Huia Onslow was born on 13 November 1890, the second son of William Hillier Onslow, 4th Earl of Onslow (1853-1911), and his wife the Hon. Florence Coulston Gardner (d. 1934). His father was governor of New Zealand from 1898 to 1929, and he was born at Government House, Wellington: the first vice-regal child to be born in the country, and a subject of considerable popular interest. There was a public petition for Queen Victoria to be his godmother, which she accepted, giving him the names Victor Alexander; it was also suggested that the child should be given a Māori name and many ideas were put forward. The eventual choice, Huia (from the huia bird, much revered by the Māori), was suggested by the Ngati Huia hapu (sub-tribe) of the Ngāti Ruakawa in Otaki, and he was always known by that name; a few months later he was taken to the marae (meeting ground) of the Ngāti Ruakawa and welcomed with great ceremony. Huia returned to New Zealand in 1904-1905 with his sister Dorothy, and was again welcomed at the marae.
He was educated at Eton and then Trinity College, Cambridge (admitted 1908), where he read natural science for a year before studying mechanical science: he intended to qualify for the Parliamentary Bar and expected this to be useful. However on an expedition in the Tyrol in August 1911 with mountaineer Charles Meade he dived into a mountain lake, struck his head on a submerged rock and suffered severe damage to the spinal cord, leading to lifelong paralysis from the waist down, with the use of his arms and hands also affected.
He continued with his studies, however; in the first few years after his accident, living in London, he did some work in experimental psychology and began the genetic studies on mice and rabbits which would continue throughout his life; he also began microscopic and chemical investigations of hair structure and pigments, with an assistant under his close supervision performing some of the chemical work, but carrying out all the microscopic observations himself. He collaborated with S. W. Cole on investigations into the chemical properties of urobilin and allied pigments, and worked on the causes of dominant and recessive whiteness in animals. In addition, he contributed several literary articles and poems to the *Spectator* and other journals.
In 1915 he returned to live in Cambridge, with a room in his house being fitted out as a laboratory into which his couch could be wheeled. It was here he began his work on Lepidoptera and other insects, which led to several important papers in the *Journal of Genetics*, as well as working further with S. W. Cole on the metabolism of bacteria. Around 1917 he became interested in protein chemistry and amino acids, in particular tryptophan. At about the same time he began working closely with Muriel Wheldale (1880-1932), then an assistant in the University physiological laboratory (and later one of the first women appointed to a University lectureship) on colour and iridescence in insect scales. They were married on 3 February 1919.
Huia Onslow died on 27 Jun 1922, at the age of thirty-one.
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This collection does not contain a great quantity of personal material: there is no correspondence with family and friends, for example; there is however a manuscript account of a tour by yacht on the Norfolk Broads in 1903, perhaps by Huia Onslow's governess Helen Moodie as well as creative work by Huia Onslow, such as poetry and a short story, and his translations of poems from Joachim du Bellay's *Amours*. There is also a group of letters relating to Onslow's stay for health reasons at Banchory, Scotland, in 1913, mainly concerning the choice of house and payment of rent. Financial and legal material includes correspondence between Onslow and his solicitors regarding duties payable on the death of his father William, 4th Earl of Onslow, in 1911, statements of rent received from properties in London account books (including a record of laboratory expenses, 1918-1922), and an inventory and valuation of furniture at Onslow's house made after his death.
Despite the lack of personal correspondence, the papers include a large number of letters. Significant groups include: Onslow's correspondence with J. Donovan, sparked by Donovan's advert in the *Athenaeum* magazine asking for a physicist to provide him with help on 'an original line of inquiry bearing on the explanation of Life and Mind in exclusively physical terms'; correspondence with various members connected to the Eugenics Education Society (1914-1920) relating to Onslow's work for them; and letters relating to Onslow's work as secretary for the Anaesthetics Emergency Fund of the Soldiers' and Sailors' Families Association (1915-1916), particularly over-seeing contributions from New Zealand.
Correspondence relating to Onslow's own work includes: letters to and from George MacElwee and Frederick Fletcher in response to Onslow's advertisement in the *Times* as 'A Struggling Scientist' seeking funds for his research (1914-1915); letters between Onslow, William Auton, and Helen Moodie regarding the breeding of rabbits and mice (1914-1915), as well as letters from H. W. Blake, Mabel Illingworth, and W. S. Singleton on the same subject. There is however no correspondence with Sydney Cole (except for a 1914 bill from Cole for private tution), Muriel Wheldale or other scientists.
Onslow's scientific research is well represented in the form of notes: most of the material in this category is in the form of notebooks recording record his investigations into genetics and biochemistry from 1912 onwards, such as three large books on Onslow's programme of breeding rabbits for colour, and books concering his research into pigmentation in insects (butterflies and beetles) and birds. Also present is a fair quantity of loose material on experiments relating to trytophan, probably the work which led to his (posthumously published) paper on the subject. Onslow's interest in hypnosis is also reflected in his loose notes, which include observations from a series of hypnosis sessions in 1912.
There are also drafts of several of Onslow's articles, some later published, others seemingly unpublished, and offprints of the majority of his published articles. Finally, there are a few textbooks, presumably used by Onslow as an undergraduate.
Multiple copies of offprints had been preserved; duplicates have now been removed.
Gift from William Onslow, 6th Earl of Onslow, in March 1971.
This material is open for research unless otherwise stated.
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Includes: a manuscript account of a tour by yacht on the Norfolk Broads, perhaps by Huia Onslow's governess Helen Moodie; several items from Onslow's time at Eton College, such as a printed programme for an Eton College Scientific Society Conversazione, in which Onslow features as demonstrator and lecturer and two copies of another lecture given by Onslow.
There are also pieces of creative work such as a poem, *The Story of the Lost Ice Age*, written at Eton for a prize, and a draft of a story, *The Sobbing Water*. Poems appear too with notes on ascents of the Croda del Lago and lists of books about the Dolomites, showing Onslow's interest in mountaineering. Also present are Onslow's translations of poems from *Les Amours de I. du Bellay*, by Joachim du Bellay, which according to the memoir published by his wife he was thinking of publishing in 1913-1914.
Two items are posthumous: the order for the memorial service for Onslow held at Trinity College, Cambridge in October 1922, and uncut proofs for first chapter of *Huia Onslow: a Memoir* by his wife Muriel Onslow, published in 1924.
Arranged chronologically as far as possible.
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Manuscript account of the tour, in diary form, perhaps by Helen Moodie; Huia Onslow is referred to as 'H'. The yacht is boarded at Potter Heigham, and Horning Ferry is reached by night on the first day. On the next day they sail via Heigham Bridge (where the sails must be lowered) to Horsey Mere, then on to Hickling Broad; the second night is also spent on board before the yacht is left. The writer, 'H', and 'the man' appear to be the only crew.
A humorous tone is taken throughout, with references to Huia's snores and a disastrous spilling of sausages.
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Lists demonstrations at various tables in the 'Large Laboratory', in the 'Small Laboratory', 'Mr Marten's Room', 'Mr Hill's Room', and times of talks in the 'Lecture Room'. 'Hon. V. A. H. Onslow' is recorded as showing 'Tesla's High Frequency Apparatus, etc' in Mr Marten's room, and as talking in the Lecture Room about 'The Photochromascope'.
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Includes points at which various slides should be shown. Shorthand notes in pencil on back of last folio.
ONSL/1/4: another copy, with a note that the lecture was given at Eton.
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Note in pencil at head of typescript: 'A paper read at Eton'.
Mention of this poem, with information that it was written in 1907: Onslow, M. (1924). *Huia Onslow : A memoir*. London: E. Arnold & Co, p 21.
