Record

StorageSite	UCL Special Collections
Level	Item
Reference Number	GALTON/2/9/6/13/19
Title	Ferris, Major W B
Date	1892-1895
Date2	13 Feb 1902
Description	Letters from Major W B Ferris to Galton discussing the difficulties experienced by Indian officials in making accurate identification of individuals, and the use of fingerprint systems to overcome this. Ferris was also in contact with Alphonse Bertillion regarding his system of identification. Includes four sets of fingerprints enclosed with a letter of 28 July 1892.
Extent	14 letters plus 4 sets of fingerprints
AccessStatus	Open
AccessConditions	The papers are available subject to the usual conditions of access to Archives and Manuscripts material, after the completion of a Reader's Undertaking.

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