| Description | Letters from the Royal Society of Arts, inviting De Beer to deliver his paper "Lines of Research in Switzerland" at an Ordinary Meeting [the paper eventually given was "The Inhabitants of Switzerland"]; regarding a possible centenary lecture commemorating the death of Sir George Cayley; inviting De Beer to review Modern Science and the Nature of Life for the RSA Journal; and informing De Beer that he has been awarded the Silver Medal for his paper.
Letters from the Swiss Tourist Office requesting a copy of "The Inhabitants of Switzerland", and discussing the possibility of republishing some of De Beer's work.
Letter from L R Palmer regarding correlations between biological evidence, toponymy, comparative philology, and archaeology.
Carbon copies of De Beer's outgoing letters: to L R Palmer, regarding his book on Latin, and De Beer's investigations into the Basque language and blood groups; to G Montalenti, forwarding a paper; to Luisa Banti regarding linguistic work on the inhabitants of Apuania. |