Charles Chamberlain Hurst: Correspondence and Papers
Scope and Contents
Letters and papers of C.C. Hurst, with annotations made by his wife Rona, who also compiled lists of files and summaries of the correspondence (section A), and used Hurst's letters to write a book, The Evolution of Genetics (section 23).
Dates
- Creation: 1895-1977
Creator
Conditions Governing Access
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Extent
9 archive box(es) (9 boxes)
67 file(s) (67 files)
3 volume(s) (3 volumes)
1 envelope(s) (1 envelope)
Language of Materials
English
Other Finding Aids
There are card indexes to correspondents in the Manuscripts Reading Room.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
The correspondence was presented by Mrs Rona Hurst in 1974, with a second deposit of notebooks made in 1976, and two small further deposits in 1977.
Subject
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Repository Details
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