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PEARSON - Karl Pearson Papers
11 - General Correspondence
1 - Letters mainly addressed to Karl Pearson
8 - Correspondence: Hacker to Huxley
StorageSite
UCL Special Collections
Level
Item
Reference Number
PEARSON/11/1/8/23
Title
Harris, James Arthur
Date
Aug 1911
Date2
Mar 1916
Date3
Jan-Feb 1921
Mar 1930
Description
Letter dated 1911 regarding his family; Pearson's appointment to the Galton Chair; Johannsen's work; and the general state of eugenic research. Letter dated 1916 regarding Harris and Pearson's experiments with dogs; family news; and the upkeep of <i>Biometrika</i> during the First World War. Letters dated 1921 regarding Harris' work at the Carnegie Institution Station for Experimental Evolution; reminiscing over his time at the Galton Laboratory; and regarding his receipt of the Weldon Medal. Letters dated 1930 regarding the possible publication of Pearson's notes on Harris, Treloar and Wilder's paper on contingency [typescript notes enclosed].
Extent
5 letters plus 1 enclosure
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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