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Copies of a group photograph of Gregor Mendel and fellow friars, with related correspondence, c.1860s-1985
File
Identifier: EUA IN1/ACU/A1/8/1
Scope and Contents
The photograph is accompanied by ten enlarged copies of the image, and some related items of correspondence, including letter to Waddington (in French and German) from Raimund Koci in 1965 gifting him the photograph as a souvenir of Waddington's stay in Brno, a letter from Waddington's widow, Justin Blanco White, sending the photograph to the Department, as well as an acknowledgement from D.E.S Truman (then acting head of Department) thanking her for sending the photograph.
Dates:
c.1860s-1985
Correspondence between Beale and various concerning his Verbena research, 1936-1940
File
Identifier: Coll-1255/7/4
Scope and Contents
The correspondence concerns Beale's efforts to obtain seeds of different Verbena species for his research. There are also items of correspondence with Reginald Punnett concerning the publication of Beale's two papers on Verbena in the Journal of Genetics.
Dates:
1936-1940
Correspondence with Academic Press Inc (London) Limited, 1961-1974
Item
Identifier: Coll-41/5/1/1
Scope and Contents
Chiefly contains correspondence concerning Developmental Systems: Insects which Waddington co-edited with Sheila J. Counce (and to which he contributed an essay). The book was published by Academic Press in two volumes in 1972 and 1973 respectively. This material also contains correspondence between Waddington and Counce, some working papers and draft typescripts, including of Counce's Preface. The earlier correspondence deals with projected ideas for other...
Dates:
1961-1974
"F. Chemists, Physicians, Travellers, and Geographers", 1808-1897
Item
Identifier: Coll-1997/2
Scope and Contents
This volume is entitled "F. Chemists, Physicians, Travellers, and Geographers" and contains 85 letters addressed to Sir Charles Lyell and others in his family by physicists, chemists, explorers, geographers, geologists, and doctors and surgeons. Most of the letters are accompanied by a facing photograph or portrait print of the letter’s author.
Humphry Davy, chemist, with signed portrait [plate]. 1...
Dates:
1808-1897
File titled 'Foreign Scientists', 1942-1951
Item
Identifier: Coll-41/10/23
Scope and Contents
Contains correspondence with various prominent international scientists, chiefly on the subject of research questions or acknowledgements of books/publications received. Correspondents include: Jean Brachet (concerning 'Lysenkoism'), Buzzati-Traverso, Julian Huxley, H.J Bhabha (concerning Indian students studying genetics in the UK), Theodosius Dobzhansky (concerning the arrival of Ukrainian scientist Boris Balinsky at the Institute of Animal Genetics in 1947). Also present is...
Dates:
1942-1951
General research correspondence, 1948-1974
Item
Identifier: Coll-41/5/3/1
Scope and Contents
Includes correspondence with various colleagues, scientific publishers, organisations and societies about various aspects of Waddington's scientific work. Also contains correspondence from individuals seeking Waddington's advice on their own research and careers.
Dates:
1948-1974
Godfrey Thomson Unit for Educational Research, 1896-1979
Sub-subfonds
Identifier: EUA IN1/ACU/G1
Scope and Contents
Material regarding the Moray House Tests, c1920s-1970s;
Northumberland Mental Tests, c1920s;
Sample tests, 1920-1987;
Testing Samples, United States, c1920s-1950s;
Publications, 1896-c1978;
Godfrey Thomson, c1930s-1947;
Correspondence...
Dates:
1896-1979
Handwritten notes for lecture to the Newcastle school of cooking, and lecture to Stockton Grammar School, 21 Nov 1931
File
Identifier: Coll-1310/3/1/2/21
Scope and Contents
The notes are brief in content, in some cases with just one word to remind Thomson to speak about a particular topic, and are written in a mixture of English, German, and French. The notes for Thomson's address to the Newcastle School of Cookery are titled Stoic & Epicurean, and contain references to science and art, stressing the importance of both. The lecture notes for Stockton Grammar school are untitled, referring to the German...
Dates:
21 Nov 1931
Institute Visitors' Book, 1924-1947
File — Box EUA-A-64, Box: data_value_missing_7e46d21a244709a02ea7647c681ffa7b, Box: data_value_missing_0972644b46c2528e8bdd11ac9657b219
Identifier: EUA IN1/ACU/A1/5/3
Scope and Contents
Green bound volume containing signatures, messages and photographs of the Institute's many visitors over the years. Signatures include: G.J van Oordt, Christian Wriedt, Edward N. Wentworth, L.J Cole, W.E Agar, Karl Madsen, Oscar Riddle, Ramon Blanco, James Anderson, L.C Dunn, C.C Little, B.P Wiesner, E.W Lindstrom, Stefan Kopec, Amal Chandra Chaudhuri, Allan C. Fraser, Ilya Ivanov, M.S Gutowska, I. Johansson, Raymond T. Parkhurst, E. Azarme, J. P Chu, S.S and Dorothea Munro, Hugo Merton, G....
Dates:
1924-1947
Letters from Heer, Oswald to Charles Lyell, 9 April 1856 - 15 December 1860
File — Box Box 1.6: Series Coll-203/1 (Lyell 1)
Identifier: Coll-203/1/128
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
This series of correspondence is arranged alphabetically, A-Z, including one ‘Miscellaneous’ section within the 'M' series. Each correspondent has been assigned a file number – there may be several folders within that file, evidencing the longevity and depth of the relationship between Lyell and the correspondent - for example his brother in law Charles Bunbury.Lyell himself, Mary or Arabella Buckley have mostly recorded a summary of the contents of the correspondence, either on the...
Dates:
9 April 1856 - 15 December 1860