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Correspondence, papers and notebooks of J B S Haldane and correspondence and papers of his second wife Helen, née Spurway.

 Fonds
Identifier: MSS.20534-20654

Dates

  • Creation: 1907-1964, undated.

Conditions Governing Access

Normal access conditions apply.

Conditions Governing Use

Normal reproduction conditions apply, subject to any copyright restrictions.

Extent

126 Volumes

Language of Materials

Undetermined

Arrangement

The papers are arranged as follows: MSS.20534-20640. Correspondence, papers and notebooks of J B S Haldane. MSS.20641-20654. Correspondence and papers of Helen Haldane.

Immediate Source of Acquisition

Presented, 1982, by Lady Mitchison, CBE, sister of J B S Haldane.

Separated Materials

For a few formal documents see Ch.15522-15524.

Bibliography

The collection (apparently rather fuller at the time than subsequently) was used, and extracts printed, in ‘J.B.S. the life and work of J.B.S. Haldane’ by Ronald Clerk (1968).
Title
National Library of Scotland Catalogue of Manuscripts
Author
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
Description rules
International Standard for Archival Description - General
Language of description
English
Script of description
Latin

Repository Details

Part of the National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division Repository

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