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Huia Onslow first made an ascent of the Croda da Lago in 1907; he climbed it again via a different route in 1909. He had another climbing tour in 1910, and travelled again to the Dolomites in August 1911, when he had his life-changing accident.
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Account of the first ascent of the Croda da Lago via the west face [by Leone Sinigaglia], with the guides Zaccaria Pomponia and Angelo Zangiacomi, in August 1895 and of the first ascent by Sinigaglia and Pietro Dimai [in 1893] via the north ridge (2 sheets). Another sheet with quotations about mountains by Sinigaglia and others (some crossed through), and names of books about the Dolomites.
Table showing ascents of the Croda da Lago between Jul 1884 and Aug 1893, showing date, mountaineer, route, and any remarks. Paper looks to be an unused exam answer sheet, with 'This margin may not be written on' at the top. Sticker on top right of the sheet has a reference to *The Alpine Journal* vol VI (1872-1874) p 204, this is from 'Alpine Byeways' by W. E. Utterson Kelso, and is also a reference to a climb by the Crodao. On the reverse are notes on some failed early attempts, then a detailed account of Sinigaglia's ascent via the west face in 1895. Notes in the margins on books about mountaineering, continued onto a part sheet of the same paper.
Poem, 'Light on the Mountains'; first line 'Dreary and chill the snowfield stretches wide...' (1 sheet)
Poem, 'The Snowstorm'; first line 'Over hill and vale a frigid trail...' (1 sheet)
Sheet with drafts of several pieces of poetry, including part of a parody of Poe's *The Raven*, ending 'Say - Oh Raven - Evermore?'. Passage from *Parson Kelly* by A. E. W. Mason and Andrew Lang, about walking at night, on other side.
Poem, 'Discontent'; first line 'The break of the day that is over...' On other side of sheet, part draft of poem; game of 'Hangman', with text to guess a line from Keats' 'The Eve of St Agnes'; some shorthand.
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Printed at Cambridge University Press.
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No title is given, though the poems each have their number.
ONSL/72: Draft English translations of poems from Les Amours de I. du Bellay.
Sonnets XXI and XXVII are reproduced in Onslow, M. (1924). Huia Onslow : A memoir. London: E. Arnold & Co, p 114-115. It is noted there that Onslow was thinking of publishing his translations of du Bellay in 1913-1914, but that only the first two ever appeared, in the *Three Arts [Club?] Journal*.
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No title is given, though the poems each have their number. In most cases large sheets only bear the English translation, with the French text often on smaller sheets kept alongside; some sheets have both the original and translation. MS annotations and corrections often present.
ONSL/58 - French text, with English translation of *Les Amours de I du Bellay*.
Sonnets XXI and XXVII are reproduced in Onslow, M. (1924). Huia Onslow : A memoir. London: E. Arnold & Co, p 114-115. It is noted there that Onslow was thinking of publishing his translations of du Bellay in 1913-1914, but that only the first two ever appeared, in the *Three Arts [Club?] Journal*.
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Printed at Cambridge University Press.
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'In Memoriam Victor Alexander Herbert Huia Onslow, ob 27 June 1922, Aet XXXI'.
Held in Trinity College Chapel.
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Proofs for pages 1-32.
Onslow, M. (1924). *Huia Onslow : A memoir*. London: E. Arnold & Co.
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A few items of correspondence which touch on financial matters but are largely concerned with other subjects such as research can be found in ONSL/3: Correspondence.
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From the office of the Superintendent of the Line at Liverpool St Station, London; initialled R. J. [?] as signature on behalf of R. P. Ellis.
Requesting that Onslow, having travelled on the wrong railway line for his ticket from St. Pancras to Cambridge, pay a remittance of the fare. Later receipt of fare noted as an annotation.
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Payment of fourteen shillings, 'for penalty and costs'. Signed by L .[?] Savidge, Warrant Officer.
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Printed message in German from D. Ebert, Cashier of the Crefeld Section with date filled in by hand. Is pleased to send a membership card for one year, and asks for payment of twelve marks by postal order.
'Crefeld Alpine Club' written by hand on the back.
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4 Montagu Square, Hyde Park. -
ONSl/2/9: another letter from Ruth Head acknowledging receipt of a cheque for Dr Head, 23 Jul 1912.
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Postcard with black and white photograph: 'Lord Justice Smith'.
Sent from J. Wells, 14 Sutton Rd Watford, to H. Moodie, 62 Avenue Rd NW.
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2 Courtfield Road, Gloucester Road, S.W. - Thanks Onslow for the cheque for nine pounds, nineteen shillings and sixpence. Onslow must appreciate his surroundings, after 7 Beaumont Street. Hopes his nurse [?] is better; asks him to keep an eye on her and send her to him if she does not get on. Hopes to visit one day this week. Thinks it would be better if Onslow got 'Bailey's men [?] up' to see him.
Endorsed 'Dr Bridge's receipt'.
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36 Theobald's Road, Gray's Inn, W.C. - Acknowledging the receipt of Onslow's secretary's letter of the 4th with a cheque for 30 punds 12 shillings and sixpence; this has been sent today to Somerset House in payment of the Legacy Duty on the Royal Exchange Assurance Stock [after the death of his father].
Also thanking him for the 'two bundles of bills', one being bills contracted before his majority and still unpaid, the other of bills contracted after his majority and paid by him. Will deal with the unpaid bills and send a cheque for the amount he has already discharged.
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3 St. James Street, S. W.- Acknowledging receipt of the cheque for four pounds; cannot agree to the deduction of three pounds since 'this bracelet was made to Mr Onslow's particular order, and it is no fault of ours that he does not now require it'. Know they have 'no legal claim' to the interest, but had they 'known it was not going to be paid we certainly should not have given three and a half years credit'.
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4 Montagu Square, Hyde Park. - Dr Head thanks Onslow for the cheque.
ONSl/2/4: another letter from Ruth Head acknowledging receipt of a cheque for Dr Head, 7 Feb 1912.
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Marienhaus, Latham Road, Cambridge. - For tuition in the Easter Vacation, 1914, three pounds thirteen shillings and sixpence. Note at bottom records that the cheque from Onslow was sent in on10 May 1914.
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On headed notepaper for Newman at Bexley, Kent. - It is no use to send pupae of [an undeciphered species] as they would emerge in the post; sends instead three male and three female Virpics [?] 'just out this afternoon alive'. Onslow should note the number on the box, which refers to broods, to avoid inbreeding. Thinks he must pay twelve shillings and sixpence for these, 'they are very cheap at that specially alive'. A note on the back records that seventeen shillings and sixpence was paid.
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Relating to death duties on properties in St. Andrew's St, London, due on the death of Onslow's father William, 4th Earl of Onslow.
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4 MS sheets each headed 'The Hon. Huia Onslow. St. Andrew St. property. Rents received'. Apr 1918-Feb 1919.
2 typed sheets on headed notepaper for Wheat & Luker, surveyors and valuers, 19 Basinghall Street London E.C. Dated September 1919 for 1 Jan-19 Sept 1919.
1 typed single sheet and 2 typed folded sheets of account paper, folded sheets headed Messenger & Morgan, accounts for Oct 19-Jul 1920
2 MS folded sheets of account paper: Messenger & Morgan accounts Sept-Oct 1920; Oct 1920-Jun 1921
1 MS folded sheet of account paper: Messenger & Morgan account, Apr 1921, with printed receipt for rector's stipend in lieu of tithes, 4 Jan 1921, attached.
2 typed folded sheets of account paper: Messenger & Morgan account, Jul 1921; Aug-Oct 1921.
