Contains correspondence between Beatty and various, including Richard V. Short, A.S Duncan and the Ford Foundation. Also contains typecript of the speech given by Simone Veil at the opening of the Centre for Reproductive Biology as well as papers regarding the postgraduate course in 'Recent Advances in Human Reproduction' which R.V Short and David Baird organised at the Centre.

Contains correspondence chiefly from Beatty to M.D.W Low, Roger Short and the Ford Foundation. Also contains two copies of 'A proposal by the University of Edinburgh for the establishment of a University Centre of Reproductive Biology located in the grounds of the Royal Infirmary, Edinburgh'.

Contains a photocopied typescript of the submission to the Medical Research Council and correspondence chiefly regarding the drafting process as well as some notes relating to the proposed accommodation arrangements of the Centre. Also contains some minutes of the Reproductive Biology Building Project Sub-Committee and Users Group as well as CVs and research interests in report form from David Baird, Beatty, Anne McLaren and Roger Short.

The correspondence concerns research questions, matters to do with publication, lectures and the preparation of articles. Key correspondents include: Shomi Bhattacharya, Jack Cohen, Hugh P. Donald, Nathan S. Fechheimer, John L. Jinks, James E. Lovelock, Mary Lyon, Dwight D. Miller, Alan S. Parkes, Victor Lord Rothschild, K.N Sharma, Roger Short and Wallace Shrimpton.