University of Edinburgh. Faculty of Veterinary Medicine (1964-:)
Organization
Found in 51 Collections and/or Records:
Letter to James Cossar Ewart from John Alexander Fraser Roberts, 25 November 1931
Item
Identifier: Coll-14/9/37/10
Scope and Contents
Roberts sends Ewart his birthday wishes and tells him that 'we at the Institute of Animal Genetics always remember that it is owing to you that our department was created' and that 'it will never be forgotten that you were an experimentalist on Natural History during a time when experiment had almost ceased.'
Dates:
25 November 1931
Material relating to the Epigenetics Research Group, 1952-1972
Sub-Series
Identifier: Coll-41/8/7
Scope and Contents
Contains material relating to the funding of the group and staffing, administration and financial matters.
Dates:
1952-1972
Notes concerning data about rabbit spermatozoa, Undated, c.1960
File
Identifier: Coll-1364/3/34
Scope and Contents
Pages numbered and annotated 'I.A.G' - page 10 appears to be wanting. The notes reference research done by Beatty and Napier.
Dates:
Undated, c.1960
Page mounted with five photographs, Undated, 1930s
Item
Identifier: Coll-1057/6/2/5
Scope and Contents
Recto: photograph of unidentified man; photograph of Alan Greenwood and F.A.E Crew; photograph of Alan Greenwood, F.A.E Crew and J.E Wilson with two unidentified men, outside a building.
Verso: Two photographs of the Institute of Animal Genetics building under snow.
The photographs are undated, but are likely to date from before the Second World War, when Crew and Greenwood were both still based at the Institute of Animal Genetics.
Verso: Two photographs of the Institute of Animal Genetics building under snow.
The photographs are undated, but are likely to date from before the Second World War, when Crew and Greenwood were both still based at the Institute of Animal Genetics.
Dates:
Undated, 1930s
Page mounted with four photographs, Undated, 1940s
Item
Identifier: Coll-1057/6/2/11
Scope and Contents
Recto: photograph of the Institute of Animal Genetics building, with the Poultry Research Centre in background; photograph of a woman, captioned 'Evelyn' and dog 'Pip' lying on grass. Verso: sepia photograph of Alan Greenwood, A. Dods, W. Smith and two unidentified men in Home Guard uniform standing in front of a line of cars outside the Institute of Animal Genetics, annotated 'K.B [King's Buildings] Home Guard (Transport)'; group photograph labelled 'K.B Home Guard', possibly...
Dates:
Undated, 1940s
Page mounted with four photographs, c.1954
Item
Identifier: Coll-1057/6/2/76
Scope and Contents
Recto: photograph of B.M. Slizynski, Helen Slizynska, Dr Kaufman, Dr Grjewski, Dr Blyth outside the Institute of Animal Genetics building; photograph of Dr P.E Lake looking down a microscope and Miss Ishbel Paterson holding a cockerel. Verso: photograph of Alan Greenwood with James Ritchie and R.C Fisher at a desk, taken at a meeting of the Royal Society of Edinburgh (picture credited to Edinburgh Evening News); photograph of Alan Greenwood seated on a bench...
Dates:
c.1954
Papers concerning the 1966 annual report to the Agricultural Research Council, March 1967
Item
Identifier: Coll-1364/5/33
Scope and Contents
Contains notes relating to research work carried out at the Institute of Animal Genetics.
Dates:
March 1967
Papers concerning the reduction in financial aid of overseas postgraduate students, 1967
Item
Identifier: Coll-41/8/13
Scope and Contents
Contains several copies of a typescript titled 'Overseas Graduate Students at the Institute of Animal Genetics, Edinburgh', written by Waddington in response to a circular letter from the Council for Scientific Policy.
Dates:
1967
Papers of Eric Lucey
Fonds — Multiple Containers
Identifier: Coll-1484
Scope and Contents
The material contains:
two vinyl (78") records from Edinburgh University Phonetics Department, possibly containing recordings of the humorous songs composed at the Institute of Animal Genetics (1958);
various photographs showing: a social event held at Eric Lucey's house, possibly with Institute of Animal Genetics staff (George Clayton is pictured); the Institute of Animal Genetics Research...
Dates:
c.1955-2006
Papers relating to the Ad Hoc Biological Research Committee, including papers associated with the data collection from various universities in connection with the Royal Society's Report on Fundamental Biology, 1960-1962
Item
Identifier: Coll-41/6/23/1
Scope and Contents
Also contains a draft typescript titled 'Department of Genetics, Edinburgh', which appears to be Waddington's account of the early years of the Institute of Animal Genetics.
Dates:
1960-1962