Heape, Walter to Francis Galton

Letters from Heape to Galton regarding the Evolutionary Committee, potential avenues of research, the benefit of involving breeders and farmers in research, and the possible establishment of an experimental farm for breeding.

The majority of the letters concern Heape's inquiry into "Barrenness Amongst Sheep", the debate with Galton over the wording of the Royal Agricultural Society circular [proof circulars enclosed], and Heape's work on the returned schedules [header enclosed].

Dec 1896-Nov 1898

29 letters plus 4 enclosures

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.

A digitised copy is held by the Wellcome Library as part of Codebreakers: Makers of Modern Genetics.

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.