| Description | Manuscripts, typescripts and publications by Morant relating to studies of race. Also some publications relating to anthropology and human remains, but found together with this material. Contents:
"On the Importance of the Type Silhouette for Racial Characterisation in Anthropology", by Ida McLearn, G M Morant and Karl Pearson, reprinted from Biometrika vol. XXb, 1928. With a covering letter to Morant from J S Wolfe of the Ministry of Supply returning the paper to him, 21 Jan 1948.
Typescript address to the Royal Institute of International Affairs by G M Morant, "Racial Fallacies and Realities in Europe". Dated 29 May 1942.
Royal Institute of International Affairs, list of meetings for May 1942. Morant's address on Racial Fallacies and Realities in Europe was scheduled for 12 May.
Typescript of "The Racial History of the British Isles" by G M Morant, a paper read before The Ethnic Study Group annual dinner, 17 December 1938.
Manuscript of "The Geographical Distribution of the Varieties of Man" by G M Morant. Undated.
Typescript of "The Meaning of Race", a paper presented by G M Morant for discussion at a meeting of the Faculty of Science at the Marx Memorial Library and Workers School, 18 June 1942.
Manuscript of "Racial Theories and Political Propaganda" by G M Morant. Undated.
"The Significance of Racial Differences" by G M Morant published by UNESCO, Paris, c1952. Part of the Race Question in Modern Science series. With four letters to Morant found inside:
1. From Beatrice Blackwood dated 14 Oct 1952 regarding a misprint in the pamphlet.
2. From Arthur Keith thanking Morant for sending a copy, 20 July 1952.
3. From H J Fleure giving his views on the pamphlet, 16 July 1952.
4. From Ashley Montagu discussing the pamphlet and his own forthcoming work, 23 July 1952.
"Les Différences Raciales et leur Signification", French translation of the above, by G M Morant published by UNESCO, Paris, c1952. With a letter to Morant from Alfred Métraux of UNESCO regarding changes for a reprint of the English language version of the pamphlet in book form, 8 Nov 1955; and a press cutting of an article "Breaking down the Colour Bar" by Anthony Barrett, from the Tribune, 17 April 1953, which references Morant's UNESCO pamphlet.
"The Racial Doctrine of Mein Kampf", by G M Morant, offprint from The Modern Quarterly vol. 2 no. 3 July 1939. Marked as "Marked copy", one of the diagrams on p.258 has been annotated but there are no other corrections.
With a duplicate offprint (no annotations) and another copy of the article, removed from a full issue of The Modern Quarterly [p248-261 only].
"The Use of Statistical Methods in the Investigation of Problems of Classification in Anthropology" Part I: The general nature of the material and the form of intraracial distributions of metrical characters. By G M Morant. Reprinted from Biometrika vol. XXXI parts 1 and 2, July 1939.
Typescript of "The Skeletal Remains of Mapungubwe" by G M Morant, marked as published in 'Antiquity', September 1939. With manuscript corrections.
"A Description of Human Remains, Excavated by Miss G Caton Thompson at Hureidha" by G M Morant. From 'Reports of the Research Committee of the Society of Antiquaries of London' no. XIII, 1944.
"The Predynistic Egyptian Skulls from Badari and their Racial Affinities" by G M Morant, from 'Mostagedda and the Tasion Culture' by Guy Branton, 1937. |