| Description | Letters from Karl Pearson to David Heron concerning data collection, publications. Letter dated 26 Jul 1914 about "the war difficulty is exciting everybody". Letter dated 13 Jul 1915 concerning overworked staff at the Laboratory. About Heron's forthcoming marriage and wedding present. Letters mention work of female staff in the Laboratory in data-gathering and data analysis eg Misses Cave, Elderton, Barrington, Davin, Bell, Thomson. About Hope Pinker's Darwin bust in 1926. Asking Heron to take the Chair because his wife was very ill (23 Dec 1926). Announcing Maria Pearson's death (30 Mar 1928). Thanks for sympathy and attaches copy of unfinished poem by M S P found in Apr 1928 by her bedside. Letter dated 8 Feb 1929 about engagement to Miss Child. About retiring (18 Aug 1932). |