1 MS folded sheet of account paper: Messenger & Morgan account, Jan 1922
1 typed folded sheet of account paper: Messenger & Morgan account, Apr 1922
Buckley (9 St Andrew's St), Lawrie & Co (11 St Andrew's St & Shoe Lane), Grimswades (13 St Andrews's St)
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Entries only on first 3 ff.
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Record of money spent stamps, postage, telegrams, telephone calls, railway journeys etc.
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Recording date, item purchased or individual paid, and cost. Balance paid at regular intervals.
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Record of outgoings, and when paid. Separate reckonings for 'Hunstanton expenses 1921', f 18v-19r and 'Received', including 'Cheques to Mr Pope' and 'to Miss Moodie' f 20r; 'Journeys to London Mr Searle', f 21r; 'Stace', f 21c; accounts for cakes, f 22.
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Entries for 31 Dec (balance from previous book) to 27 Mar 1924
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An inventory of furniture, books, and personal effects. Taken by Messrs J. Carter Jonas & Sons, Surveyors and Valuers, Cambridge.
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Correspondence mainly relating to research: little on personal matters other than the series of letters relating to Huia Onslow's stay for health reasons at Banchory in 1913 (even this is largely on financial aspects). This series has a number of correspondents; most other letters are either to or from Huia Onslow, though Helen Moodie also appears as a correspondent.
Some single letters and several series: the letters re Banchory; letters between Huia Onslow and J. Donovan arising from Donovan's advertisment looking for 'explanation of Life and Mind in exclusively physical terms', letters between Onslow and various people associated with the Eugenics Education Society; correspondence between Onslow and George MacElwee and between Onslow and Frederick W. Fletcher following on from Onslow's appeal for funds as 'A Struggling Scientist' in an advertisement placed in the *Times*; correspondence with W. Auton regarding the breeding of rabbits and mice; letters relating to Onslow's role as Secretary of the Soldiers and Sailor's Families Association, London North West District.
Two series of letters were found with associated notes: the correspondence between Onslow and J: Donovan, which was found with various notes on heat; and the correspondence between Onslow and the Eugenics Education Society, found with abstracts of scientific papers compiled by Onslow for the Society. These notes have been kept alongside the correspondence.
Letters which are solely notices of receipt of money, or on financial or legal subjects, can be found in ONSL/2: Financial and Legal.
This plan was prevented by Onslow slipping on ice and breaking his leg; see M. Onslow, *Huia Onslow: A Memoir* (1924) pp 59-60. Onslow says that he was 'about to make [his] fortune in a gold mine' when the accident happened.
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Department of Mines, Geological Survey, Ottawa. Sent to 'Hon H. Osborne [sic]', Rideau Hall, Ottawa.- The trip Onslow mentions could almost certainly be 'made in one season', but though it is easy to reach Fort Simpson in Spring, but from there Onslow would have to ascend the Laird river to its source, for which he would need 'reliable men' because of the high water. The Survey's geologists have descended the Laird, but he does not know of any who have gone the other way. It would not be difficult to go to Dawson via Fort Good Hope at the mouth of the Mackenzie, 'up Peel's River 30 miles and down the Porcupine to the Yukon'.
Adds that Mr McConnell, who has made the trip down the Laird, is willing to advise Onslow on 'all *three* routes to Dawson by way of the McKenzie'. Will introduce them if necessary.
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Mariemont, Edgbaston. - Will be pleased to propose him for membership of the Society for Psychical Research; glad the sentence in his book has had the 'desired effect' as many people previously seemed to think that 'special qualifications beside interest' were needed. Will enclose some S. P. R. papers, one of which a form Onslow should fill in, saying whether he wishes to be a member or associate, and send to the Secretary; Lodge will write to the Secretary with his nomination.
Note at the bottom of the letter 'Letters from J. B. Baillie, Norwood, Cults, Aberdeen, 6 Jun 1913, 7 Aug 1913'.
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Waimea Road, Nelson, New Zealand; sent to 'Hon-ble Huia Onsly' [sic] at Ottawa. - Still has Onslow's 'portrait', sent to him from England, on the wall; follows Onslow's fortunes at home and abroad. Was very sorry to hear of Onslow's accident [a broken leg, caused by a fall in the ice in Ottawa] and hopes he has now quite recovered. Seems a long way from here to Canada, but the 'able properties of telegraph' allow better communication.
Adds postscript: often speaks of Onslow to 'many of the old joiners [?] here, who remember with warmth' Onslow's 'pleasing birth amongst us'.
The advert placed by Donovan in the *Athenaeum* on 23 Mar 1912 (issue 4404, p 325) asks: 'Will some physicist who has leisure, and expert knowledge of problems usually classed under phenomena of Heat, answer a few questions by correspondence for a worker upon an original line of inquiry bearing on the explanation of Life and Mind in exclusively physical terms? - Address (Mr.) J. Donovan, 22, Inverness Terrace, Hyde Park, W.'
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Correspondence on 'explanation of Life and Mind in exclusively physical terms' sparked by Donovan's advert in the *Athenaeum*.
ONSL/3/5: Various notes and calculations, with headings such as 'Determination of H𝑥' and 'The Human body as a Heat Engine per H'; found with the correspondence between Huia Onslow and J. Donovan and probably relating to Onslow's attempts to answer Donovan's queries.
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43 Norroy Road, Putney, S.W. - Wants to know 'whether calculations can be made bearing upon the enormous difference between the entropies of organic mechanic systems (the plant and animal kingdoms), and naturally formed inorganic systems' or expressed another way, wants 'to get at some calculations showing how organic mechanical systems utilize quantities of energy which are inevitably permitted to dissipate in naturally formed inorganic systems'. Addressed to 'H. Mordie, Esq': presumably a misreading for [Helen] Moodie, who must have replied on Onslow's behalf to the advert in the Athenaeum mentioned by Donovan.
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43 Norroy Road, Putney, S.W. - In response to Onslow's letter of 13 July. Unsigned.
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43 Norroy Road, Putney, S.W. - In response to Onslow's letters of 22 and 29 July. Gives address for the next 6 weeks, in Kings Lynn.
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43 Norroy Road, Putney, S.W. - In response to Onslow's letter of 29 Aug. Realizes 'only too keenly' his failure so far 'in stating the problem in such a way or you, or any well-informed physicist' could give him 'a helping hand'.
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Has received Donovan's letter of 10 July. The subject is 'of deep interest'; would be 'a pleasure' to look into it and let Donovan know any result.
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The Elms, Avenue Road, N.W. - Has received Donovan's letter of 19 July. Does not know whether Donovan wishes to 'investigate the intra-molecular action of living tissue... - the dynamics of Metabolism and Electrolysis in fact - or... treat the organism as a whole, before proceeding to analytical work. Quotes from J. [Arthur] Thomson (Hibbert Journal, Oct 1911), and J. W. Jenkinson on 'Vitalism'.
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The Elms, Avenue Road, N.W. - Quotes from McDougall's *Body and Mind[: A History and Defence of Animism*] (1911) on experiments by 'Professor O. W. Attwater [actually W. O. Atwater].
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7 Richmond Terrace, Whitehall, S.W. - Is sorry not to have answered Donovan's letter of 1st Aug before, but has been away on holiday. Fears is not yet able to assist Donovan, 'either experimentally, or by a priori or mathematical methods'. Seems to him to be two methods of approach possible, 'the one philosophical, based on the sense data derived from the empirical science of psychology, and the other the analytical or quantitative method, which must resort to Physics and Chemistry etc....'
