Key Information
Reference code
K/PP178/6/2/8
Title
Copy letters home from Edgar Wilkins, New Zealand, to his mother, 1913-1915 and 1921
Date(s)
- 1921 Mar - 1923 Aug (Creation)
- 1913 Dec - 1915 Apr (Creation)
Level of description
Item
Extent
1 file
Scope and content
Typescript copies of letters from Edgar Henry Wilkins (Wilkins’ father), New Zealand, to Mary Hutton Wilkins (Wilkins’ paternal grandmother), chiefly personal and domestic, including descriptions of Maurice Wilkins as a small child. Also sketch map of the area surrounding Wellington, New Zealand; sketch plan of 30, Kelburn Parade, Wellington, New Zealand (the residence of the Wilkins family until 1923); typescript text describing Pongaroa, New Zealand; all probably by Edgar Wilkins
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Repository
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Script of material
Existence and location of originals
A significant portion of the collection items are available online in the Maurice Wilkins and Medical Research Council Biophysics Unit archive hosted by the Wellcome Library.