Letter to Pontecorvo from Professor George Edward Briggs concerning the problems Pontecorvo was having with confirming the terms and conditions of the Arthur Balfour Chair of Genetics

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Papers of Guido Pellegrino Arrigo Pontecorvo, geneticist, Professor of Genetics, University of Glasgow, ScotlandUGC 198

Biographical materialUGC 198/1

Career and appointmentsUGC 198/2

University of Glasgow, Genetics DepartmentUGC 198/2/1

Correspondence relating to posts held by Pontecorvo, and readerships and other appointments he applied for throughout his career in various UK and international instutionsUGC 198/2/2

Ispettorato Compartimentale AgrarioUGC 198/2/2/1

Institute of Animal Genetics, University of EdinburghUGC 198/2/2/2

Department of Genetics, University of GlasgowUGC 198/2/2/3

Carnegie Institution of Washington, Cold Spring Harbor, New YorkUGC 198/2/2/4

Imperial Chemical Industries Ltd Research DepartmentUGC 198/2/2/5

Institute of Brewing, Research InstituteUGC 198/2/2/6

University of Cambridge, Professorship in BiologyUGC 198/2/2/7

Leiden University,UGC 198/2/2/8

Department of Botany, University College LondonUGC 198/2/2/9

Department of Biology, Harvard UniversityUGC 198/2/2/10

Department of Genetics, University of Cambridge,UGC 198/2/2/11

Correspondence between Pontecorvo and Professor Cyril Dean Darlington regarding the Arthur Balfour Professorship at CambridgeUGC 198/2/2/11/1

Notice of the Arthur Balfour Professorship of Genetics at the University of CambridgeUGC 198/2/2/11/2

Correspondence between Pontecorvo and Professor Conrad Hal ("Wad") Waddington about Arthur Balfour Professorship at CambridgeUGC 198/2/2/11/3

Correspondence between Pontecorvo and the Right Honourable Lord Rothschild concerning the Arthur Balfour Professorship at CambridgeUGC 198/2/2/11/4

Copy of a letter from Pontecorvo to Professor Sir Peter Brian Medawar about meeting up during his visit to London for a Mycological Society meeting in the London School of Hygiene and Tropical MedicineUGC 198/2/2/11/5

Letter to Pontecorvo from Professor Conrad Hal ("Wad") Waddington concerning the Arthur Balfour Professorship at CambridgeUGC 198/2/2/11/6

Copy of a letter from Pontecorvo to Professor Sir James Gray concerning the Arthur Balfour Professorship at CambridgeUGC 198/2/2/11/7

Letter to Pontecorvo from Professor Sir Peter Brian Medawar concerning his proposals for a Biometry ChairUGC 198/2/2/11/8

Copy of a letter from Pontecorvo to Professor Sir James Gray concerning the residence for the Professor of Genetics at Cambridge when the Department moved to new premisesUGC 198/2/2/11/9

Copy of a letter from Pontecorvo to Professor Sir Peter Brian Medawar concerning financial matters relating to the Arthur Balfour Professorship at CambridgeUGC 198/2/2/11/10

Letter to Pontecorvo from the Right Honourable Lord Rothschild discussing his concerns that Pontecorvo's requirements for the Arthur Balfour Professorship at Cambridge will not be met by the UniversityUGC 198/2/2/11/11

Correspondence between Pontecorvo and Professor Lionel Sharples Penrose concerning updates on the progress with the job offers and conditions at Harvard and CambridgeUGC 198/2/2/11/12

Letter to Pontecorvo from Professor Conrad Hal ("Wad") Waddington expressing his pleasure at hearing that Pontecorvo will accept the Cambridge job if offeredUGC 198/2/2/11/13

Letter to Pontecorvo from Professor Sir Peter Brian Medawar giving him an update on the proposed Chair of Biometry at University College, LondonUGC 198/2/2/11/14

Postcard sent to Pontecorvo from Professor Cyril Dean Darlington saying he would be extremely sorry if Pontecorvo ended up moving to the United StatesUGC 198/2/2/11/15

Correspondence between Pontecorvo and the Right Honourable Lord Adrian concerning the Arthur Balfour Chair of GeneticsUGC 198/2/2/11/16

