Key Information
Reference code
K/PP178/6/3/4
Title
Accounts, 1991-2001, of Wilkins’ early years in Britain
Date(s)
- 1998 - 2001 (Creation)
- 1991 - 1994 (Creation)
Level of description
Item
Extent
1 file
Scope and content
Typescript accounts of Maurice Wilkins’ early childhood in New Zealand, 1916-1923, move to UK, 1923, and childhood in Birmingham. Aspects of these accounts were used in chapter 1, ‘Distant shores’, The third man of the double helix by Maurice Wilkins. Also published booklet, ‘A city at war: Birmingham, 1939-1945’ (Birmingham Museums and City Art Gallery, 1985), with a photograph of Wilkins’ parents during their service as Fire Guards, World War Two
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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.