George Rolleston correspondence Files

Scope and Content

Folders of correspondence largely consisting of letters written to George Rolleston about skeletal remains, but there is also reference to the donation of artefacts to the University Museum, the excavation of barrows and discussion of other zoological specimens (but see also GR/E/1). The folders include the following series: correspondence divided by author; correspondence from Henry Moseley during the years he was on the HMS Challenger; correspondence from Canon William Greenwell divided by year; correspondence related to burials at Kitbury; correspondence regarding Girton; correspondence concerning brains; and correspondence regarding Greek osteological material.