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Archives and historical research

Discover the main places to research the history of occupational therapy in the UK

Archives and historical research

 

RCOT

Email: [email protected]

Holds archive of RCOT publications, newsletters and journals, including:

  • Journal of the Association of Occupational Therapists, 1938 – 1949 *
  • Occupational Therapy, 1950 – 1973 *
  • British Journal of Occupational Therapy, 1974 – *
  • Scottish Journal of Occupational Therapy, 1950 – 1974

* Available online to RCOT Members via this link

Wellcome Collection

183 Euston Road, London NW1 2BE 

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Focuses on the connections between science, medicine, life and art. Library holds archives for the British Association of Occupational Therapists and the World Federation of Occupational Therapists (WFOT), plus a wide range of supported material associated with the profession and allied areas. 

Oxford Brookes University

Headington Campus, Oxford OX3 0BP 

Visit Oxford Brookes University Special Collections

Holds the Dorset House archive, the first School of Occupational Therapy in the UK. It also includes material relating to the wider history of occupational therapy education in Britain from 1930, and papers of the Casson family. 

Archives Hub

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Database of records of archives held in UK repositories.

 

Discovery

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Database of records held by The National Archives and archives across the UK.

 

Library Hub Discover

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Database of UK and Irish academic, national and specialist library catalogues.

 

UK legal deposit libraries

There are 6 UK legal deposit libraries. Publishers are required to provide a copy of every work they publish in the UK to the British Library which then becomes part of the nation’s heritage. In addition to the British Library, the 5 other legal deposit libraries can request copies. Search the catalogues of the libraries listed below to see the publications they hold.