This digitised material is free to access, but contains information or visuals that may:<ul><li>include personal details of living individuals</li><li>be upsetting or distressing</li><li>be explicit or graphic</li><li>include objects and images of objects decontextualised in a way that is offensive to the originating culture.</li></ul>By viewing this material, we ask that you use the content lawfully, ethically and responsibly under the conditions set out in our <a href="https://wellcomecollection.cdn.prismic.io/wellcomecollection/d4817da5-c71a-4151-81c4-83e39ad4f5b3_Wellcome+Collection_Access+Policy_Aug+2020.pdf">Access Policy</a>.

Correspondence concerning Ferguson-Smith's appointment to the lectureship in Medical Genetics at the University of Glasgow

Galleries and Reading Room

Library

Shop

Café

We’ll be closed on Monday 6 and Tuesday 7 July, reopening as usual on Wednesday 8 July.

We're running paid user research studies to improve Wellcome Collection online

Take part in research

Contents of Ferguson-Smith's envelope so inscribed: '1960-1961 Correspondence with Professors Cappell and Pontecorvo, and Dr Bernard Lennox concerning the appointment of MAFS to the lectureship in Medical Genetics, Dept. Genetics, Glasgow University'.Includes application for expenses for the establishment of a cytogenetics laboratory at Glasgow. Correspondence with Professor Daniel Fowler Cappell, Dr Bernard Lennox, Professor Guido Pontecorvo, Dr J M Johnston, Patricia M Ellis and Miss Elizabeth Boyd covers Ferguson-Smith's experiences of working at the John Moore Clinic at John Hopkins Hospital, developments in the Pathology and Genetics Departments at the University of Glasgow, and the establishment of a lectureship on Medical Genetics. There is also correspondence with the National Foundation, Medical Research Council, and Great Britain and Northern Ireland Scottish Home and Health Department Advisory Committee on Medical Research relating to funding for research projects.

Content advisory

Correspondence concerning Ferguson-Smith's appointment to the lectureship in Medical Genetics at the University of Glasgow

Licence and re-use