Francis Galton's Family Correspondence

Correspondence between Francis Galton and his father Samuel Tertius Galton; his mother Frances Anne Violetta Galton; his sisters Elizabeth "Bessy" Ann Wheler [née Galton], Emma "Pemmy" Sophia Galton and Milicent Adèle "Delly" Bunbury [née Galton]; and his brother Erasmus Galton.

The series also contains a letter from Francis Galton's sister, Lucy Harriot Moilliet [née Galton] to Emma Galton.

The bulk of Francis Galton's correspondence is catalogued as GALTON/3: Correspondence.

1830-1906

3 boxes

The correspondence is arranged in alphabetical order by the correspondent's surname. Where there are bundles of letters from different correspondents relating to one person, they have been categorised under the name of this individual, or under the name of the primary correspondent. The names of all correspondents have been noted in the description of each item.

See GALTON/3: Correspondence

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.