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PEARSON - Karl Pearson Papers
11 - General Correspondence
1 - Letters mainly addressed to Karl Pearson
5 - Correspondence: Eagleston to Ewing
StorageSite
UCL Special Collections
Level
Item
Reference Number
PEARSON/11/1/5/15
Title
Elderton, Ethel Mary
Date
1908-1935
Date2
1951
Description
Letters from Ethel Elderton:
Letters to Karl Pearson, 1908-1935, regarding: Francis Galton; family news; research conducted at the Eugenic and Biometric Laboratories; editing proofs; staff changes and vacation time during the First World War; and breeding dogs.
Letters to Maria Sharpe Pearson dated 1927, regarding her holiday; family news; dog breeding; staff at the laboratories; and Galton's published work on eugenics.
Letter to Egon Sharpe Pearson dated 1951, regarding the appraisal of Karl Pearson's letters.
Extent
32 letters
AdminHistory
Elderton, Ethel Mary (1878-1954), statistician and researcher who worked with Francis Galton. After receiving her doctorate, she became Assistant Professor in the Galton Laboratory shortly before her retirement in 1933.
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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