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7 Richmond Terrace, Whitehall, S.W. - Thanks Donovan for his letter of the 5th; Donovan's 'suspicion of the 2nd Law of Thermo-dynamics seems to be a growing one in several quarters; at least with regard to its universal if not its particular application'; mentions Bickerton's 'Theory of Impact' and Steinmetz's article 'The Death of Energy'.
Goes on to discuss a problem 'which, if you have not seen it, I owe to Mr. Pocock. It is based on the hypothesis of Psycho-neural Parallelism, or, as Huxley says, on the supposition that every Psychosis is correlated to a Neurosis'. Goes on to discuss memory and the 'quantity of neural energy' expended in learning.
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In more than one hand: those of Huia Onslow and Helen Moodie?
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Found with correspondence between Huia Onslow and J. Donovan, and probably relates to Onslow's attempts to answer Donovan's queries.
Includes headings 'Determination of H𝑥', 'Methods of determining H', 'Methods of determining quantities in (2)', 'The Human body as a Heat Engine per H', 'Balance Sheet', 'The efficiency of a machine as a heat engine per hour'.
ONSL/3/4: Correspondence between Huia Onslow and J. Donovan.
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Clandon Park Gardens. - Thanks her for the cheque; they have the 'hutches from Fry but until the weeding [?] out is done they are all occupied'; there are also 'the breeding boxes belonging to the Mothers that have had their young taken from them'. Will be glad when they are weeded out: does not mind looking after [the rabbits] but 'when the bucks get to a certain age' they attack each other and 'the one they set on is bit from Head to Tail'; they have now been separated.
Does not think there will be any trouble about disposing of the rabbits, though what can be got for them is 'another matter'. If nothing else, they 'could be sent to market and sold for what they will fetch'. The feeding troughs have not arrived; will be glad to have the. The 'enclosed list [no longer present' Mrs Blake has made out'; thinks Miss Moodie will be able to understand from it 'what progress has been made & the results'.
She does not say how Mr Onslow is; asks her to tell him 'its no trouble for us to do this for him. I only hope please God that he may get well & strong again'.
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The Hollies, Avenue Road, Brentwood, Essex. - Thanks for the cheque received this morning. The 'brown doe was mated today to the buck 2nd at the Palace last year'; will send them both to him tomorrow morning. Is glad he is 'taking the Havana' as she thinks he will 'have a good home'. Discusses attempts of breeding Dutch rabbits to that colour.
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The Cottage, Melbourne, Derby; salutation, 'Dear Madam'. - Is sorry to hear no young have been born to the chocolate mice; 'their brother, & sisters have all bred here' since she had them. Discussion of breeding habits of mice.
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Banchory Lodge, Banchory St. Ternan, N.B.- Informs Lady Onslow of the rent Miss Burnett Ramsay asks for Banchory Lodge
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Tor-na-Coille, 'Thursday night'. - Gives her opinion of Banchory Lodge, Mavis Bank and Roscobie as places to stay, with particular details on Roscobie. Considers question of Huia's transportation from the station to the house: discusses ambulances; the station master at Banchory was very helpful.
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Banchory Lodge, Banchory St. Ternan, N.B.- Accepts on behalf of her sister Miss Burnett Ramsay the offer made by Lady Onslow to rent Banchory Lodge.
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From the Office of the Superintendent of the Line, Euston Station. Signature 'per R. Turnbull'. Arrangements re 'Invalid Saloon' to take Huia Onslow to Banchory. Boxes of books to be sent by goods train. A 'one-horse van' to take 'the luggage and Invalid Bed' from 7 Richmond Terrace to Euston on Sunday evening.
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12 Dee St, Aberdeen.
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Receipt of cheque for £45 for rent of Banchory Lodge for the month of May.
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12 Dee St, Aberdeen. - Miss Burnett Ramsay does not wish to consider Lady Onslow's offer to keep on Banchory Lodge for June.
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12 Dee St, Aberdeen. - Details of additional costs (coke for heating apparatus; telephone) and entitlements (produce of the gardens including flowers, 'exclusive of the Orchids which are specially reserved by the Proprietrix) related to the tenancy of Riverston.
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12 Dee St, Aberdeen. - Acknowledges the receipt of Lady Onslow's cheque in payment for the rent of Riverston.
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12 Dee St, Aberdeen. - States Miss Burnett Ramsay's terms for a further let of Riverston, from 1 July-10 Sept.
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12 Dee St, Aberdeen. - Acknowledges the receipt of Lady Onslow's letter agreeing to continue her tenancy of Riverston for Jul-Sept.
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Written on a memorandum form for the Great North of Scotland Railway Company. - From James Hutton, William Ogston, Disney Leith Forbes and Sam Mearns. Thanks for Onslow's letter; pleased to know they were helpful; thanks for the present of five shillings each.
Below is a note from A. M. Hardy, Station-Master, thanking Onslow for his kindness to his crew and himself, and for the ten shillings received from Miss Moodie.
Fragile: housed in Melinex; should not be removed from this for consultation.
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V. du Rond Point, Biarritz, Basse Pyrenees, France. - Does not think Mr Onslow will mind her writing direct to Miss Moodie about the prolongation of his stay in Banchory. Discussion of Riverston. Thinks her sister would be 'very pleased' if Lady Onslow thought it would suit her son.
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Contains letters from various figures associated with the society regarding Onslow's work for them: predominantly writing précis of articles in scientific journals such as *Nature* deemed relevant [see ONSL/3/11], but also providing translations and lists of books which should be reviewed, and writing articles for the Society's journal. Some typed copies of letters from Onslow to the Society also present.
Letters from: Sylvia Gotto, Hon. Secretary; A. M. Carr Saunders, who has 'taken over the bibliography scheme'; R. A. Fisher; Nora Alexander, Assistant Secretary; Leonard Darwin, chairman; Constance M. Brown, Secretary; Miss M. E. Robinson, Literary Assistant'.
A letter from Sybil Gotto as 'Joint Honorary Secretary' of the Professional Classes War Relief Council, 30 Mar 1915, is also included here, thanking Onslow for his 'most generous donation' sent in response to 'the Lord Mayor's invitation'; hopes he will do 'all he can to make [the Society's] work more widely known.
ONSL/3/11: Abstracts of papers, mostly from *Nature* and *American Nature*, compiled by Onslow for the Eugenics Education Society.
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Attached note: 'First [?] - abstracts - of papers sent in Jan 17 1917. The abstracts appeared in the Review. I think they were signed'.
Abstracts of: Andrew T. Rasmussen on hibernation (no title or date); 'A Note on the Inheritance of Eye-colour in beans etc', Frank M. Surface; J. F. Jones and S. L. Mason on congenital cataract, *American Nature* Dec 1916 p 751; Raymond Pearl and M. R. Curtis on the physiology of reproduction in the domestic fowl', *Nature*, Dec 14 1916 p 296; E. C. MacDowell, criticism of the experiments of Castle and Phillips on hooded rats, *American Nature* Dec 1916 p 719; Richard Goldschmidt, summarising some results in crosses between Japanese and European races of O. Dispar*American Nature* Dec 1916 p 705; note by J. W. Harrison on hybridisation of Oporabia dilutata and O. autumnata *Nature*, 30 Nov 1916, p 248; resume by Arthur J. Harris on statistical treatment of fertility in animals; account of bulletin no. 15 of the American Eugenics Record Office, including a study by Mrs Finlayson of '"the Dack family" who show a "hereditary lack of emotional control"; Leonard Darwin, *Journal of the Royal Statistical Society* Vol. LXXIX Part II; paper by R. Pearl and F. M. Surface (*Zeitsch. f. indukt. Abstammungs-und Vererbunglehre* XIV Nos 3-4) on growth and variation in maize *Nature*, 12 Oct 196 p 119; Arthur Dendys , presidential address to the Quekette Microscopical Club on 'an analysis of the relation of mutation to the evolution theory* *Nature*, Oct 5 1916 p 9.
