Papers of Richard Alan Beatty
Scope and Contents
Contains:
- Coll-1364/1: papers relating to scientific research (1949-1982);
- Coll-1364/2: papers relating to grants from the Ford Foundation (1960-1983);
- Coll-1364/3: papers relating to lectures given by R.A Beatty (1948-1978);
- Coll-1364/4: papers relating to conferences and other events (1955-1982);
- Coll-1364/5: papers relating to reports and visits (1951-1981);
- Coll-1364/6: correspondence (1950-1993);
- Coll-1364/7: papers relating to the Centre for Reproductive Biology (1970-1983);
- Coll-1364/8: press clippings (1937-1970).
Correspondence frequently contains Beatty's replies in carbon copy.
Dates
- Creation: 1937-1993
Creator
Language of Materials
English
Conditions Governing Access
Open, subject to researcher completing a Data Protection undertaking form.
Conditions Governing Use
Applications for permission to quote should be sent to the Head of Special Collections.
Reproduction subject to usual conditions: educational use and condition of documents.
Extent
1.8 linear metres (9 'A boxes)
Arrangement
The arrangement used here loosely follows the filing arrangement as indicated on the original file covers. Papers are arranged within each folder in reverse chronological order.
Physical Location
CLX-A-1092 - CLX-A-1100
Custodial History
When the papers were acquired in 2012, they were in brown folders and secured by treasury tags. They have been transferred to archival folders.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
This material was gifted in 2012.
Appraisal
As far as is known, the material has not been appraised.
Accruals
Further accruals unlikely.
Existence and Location of Originals
This material is original.
Existence and Location of Copies
No known copies.
Bibliography
General
- Falconer, Douglas, 'Quantitative Genetics in Edinburgh: 1947-1980' in Perspectives: Anecdotal, Historical and Critical Commentaries on Genetics, ed.s James F. Crow and William F. Dove (Genetics Society of America, 1983), pp.137-142;
- Robertson, Forbes W., 'Genetics' in Two Hundred Years of the Biological Sciences in Scotland: Proceedings of the Royal Society of Edinburgh, 84B, (Edinburgh, 1983), pp. 211-229;
- biographical details for R.A Beatty provided to Edinburgh University Library Special Collections by Richard C. Beatty, in May 2012.
Processing Information
Catalogued by Clare Button, October- November 2013
Creator
Subject
- Title
- Papers of Richard Alan Beatty, reproductive biologist, ARC Unit of Animal Genetics
- Language of description
- Undetermined
- Script of description
- Code for undetermined script
Repository Details
Part of the University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections Repository
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