Darbishire Notebooks
Identity Statement
Reference code(s) | : GB 0103 MS ADD 275 |
Held at | : University College London Click here to find out how to view this collection at http://www.ucl.ac.uk/Library/special-coll › |
Full title | : Darbishire Notebooks |
Date(s) | : c1902-c1904, 1942-1955 |
Level of description | : Collection (fonds) |
Extent | : 3 boxes |
Name of creator(s) | : Darbishire | Arthur Dukinfield | 1879-1915 | statistician Darbishire | Helen | 1881-1961 | scholar and critic |
Detailed catalogue | : Click here to view repository detailed catalogue |
Context
Administrative/Biographical history:
Arthur Dukinfield Darbishire (1879-1915) studied heredity. He conducted studies on mice at Balliol College Oxford and Owens College Manchester.
Helen Darbishire (1881-1961), sister of Alfred Dukinfield Darbishire, was Principal of Somerville College Oxford (1931-1945).
Content
Scope and content/abstract:
Twenty-four laboratory notebooks, c1902-c1904, giving records of Alfred Dukinfield Darbishire's studies of 'waltzing mice'; another similar notebook, 1904, latterly used as a visitors' book, 1942-1955, by Helen Darbishire.
Access & Use
Language/scripts of material:
English
System of arrangement:
Conditions governing access:
Open.
Conditions governing reproduction:
Normal copyright restrictions apply.
Finding aids:
Online catalogue
Archival Information
Archival history:
Immediate source of acquisition:
Transferred from the Department of Statistical Science, University College London, in 1980. Additional notebook given by Dr W D B Darbishire in 1999.
Allied Materials
Related material:
National Register of Archives: Click here to view NRA record
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Description Notes
Archivist's note:
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Date(s) of descriptions:
1999, revised Jul 2001
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