Identity Statement
| Title | Edmond Joseph Theophilus McWeeney |
| Archive Reference | IE RCPI/EJTM |
| Web Link to this Entry | https://iar.ie/archive/edmond-joseph-theophilus-mcweeney |
| Creation Dates | 1925-1970s |
| Level of Description | Fonds (The whole of the records, regardless of form or medium, organically created and/or accumulated and used by a particular person, family, or corporate body in the course of that creator's activities and functions). (Often, but not always, contiguous with an archives ‘collection’ ). |
| Extent Medium | 1 box |
Context
Creator(s): McWeeney, Edmond Joseph Theophilus, 1894-1976
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Administrative History ↴
Edmond Joseph Theophilus (Theo) McWeeney was born in 1894 the son of the pathologist Professor Edmond J McWeeney. Theo McWeeney was a medical student at University College Dublin on the outbreak of the First World War, he left his studies to join the British Army serving on the Western Front. He returned to Dublin receiving his MB in 1922, after which he spent time in the Irish Free State Army Medical Service and the Medical Service of the Royal Air Force. McWeeney received his MD in 1932, he then worked for the Public Health Department in Ireland, with a special focus on Tuberculosis. In 1950 McWeeney moved to the World Heath Organisation, providing advice on Tuberculosis. He retired in 1964 returning to Dublin, where he wrote and lectured. He died in November 1976, leaving a wife Margaret 'Patsy' (nee Brady) and a daughter, Dr Monica McWeeney. -
Archival History ↴
Donation to Royal College of Physicians Ireland -
Immediate Source Acquisition ↴
Donation
Content & Structure
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Scope & Content: McWeeney, Edmond Joseph Theophilus, 1894-1976 ↴
Papers of Edmond Joseph Theophilus McWeeney, including papers relating to his medical education and career as a Tuberculosis specialist at the Irish Department of Health and the World Health Organisation. Papers also include articles, lectures and other prose writing by McWeeney, many of which are autobiographical. Also a small collection of newspaper cuttings relating to his father Prof E J McWeeney.
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Appraisal Destruction ↴
Permanent Retention -
Accruals ↴
No further accruals expected -
Arrangement ↴
Minimal Arrangement
Conditions of Access & Use
| Access Conditions | Access subject to the conditions laid out in the Heritage Centre Access Guidelines. |
| Conditions Governing Reproduction | Copying of archive material is subject to the conditions laid out in the Heritage Centre Copying Guidelines. |
| Creation Dates | 1925-1970s |
| Level of Description | Fonds (The whole of the records, regardless of form or medium, organically created and/or accumulated and used by a particular person, family, or corporate body in the course of that creator's activities and functions). (Often, but not always, contiguous with an archives ‘collection’ ). |
| Extent Medium | 1 box |
| Finding Aids | The collection list is available online. Archive Web Link → |
Allied Materials
There are no Allied Materials
Descriptive Control Area
| Archivist Note | Harriet Wheelock |
| Date of Descriptions | July 2011, with additions May 2017 |