Papers of Douglas Scott Falconer
Scope and Contents
Contains: a file of correspondence; inserts removed from various editions of Falconer's 'Introduction to Quantitative Genetics'; photographs of Falconer and colleagues at the Institute of Animal Genetics; cassette tapes of contributors to 'Genetical Research' 73:3 (1999) reading out their contributions.
Also includes at SC-Acc-2023-0103: five folders entitled "Institute of Animal Genetics History"; "Reviews and comments on DSF's 'An Introduction to Quantitative Genetics'"; "Notes and Correspondence about 'Within Family Selection'"; "An Introduction to Quantitative Genetics"; and "Departmental papers, staff, funding, etc.".
Dates
- Creation: 1939-2004
Creator
- Falconer, Douglas Scott (professor of genetics, University of Edinburgh and director of the Agricultural Research Council, Unit of Animal Genetics) (Author, Person)
Language of Materials
English
Conditions Governing Access
The cassette tapes are in a format which are not currently accessible.
Some Data Protection restrictions may exist. Please contact the repository in advance.
Extent
11 folders
19 photographs
11 cassette tapes
Physical Location
Coll-1690/7 is not stored in CLX-A-1478 - see staff interface for details.
Accruals
Accrual donated in February 2023 (Accession no.: SC-Acc-2023-0103), catalogued under the reference Coll-1690/7.
Future accruals possible.
Separated Materials
A collection of various editions and translations of Falconer's 'Introduction to Quantitative Genetics' was also received at the time of the donation. These have been accessioned in the Rare Books sequence under RBP2015.43, and their shelfmarks are RB.S.2973 – 2988.
Processing Information
Catalogued by Clare Button, August 2015.
SC-Acc-2023-0103 catalogued by Aline Brodin in September 2023, using a box-list supplied by the donor.
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Repository Details
Part of the University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections Repository
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