Papers of Alan W. Greenwood
Scope and Contents
Contains:
- academic certificates of Alan Greenwood and Janet Alison Vera Crockett;
- papers relating to the Institute of Animal Genetics, including a notebook detailing various poultry experiments, a report from the Institute (1943-1944) and various historical memoranda;
- papers relating to the Poultry Research Centre;
- reprints of journal articles and research papers;
- various lectures given by Alan Greenwood;
- photographs, including those of staff at the Poultry Research Centre.
Dates
- Creation: 19th century-1984
Creator
Language of Materials
English
Conditions Governing Access
Open.
Conditions Governing Use
Applications for permission to quote should be sent to the Head of Special Collections.
Reproduction subject to usual conditions: educational use and condition of documents.
Extent
1.4 linear metres (6 'A' boxes; 1 item in 'D' box; 3 outsize items)
Arrangement
The material was loosely grouped together as part of the Navigational Aids for the History of Science, Technology and the Environment (NAHSTE) project between 2000-2002.
Physical Location
CLX-A-643-CLX-A-647 and photograph store
Custodial History
The material was loosely arranged and partially rehoused as part of the Navigational Aids for the History of Science, Technology and the Environment (NAHSTE) project between 2000-2002. A collection level description was created in 2005.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
The material was gifted to Edinburgh University Archives in 1999 by Alan Greenwood's widow, Josephine Greenwood. Some of the material bears her initials.
Appraisal
As far as is known, the material has not been appraised.
Accruals
Further accruals unlikely.
Existence and Location of Originals
This material is original.
Existence and Location of Copies
No known copies.
Bibliography
General
- Birse, Ronald M., Science at the University of Edinburgh 1583-1993, (Edinburgh, 1994);
- Crew, F.A.E., 'The Genealogy of the Poultry Research Centre', British Poultry Science, 121, 289-295 (1971);
- Falconer, Douglas, 'Quantitative Genetics in Edinburgh: 1947-1980' in Perspectives: Anecdotal, Historical and Critical Commentaries on Genetics, ed.s James F. Crow and William F. Dove (Genetics Society of America, 1983), pp.137-142;
- Greenwood, Alan, autobiographical notes at: Coll-1057/5/3/5 and Coll-1057/3/6 (1968);
- Robertson, Forbes W., 'Genetics' in Two Hundred Years of the Biological Sciences in Scotland: Proceedings of the Royal Society of Edinburgh, 84B, (Edinburgh, 1983), pp. 211-229;
- Siller, W.G., 'Obituary Notices: Alan William Greenwood, CBE, BSc, MSc, PhD (Edin), DSc (Melb)' in the Proceedings of the Royal Society of Edinburgh, pp.35-37 (1981).
Processing Information
Catalogued by Clare Button June-July 2013
- Title
- Papers of Alan William Greenwood, genetical physiologist and director of ARC Poultry Research Centre
- Language of description
- Undetermined
- Script of description
- Code for undetermined script
Repository Details
Part of the University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections Repository
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