| StorageSite | UCL Special Collections |
| Level | Item |
| Reference Number | HALDANE/5/2/3/85 |
| Title | Medawar, Sir Peter Brian |
| Date | Jun-Jul 1946 |
| Date2 | Nov-Dec 1947 |
| Date3 | Jul 1951-Mar 1952 |
| Description | This items contains the following letters:
<ul>
<li>Letter dated 30 June 1946 from P B Medawar to Haldane regarding corrections to a manuscript.</li>
<li>Letter dated 13 July 1946 from Medawar to Haldane regarding an unkown disease affecting Medawar's mouse colony.</li>
<li>Three letters dated 17, 18 and 19 November 1947 between Haldane and Medawar regarding an article by Medawar in <i>Biological Review</i>. Includes a handwritten draft of Haldane's letter of 17 November and a handwritten, untitled, article on selection which does not appear to be related to the correspondence.</li>
<li>Three letters dated 3, 19 and 29 December between Medawar and Haldane regarding ABO blood groups and the newly-created Chair of Genetics at the University of Birmingham. Includes a handwritten draft of Haldane's letter of 19 December.</li>
<li>Two letters between Medawar and Haldane regarding research into the use of cortisone during pregnancy for Rhesus-negative women. Haldane's letter is dated 19 July 1951.<li>
<li>Two letters dated 9 and 10 November 1951 between Medawar and Haldane regarding reports on the work of L S Penrose and others for the Royal Society Sectional Committee for Zoology. Includes a copy of Haldane's report.</li>
<li>Copy of a note from Haldane's secretary to the Assistant Secretary, The Royal Society, returning a paper by A M Turing. [paper not enclosed with this copy]</li> |
| Extent | 13 letters, 2 drafts plus 2 enclosures |
| 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. |
| Copyright | Haldane, P B Medawar, UCL |