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040-000566796

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032-000375067

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Title:

JBSH [John Burdon Sanderson Haldane]

Scope & Content:

Correspondence and papers relating primarily to biographical accounts of John Burdon Sanderson Haldane.

Folder marked ‘Haldane chapter for Sarkar’. Contents include:

Letter from T. Boon to Maynard Smith relating to Haldane memorial meeting; 23 Jan 1992.
Letter from Janet Browne enclosing the manuscript for ‘J.B.S. Haldane’s Darwinism in its religious context’ by Gordon McOuat and Mary P. Winsor; 2 Sep 1994.
Letter from Ernst Mayr to Maynard Smith enclosing a draft for ‘Haldane’s causes of evolution after 60 years’; 5 Jun 1991.
Letter from Maynard Smith to Mayr; 23 Sep 1991?
Letter from Anne McLaren to John and Sheila Maynard Smith; 1 Sep undated. Enclosed are letters from Veena Rao to Maynard Smith and Anne McLaren; undated and 20 Jul 2003.
Note to Maynard Smith from David Streeter; undated. Enclosed is John Durant, ‘Plain speaking with a world to win’, Times Higher Education Supplement, 3 Apr 1992, p. 15.
John Maynard Smith, ‘Genetics, evolution and Haldane’. Proof.

Folder marked ‘Haldane correspondence’. Contents include:

