Galton Book Volumes I and II, and Related Papers

Two green leather-bound books entitled "Galton Book", Vols. I and II, handwritten by Elizabeth Anne Wheler with additions by her son Edward Galton Wheler-Galton. The books consist of:

Records, extracts from Hutchins' Dorsetshire and descriptions of individual members of the family and genealogies.

Correspondence, photographs, prints, watercolours, drawings, signatures cut from letters, newspaper cuttings, cheques, and copies of marriage and birth certificates, all pasted or bound into the volume.

A bundle of biographical notes and clippings and an envelope of photographs were found in the inner front cover of Volume I. These were probably preparatory materials, or materials which were not included in the book; one of the postcards is annotated by Elizabeth Anne Wheler: "I wrote this for my book, but do not want it!".

1777-1925

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See also GALTON/1/1/8/4/1 for further family history material collected by Elizabeth Anne Wheler

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

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.

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.