General Correspondence

File consists of papers and general correspondence related to the seminar on, "Clinical Genetics in Britain: Origins and Development", which was held at the Wellcome Trust Centre for the History of Medicine at UCL, on 23 September 2008. The seminar was part of the Wellcome Witnesses to Twentieth Century Medicine meetings also known as the Witness Seminars. The transcript of this seminar was published as Volume 39 of the Witness Seminar series, P.S. Harper, L.A. Reynolds and E.M. Tansey (editors), Clinical Genetics in Britain: Origins and Development, (London: Wellcome Trust, 2010).

Details of the seminar correspondence, primarily between the chair (Professor Martin Bobrow), the adviser to the meeting (Professor Peter Harper), editors of the published transcript (P.S. Harper, L.A. Reynolds and E.M. Tansey) and others include:

List of attendees, suggested outline of meeting, control sheets concerning feedback on transcripts, publishing permissions and marketing leaflets for the meeting.

Handwritten notes and copies of e-mails regarding the organisation of the meeting and notes between the organisers and editors regarding the transcript and accommodating people's comments.

Documents include;

A copy of a published letter by Thomas Bewley titled, "Lionel Penrose, Fellow of the Royal Society".

A copy of the article, L.S. Penrose, "Phenylketonuria: A Problem in Eugenics", The Lancet, 29 June 1946.

A table distributed at the seminar titled, "Some Initiatives by RCP Committee on Clinical Genetics and Other Bodies Involved in Developing the Field 1988-1997", produced by Professor Rodney Harris.

A copy of the published memoir, Harry Harris, "Lionel Sharples Penrose: 1898-1972", which appeared in Biographical Memoirs.