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Hacker Papers
Catalogue reference: HACKER
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This record is about the Hacker Papers dating from 1859-1975.
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- HACKER
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Title (The name of the record)
- Hacker Papers
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1859-1975
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Description (What the record is about)
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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 Schreiner; description of Dr Kahn's anatomical museum and photograph of a graph of 'Curve of fertility in man'. Also includes five additional boxes of material (all copies) relating to Olive Schreiner, Karl Pearson, Maria Sharpe Pearson and the Pearson family transferred from the E S Pearson papers.
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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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.
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- London University: University College London (UCL) Special Collections
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Legal status (A note as to whether the record being described is a Public Record or not)
- Not Public Record(s)
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Language (The language of the record)
- English
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Creator(s) (The creator of the record)
- Hacker; Helga Sharpe (1898-1975); née Pearson, daughter of Karl Pearson
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
- 22 boxes
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Access conditions (Information on conditions that restrict or affect access to the record)
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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.
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Immediate source of acquisition (When and where the record was acquired from)
- Presented by the family.
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Unpublished finding aids (A note of unpublished indexes, lists or guides to the record)
- Hard copy list available
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Administrative / biographical background (Historical or biographical information about the creator of the record and the context of its creation)
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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.
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/92a6e07e-9a0b-44ff-8f07-497cdd2ef9e2/
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This record is held at London University: University College London (UCL) Special Collections
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