Institute Visitors' Book, 1924-1947
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. Montalenti, H. J. Muller,
Some signatures that remain unclear and spurious are: J.L. Sherton [?] (Rhodes University College, Grahamstown, South Africa, 1926), B. Sekle [?] (1938), D.U. Homet [?] (Ecole Nationale Veterinaire de Lyon, 1947), Thomas P. Brun [?] (Research Institute for Genetics and Plant Breeding, 1947) and Dr Dimtre Josef [?] (Budapest, 1947).
Dates
- Creation: 1924-1947
Language of Materials
This material is in English,French,German, Latin, Norwegian, Russian and Spanish
Physical Description
1 volume 30 x 25cm
Conditions Governing Access
This material is open.
Biographical / Historical
The Institute attracted numerous visitors from around the world, a diversity which is richly revealed in this Visitors' Book, which includes messages from the likes of Oscar Riddle (11 November 1926): 'The 'Animal Breeding and Research Department' is found to be much more than that. It is a new and aggressive center in which both men and problems are undergoing rapid metamorphosis to the great advantage of Biological Science.' The volume also contains a message and signature from H.J Muller, who won the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1946. In the words of F.A.E Crew, the Institute was 'largely a post-graduate school offering scientific hospitality to the senior men from overseas, to scholars of the Ministry and Department of Agriculture, and others who are proceeding to a research degree within the University.'
Extent
1 volume
Physical Location
EUA-A-64
Materials Specific Details
This item has received conservation treatment to replace the endpaper and backboard and repair the spine.
Physical Description
1 volume 30 x 25cm
Dimensions
30 x 25cm
Subject
- Agar, Wilfred Eade, 1882-1951 (zoologist) (Person)
- Anderson, James, fl. 1931 (Person)
- Azarme, E., fl. 1938 (Person)
- Blanco, Raymon, fl 1927 (Person)
- Chaudhuri, Amal Chandra, fl 1928 (Indian scientist) (Person)
- Chu, Jen-Pao, fl. 1939 (Chinese geneticist) (Person)
- Cole, Leon Jacob, 1877-1948 (American ornithologist) (Person)
- Dunn, Leslie Clarence, 1893-1974 (American developmental geneticist) (Person)
- Fraser, Allan C., fl. 1929 (Person)
- Gutowska, Marie S., fl 1931 (Polish geneticist) (Person)
- Ivanov, Ilya Ivanovich, 1870-1932 (Russian and soviet biologist) (Person)
- Kopec, Stefan, 1888-1941 (Polish biologist and insect endocrinologist) (Person)
- Johansson, Ivar, fl 1931 (Person)
- Lindstrom, Ernest Walter, 1891-1948 (American geneticist) (Person)
- Little, Clarence Cook, 1888-1971 ( American genetics, cancer, and tobacco researcher ) (Person)
- Madsen, Karl, fl. 1931 (Person)
- Merton, Hugo, 1879-1940 (German zoologist and explorer) (Person)
- Montalenti, Giuseppe, 1904-1990 (Italian biologist and geneticist, general secretary of International Union of Biological Sciences) (Person)
- Muller, Hermann Joseph, 1890-1967 ( American geneticist, educator, and Nobel laureate ) (Person)
- Munro, Sterling S., 1908-1971 (Director of Basic Research, Hy-Line Poultry Farms, Johnston, Iowa (USA)) (Person)
- Parkhurst, Raymond T., fl 1932 (Person)
- Riddle, Oscar, 1877-1968 (American biologist) (Person)
- van Oordt, Gregorius Johannes, 1892-1963 (Dutch zoologist and physiologist) (Person)
- Wentworth, Edward Norris, 1887-1959 (American animal breeding professor) (Person)
- Wiesner, Bertold Paul, 1901-1972 (Austrian endocrinologist, biologist and physiologist) (Person)
- Wriedt, Christian, 1883-? (geneticist) (Person)
Creator
- From the Sub-subfonds: University of Edinburgh, Institute of Animal Genetics (1930-1990) (university research institute) (Organization)
Repository Details
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