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A letter from 'Ron' [Ronald Fisher] relating to an image from Antiquity, letters relating to Patricia Tippett, and newspaper cuttings relating to the inaugural Ruth Sanger Awards.

Also includes letters, a hand-drawn cartoon, and an extract from MRC News relating to the retirement of Ruth Sanger from the MRC Blood Group Unit in 1983.

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