| StorageSite | UCL Special Collections |
| Level | Section |
| Reference Number | MS ADD 386/B |
| Title | Scientific correspondence |
| Date | 1911-1974 |
| Description | There are very few copies of Watson's own letters before the end of the Second World War. |
| Extent | 77 files |
| Arrangement | Most of Watson's correspondence was arranged by country or regional grouping, and this arrangement has been respected although bulky folders have been subdivided for ease of reference. Where applicable the titles of the original folders have been reproduced in the catalogue entries.
Watson kept his correspondence with the South African palaeontologist Robert Broom and his research assistant Joyce Townshend as separate sequences. |
| 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. |