ONSL/3/10: Correspondence between Onslow and the Eugenics Education Society. Onslow compiled these extracts for the Society; some appeared in their *Review*.
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Sent to 'Mr Hina [sic] Onslow, Leckhampton House, Cambridge, England'. - Onslow's letter to C. C. Hurst has been referred to the President 'for consideration and reply'. Two pamphlets will be sent to him, one explaining the 'plan, scope and development of the Institution to date' and the other with a list of its publications. As Onslow will see, the list of publications is extensive, and it would be 'improper as well as impracticable' to send a complete set to any one person. The 'only fit recipients of them are the greater libraries of the world' and they are distributed free only to such libraries, of which the University Library and that of the Cambridge Philosophical Society are two. Onslow should therefore have access to them.
Publications are also offered for sale at normal prices since some institutions like the British Museum wish to purchase them. The Institution 'finds itself obliged to decline the system of exchanges we have inherited' as this would 'speedily defeat the primary purpose of the Institution and convert it into a gift-book enterprise'.
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'A STRUGGLING SCIENTIST, graduate of Cambridge, unmarried, who is devoting his entire life to research work for the RELIEF of HUMAN SUFFERING wishes to know if there is anyone, unable to devote his time to this object, who is yet sufficiently sympathetic to give money towards the purchase of apparatus without which the work cannot proceed. For references, and details of work hitherto accomplished, apply to Box -'
ONSL/14: Letter from George MacElwee, 25 Jun 1914, written probably in response to this advertisement, with copy reply indicating tht the advertisement was placed in the *Times*, and subsequent correspondence
ONSL/15: Similar correspondence between Onslow and Frederick W. Fletcher.
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Letters, copy letters, and drafts of letters between George MacElwee and Huia Onslow.
First letter from MacElwee probably written in reply to ONSL/13, an advertisement from 'A Struggling Scientist', which Onslow's copy reply indicates was placed in the *Times*. Similar correspondence, between Onslow and F. W. Fletcher, can be found at ONSL/15.
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62-67 Norfolk House, Norfolk Street Strand, London, - MacElwee asks for particulars of Onslow's research.
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Onslow gives a brief sketch of his life, his accident, and his intention to 'devote [his] life to scientific research work'. Outlines the problems he has in being confined to his rooms and unable to use apparatus in laboratories, and his financial difficulties. Gives an indication of the research he has been engaged in so far and possible lines he wishes to prefer.. Suggests that his former tutor W. C. D. Whetham and Professor F. G. Hopkins would give references for him.
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Onslow gives a brief sketch of his life, his accident, and his intention to 'devote [his] life to scientific research work'. Outlines the problems he has in being confined to his rooms and unable to use apparatus in laboratories, and his financial difficulties. Gives an indication of the research he has been engaged in so far and possible lines he wishes to prefer.. Suggests that his former tutor W. C. D. Whetham and Professor F. G. Hopkins would give references for him.
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Thanks Onslow for his 'very interesting letter of the 27th ult'. Asks Onslow to tell him the cost of the apparatus referred to. Thinks it 'most creditable indeed situated as you are that you should be so anxious to rise above your physical infirmity and continue your studies'. If he finds he 'can be of assistance', he will be 'very happy indeed'. Adds a postscript saying that he will be glad to send tomorrow 'some particulars of a new thing I am promoting which may be of interest to you'.
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Draft letter, much in shorthand; note on back labelling it 'Copy of letter to Mr Mac Elwee re Melham' Written on the back of a letter (draft typescript with MS corrections) written 12 Jul 1914 at Leckhampton House, Cambridge, to 'Katie'. This mentions a 'blind lady' and 'Pearson'; that 'Mama sounds fairly well but sad'; and that the 'fleeting glimpse' he had of Katie the other day was 'so disrupted by the Folk-songs and their singer' that he wonders if she would like to visit again.
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Addressed to Onslow at 3 Selwyn Gardens, Cambridge. Apologises for not replying sooner to Onslow's letter of 11 Jul. Would be glad to have a copy of the paper that Onslow suggests sending, and will write again in a week or two to tell him 'what, if any, help I can render you in the work that you wish to undertake. If I can I shall be very glad to assist you, but as you rightly appreciate the calls and obligations that one is bound to consider are, at the moment, very numerous [due to the War]'.
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Letter originally sent with a scientific paper [no longer present]; thinks the interest is 'more theoretical than anything else'. Very good of MacElwee to say he will write again, is very anxious to do work 'which can be of assistance' and thinks the work on typhoid and para-typhoid suggested to him may be so. Beginning of another draft along the same lines.
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Letters, copy letters, and drafts of letters between Frederick W. Fletcher and Huia Onslow.
Correspondence following on from ONSL/13, an advertisement from 'A Struggling Scientist'. Similar correspondence, between Onslow and George MacElwee, can be found at ONSL/14.
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Windsmill, Enfield, Middlesex: - Is late in acknowledging Onslow's letter of 30 Jun due to absence from home; 'much obliged' for the particulars Onslow has given of his work, and as Fletcher is 'specially interested in any researches bearing on the cancer problem' will be 'very glad' if he can assist in furthering Onslow's work. Asks if he may write to Professor Hopkins for further information, and for information about the apparatus Onslow requires and its likely cost.
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Onslow thanks Fletcher for his 'kindness' in saying he will assist him; Professor Hopkins has indicated that he is 'only to pleased' to give his opinion of Onslow's work and any other information required; encloses a list of apparatus 'the lack of which is at present a serious handicap to pathological investigations, especially cancer & tuberculosis in which I am particularly interested [list no longer present]'.
Draft is headed 'Fletcher', though on the back there is a note 'Draft of Letters sent to McElwee & Fletcher', indicating that this or a similar letter may also have been sent to George McElwee [see ONSL/14].
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Has delayed replying to Onslow's letter until hearing from Professor Hopkins; received a letter this morning 'speaking in high terms' of Onslow's qualifications. Is 'deeply interested in the cancer problem' and has periodically done what he could 'to assist pathological research''; the results have so far been of 'negative value', and Fletcher is 'inclined to think that the workers in this field cannot see the wood for the trees'. 'A Pasteur' is needed, who 'whilst conversant with what has been done, can survey the question from an unbiassed standpoint, and strike out a line of his own'. Biochemistry seems to him 'the most promising key to unlock the mystery of the causation of cancer'. If Onslow is prepared to take up this question and 'devote yourself to it exclusively', Fletcher is willing to help as much as he can. Would like to know whether Onslow has already done any work in this direction, and whether he is 'acquainted with the best English and French researches' so he will not go over 'old ground'.
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Has delayed replying until he heard from Professor Hopkins: cannot accept Fletcher's offer, as he 'could never obtain a licence to do vivisection and to keep animals that have been operated on... The Home Office will not allow private house to be licenced'. This would 'cut him off' from 'one of the most fruitful channels of research'. Also, since he cannot attend laboratories, he often has to wait to obtain desired material or for 'some lengthy reaction' to be completed; currently, he has been able to turn to another problem but would not be able to do so knowing Fletcher was 'anxiously awaiting practical results'. Professor Hopkins assures him the 'anxiety to produce practical results... does not lead to satisfactory work'. Thinks Fletcher should give money to 'some well known institute such as the Imperial Cancer Research Fund' if he requires a 'direct return.... in the form of the relief of cancer'. However, believes he could do some 'indirect biological work' which 'might prove fruitful'. Gives examples arising from his work on pigmentation, or 'devising of the method for the estimation say of nitrogen in the urine'.
