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Murray Llewellyn Barr fonds [textual record (some microform)]

Hierarchical level:

Fonds

Date:

1932-1979.

Reference:

R1685-0-7-E, MG30-B111

Type of material:

Textual material

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Archives / Collections and Fonds

Item ID number:

104018

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Murray Llewellyn Barr fonds
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Fonds includes:

11 lower level description(s)
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Date(s):

1932-1979.

Place of creation:

Ontario

Extent:

4.8 m of textual records.
1 microfilm reel negative and positive.

Language of material:

English

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Fonds consists of biographical material, 1964, 1977, 1979, 0.04 m, (volume 1); general correspondence, 1936-1940, 1945-1977, 0.44 m, (volumes 1-3); research correspondence, 1947-1972, 0.37 m, (volumes 3-5); research progress reports, 1949-1964, 0.38 m, (volumes 5-7); research notebooks, ca. 1952-ca. 1967, 0.77 m, (volumes 7-10); subject files 1947-1978, 1.05 m, (volumes 11-16); University of Western Ontario, 1945-1978, 0.45 m, (volumes 16-18); lectures, 1951-1969, 1973, 0.30 m, (volumes 18-19); publications drafts, 1946-1977, 0.68 m, (volumes 21-24); and microfilmed publications offprints, 1932-1977, reel M-5444.

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Barr, Murray Llewellyn, 1908-1995

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Barr, Murray Llewellyn, 1908-1995 : Murray L. Barr, physician, anatomist and geneticist, was born in 1908 near Belmont, Ontario and was educated at the University of Western Ontario, where he received an M.D., 1933, and MSc., 1938. He began lecturing in the Department of Anatomy of the University of Western Ontario in 1936 and apart from a six-year period of service with the R.C.A.F. during World War II, remained at the same university throughout his career. He became Head of the Department of Microscopic Anatomy, 1953-1964, and Chairman of the Department of Anatomy, 1964-1967. In 1945 he began research in neuroanatomy, and over the following twenty-five years gained international recognition for his work on sex chromatin, chromosonal abnormalities and related questions. He retired in 1973, but continued lecturing on a part-time basis until 1979. Barr was made Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada, 1958, and Fellow of the Royal Society (London), 1972, and received many other honours and awards.

Biographical information and a full bibliography are found in volume 1 of the collection.

See also: The Canadian Encyclopedia, 1985, and World Who's Who in Science, 1968.

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Textual records (Electronic) The finding aid is a file list. MSS1183 (90: Open)
http://data2.archives.ca/pdf/pdf001/p000001989.pdf

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General note:

Received in 1978 from Dr. Murray L. Barr, Department of Anatomy, School of Medicine, University of Western Ontario, London, Ont.

Location of originals note:

Originals with Dr. Murray L. Barr, London, Ont.
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Murray Llewellyn Barr - Biography, 1964, 1977, 1979 University of Western Ontario (London, Ont.), 1947-1978

Murray Llewellyn Barr - Correspondence, [between 1936 and 1977]

Neuroanatomy - Research, 1947-1972

Research - Canada, 1947-1972

Hermaphroditism, ca.1952-1967

Bisexuality, ca.1952-1967

Klinefelter's syndrome, ca.1952-1967

Murrary Llewellyn Barr - Oratory, 1951-1969, 1973

College teachers - Canada - Correspondence, 1947-1978

Physicians - Canada, [between 1936 and 1979]

University of Western Ontario - Faculty, 1947-1978
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Private

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MG30-B111
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Textual records

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Finding aid box [FA 1183] 99

[Consultation 10 Closed]

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