| Description Of Item | The correspondence covers the period of the secretaryship of Iain MacLaren and has been weeded. The correspondence includes the hand-over from his predecessor Clifford Kennedy and arrangements for a retiral present; letter to Sir Derrick Dunlop congratulating him on his gold medal from the Royal Society of Medicine and his reply; letters to the chairmen of meetings with details of the guest of honour and other guests and replies; letter to Ronnie Robertson on wording for the law change on extraordinary membership; letters from Gray Muirhead WS on the bequest from David Glyn Lamond; letters to new members; circular letters to members on the resignation of Bobby Marquis and other club business, November 1986; letters from members on the club's financial position, November 1987; letter to Dr J H Baron giving the history of the club, December 1988; circular letter with the financial facts of life, October 1989; letter to Professor James Robson on his resignation; correspondence on the resignation of Professor W D MacLennan, November 1990-February 1991; letters from Gray Muirhead WS on the bequest from Dr R F Robertson; correspondence with Professor R E Kendell on a change to the rules to allow female guests; circular letters on the reasons behind the change in date for the October 1993 meeting; copy of 'An Edinburgh Bicentenary Aesculapian Club (1773-1973)'; copy of 'The Aesculapian Club of Edinburgh' by Douglas Guthrie; correspondence with the National Museums of Scotland on the loan of club cups to an exhibition on Edinburgh and Medicine and for the permanent displays, including a photograph of the trophy of the Gymnastic Club, August 1995-April 1997; circular letter with the financial facts of life, February 1996; correspondence with John Burnett, National Museums of Scotland on his book on sport in Scotland and the section titled 'The Aesculapian and Gymnastic Clubs', August 1998; letter from S Hibberdine on the age of dining clubs with an article on the Dulwich Club, December 1998; letter from David Thomson with a coin attached to pay a fine, October 1999; letter from MacLaren asking to demit office as secretary; and letter from Tony Toft accepting the position of secretary. |