Papers of Malcolm Andrew Ferguson-Smith, correspondence from 1981-1983

Includes correspondence between Ferguson-Smith and others covering 1978-1984 (although in his original arrangement this was labelled "1980-1983").

As the  Malcolm Ferguson Smith correspondence section  is particularly large it has been divided into the following series, each with its own separate description:  

• UGC 188/3/1, correspondence from 1959-1961;
• UGC 188/3/2, correspondence from 1961-1964;
• UGC 188/3/3, correspondence from 1965-1975;
• UGC 188/3/4, correspondence from 1976-1980;
• UGC 188/3/5, correspondence from 1981-1983;
• UGC 188/3/6, correspondence from 1984-1987;
• UGC 188/3/7, correspondence from 1987-1998;
• UGC 188/3/8, correspondence from 1998-2002;
• UGC 188/3/9, correspondence with Victor Almon McKusick;
• UGC 188/3/10, correspondence with Jennifer A Marshall Graves;
• UGC 188/3/11, references and recommendations.

Malcolm Andrew Ferguson-Smith (1931- ) is a celebrated geneticist whose work on gene mapping has shaped our understanding of human evolution. Ferguson-Smith graduated MB, ChB in 1955 and was appointed a lecturer in Medical Genetics at the University in 1961. He was promoted to Senior Lecturer in 1965, a Reader in 1971, and Professor of Medical Genetics in 1973. He was also Honorary Consultant in Medical Paediatrics at the Royal Hospital for Sick Children from 1966 and in Clinical Genetics at Yorkhill and Associated Hospitals from 1973 to 1987. In 1987, Ferguson-Smith left Glasgow to become Professor of Pathology and Professorial Fellow at Peterhouse College, Cambridge. He was also Director of the Cambridge University Centre for Medical Genetics from 1989. For a complete biography see the  Malcolm Andrew Ferguson-Smith collection  description.

This series of letters is organised into alphabetical order by the surname of the correspondent. This follows Ferguson-Smith's original arrangement. The files described below are arranged into separate folders which contain loose pages of correspondence and related papers.

This description is part of the main  Malcolm Andrew Ferguson-Smith collection.

Some files in this collection are subject to Data Protection legislation as they identify patients and contain sensitive information. These records will not be fully accessible to the public until 100 years from the date on each file. However, they may be accessible to bona fide researchers and academics. Please contact the Duty Archivist for advice on how to apply for access to these files. Contact details are as follows: Duty Archivist, Archive Services, University of Glasgow, 13 Thurso Street, Glasgow, G11 6PE.

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Description compiled in line with the following international standards: International Council on Archives, ISAD(G) Second Edition, September 1999and National Council on Archives, Rules for the construction of personal, place and corporate names

Scotland is the location of all place names in the administrative/biographical history element, unless otherwise stated.

Sub-fonds level description compiled by Gemma Tougher, Assistant Archivist (Cataloguing), September 2010. Lower level description originally compiled by Timothy E Powell, Heather Bird and Simon Coleman from the National Cataloguing Unit for the Archives of Contemporary Scientists, University of Bath, in 2008 and later edited by Gemma Tougher, Assistant Archivist (Cataloguing), October 2010. Catalogue converted into Encoded Archival Description by Alma Topen, Assistant Archivist (Cataloguing), February 2011 and Jane Heward, Graduate Trainee, March-May 2011. Catalogue edited by Sam Maddra, Project Manager Glasgow Modern Genetics Wellcome Digital Library, June 2012 and Gemma Tougher, Assistant Archivist (Cataloguing), July 2012.