The correspondence is between Geoffrey Beale and Margaret Deacon (who grants permission for her work to be cited as a reference in Beale's Royal Society memoir of Auerbach) and M.M. Green, Section of Molecular and Cellular Biology, University of California, concerning details about Auerbach's life. The draft typescript contains handwritten annotations and contact details for Margaret Deacon.

Contains interviews with: Charlotte Auerbach, Alick Buchanan Smith, Lord Balerno, F.A.E. Crew, Frank Fraser Darling, Hugh Paterson Donald, Honor Fell and Alan William Greenwood. The interviewer in all cases is Margaret Deacon.

In this collection of biographical interviews scientists reflect on their early life and background, their career and involvement in British science in the twentieth century. These interviews were carried out with some former staff members of the Institute of Animal Genetics, Edinburgh, as well as individuals from other branches of science, by the Science Studies Unit, University of Edinburgh.