Letter to Pontecorvo from Professor Lionel Sharples Penrose concerning the Arthur Balfour Chair of GeneticsUGC 198/2/2/11/17

Letter to Pontecorvo from Professor Cyril Dean Darlington congratulating him on his election to the Professorship and offering some adviceUGC 198/2/2/11/18

Copy of a letter from Pontecorvo to Professor George Edward Briggs from the Department of Botany at Cambridge, introducing himself and outlining his hopes for a "cordial and close" relationship with other biological departments at Cambridge, especially BotanyUGC 198/2/2/11/19

Letter to Pontecorvo congratulating him on being elected to the Arthur Balfour Chair of GeneticsUGC 198/2/2/11/20

Copy of a letter from Pontecorvo to Dr G R Pomerat from the Rockefeller FoundationUGC 198/2/2/11/21

Bundle of correspondence between Pontecorvo and Professor Cyril Dean Darlington concerning some problems with salary for the Arthur Balfour Chair of Genetics at CambridgeUGC 198/2/2/11/22

Bundle of correspondence between Pontecorvo, the Right Honourable Lord Adrian, Professor George Edward Briggs and others concerning problems with the salary of the new Professorship and laboratory space for the Genetics DepartmentUGC 198/2/2/11/23

Correspondence between Pontecorvo and H M Taylor concerning Pontecorvo's interview at CambridgeUGC 198/2/2/11/24

Letter to Pontecorvo from Professor Cyril Dean Darlington concerning Pontecorvo's decision to take a "firm line" over the terms and conditions of the Professorship at CambridgeUGC 198/2/2/11/25

Letter to Pontecorvo from Professor Peter Brian Medawar expressing his shock at the problems Pontecorvo was having with confirming the terms and conditions of the Arthur Balfour Chair of GeneticsUGC 198/2/2/11/26

Letter to Pontecorvo from Professor Lionel Sharples Penrose concerning his disappointment at Pontecorvo's "unfortunate negotiations with Cambridge"UGC 198/2/2/11/27

Letter to Pontecorvo from Professor George Edward Briggs concerning the problems Pontecorvo was having with confirming the terms and conditions of the Arthur Balfour Chair of GeneticsUGC 198/2/2/11/28

Letter to Pontecorvo from Professor Michael George Parke Stoker concerning his response to Pontecorvo's decision not to accept the Arthur Balfour Chair of GeneticsUGC 198/2/2/11/29

Bundle of correspondence between Pontecorvo and Sir James Gray discussing the Arthur Balfour Chair of Genetics and the inadequacies of the term and conditions offeredUGC 198/2/2/11/30

Copy of a letter from Pontecorvo to Dr Herschel Roman, of the Department of Botany at the University of Washington, explaining his reasons for turning down the job offers at Harvard and CambridgeUGC 198/2/2/11/31

Correspondence between Pontecorvo and Dr Francis Harry Compton Crick concerning an "annonymous" article submitted to the Cambridge ReviewUGC 198/2/2/11/32

Correspondence between Pontecorvo and Professor Conrad Hal ("Wad") Waddington concerning an "annonymous" article submitted to the Cambridge ReviewUGC 198/2/2/11/33

Correspondence between Pontecorvo and Sir Nevill Francis Mott concerning his "annonymous" article submitted to the Cambridge ReviewUGC 198/2/2/11/34

John Innes Institution, University College LondonUGC 198/2/2/12

Department of Genetics, Albert Einstein College of MedicineUGC 198/2/2/13

National Institute of Medical Research, Mill HillUGC 198/2/2/14

Botany Department, Imperial College LondonUGC 198/2/2/15

Imperial Cancer Research FundUGC 198/2/2/16

Departments of Zoology and Comparative Anatomy and Botany, University College LondonUGC 198/2/2/17

Insitut de Zoologie, University of GenevaUGC 198/2/2/18

Genetics research correspondenceUGC 198/3

Alpine plant research correspondenceUGC 198/4

Material relating to Pontecorvo's research trips abroadUGC 198/5

Research photographs and slidesUGC 198/6

PublicationsUGC 198/7

Lectures and broadcastsUGC 198/8

Personal and family papersUGC 198/9

Personal photographs and slidesUGC 198/10