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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
HACKER
Title
Hacker Papers
Date
1859-1975
Description

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.

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.

Held by
London University: University College London (UCL) Special Collections
Legal status
Not Public Record(s)
Language
English
Creator(s)
Hacker; Helga Sharpe (1898-1975); née Pearson, daughter of Karl Pearson
Physical description
22 boxes
Access conditions

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.

Immediate source of acquisition
Presented by the family.
Unpublished finding aids
Hard copy list available
Administrative / biographical background

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.

Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/92a6e07e-9a0b-44ff-8f07-497cdd2ef9e2/