Correspondence relating to societies Pontecorvo was involved with

Date:: 1955-1994

Reference:: UGC 198/1/1/4/14

Part of:: Papers of Guido Pellegrino Arrigo Pontecorvo, geneticist, Professor of Genetics, University of Glasgow, Scotland

Archives and manuscripts

Collection contents

Papers of Guido Pellegrino Arrigo Pontecorvo, geneticist, Professor of Genetics, University of Glasgow, ScotlandUGC 198
- Papers of Guido Pellegrino Arrigo Pontecorvo, biographical materialUGC 198/1
  - Education and awardsUGC 198/1/1
    - Material relating to Pontecorvo's various society fellowships and membershipsUGC 198/1/1/4
      - Correspondence relating to societies Pontecorvo was involved withUGC 198/1/1/4/14
        Bundle of correspondence relating to Pontecorvo refunding the grant he received the Society for the Protection of Science and Learning in 1938UGC 198/1/1/4/14/1
        Copy of a letter from Pontecorvo to the President of the Royal Society about his ideas on increasing the participation and enthusiasm of the Society's Fellows in matters related to the SocietyUGC 198/1/1/4/14/2
        Bundle of correspondence relating to Pontecorvo membership of the Royal Geographical Society, his suggestions for lectures and speakers, and his reasons for eventually resigning from his fellowship in 1994UGC 198/1/1/4/14/3

About this work

Description

Correspondence between Pontecorvo and secretaries and presidents of the Society for Protection of Science, the Royal Society, and the Royal Geographical Society.

Publication/Creation

1955-1994

Physical description

2 files, 1 item

Arrangement

These bundles of correspondence were found separate from Pontecorvo's society certificates.

Location of duplicates

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

Terms of use

Open and available at Glasgow University Archive Services.

Where to find it

Location of original

The original material is held at Glasgow University Archive Services. This catalogue is held by the Wellcome Library as part of Codebreakers: Makers of Modern Genetics.

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