 contains announcements and notices for meetings of the Ophthalmological Society of the United Kingdom; included are announcements of exhibits and lists of proposed officers. Present in Series 4 are programs for the Society's Annual Congresses. Series 5 contains Chance's receipts for journal subscriptions and annual Society dues.

Miscellaneous material is contained in Series 6. Present is a reprint of the constitution of the Council of British Ophthalmologists and a reprint of an article by E. Treacher Collins, President of the Ophthalmological Society of the United Kingdom in 1925, with a dedication from the author. Also included in Series 6 is an illustrated pamphlet describing the comfortable, natural-looking artificial eyes produced by Mr. G. Taylor.