Bundles of Fingerprint Cards and Index

Date:
c1895
Reference:
GALTON/2/9/6/11/3
Part of:
Sets of Fingerprints
  • Archives and manuscripts
  • Online

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Bundles of Fingerprint Cards and Index. In copyright. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider

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.

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Description

Bundles of fingerprints cards divided into different sets. One card per person, with two fingerprints pasted to the front and the name of the individual on the reverse. The cards are arranged loosely according to a reference number assigned by Galton to each individual. There is a set of index cards (GALTON/2/9/6/11/3/6) arranged alphabetically by surname which give these reference numbers.

Many fingerprint cards appear to be missing or out of order as not every number is accounted for.

Also includes a number of miscellaneous objects described as "fingerprint apparatus".

Publication/Creation

c1895

Physical description

3 boxes

Related material

This material may be related to Galton's Family Group fingerprint studies as there are many fingerprints from members of the same families. See GALTON/2/9/6/11/1.

Location of duplicates

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

Terms of use

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.

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Location of original

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.

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