Letter from Robert S. Anderson to John Maynard Smith; 13 Dec 1971.
Letter from Michael A. Aronson to John Maynard Smith; 22 Jul 1966.
Letter from Maynard Smith to Michael A. Aronson; 10 Aug 1966.
Letter to Maynard Smith from E. Broda (Institut fur Pysikalische Chemie der Universitat Wien); 6 Jun 1968.
Letter to Broda by Maynard Smith; 11 Jun 1968.
Letter to Maynard Smith from Andrew Brown concerning Bill (W.D.) Hamilton and extracts from draft manuscript of a book, possibly The Darwin Wars (1998); 26 Feb 1998.
Letter from K.R. Dronamraju to Maynard Smith; 28 Jan 1966.
Letter from Maynard Smith to K.R. Dronamraju; 4 Feb 1966.
Letter from K.R. Dronamraju to Maynard Smith; 9 Feb 1966.
Letter from Maynard Smith to K.R. Dronamraju; 4 Apr 1966.
Letter to Maynard Smith from Henry Hardy; 18 Mar 1983.
Letter to Hardy from Maynard Smith; 25 Mar 1983.
Correspondence of Maynard Smith, Haldane and Hector Hawton (Managing Director of the Rationalist Press Association Limited) about Haldane:
Letter from Hector Hawton to Haldane; 30 Jan 1959. Haldane advises Hawton to contact Maynard Smith.
Letter from Hector Hawton to Maynard Smith; 2 Dec 1966.
Letter from Maynard Smith to Hector Hawton; 8 Dec 1966. 2 copies.
Letter from Hector Hawton to Maynard Smith; 13 Dec 1966.
Letter from Maynard Smith to Hector Hawton; 19 Dec 1966.
Letter from Hector Hawton to Maynard Smith; 10 Mar 1967.
Letter from Hector Hawton to Maynard Smith; 8 May 1967.
Letter from Maynard Smith’s secretary to Hector Hawton; 14 Jun 1967. Enclosed is an introduction to J.B.S. Haldane’s essays collection to be published by RPA.
Letter from Hawton to Maynard Smith; 16 Jun 1967.
Letter from Maynard Smith to Hawton; 21 Jun 1967.
Letter from Hawton to Maynard Smith; 22 Jun 1967.
Letter from S.D. Jayakar to Maynard Smith; 24 Mar 1967.
Letter from Maynard Smith to S.D. Jayakar; 10 Apr 1967.
Letter from S.D. Jayakar to Maynard Smith; 15 Apr 1967.
Letter from Maynard Smith’s secretary to S.D. Jayakar; 10 May 1967.
Correspondence of Maynard Smith and C. Vaughan James relating to Feldman’s biography of J.B.S Haldane.
Letter from C.V. James to Maynard Smith; 10 Oct 1967 enclosing a letter by Feldman (to the attention of Maynard Smith); 31 Mar 1967.
Letter from Maynard Smith to C.V. James; 13 Oct 1967.
Letter from C.V James to Maynard Smith; 18 Oct 1967.
Letter from Maynard Smith’s secretary to Feldman enclosing negatives of a photograph of Haldane; 17 Nov 1967.
Letter from C.V. James to Maynard Smith; 20 Nov 1967.
Letter from Feldman to Maynard Smith; 29 Jan 1968.
Letter from C.V. James to Maynard Smith; 23 Feb 1968.
Letter from Walter May (on behalf of Gabriel Feldman) to Maynard Smith; 8 Jun 1970.
Letter from Maynard Smith to Feldman; 12 Jun 1970.
Card with Haldane’s picture on it. Text in Russian.
Letter from Hans Kalmus (Department of Human Genetics and Biometry, University College London) to John and Sheila Maynard Smith; 22 Jun 1966.
Maynard Smith to Hans Kalmus; 27 Jun 1966.
Correspondence of Maynard Smith and Walter G. Khune including:
W.G. Khune to Maynard Smith; 25 Jan 1966. Handwritten.
Letter from Maynard Smith to Khune (Freie Universitat Berlin. Geologish-Palaontologisches Institut); 1 Feb 1966.
Postcard from Khune to Maynard Smith; 3 Feb 1966.
Letter from Maynard Smith to Khune; 7 Feb 1966.
Letter from Kimura to Maynard Smith; 11 Apr 1966.
Letter from Maynard Smith to Kimura; 22 Apr 1966.
Letter from Laidler (Journal of Genetics) to Maynard Smith; 22 Sep 1965.
Letter from Maynard Smith to Laidler; 27 Sep 1965.
Letter from Maurice Cornforth (Lawrence and Wishart Ltd.) to Lilliam de Marrero advising her to contact John Maynard Smith in order to obtain Mrs Helen Haldane’s address; 15 Sep 1967.
Letter from Lilliam de Marrero (The Macmillan Company, New York) to Maynard Smith; 19 Sep 1967.
Letter from Maynard Smith to L. de Marrero; 24 Oct 1967.
Letter from Ernst Mayr (Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard University) to Maynard Smith relating to the possible publication of a volume of Haldane’s papers; 16 Jul 1969.
Letter from Maynard Smith to Mayr; 25 Jul 1969.
Letter from Murray Chastain (Harvard University Press) to Maynard Smith relating to the publication of Haldane’s papers; 19 Aug 1969.
Letter from Maynard Smith to Mitchison; 25 Jul 1969.
Letter from A. Mitchison to Maynard Smith; 15 Aug 1969?
Letter from Maynard Smith to A. Mitchison; 19 Aug 1969.
Letter from Naomi Mitchison to Maynard Smith; 11 May 1967.
Letter from Maynard Smith to N. Mitchison; 22 May 1967.
Postcard from N. Mitchison to Maynard Smith; 13 Oct 1967?
Letter from Maynard Smith to Mitchison; 20 Oct 1967.
Letter from N. Mitchison to Maynard Smith; 8 Jan 1971?
Letter from Maynard Smith to Mitchison; 15 Jan 1971.
Letter from Naomi Mitchison to Maynard Smith; 15 Apr1968? (The following correspondence between Maynard Smith and Murdoch and Naomi Mitchison (Department of Zoology, University of Edinburgh) relating to Helen Haldane-Spurway’s possible return to Britain).
Letter from Maynard Smith to Murdoch Mitchison; 18 Apr 1968.
Letter from Maynard Smith to Naomi Mitchison; 30 Apr 1968.
