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Record Id:

040-000566797

Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:

032-000375067

MDARK:

ark:/81055/vdc_100000000912.0x000210

LARK:

SLARK:

Format:

ISAD(G)

Reference (shelfmark):

Add MS 86763

Title:

Haldane Obit.

Scope & Content:

Some items are undated.

Material collected by Maynard Smith to write an obituary for John Burdon Sanderson Haldane.

Folder marked ‘JBSH OBIT’ includes:

Letter to Maynard Smith from N.W. Pirie; 15 Apr 1965.
N.W. Pirie to Maynard Smith; 30 Apr 1965.
N.W. Pirie to Maynard Smith; 14 Nov 1965.
Letter to Dr Pirie from Sewell Wright; 20 Oct 1965.
Handwritten notes relating to suggested quotation from Wright.
Handwritten notes relating to suggested quotation from Kimura.

Loose items:

Letter to Maynard Smith from Robert Pocock (Talks Producer, BBC); 26 Aug 1965.
Letter to Dr Helen Spurway from Robert Pocock; 24 Aug 1965.

Folder marked 'JBSH OBIT' includes:

Letter from F.N. David to Maynard Smith; 3 Nov 1965.
Letter from Maynard Smith to F.N. David; 18 Nov 1965.
Letter form Harry Harris to Maynard Smith; 9 Nov 1965.
Letter from Maynard Smith’s secretary to Harry Harris; 10 Nov 1965
Letter from E. Netscher to Maynard Smith; 7 Nov 1965.
Letter from Maynard Smith to E. Netscher; 15 Nov 1965.
Letter from N.W. Pirie to Maynard Smith; 3 Oct 1965
Letter from Maynard Smith to N W Pirie; 6 Oct 1965.
Letter from N.W. Pirie to Maynard Smith; 21 Jan 1966.
Letter from N.W. Pirie to Maynard Smith; 31 Jan 1966.
Handwritten notes by Maynard Smith listing journals and excerpts taken from articles relating to Haldane.
B.M. Gilchrist and J.B.S. Haldane, 'Sex linkage and sex determination in a mosquito, culex molestus', Hereditas, 33 (1947), 175-190.

Contents of an envelope addressed to Maynard Smith from BBC post dated 10 Sep 1965, includes:

Cutting script of Haldane giving his own obituary; 20 Feb 1964.
Transcript of interview with Dr Comfort; 3 Dec 1964.
Transcript of interview with Dr Needham interviewed by R. Pocock; 6 Jul 1965.
Transcript of interview with Professor Prenrose interviewed by R. Pocock; 6 Jul 1965.
Transcript of interview with Dr Denny Michison interviewed by R. Pocock; 20 Jul 1965.
Transcript of interview with Major Murdoch; 21 Jul 1965.
Transcript of interview with Dr Spicer; 4 Aug 1965.
Recollections of JBSH by C.D. Darlington; 3 Sep 1965.
Transcript of interview with Professor Bernal; undated.
Transcript of interview with Dr Martin Case; undated.
Transcript of interview with F.A.E. Crew; undated.
Transcript of interview with Professor William Empson; undated.

Collection Area:

Western Manuscripts

Project / Collection:

Additional Manuscripts

Hierarchy Record Ids:

032-000375067
036-000375071
040-000566797

Is part of:

Add MS 86569-86840 : John Maynard Smith Archive
Add MS 86597-86830 : Subject files

Add MS 86763 : Haldane Obit.

Hierarchy:

032-000375067[0003]/036-000375071[0171]/040-000566797

Container:

View / search within Archive / Collection: Add MS 86569-86840

Record Type (Level):

File

Extent:

3 sub-folders and 2 loose items

Digitised Content:

Languages:

English

Scripts:

Latin

Start Date:

1947

End Date:

1966

Date Range:

1947-1966

Era:

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