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Thanks Onslow for explaining the limitations on direct research into cancer. Would like to discuss the matter with Sampson Handley, whom he knows well and is a leading authority on cancer. If Onslow is in London during August, asks if he may have 'the pleasure of calling' on him.
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Has not written since the war broke out as it felt 'impossible to ask for help during this time'. For last nine months has been in London, doing 'what little clerical war work was in my power' but 'owing to the kindness of a relation' has now returned to Cambridge. Has been asked by Professor Hopkins and Mr Cole to look into some questions 'directly concerning the conduct of the campaign', especially into a 'rapid means of diagnosing typhoid and para-typhoid'. Has the same trouble as before in obtaining apparatus, which is now more expensive; now has a room assured and for a hundred pounds could convert it into a 'very practicable laboratory'.
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Is sure Onslow's proposed work will lead to 'important results', and wishes he could help with purchase of necessary apparatus, but 'this ghastly war' is having a considerable effect on his income and he feels unable to do so. Would much appreciate seeing a copy of the paper Onslow has read before the Royal Society.
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Thanks Fletcher for his 'extremely kind and sympathetic letter'; is grateful for his 'confidence and encouragement'. Apologises for typing letter; note at end adds that the letter was eventually 'written by hand'.
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Is sending a copy of the paper Fletcher said he wanted to see; has 'only just received the reprints'.
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Notes that Onslow was given permission to borrow books from the University College Libraries last year; understands from the Librarian that he is 'making a good deal of use from the Library' so asks if he would like to have permission extended for another year. Tells him to make 'formal application' if so.
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The permission Onslow was granted to borrow books from the library was for one year from 1 Jan 1915. If he still wishes to use the library, Chambers will put the matter before the Library Committee at the next meeting. Meanwhile, he is sending the requested pamphlet under separate cover, and asks Onslow to sign and return the enclosed ticket.
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Letters, drafts, and copy-letters, largely relating to Huia Onslow's role as Secretary of the Soldiers and Sailor's Families Association, London North West District, particularly the numerous donations to the Anaesthetics Emergency Fund from New Zealand. Correspondents include: Elizabeth A. Sharp, the other Secretary of the Fund: G. Y. Copins [?] of the New Zealand High Commission: William Edward Collins, doctor, on board the New Zealand Hospital Ship 'Maheno' (one letter encloses a printed diet table for a hospital ship or carrier); Duncan Flockhart & Co., Manufacturing Chemists.
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On headed paper from the Royal Automobile Club, Pall Mall, London, S. W. Typed with some pencil annotations and corrections. Note in pen on back: 'R. A. C. on the Use of Benzol'.
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Most of the material in this category is in the form of notebooks. Some of these, such as one from the Engineering Laboratory, Cambridge, and the 'Field Book' containing notes on and attempts at field surveying, date from Onslow's time as an undergraduate. Most however record his own investigations into genetics and biochemistry from 1912 onwards. Notable are the three large books in which Onslow's programme of breeding rabbits for colour is recorded, with a page for each individual rabbit and often a stamped image showing markings. There are also notebooks on Onslow's research into pigmentation in insects (butterflies and beetles) and birds.
Amongst the loose notes, there are several relating to Onslow's interest in hypnosis, including observations made during the hypnosis of Louis Chauvin over several sessions by Onslow, William Howard Warman, and Francis Aveling. A fair quantity of material relating to experiments which led to Onslow's paper *A Method of estimating the Tryptophan Content of Caseinogen, based on Determinations of the Nitrogen Values of the Mercuric Sulphate Precipitate* (published posthumously in 1924) is also present.
Notebooks arranged chronologically, as far as possible, followed by loose notes arranged likewise.
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Notes on Logic. Top right corner cut away so that 'Logic', on f 1r, is visible as a title
Sticker records that book was bought from A. G. Thornton, Ltd., Paragon Works, King Street West, Manchester.
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Notes on chain surveying at start of book. Field surveys up to page 12, perhaps of Coe Fen, Cambridge, dates in Apr 1910.
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Three labels on front: 'Rabbits Nos 1-27 inclus.', 'and on pages following 37 Notes on ?Matings', 'Breeding Schemes etc in connection with *all* the rabbits'.
Notes on each individual rabbit (with tab cut to make finding records easy) recording where bought/ancestry, dates of matings, and size of resulting litter. Sex of offspring usually recorded as well as the colour and markings; a stamp is soon introduced to indicate these. f 85r is a 'List of Specimen Skins'; this is usually noted in the individual rabbit's entry as well.
First few rabbits are given names: William the Silent; Anne of Flanders; Philippa of Hainault; Alfred the Great; Boadicea; Witch of Endor; Blue Pill; Dowager Empress, their offspring are identified only by numbers and by their parents.
Pages 72v-73r: 'List of Rabbits at Pyxford & Cambridge, Spring 1918', grouped by coat colour
Page 73v: 'Scheme of Matings'
f 74r: 'English Rabbits' - stamps used to indicate markings
f 74v: Matings Dec 1917-Mar 1918
f 76r: 'Scheme of matings Continued'
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Notes on each individual rabbit (with tab cut to make finding records easy) recording where bought or ancestry, dates of matings, and size of resulting litter. Sex of offspring usually recorded as well as the colour and markings; stamp often used to indicate these. If the rabbit's skin is one of the specimens in the list at f 85r of the first notebook [ONSL/19], this is also recorded.
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Notes on each individual rabbit (with tab cut to make finding records easy) recording where bought or ancestry, dates of matings, and size of resulting litter. Sex of offspring usually recorded as well as the colour and markings; stamp often used to indicate these. If the rabbit's skin is one of the specimens in the list at f 85r of the first notebook [ONSL/19], this is also recorded.
f. 83v: 'Rabbits at Pyxford, being kept for Bl[ac]k Eng[lish] skins'
f. 84v: 'Rabbits at Cambridge, Autumn 1917'. Notes of 'Matings to be made as soon as possible'
5 loose sheets found as an enclosure in this notebook, containing notes on bacterial cultures and 'Serum Reactions, Sept 11th 1913', have been catalogued separately as ONSL/21b.
Folio numbering includes these loose sheets.
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4 sheets of notes on bacterial cultures, with observations on appearance, fluorescence, liquefaction of gelatin etc and suggestions as to identification.
1 page of notes headed 'Serum Reactions, Sept 11 1913', with observations on hemolysis.
Found as an enclosure in ONSL/4/7.
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Typed index pasted in at back of book lists topics, with page numbers:
'Examination of Aldehyde Samples; The Making of Active Aldehyde; [Henry Charlton] Bastian's experiments, Aug 1913-Feb 1914; Miss [Florence] Durham's Experiments;
Chromogen of White Hairs; Inorganic Constituents of the Ash of Hair; The Oxydase reactions of White Hairs (Keeble and Armstrong); Granule Content of Black and Blue Hairs; Microscopical Examination of Pigment grantues; Action of re-agents on Keratin; Products of Keratin Hydrolysis; the same, Cholesterine-free hair; Nitro-benzene Oxidation products of Keratin. A Digestible Product of Keratin;
Preparation of Melanins [dates from 26 May 1913-11 May 1914; Spiegler and Gortner cited];
Urochrome and Urobilin [Spectra]; Preparation of Urobilin in Urochrome; Urochrome and Urobilin (Summary); Lepidopteric Acid; Uric Acid of Lepidoptera; Solubility of Lepidopteric Pigment;
Acid Haematoporphyrin (SpectraP); Tyrosinase of Haemolymph; Calibration of Objectives; Excretion of Arsenic by the Skin.'
