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).
Genre / Form
- Articles.
- Calculations.
- Carbon copies. Reprographic copies.
- Cashbooks.
- Copies. Derivative objects.
- Correspondence.
- Diaries.
- Documents.
- Documents.
- Drafts. Documents.
- Drawings. Visual works.
- Essays.
- Exercise books.
- Lecture notes.
- Lectures.
- Manuscripts.
- Notebooks.
- Notes.
- Photographs.
- Prefaces.
- Prints. Visual works.
- Proofs. printed matter.
- Research notes.
- Reviews. Document genre.
- Snapshots.
- Speeches. Documents.
- Typescripts.
- 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
Contact:
Archives and Manuscript Division
National Library of Scotland
George IV Bridge
Edinburgh EH1 1EJ
0131 623 3700
manuscripts@nls.uk
Archives and Manuscript Division
National Library of Scotland
George IV Bridge
Edinburgh EH1 1EJ
0131 623 3700
manuscripts@nls.uk