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Papers of Guido Pellegrino Arrigo Pontecorvo, career and appointments

Correspondence relating to posts held by Pontecorvo, and readerships and other appointments he applied for throughout his career in various UK and international instutions

Department of Genetics, University of Cambridge

Correspondence between Pontecorvo and Professor Cyril Dean Darlington regarding the Arthur Balfour Professorship at Cambridge

Notice of the Arthur Balfour Professorship of Genetics at the University of Cambridge

Correspondence between Pontecorvo and Professor Conrad Hal ("Wad") Waddington about Arthur Balfour Professorship at Cambridge

Correspondence between Pontecorvo and the Right Honourable Lord Rothschild concerning the Arthur Balfour Professorship at Cambridge

Copy of a letter from Pontecorvo to Professor Sir Peter Brian Medawar about meeting up during his visit to London for a Mycological Society meeting in the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine

Letter to Pontecorvo from Professor Conrad Hal ("Wad") Waddington concerning the Arthur Balfour Professorship at Cambridge

Copy of a letter from Pontecorvo to Professor Sir James Gray concerning the Arthur Balfour Professorship at Cambridge

Letter to Pontecorvo from Professor Sir Peter Brian Medawar concerning his proposals for a Biometry Chair

Copy of a letter from Pontecorvo to Professor Sir James Gray concerning the residence for the Professor of Genetics at Cambridge when the Department moved to new premises

Copy of a letter from Pontecorvo to Professor Sir Peter Brian Medawar concerning financial matters relating to the Arthur Balfour Professorship at Cambridge

Letter to Pontecorvo from the Right Honourable Lord Rothschild discussing his concerns that Pontecorvo's requirements for the Arthur Balfour Professorship at Cambridge will not be met by the University

Correspondence between Pontecorvo and Professor Lionel Sharples Penrose concerning updates on the progress with the job offers and conditions at Harvard and Cambridge

Letter to Pontecorvo from Professor Conrad Hal ("Wad") Waddington expressing his pleasure at hearing that Pontecorvo will accept the Cambridge job if offered

Letter to Pontecorvo from Professor Sir Peter Brian Medawar giving him an update on the proposed Chair of Biometry at University College, London

Correspondence between Pontecorvo and the Right Honourable Lord Adrian concerning the Arthur Balfour Chair of Genetics

Letter to Pontecorvo from Professor Lionel Sharples Penrose concerning the Arthur Balfour Chair of Genetics

Letter to Pontecorvo from Professor Cyril Dean Darlington congratulating him on his election to the Professorship and offering some advice

Copy of a letter from Pontecorvo to Professor George Edward Briggs from the Department of Botany at Cambridge, introducing himself and outlining his hopes for a "cordial and close" relationship with other biological departments at Cambridge, especially Botany

Letter to Pontecorvo congratulating him on being elected to the Arthur Balfour Chair of Genetics

Copy of a letter from Pontecorvo to Dr G R Pomerat from the Rockefeller Foundation

Bundle of correspondence between Pontecorvo and Professor Cyril Dean Darlington concerning some problems with salary for the Arthur Balfour Chair of Genetics at Cambridge

Bundle of correspondence between Pontecorvo, the Right Honourable Lord Adrian, Professor George Edward Briggs and others concerning problems with the salary of the new Professorship and laboratory space for the Genetics Department

Correspondence between Pontecorvo and H M Taylor concerning Pontecorvo's interview at Cambridge

Letter to Pontecorvo from Professor Cyril Dean Darlington concerning Pontecorvo's decision to take a "firm line" over the terms and conditions of the Professorship at Cambridge

Letter to Pontecorvo from Professor Peter Brian Medawar expressing his shock at the problems Pontecorvo was having with confirming the terms and conditions of the Arthur Balfour Chair of Genetics

Letter to Pontecorvo from Professor Lionel Sharples Penrose concerning his disappointment at Pontecorvo's "unfortunate negotiations with Cambridge"

Letter to Pontecorvo from Professor George Edward Briggs concerning the problems Pontecorvo was having with confirming the terms and conditions of the Arthur Balfour Chair of Genetics

Letter to Pontecorvo from Professor Michael George Parke Stoker concerning his response to Pontecorvo's decision not to accept the Arthur Balfour Chair of Genetics

Bundle of correspondence between Pontecorvo and Sir James Gray discussing the Arthur Balfour Chair of Genetics and the inadequacies of the term and conditions offered

Copy of a letter from Pontecorvo to Dr Herschel Roman, of the Department of Botany at the University of Washington, explaining his reasons for turning down the job offers at Harvard and Cambridge

Correspondence between Pontecorvo and Dr Francis Harry Compton Crick concerning an "annonymous" article submitted to the Cambridge Review

Correspondence between Pontecorvo and Professor Conrad Hal ("Wad") Waddington concerning an "annonymous" article submitted to the Cambridge Review

Correspondence between Pontecorvo and Sir Nevill Francis Mott concerning his "annonymous" article submitted to the Cambridge Review

Postcard sent to Pontecorvo from Professor Cyril Dean Darlington saying he would be extremely sorry if Pontecorvo ended up moving to the United States

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Postcard sent to Pontecorvo from Professor Cyril Dean Darlington saying he would be extremely sorry if Pontecorvo ended up moving to the United States

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