Material relating to the history of the PRC and ABRO, 1942-1965
Scope and Contents
Contains:'The Origin and Early History of ABGRO' by R.G. White, dated September 1965 (20 pages); two typed pages providing a summary of the PRC (undated); Bulletin of the Poultry Association of Great Britain, including 'Some Aspects of Poultry Research at Edinburgh' by Alan Greenwood, and 'Poultry Farmers and the New Income Tax Proposals' by John R. Harvey (1942); 'The Poultry Research Centre, Edinburgh' by Alan Greenwood, reprinted from the 1951 Year Book of Poultry Association of Great Britain; 'The Poultry Research Centre of the Agricultural Research Council' by Alan Greenwood, Animal Breeding Abstracts, 22, 1954, 180-182; 'The Genealogy of the Poultry Research Centre' by F.A.E. Crew, British Poultry Scientist, 121, 289-295 (1971); 'Farming News and North British Agriculture', 53:1 (5 January 1951).
Dates
- Creation: 1942-1965
Conditions Governing Access
Some material is restricted and cannot be produced.
Extent
1 file
Subject
- Animal Breeding Research Organisation. ABRO (1945 - 1986) (Organization)
- Poultry Research Centre (1947-1986) (research institution) (Organization)
Creator
- From the Sub-Fonds: Poultry Research Centre (1947-1986) (research institution) (Organization)
- From the Sub-Fonds: Menzies, Alistair I. (PRC Institute Secretary) (Person)
Repository Details
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