Hacker Papers
Identity Statement
Reference code(s) | : GB 0103 HACKER |
Held at | : University College London Click here to find out how to view this collection at http://www.ucl.ac.uk/Library/special-coll › |
Full title | : Hacker Papers |
Date(s) | : 1859-1975 |
Level of description | : Collection (fonds) |
Extent | : 22 boxes |
Name of creator(s) | : Hacker | Helga Sharpe | née Pearson | 1898-1975 | daughter of Karl Pearson |
Detailed catalogue | : Click here to view repository detailed catalogue |
Context
Administrative/Biographical history:
Helga Hacker was born in 1898, she was the youngest of the three children of Karl Pearson and his wife Maria Sharpe. She died in 1975.
Content
Scope and content/abstract:
Papers of Helga Hacker created while writing a biography of her father, Karl Pearson, [1920-1974]. Chiefly comprising transcripts of material in the Pearson papers held by University College London (UCL), notably on the 'Men and Women's Club' but also comprising original material including: press cuttings; notes from the Galton papers and on Galton's anthropometrical data; notes on Olive Schreiner transcripts; notes on 'Heritage' and 'Fanny and William'; notes on Karl Pearson's activities, 1881-1890; notes on Kasmiri language; notes on snails; manuscripts of essays of R J Parker; correspondence between Hacker and UCL Library; letters to Hacker on Olive Screiner; description of Dr Kahn's anatomical museum and photograph of a graph of 'Curve of fertility in man'.
Access & Use
Language/scripts of material:
English
System of arrangement:
Original order
Conditions governing access:
Open. The papers are available subject to the usual conditions of access to Archives and Manuscripts material, after the completion of a Reader's Undertaking.
Conditions governing reproduction:
Normal copyright restrictions apply.
Finding aids:
Detailed catalogue.
Archival Information
Archival history:
Immediate source of acquisition:
Presented by the family.
Allied Materials
Related material:
The extent (22 boxes) includes 5 boxes of additional material (copies and transcripts) transferred from the E S Pearson papers in 2013. Order using the reference HACKER ADDITIONAL.
Publication note:
Description Notes
Archivist's note:
Compiled by Sarah Drewery.
Rules or conventions:
Compiled in compliance with General International Standard Archival Description, ISAD(G), second edition, 2000; National Council on Archives Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997.
Date(s) of descriptions:
Sep 2008
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