Record

StorageSite	UCL Special Collections
Level	File
Reference Number	GALTON/2/9/6/15
Title	Set of 6000 Fingerprints
Date	1890s
Description	Fifty-one bundles of fingerprint cards, known as "the 6,000-set" (actually consists of 5,651 cards). These fingerprints were probably taken from visitors to the Anthropometric Laboratory in Kensington. It is believed that the "300-set" (see GALTON/2/9/6/11/2) were selected from an original set of 6,000 cards, of which these are the remainder.
Extent	9 boxes
CustodialHistory	The bundles retain their original identification numbers assigned by UCL Museums. These numbers all have the prefix 'GALT': 237, 231, 239, 261, 235, 276, 230, 232, 286, 236, 288, 296, 242, 241, 243, 246, 240, 245, 244, 289, 249, 253, 287, 251, 252, 250, 255, 256, 295, 254, 287, 281, 290, 294, 258, 283, 291, 282, 257, 259, 260, 280, 284, 285, 279, 277, 292, 229, 228, 293, 238.
Acquisition	Transferred from UCL Museums & Collections in October 2013
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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