Conversion Table by Baird & Tatlock (London) Ltd. also pasted in at end.
Enclosures found between pp. 48 and 49: 3 ff. of MS notes on observations of cultures in colloidal silicon solutions, Aug 1913-Aug 1915 (dates of initial sterilisation); tables of experimental proceedings, with notes on back; 1f. typed extract from Mary, 'Experimental Work of Dr Bastian on the Origin of Life', *Knowledge*, Jan-Sept 1917 p. 7; 2ff. typescript, 'The nature of growths in colloidal silica solutions', Onslow; 2ff. typescript with MS. annotations, further observations of solutions; 3ff. of MS observations; 7 ff. typescript with MS annotations, dated 8-10 Apr 1914, notes on solutions of urochrome, urobilin extracts, urochrome and active aldehyde etc; 2 ff with MS graphs, one headed 'Tryptic Digestion'.
Onslow, H. “Note on the Nature of Growths in Colloidal Silica Solutions.” *Proceedings of the Royal Society of London. Series B, Containing Papers of a Biological Character* 90, no. 628 (1918): 266–69. http://www.jstor.org/stable/80786.
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Notebook used from both ends in, usually on opposing pages. Shorthand is frequently used. Notes on biology and chemistry - both reading and experimental material; draft letters; to do lists; drafts of eg 'The French Commission on Depopulation' [published in the *Eugenics Review*, Jul 1913.
One loose sheet: list of books, such as Temple Thurston's book of poems *The Open Window* (1913), William Locke's novel *Stella Maris* (1913) and Anatole France's *The Gods are Athirst* [English translation, 1913, of France's 1912 novel).
ONSL/1: Offprint of 'The French Commission on Depopulation', *Eugenics Review*
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Sticker on inside front cover indicates that book was bought from Harry Johnson & Nephew, Stationers & Booksellers, 3 St Andrew's St, Cambridge.
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Loose sheet of paper used as markers between ff 20v-21r.
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Observations, frequently including diagrams, of pigmentation in insects and (a few) birds. On f 12v there are notes on 'Miss Wheldale's Beetles'. Notebook also used from back in, with notes on paste-down as well as ff 59v-46v.
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Observations on pigmentation under various conditions and preparations, arranged under species headings, accompanied by illustrations of wing scales etc as seen under a microscope. Some references to numbered slides. Sources of specimens, such as 'Mr Scott', 'W. Rothschild, Tring' etc sometimes noted.
Notebook used from both ends in; heading 'Coleoptera etc.' written on first page from one end, 84v, and entries continue this way until f 53v.
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F. J. Stoakley written on inside front cover. Some notes in shorthand; sketches of chemical apparatus; chemical equations; calculations etc.
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Rough notes; ink sketches/doodles at end.
Perhaps related to Onslow's draft 'Cold in its relations to the forms of matter'
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With diagrams.
On paper with embossed regalia of the Board of Agriculture and Fisheries: Onslow's father was President of the Board of Agriculture from 1903-1905.
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Note beginning 'I have succe[e]ded in producing a kind of aoto-hypnosis [sic]', dated 28 Nov 1905; note beginning 'I have succe[e]ded in carrying out some experiments by which I have satisfactorily proved that it is possible by Telepathy or some other phenomena... to transmit messages...', dated 20 Aug 1904; note beginning 'I have succe[e]ded in raising a persons hand by placing mine above it but not in contact..', dated 19 Feb 1903. All notes probably typed up together at some later date.
On paper with embossed regalia of the Board of Agriculture and Fisheries: Onslow's father was President of the Board of Agriculture from 1903-1905.
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Defines stages as: waking state; state of suggestion; profound hypnosis; somnambulistic state; cataleptic state; clairvoyant state; deep trance state. Notes physical characteristics of these stages.
See Onslow, M. (1924). "Huia Onslow : A memoir", p 92, for comments on these hypnosis sessions.
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Copy of note made by W. H. W. [William Howard Warman] on his assessment of the subject in the 'first sitting', at Fairholme Rd, 4 Dec 1912.
Notes on second sitting held at 7 Richmond Terrace, 6 Dec 1912 'Present: H. O & W. H. W., the latter operating': record of method of hypnotism and area of body on which the 'spot test' was carried out, and a table under the headings 'M.M; Normal; Hypnotised'; observations including on hypnotised state, and the failure of a 'post-hypnotic suggestion'.
Notes on third sitting, 13 Dec 1912, at Richmond Terrace. At this occasion Francis Aveling was also present and carried out the hypnosis, and the table included the extra heading of 'Post-Hypnosis'.
Notes on fourth sitting, 17 Dec 1912, at Richmond Terrace. Onslow and Warman only present; hypnosis carried out by Onslow
6 sheets (several notepaper for 7 Richmond Terrace) of rough notes in several hands, probably made during the hypnosis sessions (one sheet is dated 6 Dec 1912). Observations on 'spot tests', often in table form.
1 sheet with list: 'Limit of somatic susceptibility; Heart; Temperature; Bleeding...' (subjects to be observed during hypnosis?). Draft text of advertisement on back: 'Wanted: subjects for strictly scientific hypnotic experiments. Men only, preferably those previously hypnotised. Renumeration offered 1/- [shilling] per hour. Apply...'
1 sheet with list of capital letters, each one with a number alongside, in reverse order from 60-40, some ticked; rough table with dots and slashes beside G-k/60-50
1 sheet with blank table, numbers declining from 22 to 13 on left, divided horizontally into 'Normal; Hypnotic; Post-Hypnotic'.
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1 f. MS notes and calculations re tryptophan, casein etc; 5 ff. with instructions for experimental procedures, each sheet dated (May 15, May 27, May 27, May 28, May 14 1923); 1 f. with note from Onslow to 'T. Arch' on experimental stages to be repeated; 2ff with instructions for experimental procedures, each sheet dated (May 22 1920, May 12); 1 f with sketch of equipment and instructions.
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Typescript and manuscript drafts; some, such as ONSL/5/5 and ONSL/5/6, of articles which were later published, others seemingly unpublished. Where notes were found alongside drafts (see ONSL/5/7), these have been included in this section; notes which seem connected to drafts but were found separate from them have been indicated in the 'Allied Materials' field.
Arranged chronologically, as far as could be determined; drafts without clear date placed at end.
According to the memoir written by his wife, Onslow worked on this paper in Feb 1914, and was aided by papers lent to him by Dr James Ward. See Onslow, M. (1924). *Huia Onslow : A memoir*. London, pp 199, 122
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The reference to 'the last three years of strenuous warfare' indicates that this piece was written around 1917.
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ONSL/5/2: Draft headed 'The Need for an Organisation to Provide Material for Genetic Research'. MS draft of the first part of ONSL/5/1B to be found at ONSL/5/2 f. 1v.
ONSL/5/3: More notes under the heading 'The Need for an Organisation to Provide Material for Genetic Research'
Reference to the hope that 'pairings will be obtained this year which will yield stock for the desired experiment in 1918' indicates that this piece was written in 1917; see also the use of the first page to draft part of ONSL/59, also probably written in 1917.
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Refers to difficulties caused for Onslow's experiments in breeding mice, rabbits, and lepidoptera due to the lack of such an organisation.
ONSL/5/B: 'Notes headed 'Genetic Research and Eugenic Legislation...'. MS draft of the beginning of ONSL/5/B can be found at ONSL/5/2 f. 1v.
