| Description | Contains mainly rolled pedigree charts and maps showing distribution of disease. Consists of:
Box 33;
Genealogical chart entitled 'Pedigree showing connections of the Barclays with noteworthy ancestors' up to Francis Galton, undated but post-1911. [GALT 367]
Four copies of genealogical chart entitled 'Immediate ancestry and collaterals of Sir Francis Galton', undated but post-1911. [GALT 368]
Two copies of a genealogical chart of Abrahams, Farmers and Galtons, undated. [GALT 369]
Two copies of a genealogical chart entitled 'Immediate ancestors of Charles Robert Darwin as far as known', undated. [GALT 370]
Two copies of a genealogical chart entitled 'Pedigree illustrating relationships of Freams, Barclays and Galtons', undated but post-1911. [GALT 371]
Boxes 39-40;
Two sets of wall charts showing projected health and weight of female and male babies from working class families up to 52 weeks old. There are 45 copies in each set, and sets are divided by sex. Prepared by the Galton Laboratory, probably 1900s, and accompanied by twenty-six copies of a printed leaflet entitled 'Revised Weight Charts for Male and Female Babies' providing instructions for use of charts (see GALTON LABORATORY/5/3 for leaflets).
Oversized items:
Three transparent maps showing distribution of sickle-cell trait rate in Central Africa and Zambia, undated, one poster marked 'Ann.Hum.Gen.'.
Four colour wall charts in German showing stages of cell division and Mendelian inheritance, 1929. Including an unbound booklet titled 'Vererbung Tafeln von Professor Karl Smalian'.
Chart containing pedigree diagrams showing the transmission of haemophilia through the male line, original diagram from B S Niss's article in 'Annals of Eugenics', volume 2, part 1, 1927, pp. 25-40. |