Files titled 'Egg Marketing Board', 1960-1967
Scope and Contents
The material contains minutes, agendas and reports as well as correspondence from individuals and organisations applying for research grants in poultry genetics.
Dates
- Creation: 1960-1967
Creator
- From the Series: Waddington, Conrad Hal, 1905-1975 (embryologist and professor of animal genetics, University of Edinburgh) (Person)
Language of Materials
English
Conditions Governing Access
Open, subject to the researcher completing a Data Protection undertaking form where noted.
Biographical / Historical
Waddington was a member of the Scientific Advisory Committee of the Egg Marketing Board from 1961 to 1967. The Committee was established in May 1961 'to promote the scientific study of the domestic fowl by drawing attention to its importance, by stimulating the recruitment and training of research workers, by organising basic and applied research in poultry husbandry and in the physiology, pathology, genetics, nutrition and biochemistry of fowl, and by facilitating communication between those working in this field.'
Full Extent
9 folders
Physical Location
CLX-A-1075-1076
Subject
- Egg Marketing Board (1956-1971) (Organization)
Repository Details
Part of the University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections Repository
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