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Major accessions to repositories in 2018 relating to Nature |
Local
- Bristol Avon River Authority: registers of climatological data from Claverton Recording Station, Bath 1975-1977 (1229)
- The Great Flood Project: Chew Valley and Keynsham 'Great Flood Archive'; material collected to commemorate the flood of 1968, incl photographs, sound recordings, film and children's project work 2018 (1279)
- John Goulstone (fl 2018), local historian and archaeologist: antiquarian papers 2018 (ANGLS)
- Friends of the Earth: Birmingham Branch: additional records 1983-2002 (MS 2696 Additional (2018/060))
- Robin Stiles (1939-2018), chartered surveyor and industrial archaeologist: research papers, slides, books rel to local history and industrial archaeology c1950-2015 (46103)
- Cumbria Beekeepers' Association: Carlisle branch minutes, member lists and subscriptions, accounts and book on beekeeping 1930-2008 (DSO 442)
- Guardians of the Reef Project: oral interviews of shell fish fishermen from Devon, Dorset and Cornwall 2017-2018 (ZARN; acc D2018/242)
- Spurn Bird Observatory: committee minutes, financial reports, corresp and other files, ringing registers and log sheets, card indexes 1946-2018 (Accession numbers 7247 and 7299)
- Mary Eleanor Gillham (1921-2013), naturalist: records incl slides and research papers c1930-2013 (D1551)
- John Wilton Haines (1875-1960), poet, botanist and solicitor: additional papers and corresp, incl diaries and writings, with research papers rel to other material sold by Bonhams and not purchased by Gloucestershire Archives c1895-1950 (D10828)
- Friends of the Forest, Forest of Dean: research, corresp, evidence to enquiries, reports 1997-2018 (D14784)
- Gloucestershire County Council, Environment Department: photographs and negatives of Birdlip Hill Quarry c1980-1989 (GCC/ENV)
- Herefordshire Ornithological Club: additional records 1969-2006 (DB88)
- William Darwin Fox (1805-1880), rector of Delamere, naturalist: collection of papers and seals from the Darwin and Fox families c1800-1880 (2018/034)
- Geological surveys, accounts, copy maps and leases of Holwell and other Leicestershire ironstone quarries c1824-1940s (DE9760)
- Northwestern Naturalists' Union: minute book detailing activities, meetings and trips for the club 1987-1999 (2018/7)
- Philip Wayre (1921-2014), naturalist and conservationist: papers rel to research, study, corresp, publications, administrative records and photographs 20th cent (ACC 2018/161)
- The Geological Society of Norfolk: minutes, treasurer's accounts, photographs and memoirs c1950-1999 (SO 374)
- Hugh Winfield (fl 1946-2001), archaeologist: photographs of buildings and structures in North East Lincolnshire 1946-2001 (1475; 2018/025)
- Riding Mill Girls Friendly Society: diocesan competition branch log book and nature study diary 1929-1936 (NRO 11587)
- Dr Du Gard (1777-1840), doctor and alderman of Shrewsbury: commonplace book of medical notes incl observations on natural history and geology 19th cent (9470)
- Charles Roberts Gawen (fl 1888-1911), ornithologist, of Chetwynd, Newport: Journal of Field Ornithology, vol II 1888-1911 (9430)
- Teesmouth Bird Club: Cleveland bird report 2016-2016 (7641)
- Tees Valley Wildlife Trust: book audio recordings and summaries for 'Where the Wild Things Were', a HLF funded project 2018 (7699)
- Sussex Wildlife Trust: committee minutes 1978-1999 (19297)
National
- Charles Alfred Barber (1860-1933), botanist and agriculturist, specialist on sugarcane: journals 1899-1918 (Mss Eur F724)
- Einar Brun (1936-1976), warden, Calf of Man Bird Observatory: correspondence 1959-1970 (MS 14434)
- Dorothea Minola Alice Bate (1878-1951), palaeontologist: corresp with Richard Frederick Parry (1873-1948), estate manager for The Cheddar Caves, rel to fossils found at Gough's Cave, Cheddar, Somerset 1928-1935 (DF PAL/129/2/2)
- Sir John Smith Flett (1869-1947), Knight, geologist: papers, incl material rel to the opening of the Flett theatre at the British Museum (Natural History), London 1862-1979 (GM)
- Martin Alister Campbell Hinton (1883-1961), zoologist: ms of unpublished second volume of 'Monograph of voles and lemmings (Microtinae) living and extinct' c1930 (DF ZOO/232/7)
- Tom Nightingale (fl 1969-1997), ornithologist: rough drafts, proof copies, notes, and corresp with Middle Eastern ornithologists whilst researching 'The Birds of Bahrain' (1993) 1969-1997 (*999801902417902081)
- Maud Dunn (fl 1901-1908), botanist: diary of Trans-Siberian journey and photograph album 1907 (PrP 18-0013; PrP 18-0015)
- Stephen Troyte Dunn (1868-1938), botanist: unpublished account of a plant-gathering trip entitled 'On the Min', China, 1907 (PrP 18-0013; PrP 18-0015)
- Sir William Jackson Hooker (1785-1865), Knight, botanist: letter to Henry Curtis 1850 (PrP 18-0019)
- Marianne North (1830-1890), biologist and botanical artist: note from Alfred Russel Wallace (1823-1913), naturalist, explorer and biologist 1883 (PrP 18-0006; MN/3/1)
- Florence Marjorie Parish (c1912-2003), botanist: papers incl corresp, diaries and collecting notebooks c1950-1980 (PrP 18-0012)
- Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew: Flora Zambesiaca: administrative and financial records rel to on-going production c1967-2000 (QX 18-0011; QX 18-0022)
- Andy Holden (b1982), artist and musician: material rel to the Artangel exhibition 'Natural Selection' with Peter Holden, ornithologist c2017 (TGA 201810)
Special
- William Archibald Macfadyen (1893-1985), petrologist and geologist: fieldbooks, datacards and administration files principally rel to work for the Nature Conservancy 1948-1972 (LDGSL/39)
- William David Ian Rolfe (fl 1960), geologist: corresp with professor Herbert Graham Cannon (1897–1963), zoologist, rel to fossil phyllocarid crustaceans 1960 (MM/24/24-29)
University
- Yorkshire Wildlife Trust: records incl bird breeding surveys, profit of pasture agreement, leases and plans, and corresp rel to an otter survey 2000-2018 (YWT (2018/068))
- