| Description | File of papers relating to the Irish Gerontological Society founded in 1950, Fleetwood was a key figure in the founding of the society and acted as its secretary from its foundation until 1982, when he became President until 1986. File contains a small number of letter to Fleetwood about the Society or the British Geriatrics Society, which awarded him a medal for outstanding service in 1987. A manuscript draft of the Society's original constitution, with a later typescript version. The secretary's report 1950, with minutes of meetings from 1972 and 1986. Invitations to, and programmes from, events including the 3rd International Gerontological Congress in 1954 and the programme for a conference held by the IGS in 1960. Typescript of a short history of the society and a history of gerontology in Ireland by Fleetwood, and a notebook containing a diary recording trips to various Gerontology conference made by Fleetwood between 1951 and 1974. |