F. Boas to K. Pearson, 18th July 1895.- External URL
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Sent From (Definite): Franz Uri BoasSent To (Definite): Karl PearsonDate: 18 Jul 1895
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Sent fromFranz Uri Boas
18 Jul 1895
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‘Dear Sir,
... I am very much interested in your investigations and shall be pleased to do all I can to assist in the collection of material. I saw the abstract of your investigation in the Proceedings of the Royal Society my attention being called to it by Mr Galton’s notice in “Nature.” I look forward with much interest to the publication of the full memoir which I understand may be expected soon.
I can assist you in two ways. I am engaged at present in the collection of material for the study of the growth of first born children and of first born children of first born children. For this purpose I am collecting data on stature and fingerreach among students and their parents. I expect to have about 500 records by next spring and I shall be much pleased to let you have a set of copies.
Furthermore I have numerous measurements of Indians. It is very difficult to obtain adult children[?] and their parents. But then I found that certain proportions change very little if any after the 61 year of life so that they are available for the study of the laws of heredity and I am using them for this purpose. The proportion which is best suited for this purpose is that of length & breadth of head of which I have records of at least 200 persons. These records are at present in America and the copying and selection of families entails continuall[?] work, but I may be able to send them to you by next March. I shall certainly try to do so.
I should like very much to send you a copy of my paper on the Half Blood Indians which was published in Popular Science Monthly, of September last year which treads upon the question to which you refer. I found that Half-Blood (White and Indian) exceed both parental [illeg.] and stature while their head measurements are such that a reversion to either parental type takes place, more frequently to the Indian type while a middle type is less frequent than either. I ought to add that both parental types are somewhat modified. Unfortunately I have no copy here. I should also like to send you a copy of my paper on the Growth of Children in which I tried to explain the asymetries [sic] of the curve of growth (Science, New York, Vol. 19. p. 256-258, p. 281-283), but I have no copies. I have found that the theory needs some correction but in the main it is correct.
I shall be most pleased if I could help you in any way in the collection of material and I beg to ask you to commend my revision[?].
Yours very truly
Franz Boas.’
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Sent toKarl Pearson
18 Jul 1895
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‘Dear Sir,
... I am very much interested in your investigations and shall be pleased to do all I can to assist in the collection of material. I saw the abstract of your investigation in the Proceedings of the Royal Society my attention being called to it by Mr Galton’s notice in “Nature.” I look forward with much interest to the publication of the full memoir which I understand may be expected soon.
I can assist you in two ways. I am engaged at present in the collection of material for the study of the growth of first born children and of first born children of first born children. For this purpose I am collecting data on stature and fingerreach among students and their parents. I expect to have about 500 records by next spring and I shall be much pleased to let you have a set of copies.
Furthermore I have numerous measurements of Indians. It is very difficult to obtain adult children[?] and their parents. But then I found that certain proportions change very little if any after the 61 year of life so that they are available for the study of the laws of heredity and I am using them for this purpose. The proportion which is best suited for this purpose is that of length & breadth of head of which I have records of at least 200 persons. These records are at present in America and the copying and selection of families entails continuall[?] work, but I may be able to send them to you by next March. I shall certainly try to do so.
I should like very much to send you a copy of my paper on the Half Blood Indians which was published in Popular Science Monthly, of September last year which treads upon the question to which you refer. I found that Half-Blood (White and Indian) exceed both parental [illeg.] and stature while their head measurements are such that a reversion to either parental type takes place, more frequently to the Indian type while a middle type is less frequent than either. I ought to add that both parental types are somewhat modified. Unfortunately I have no copy here. I should also like to send you a copy of my paper on the Growth of Children in which I tried to explain the asymetries [sic] of the curve of growth (Science, New York, Vol. 19. p. 256-258, p. 281-283), but I have no copies. I have found that the theory needs some correction but in the main it is correct.
I shall be most pleased if I could help you in any way in the collection of material and I beg to ask you to commend my revision[?].
Yours very truly
Franz Boas.’
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