| Description | <p>Letters to Pearson from Fisher, Yale University Department of Political Economy.</p>
<p>Letter dated 1898 regarding <i>The Chances of Death and Other Studies in Evolution</i>, Fisher's agreement with many of Pearson's mathematical and moral views, and his curiosity regarding Socialist thought. Letters dated 1905 inviting Pearson to deliver lectures at Yale on the application of the theory of probability to social problems. Letters dated 1908 inviting Pearson to submit a paper on Eugenics to the journal <i>American Health</i>; requesting data on mortality, and asking Pearson to comment on an enclosed National Conservation Commission report, "On the Conservation of Human Vitality in the United States". Letter dated 1935 regarding Government-guaranteed deposits.</p> |