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Reference Number GALTON LABORATORY/5/3
TitleOther Printed and Manuscript Material
Date1864-1998
DescriptionOther unpublished printed and manuscript material accumulated by the Galton Laboratory, principally relating to Francis Galton. Comprises:

Folder 1 (a);
Leaflet entitled 'Sir Francis Galton, His Life and Work: Chief Epochs in the Life of Francis Galton' [part of accession A677 Pt. 1].
Three duplicate copies of corrigenda to be inserted opposite Plate 'a' into 'Atlas' Part II (for 'Albinism in Man').

Folder 1 (b);
Book plate reading 'This book belonged to Karl Pearson...given to the Library by his son Egon Sharpe Pearson...'.
Anthropometric Laboratory blank schedule form [part of accession A677 Pt. 1].
Pages photocopied from 'Statistics of Mental Imagery' by Francis Galton, an article originally published in 'Mind', no. 19, July 1880, 18pp.
Obituary of William Spottiswoode by Francis Galton for the Royal Geographical Society, 1883.
Paper by Francis Galton for The Royal Institute of Public Health London Congress, 1905, section B, entitled 'Anthropometry at Schools'. Four pages, pages 2-4 are cut out and stuck to paper.
Extracted pages containing Francis Galton's letter to the Editor in 'Nature', 4 October 1906, on 'Measurement of Resemblance'.
Annotated offprint of 'On the Causes which Operate to Create Scientific Men' by Francis Galton, puclished in 'Fortnightly Review', 1 March 1873.
Paper by Francis Galton entitled 'Gregariousness in Cattle and in Man', 1871.

Folder 1 (c);
Galley proof of Francis Galton's paper 'A Eugenic Investigation. Index to achievements of near kinsfolk of some of the Fellows of the Royal Society', labelled '1905. Soc. Papers I'.
Two copies of Francis Galton's paper entitled 'On a New Principle for the Protection of Riflemen', published in 'Journal of the Royal United Service Institution', volume 4, 1861.
Cutting from 'The Spectator', 30 May 1874, containing Francis Galton's letter to the Editor entitled 'Nuts and Men' about comparing and ranking the qualities of men, with a response from the Editor.
Page from 'Nature', volume 74, no. 1929, 18 October 1906, containing article 'Diseases of Sheep' by R T Hewlett.
Cutting from 'The Times', 16 June 1909, containing Francis Galton's letter to the Editor entitled 'Deterioration of the British Race'.
Offprint of 'Local Associations for Promoting Eugenics' by Francis Galton, from a paper read before the Eugenics Education Society, 14 October 1908, at the Grafton Galleries, and published in 'Nature', 22 October 1908.
Manuscript poem, untitled but with opening line 'Frank he would a hunting go', and photocopy, 2pp.

Folder 2;
Printed 'List of the Papers and Correspondence of Karl Pearson', 1974, corrected and supplemented with list of W F R Weldon papers in 1977.

Folder 3
Printed 'List of the Papers and Correspondence of Sir Francis Galton' by Merrington and Golden, 1976, and two copies of 'A List of the Apparatus of Sir Francis Galton, 1976'.

Folder 4 (a);
Two copies of 'A Celebration of the Centenary of the Birth of Lionel Penrose', 13 March 1998 at The Wellcome Building, containing programme of talks and list of participants; and
Folder 4 (b);
Two copies of 'Report on a symposium held to celebrate the centenary of the birth of Lionel Penrose', containing text of the talks delivered at the symposium.
Folder 4 (c);
Twenty-six copies of a printed leaflet entitled 'Revised Weight Charts for Male and Female Babies' providing instructions for use of wall charts showing projected health and weight of female and male babies from working class families over a year.

Folder 5;
Large table of figures, bound like a portfolio, titled 'Graphisch-Mechanischer Apparat zur Auflsung Numerischer Gleichungen mit Gemeinvestndlichen Erluterungen von Dr C. Reuschle'. Produced in Stuttgart, 1885. Inscribed 'Karl Pearson' on front cover. Also contains offprint of the same title.
Blank schedules for various investigations on heredity, particularly inheritance of disease, ability or characters. Most schedules require anthropometric measurements. Also contains a letter from K Pearson about the investigation into hereditary special diseases, 15 May 1907, (see GALTON LABORATORY/2/3/7).

Folder 6;
Ts report 'Kindred and Affinity as Impediments to Marriage, being the Report of a Committee appointed by His Grace the Archbishop of Canterbury', (1939). Presented by Mrs Hodson. Enclosed are three letters between Mrs Hodson and the Reverend E J Palmer.
Extent6 folders
AccessStatusOpen
AccessConditionsThe papers are available subject to the usual conditions of access to Archives and Manuscripts material, after the completion of a Reader's Undertaking.
Related MaterialGALTON LABORATORY/4/3 for charts related to 'Revised Weight Charts for Male and Female Babies' and GALTON LABORATORY/2/3/7 for research papers relating to schedules for investigations into hereditary disease.
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