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Departmental papers, staff, funding, etc., 1967-1980

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Identifier: Coll-1690/7/5

Staff Only

Scope and Contents

This folder contains:

  1. Douglas S. Falconer to Waddington letter declining offer of personal chair, 17.4.1967.
  2. Space and staff allocation in Genetics / Epigenetics: Letters from Douglas S. Falconer to the Dean and Waddington, 5.7.1967.
  3. Waddington reply to the above: "Comments on Douglas' letter".
  4. Staff and space paper, unsigned but refers to summer 1967 and the "Waddington-Falconer plan": probably by Waddington.
  5. Reorganization of Genetics: Waddington paper, 17.7.1967.
  6. Reorganization of Genetics: Falconer paper, 18.7.1967.
  7. "Arrangements agreed between Waddington and Falconer for the institution of a second chair of Genetics and the division of responsibilities in the Institute": pencil handwritten draft by Douglas S. Falconer (probably July 1967).
  8. Waddington letter on division of responsibilities and funding, 25.7.1967.
  9. Unsigned paper on unscrambling Genetics/Epigenetics, probably by Waddington, ?1967.
  10. "The sharing of responsibilities if Falconer became a ''working" Professor": unsigned, probably by Waddington, ?1967.
  11. "The sharing of responsibilities": paper by Douglas S. Falconer.
  12. Agricultural Research Council letter to Douglas S. Falconer on future of the Animal Genetics Unit + Douglas S. Falconer's reply, 9.10.1967.
  13. Letter to university re. appointment of Kilbey and Jurand, 9.11.1967.
  14. Letters between Agricultural Research Council, university and Douglas S. Falconer on salary etc, Feb. 1968.
  15. Douglas S. Falconer paper on personal chair and allocation of responsibilities, 1968.
  16. Charles Stewart letter to Douglas S. Falconer re. personal chair, 28.2.1968.
  17. Continuation of the Animal Genetics Unit after Waddington, letters, Jan-Feb. 1968.
  18. "Arrangements agreed between Waddington and Falconer for the institution of a second Chair of Genetics, and the division of responsibilities in the Institute of Animal Genetics": probably 1968
  19. "Division of Responsibilities in the Institute": signed agreement, March 1968.
  20. "Authority within the Department of Genetics, vis-a-vis the University Administration": Signed Waddington, DSF and Birnstiel, 9.1.1969.
  21. Douglas S. Falconer appointment as Head of Department, letter 22.7.1969.
  22. Head of Department appointment letters, 2 and 23 Feb. 1972.
  23. Confidential correspondence between Douglas S. Falconer and Acting Principal re Continuation of Buchanan chair, 4 and 7 June 1974.
  24. Douglas S. Falconer resignation letter following Prof. Fincham appointment, 28.3.1977, and reply from Vice-Dean.
  25. "Main administrative work of Head of Department": handwritten Douglas S. Falconer document, probably 1977.
  26. Closure of the Animal Genetics Unit, letter and reply Ralph Riley, 7 and 10 Oct. 1980.
  27. Douglas S. Falconer retiral letter to Agricultural Research Council, 13.10.1980.
  28. Honorary membership of Genetical Society, Paul Nurse letter, 15.11.1990.
  29. Pencil table of staff in different categories, by Douglas S. Falconer, undated.

Dates

  • Creation: 1967-1980

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Full Extent

1 folder

Language of Materials

English

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