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- Record Id:
- 040-000566766
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-000375067
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000000912.0x0001f6
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Add MS 86756
- Title:
- Textbook [Evolutionary Genetics]
- Scope & Content:
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Some items are undated.
Folder marked 'Textbook general correspondence'. Contents include:
- Letter to Maynard Smith from James F. Crow (Laboratory of genetics, University of Wisconsin); 6 Nov 1986.
- Letter from Julia Maidment [Oxford University Press] to Maynard Smith, including reviews of a proposed textbook [Evolutionary Genetics]; 16 Dec 1985.
- Letter from Julia Maidment to Maynard Smith, attached are a range of views on Maynard Smith's textbook Evolutionary Genetics; 27 March 1987.
- Letter from Julia Maidment to Maynard Smith; 13 Nov 1987.
- Handwritten list of chapters; Aug 1987.
- Handwritten notes about Maynard Smith's textbook – Evolutionary Genetics.
Folder marked 'text'. Contents include:
- Part of a manuscript, typed.
- Handwritten list of references.
Folder entitled 'Permissions'. Contents include:
- Letter from Meg Barton to John Maynard Smith; 13 Apr 1988.
- Letter to Maynard Smith from Kevin (Department of Zoology, University of Edinburgh), attaching two graphs; 8 Dec 1987.
- Letters from Maynard Smith to various authors seeking permission to use material, with signatures of those involved: letter to Maynard Smith from Philip D. Gingerich (University of Michigan); 6 March 1988. Letter to Peter R. Sheldon (Department of Geology, Trinity College) including reply and article by Sheldon 'Microevolution and the fossil record'; 18 Apr 1988. Letters to Dr Bakker, Austin Burt, Tom Cavalier-Smith, Jim Crow, Dr Finnigan, John Lawton, Dr Mother, Dr Mukai, Dr Sepkowski, Dr Strong, Dr Val, Dr Yoo, John, Roy, Pat, Tim, Douglas, Tom, Doug, Alex, Dirk, Masatoski, Lesley, David, Bob; 14 Apr. 1988.
- Four blank letters.
- Handwritten list of permissions required.
- Book reviews of Maynard Smith’s text book [Evolutionary Genetics] for Oxford University Press; 9 Jan 1986.
- Paul Harvey, ‘A splendid mast’, The Times Higher Education, 21 Apr 1989.
- R.C. Lewontin, ‘A natural selection’, Nature, 339 (1989), 107.
Folder entitled 'Finite & Structure Populations and notes'. Contents include:
- Handwritten notes on an article by Crow relating to inbreeding.
- Handwritten notes on 'JFC's equations'.
- Handwritten notes on 'establishment of a new mutant'.
- Diagram and handwritten notes relating to 'the definition of the coefficient of related mass'.
- Handwritten notes on 'Avise – Phil Trans'.
- Handwritten notes on article by Slatkin, Annual Review Ecology and Systematics (1985).
Loose item:
- Memorandum of Agreement between Oxford University Press and Maynard Smith for the publication of Evolutionary Genetics; 11 Feb 1986.
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Additional Manuscripts
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-000375067
036-000375071
040-000566766 - Is part of:
- Add MS 86569-86840 : John Maynard Smith Archive
Add MS 86597-86830 : Subject files
Add MS 86756 : Textbook [Evolutionary Genetics] - Hierarchy:
- 032-000375067[0003]/036-000375071[0163]/040-000566766
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Add MS 86569-86840
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
- 4 sub-folders and 1 loose item
- Digitised Content:
- Languages:
- English
- Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1985
- End Date:
- 1989
- Date Range:
- 1985-1989
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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