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StorageSiteUCL Special Collections
LevelItem
Reference Number PEARSON/11/1/18/112
TitleSmithsonian Institution
DateAug 1928 - Sep 1931
DescriptionTypescript. Letters from 1928 about Mahalanobis' article "On the Need for Standardization in Measurements on the Living", complaining about lack of standardisation in measuring instruments used to collect anthropological data, precipitous dismissal of the old masters' teaching on the subject, and the lack of dedicated anthropometric laboratories or institutes. Letter from 1931 bringing Karl's attention to grants available from the Guggenheim Meomorial Foundation.
Extent3 letters
AccessStatusOpen
AccessConditionsThe 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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