Correspondence with individuals: Hall, A.D., 1930-1946
File
MS. Darlington c. 109/J.90
Hall succeeded Bateson as director of John Innes in 1927 when he was sixty-three. He retired in 1939 at the age of seventy-five. Darlington succeeded him as director.
Material includes: a letter from Ramsay MacDonald (1930) expressing disappointment that 'no well-thought-out scheme for purchasing and marketing has been produced'; a lecture by Hall 'The cultural and social values of science' (1935); correspondence re Russian science (1937); correspondence on tulips (1942); request to Darlington to write a biography of Hall (1944); his recollections of Hall (1946).
Material includes: a letter from Ramsay MacDonald (1930) expressing disappointment that 'no well-thought-out scheme for purchasing and marketing has been produced'; a lecture by Hall 'The cultural and social values of science' (1935); correspondence re Russian science (1937); correspondence on tulips (1942); request to Darlington to write a biography of Hall (1944); his recollections of Hall (1946).
Dates
- 1930-1946
Extent
1 file
Language of Materials
- English
Shelfmark
MS. Darlington c. 109/J.90
Former reference:
CSAC 106.3.85/J.90
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