Charles Chamberlain Hurst was an English geneticist.

This collection is composed primarily of Rona Hurst's 2900-page typescript, "The Evolution of Genetics." It is an unpublished history of her husband C. C. Hurst's contributions to the early development of genetics in England, and it is based on the collection of 2000 letters in the Hurst Collection at Cambridge University Library. Her history includes typescripts of many of the letters. There is also a copy of C.C. Hurst's paper on eugenics, "Genetical Improvement of the World's Populations."

Appendices to this manuscript include annotated transcripts (46 pages) of letters from Hurst to William Bateson, 1903-1911 (roughly the years of the existence of the Evolution Committee of the Royal Society). The originals of these letters are in the Bateson Collection, also at the Cambridge University Library. Microfilmed copies are deposited in the APS Library. The appendices also include Rona Hurst's descriptions of the notebooks kept by her husband on the experiments he performed at the Burbage Laboratories between 1901 and 1922, and her reminiscences of his "Pioneer Work on the Cytogenetics of the Genus Rosa." To supplement these items, Mrs. Hurst has also deposited at the APS a copy of the table of contents for the Hurst Collection at Cambridge University, several photographs, and a copy of C. C. Hurst's bibliography.

Physical description

6 items.

Provenance

Gift from Rona Hurst and accessioned, 09/19/1975 (1975 1048ms); 3000 pieces presented by Rona Hurst and accessioned, 09/29/1975 (1975 1210ms). See in-house shelf list for additional accession numbers and dates.

Genetics Note

This collection contains materials which relate to the history of genetics.

• Hurst, Rona, -- comp.

• Photoprints.

• Geneticists -- England.

• Eugenics.
• Genetics -- History.
• Human genetics.