| Description | Contains material relating to journals and pamphlets issued by the Galton Laboratory, predominantly concerning the series 'Annals of Eugenics' and 'Treasury of Human Inheritance'. Comprises drafts, notes, illustrations for figures and plates, correspondence, offprints, and printing blocks. |
| AdminHistory | The 'Annals of Human Genetics' (known as the 'Annals of Eugenics' until 1954) was founded at the Galton Laboratory in 1925 by Karl Pearson, who was the first Editor with the assistance of Ethel M Elderton. Traditionally the incumbent of the Galton Professorship has acted as Editor or co-Editor of the journal. The Galton Laboratory was also responsible for publishing five volumes of pedigrees of human hereditary diseases and anomalies entitled the 'Treasury of Human Inheritance' between 1909 and 1956. |