Papers of Elsie Widdowson and Robert McCance from the Medical Research Council Papers relating to the nutritionists Elsie Widdowson and Robert McCance, who were both Fellows of the Royal Society. The majority of the material relates to Widdowson, and includes her professional and research papers, correspondence, biographical material, and other notes. The McCance material also contains professional papers and correspondence as well as personal papers. Furthermore, there is significant material relating to Widdowson's work compiling the Royal Society's biographical memoir for McCance after the latter died in 1993. 3 February 1937 - 10 June 2006