Animal Breeding Research
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Scope Note: Created For = TD
Found in 15 Collections and/or Records:
Papers of Gerald Wiener relating to the history and research of the Animal Breeding Research Organisation
Fonds — Box CLX-A-1440
Identifier: Coll-1701
Content Description
Contains photocopied documents relating to the proposed cuts and changes to ABRO's research programme.At SC-Acc-2021-0083 there is a Word document entitled "The need for food: the history of the Animal Breeding Research Organisation, before Dolly – an eyewitness account." written by Gerald Wiener in 2021. Wiener was the deputy director of the Animal Breeding Research Organisation (ABRO) until his retirement in 1986. He was also one of the scientific staff appointed to ABRO in...
Dates:
1982; 2021
Papers of James Cossar Ewart
Fonds
Identifier: Coll-14
Scope and Contents
Contains:
Coll-14/1 - Medals, including those presented at school in Penicuik and while at Edinburgh University. There are also medals won for prize animals at various shows;
Coll-14/2 - Certifcates, Diplomas and Letters of Appointment, including Ewart's medical qualification certificates, and his commission of appointment to the Regius Professorship of Natural History at the University...
Dates:
1866-1935
Papers of St Clair Taylor relating to the Animal Breeding Research Organisation multibreed projects
Fonds — Box CLX-A-352
Identifier: Coll-1850
Content Description
Comprises paper drafts, data and notes relating to Taylor's research on multibreed projects at the Animal Breeding Research Organisation (ABRO) during the 1970s-1980s. Taylor has also provided contemporary annotations and information on potential future projects using the digitised experimental data provided here on two DVDs.
Dates:
1972-2017
Quinquennial Research Reports, 1947-1965
File
Identifier: EUA IN1/ACU/A1/2/2
Scope and Contents
All of the reports were prepared by C.H Waddington, with the exception of the 1962-1965 report, which Waddington prepared in collaboration with Anne McLaren. The reports also include staff lists and lists of publications.
Dates:
1947-1965
Reports on breeding research, 1936-1942
File
Identifier: EUA IN1/ACU/A1/2/4
Scope and Contents
Contains:
two differing typescripts titled 'Rabbit Breeding Research' (one by J.N Pickard and annotated 1937-1938, the other undated and unnamed, but probably J.N Pickard);
typescript titled 'Research in Rabbit Breeding: Report for the year 1936-1937' by J.N Pickard;
typescript titled 'Rabbit Breeding: Report submitted by J.N Pickard for the year 1938-1939;
...
Dates:
1936-1942