ONSL/5/3: More notes under the heading 'The Need for an Organisation to Provide Material for Genetic Research'
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Refers to difficulties caused for Onslow's experiments in breeding mice, rabbits, and lepidoptera due to the lack of such an organisation.
ONSL/5/1B: 'Notes headed 'Genetic Research and Eugenic Legislation...'. MS draft of the beginning of ONSL/1B can be found at ONSL/2 f. 1v.
ONSL/5/2: More notes under the heading 'The Need for an Organisation to Provide Material for Genetic Research'.
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Initially entitled 'Nietszche the Philologist'; this typescript heading is crossed through and replaced with 'Fair and Dark: Is there a dominant type?'. Finally, 'Pre' is added in red pen to make 'Predominant'.
Published in the *Eugenics Review*, October, 1920.
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All found together in an envelope labelled 'M.S. for Perfume Paper'.
According to Muriel Onslow's memoir of her husband, 'How Perfumes are made' was published posthumously in *Conquest*, Aug, Sept and Oct. 1923. See Onslow, M. (1924). *Huia Onslow : A memoir*. London, p 242
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Incomplete: begins abruptly.
'"Tea-taster" or Tea-smeller' is a fuller version of this piece.
According to Muriel Onslow's memoir of her husband, 'How Perfumes are made' was published posthumously in *Conquest*, Aug, Sept and Oct. 1923. See Onslow, M. (1924). *Huia Onslow : A memoir*. London, p 242.
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Incomplete version of this piece
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'The Use of Essential Oils in Paints', May 1921 (2 pages); Roure-Bertrand Fils. 8 Jul 1921.
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'Report to the Medical Research Council (From the Biochemical Laboratory, Cambridge).
Sheets paginated 1-10; another labelled 10; sheet with references and no pagination; sheets paginated 8-9; three sheets, two with unclear pagination and one labelled II.
ONSL/4/54: Material relating to experiments on tryptophan, c 1920-1923
ONSL/6/18: A Method of estimating the Tryptophan Content of Caseinogen, based on Determinations of the Nitrogen Values of the Mercuric Sulphate Precipitate" *Biochemical Journal* (1924)
Onslow, H. "A Method of estimating the Tryptophan Content of Caseinogen, based on Determinations of the Nitrogen Values of the Mercuric Sulphate Precipitate" *Biochemical Journal* vol 18.1 (1924): 63-84
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With MS note: 'MSS. of H. Onslow'.
According to the memoir of Onslow written by his wife, this paper was among a 'list of popular articles he had intended to write' left at his death. See Onslow, M. (1924). *Huia Onslow : A memoir*. London, p 231.
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According to the memoir of Onslow written by his wife, this paper was among a 'list of popular articles he had intended to write' left at his death. See Onslow, M. (1924). *Huia Onslow : A memoir*. London, p 231.
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Offprints of many of Huia Onslow's published works, including some posthumous publications. For a full list of his publications, see Onslow, M. (1924). *Huia Onslow : A memoir. London*, p 239-242.
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ONSL/23: notebook containing among other things notes towards and draft of this article
Onslow, H. “French commission on depopulation.” *The Eugenics Review* vol. 5,2 (1913): 130-52.
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Written with Helena Iwanowska.
Iwanowska, H., and H. Onslow. “Some White Ruthenian Folk-Songs, II.” *Folklore* 25, no. 2 (1914): 212–26. http://www.jstor.org/stable/1254907.
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Onslow, H. "The cause of albinism and dominant whiteness." *Knowledge* London vol 38 (1915): 145-146.
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Onslow, H. "On the Development of the Black Markings on the Wings of *Pieris Brassicae*." *Biochemical Journal* vol 10.1 (Mar 1916): 26–30
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Written with Sydney W. Cole.
Cole, Sydney W. and Onslow, H. "On a substitute for peptone and a standard nutrient medium for bacteriological purposes: Report to the Medical Research Committee." *Lancet* vol 188 issue 4844 (1916) 9-12
https://doi.org/10.1016/S0140-6736(01)26397-1.
(https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0140673601263971)
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Written with Sydney W. Cole.
Cole, Sydney W. and Onslow, H. "On a rapid method for the cultural differentiation of the typhoid and paratyphoid bacilli A and B: Report to the Medical Research Committee." *Lancet* vol 188 issue 4868 (1916) 1011-1013
https://doi.org/10.1016/S0140-6736(00)54359-1.
(https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0140673600543591)
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Onslow, H. "A note on certain names recently applied to sable mice." *Journal of Genetics* vol 6.3 (1917). 231-235
https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02983264
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III.Melanism in Boarmia consortaria (var.Consobrinaria, BKH)
Onslow, H. "The inheritance of wing colour in Lepidoptera." *Journal of Genetics* vol 9.4 (1920). 339-346
https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02983569
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'Melanism in Boarmia Abietaria'.
Onslow, H. "The inheritance of wing colour in Lepidoptera." *Journal of Genetics* vol 10.2 (1920). 135–140
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Two copies, one labelled on front cover 'With compliments from H. Onslow, 3 Selwyn Gardens, Cambridge' and the other 'With compliments to H. Onslow, 3 Selwyn Gardens, Cambridge'.
Onslow, H. "On a periodic structure in many insect scales, and the cause of their iridescent colours." *Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London* Series B vol 211, Issue 382-390 (1923). 1-74
http://doi.org/10.1098/rstb.1923.0001
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VI Diaphora mendica CL. and var. rustica Hb
Onslow, H. "The inheritance of wing colour in Lepidoptera." *Journal of Genetics* vol 11.3 (1921). 277-292.
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VII. Melanism in Hemerophila abruptaria (var.fuscata, tutt)
Onslow, H. "The inheritance of wing colour in Lepidoptera." *Journal of Genetics* vol 11.3 (1921). 293-298.
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Onslow, H. "The inheritance of wing colour in Lepidoptera." *Journal of Genetics* vol 11.3 (1921). 91-99.
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Onslow, H. "The Relation between Uric Acid and Allantoin Excretion in Hybrids of the Dalmatian Hound" *Biochemical Journal* vol 17.2 (Jan 1923): 334-340.
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Onslow, H. "The Relation between Uric Acid and Allantoin Excretion in Hybrids of the Dalmatian Hound" *Biochemical Journal* vol 17.4-5 (1923): 564-568.
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Written with Helena Iwanowska.
Iwanowska, H., and H. Onslow. “Some White Ruthenian Folk-Songs, III.” Folklore 35, no. 1 (1924): 64–82. http://www.jstor.org/stable/1255783.
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Written with Helena Iwanowska.
Iwanowska, H., and H. Onslow. “Some White Ruthenian Folk-Songs, IV.” Folklore 35, no. 2 (1924): 166–75. http://www.jstor.org/stable/1256489.
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Onslow, H. "A Method of estimating the Tryptophan Content of Caseinogen, based on Determinations of the Nitrogen Values of the Mercuric Sulphate Precipitate" *Biochemical Journal* vol 18.1 (1924): 63-84
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A small gathering of textbooks, presumably used by Onslow as an undergraduate.
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Published by Cambridge University Press, 1896.
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'Containing Logarithms of Numbers, Logarithms of Sines and Cosines, Logarithms of Tangents and Cotangents, Natural Sines and Cosines, Natural Tangents and Cotangents. Compiled and arranged for the Local Examinations and Lectures Syndicate by A. R. Hinks, M.A.'
Calculations in pencil on the back page.
Printed at Cambridge University Press.
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10th edition; published by John Heywood.
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2nd edition; published by John Heywood.