Correspondence chiefly concerns the establishment and progress of Walliker's MRC research programme at the Institute of Animal Genetics, conditions regarding his grant and Beale's recommendation of him for a University professorship.

Except for a few early letters, copies of Beale's own replies to Walliker are not present.

The correspondence spans Carter's appointment to Beale's research group, his ongoing research and his work at the National Institutes of Health, Maryland. Also present are letters from the Medical Research Council regarding funding for Carter's post and Beale and Carter's reports of work to the Council.

Much of the correspondence appears to consist of Carter's letters to Beale, with copies of Beale's replies not present.

Contains correspondence with P.C.C. Garnham, the Medical Research Council and the Wellcome Trust concerning the proposed project, as well as two typed pages titled 'Proposed investigation on genetics of malarial parasites Plasmodium berghei.'