James Milledge Papers
Special Collections & Archives, UC San Diego
Special Collections & Archives, UC San Diego
Copyright 2005
9500 Gilman Drive
La Jolla 92093-0175
spcoll@ucsd.edu
Descriptive Summary
Languages:
English
Contributing Institution:
Special Collections & Archives, UC San Diego
9500 Gilman Drive
La Jolla 92093-0175
Title: James Milledge Papers
Identifier/Call Number: MSS 0455
Physical Description:
0.6 Linear feet
(2 archives boxes)
Date (inclusive): 1960-1981
Abstract: The papers of James Milledge, a British high altitude physiologist and mountaineer.
Biography
James Milledge is a British physiologist educated at the University of Birmingham. Specializing in chest medicine, he was
on the staff of Christian Medical College from 1962 to 1972. Since 1972, he has been a scientific member of the the Medical
Research Council at Northwick Park Hospital and a consulting physician.
Milledge was a member of the 1960/1961 Silver Hut expedition to Mt. Everest, which was led by Sir Edmund Hillary. He spent
the winter months during that expedition at 5800 meters, studying the long term effect of high altitude on humans. In the
Second School House expedition to Everest in 1964, also led by Hillary, Milledge investigated some of the physiological differences
between Sherpas and lowlanders at high altitude. Milledge was also a member of the American Medical Research Expedition to
Everest, which was organized and led by John B. West in 1981.
Preferred Citation
James Milledge Papers, MSS 455. Special Collections & Archives, UC San Diego.
Acquisition Information
Acquired 1998.
Publication Rights
Publication rights are held by the creator of the collection.
Scope and Content of Collection
The papers of James Milledge, a British high altitude physiologist and mountaineer. The collection includes diaries, databooks,
correspondence, and clipping files documenting Milledge's participation in the 1960-61, 1964, and 1981 expeditions to Mt.
Everest and the 1981 expedition to Mt. Kongur in eastern China. The correspondence is primarily between Milledge and his wife
and other family members during Milledge's different visits to Everest.
Arranged in three series: 1) BIOGRAPHICAL MATERIALS, 2) CORRESPONDENCE and 3) EXPEDITIONS.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Mountaineering
Acclimatization
China -- Description and travel
Altitude, Influence of
Mountaineering expeditions -- Himalaya Mountains
Mountaineering expeditions -- Everest, Mount (China and Nepal)
Adaptation (Physiology)
Mountain sickness
Konger Mount (China) -- Description and travel
Everest, Mount (China and Nepal) -- Description and travel
Diaries -- 20th century
Physiology -- History
Mountaineering expeditions -- China -- Konger Mount
Mountaineering -- Everest, Mount (China and Nepal)
Physiologists -- Biography
Nepal -- Description and travel
Mountaineering -- China -- Konger Mount
Milledge, James S. -- Archives
American Medical Research Expedition to Mt. Everest (1981)
British Mount Kongur Expedition to China (1981)
Himalayan Scientific and Mountaineering Expedition (1960-1961)
Himalayan Schoolhouse Expedition (1963)
Box 1, Folder 1
UC San Francisco Clinical Certificate and Photograph
Box 1, Folder 3
American Thoracic Society - Gordon M. Meade
Box 1, Folder 18
Diary, Volume 1
13 August - 31 December, 1960
Box 1, Folder 19
Diary, Volume 2
1 January - 6 May, 1961
Box 1, Folder 20
Diary of Sherpa climbing..
Box 1, Folder 22
Data notebook for ventilation experiments
Second Schoolhouse (1964)
Am. Medical Research Expedition to Everest (1981)
Box 2, Folder 2
Clippings, photographs, etc
Box 2, Folder 5
Clippings, photographs, etc
Box 2, Folder 6
"Himalayan Deputation." In
Magazine of Christian Medical College (India), 1965. "40 Years of Medical Research in the Himalayas." In
Jouranl of World Mountaineering & Climbing, 1999. (Issue is devoted to a history of mountain medicine.)
1965 - 1999
