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Foreign visits and meetings, 1895-1928

 Series
Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.8634/F.1-F.10
Foreign visits and meetings
Foreign visits and meetings

Scope and Contents

This series covers the period 1895-1925 and consists of notebooks, correspondence and draft addresses recording professional visits and meetings abroad. Of special interest is a field notebook in Bateson's hand from a visit to Spain in 1895 [MS Add.8634/F.1]. Other trips documented include the following: to Australia, 1914, as President of the British Association; to the USA and Canada, Dec. 1921 - Jan. 1922, which included the Address to the American Association for the Advancement of Science, Toronto; and to Russia, 1925, to attend the bicentenary of the Academy of Sciences in Leningrad.

Dates

  • Creation: 1895-1928

Creator

Conditions Governing Access

From the Fonds:

Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).

Extent

1 archive box(es) (1 box (10 folders); paper) : paper

Language of Materials

English

Arrangement

The series is arranged in chronological order by country visited.

Repository Details

Part of the Cambridge University Library Repository

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