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The material consists of correspondence and papers of Martin Rivers Pollock, dated April 1963-August 1963. It includes a 3 page typescript, 'Outlined proposal for an Institute of Molecular Microbiology' by Pollock and William Hayes, 2 July 1963 and response of Sir Harold Himsworth, Head of the MRC, asking for more detailed proposals.

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The material consists of correspondence and papers of Martin Rivers Pollock, dated September 1963-October 1963. It includes a draft and final copy of 'Trends and prospects in Microbial Biochemistry and Genetics' by Pollock and William Hayes sent to Harold Himsworth, 3 October; and draft and final copy of their 'Proposal for an Institute of Molecular Biology', sent in response to his reply to 'Trends and prospects', 28 October.

Scope and Contents The records of the Department of Molecular Biology consist of: courses offered by the department departmental administration relations with the University of Edinburgh and other educational bodies relations with other scientific and government bodies papers and articles written by people connected with the department ...

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Includes letters and reports, covering subjects such as courses, students, research grants and appointments. Those present at meetings included Sir Edmund Langley Hirst, Frederick Henry Stewart, Martin Rivers Pollock, Charles Kemball, William Hayes, Hermann Brück, W Ewart J Farvis and Conrad Hal Waddington.