Letter from Murdoch Mitchison to Maynard Smith; 23 Apr. 1968. (The following correspondence between Maynard Smith, Murdoch Mitchison (Department of Zoology, University of Edinburgh), Naomi Mitchison, Peter Medawar (National Institute for Medical Research, London) and Solly Zuckerman (Professsor of anatomy, University of Birmingham) relates to Helene Haldane-Spurway’s possible return to Britain).
Letter from Maynard Smith’s secretary to Murdoch Mitchison; 24 Apr 1968.
Letter from Maynard Smith to Peter Medawar; 30 Apr 1968.
Letter from Peter Medawar to Maynard Smith; 1 May 1968.
Letter from Maynard Smith to Murdoch Mitchison; 8 May 1968.
Letter from Maynard Smith to Solly Zuckerman; 8 May 1968.
Letter from Murdoch Mitchison to Maynard Smith; 10 May 1968.
Letter from Solly Zuckerman to Maynard Smith; 22 May 1968.
Letter from Maynard Smith to Solly Zuckerman; 27 May 1968.
Letter from Maynard Smith to Murdoch Mitchison; 27 May 1968.
Letter from Murdoch Mitchison to Maynard Smith; 29 May 1968.
Letter from Naomi Mitchison to Prof Newth; 21 Apr 1968? (The following correspondence between Naomi Mitchison, Professor D.R. Newt and John Maynard Smith relates to Helene Haldane-Spurway’s possible return to Britain).
Letter from Prof Newth to Naomi Mitchison; 23 Apr 1968.
Letter from Prof Newth to Maynard Smith; Tuesday undated 1968?
Letter from Maynard Smith’s secretary to Prof Newth; 24 Apr 1968.
Letter from Prof Newth to Naomi Mitchison; 15 May 1968.
Letter from Montagu to Maynard Smith; 22 Jun 1967. Handwritten.
Letter from Maynard Smith to Montagu; 29 Jun 1967.
Letter from Lionel S. Penrose (The Kennedy-Galton Centre for Mental Retardation Research and Diagnosis, Harperbury Hospital, St Albans) to Maynard Smith relating to Dronamraju’s project of a book dedicated to Haldane; 18 Feb 1966.
Maynard Smith to Lionel S. Penrose; 21 Feb 1966.
Penrose to Maynard Smith; 6 Mar 1966.
Letter from Maynard Smith to Penrose; 4 Apr 1966.
Letter from Maynard Smith toDr. N.W. Pirie (Bill) (Rothamsted Experimental Station, Harpenden, Hertfordshire); 4 Jan 1966.
Letter from Maynard Smith to Dr. N.W. Pirie; 17 Jan 1966.
Letter from Maynard Smith to Dr. N.W. Pirie; 2 Feb 1966.
Letter from Dr. N.W. Pirie to Maynard Smith; 25 Jun 1966.
Letter from Maynard Smith’s secretary to Dr. N.W. Pirie; 29 Jul 1966.
Letter from Maynard Smith to Robinson; 1 Aug 1968.
Robinson to Maynard Smith; 5 Aug 1968.
Letter from Maynard Smith to S.P. Rose; 1 Jun 1967.
Letter from Allan Segal (BBC, Features and Science Department) to Maynard Smith; 13 Jul 1966.
Letter from Maynard Smith to Allan Segal; 19 Jul 1966.
Letter from Cedric Smith (Department of Human Genetics, University of Michigan) to Maynard Smith; 17 Jun 1966. Handwritten.
Letter from Maynard Smith to Cedric Smith; 23 Jun 1966.
Letter from Maynard Smith to Helen Spurway-Haldane (Genetics and Biometry Laboratory, Orissa, India); 10 Mar 1966. The following correspondence relates mainly to Dronamraju’s project of a memorial publication about Haldane.
Letter from Helen Spurway-Haldane to Maynard Smith; 24 Mar 1966.
Letter from Maynard Smith to Helen Spurway-Haldane; 4 Apr 1966.
Letter from Helen Spurway-Haldane to Maynard Smith; 21 Apr 1966. Enclosed are a letter from Jayakar to Dronamraju and Dronamraju’s reply.
Letter from Maynard Smith to Helen Spurway-Haldane; 28 Apr 1966.
Telegram from Helen Spurway-Haldane to Maynard Smith; 5 Jun 1966, and reply from Maynard Smith; 6 Jun 1966.
Letter from Helen Spurway-Haldane to Maynard Smith; 11 Nov 1966.
Letter from Maynard Smith to Helen Spurway-Haldane; 10 Apr 1967.
Cable and letter from Sheila Maynard Smith to Helen Spurway-Haldane regarding Julian’s travel to India; 23 Jun 1967.
Letter from Patrick D. Wall (M.R.C. Cerebral Functions Research Group, UCL London) to Maynard Smith relating to an article by Medawar on J.B.S. Haldane; 29 Oct 1969.
Letter from Maynard Smith to P.D. Wall; 6 Nov 1969 enclosing P.B. Medawar, ‘The Molecular Shadow’: review of books, New York Review of Books, 23 Oct 1969.
Letter from Williams-Ellis to Maynard Smith; Jun 1966.
Letter from Maynard Smith to Williams-Ellis; 5 Jul 1966.
Letter from Williams-Ellis to Maynard Smith; 15 Jul 1968.
Letter from Maynard Smith to Williams-Ellis; 1 Aug 1968.
Letter from Maynard Smith’s secretary to Williams-Ellis; 8 Aug 1968.
Letter from Williams-Ellis to Maynard Smith; 10 Aug 1968.
Letter from Williams-Ellis to Maynard Smith; 2 Sep 1968.
Letter from Maynard Smith to Williams-Ellis; 5 Sep 1968.
Letter to the editor of the British Medical Journal by John Maynard Smith following the reactions to Naomi Mitchison’s letter ‘A surgeon’s duty’, British Medical Journal, 16 Jan 1965, 186.
Press cut from The Observer, 27 Mar 1966.
Preface to a book in homage to Haldane. By Maynard Smith. 2 copies. Typewritten.

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2 sub-folders

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English
Russian

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Cyrillic
Latin

Start Date:

1965

End Date:

2003

Date Range:

1965-2003

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