Cats

Correspondence and other material relating to cats. Haldane and his wife Helen Spurway were involved in cat breeding to study genetic changes such as colour variation over several generations. The cats they bred subsequently needed to be re-homed, and the majority of the correspondence in this file is from members of the public offering to adopt kittens. Also includes a copy of Our Cats magazine February 1949 featuring in article on colour in cats by Haldane; the text of a radio talk on cats given by Haldane (no date); copies of cat pedigree forms and general correspondence on cat breeding.

1946-1950

133 items 1 file

Arranged alphabetically by correspondent, with some notes and related ephemera at the end of the series.

A digitised copy is held by the Wellcome Library as part of Codebreakers: Makers of Modern Genetics.

The papers are available at UCL Special Collections and Archives subject to the usual conditions of access to Archives and Manuscripts material, after the completion of a Reader's Undertaking.

The original material is held at UCL Special Collections. This catalogue is held by the Wellcome Library as part of Codebreakers: Makers of Modern Genetics.