British Association for the Advancement of Science
- Date:
- 1891-1905
- Reference:
- GALTON/3/3/2/31
- Part of:
- Galton Papers
- Archives and manuscripts
About this work
Description
Manuscript letters concerning the annual meeting of the British Association for the Advancement of Science which was held in Cardiff in 1891; sending a copy of letter from a clerk of Llanwonno School who gives permission for fingerprints of children to be taken because they can trace their family history back for hundreds of years; printed copy of letter about Galton being nominated as President of the British Association; envelope attached. Enclosure: copy of a resolution concerning the sum of twenty pounds to be made available to a group including Galton, Pitt-Rivers, and Flinders Petrie to procure 'racial' photographs from Ancient Egyptian Pictures and Sculptures.
Publication/Creation
1891-1905
Physical description
4 letters, 1 enclosure, 1 envelope
Terms of use
The papers are available at UCL Special Collections and Archives subject to the usual conditions of access to Archives and Manuscripts material, after the completion of a Reader's Undertaking.
Location of duplicates
A digitised copy is held by the Wellcome Library as part of Codebreakers: Makers of Modern Genetics.
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Location of original
The original material is held at UCL Special Collections. This catalogue is held by the Wellcome Library as part of Codebreakers: Makers of Modern Genetics.