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StorageSiteUCL Special Collections
LevelFile
Reference Number GALTON/2/9/6/11/2
TitleSet of Three Hundred Fingerprints
Date1895-1896
DescriptionWooden box labelled "The 300 sets of Fingerprints". Contains the following:
Wooden tray divided into four compartments, each containing a bundle of fingerprint notation cards classified by patterns of arches, ridges, loops and whorls
Original labels from the box
Proof copy of the chapter "Specimen Directory of 300 Sets" from Galton's book Fingerprint Directories
Index books
Sets of fingerprints on cards
Extent13 items
AdminHistoryGalton is credited with pioneering the scientific methodology for using fingerprints for forensic purposes, collecting some 6,000 and classifying them; the 300 sets of fingerprints in this box were meticulously codified and grouped by type.
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.
Related MaterialSee also the "6000-set" of fingerprints GALTON/2/9/6/15
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