The Archives of the AAGBI , 1932 onwards

Archive Minute Books The Association is headed by a Council, led by an elected president. Working parties examine issues relevant to the profession. The Association organises events, including seminars on professional issues as well as its Annual Congress and Winter Scientific Meeting. In addition to its journal it publishes guidelines on professional matters and an annual report. It also awards grants including research and travel grants, and awards, including medals and prizes. The Group of Anaesthetists in Training (GAT) caters for trainee anaesthetists, having its own committee, and specific seminars and Annual Scientific Meeting. The Linkman organisation was founded in 1974 to transmit information to and from AAGBI members. From 1976 Linkman meetings have been held annually, usually before the AGM and Annual Congress. A Junior Linkman scheme was begun in 1985.

The Association's Archives include:

Council minutes, 1932-1995
Annual General Meeting minutes, 1932-1988, 1997
Advisory Committee minutes, 1978-1984
Papers of other committees
Records of the Group of Anaesthetists in Training (GAT)
Records of Linkmen
Records of constitutional matters
Copy of coat of arms, 1991
Standing Committee in the Republic of Ireland constitution, 1997.
Album containing photographs and obituaries of Presidents, 1932-2002
Presidents' newsletters, 1970-1971, 1978
Presidential correspondence 1990-1998
List of Presidents (1932-1992), 1993
Undated album containing photographs and biographies of officers
Annual reports, 1933-1999 (with gaps), including lists of members to 1969.
Records relating to membership
Financial records
Printed or typescript reports of the AAGBI, its Working Parties, or Irish Standing Committee, 1963-1997
Publications of AAGBI Programme of the first Scientific Meeting, 1957
Records of events and meetings
Visitors' books, 1951-1972, 1984.
Records of honours and prizes awarded by the AAGBI
Records of property acquisitions
Records relating to the King collection of historic apparatus
Records relating to professional issues accumulated by the AAGBI
Papers, 1857-1998, relating to the history of anaesthetics
A letter written at Lucknow, India , concerning an amputation, 1857
Memoirs including Vernon Hall's Reminiscences and Anaesthesia in India 1939-1946 (privately published, 1997)
Material relating to the history of the AAGBI, including its coat of arms.
Miscellaneous printed items relating to other organisations, 1987-1997, including the Pain Society.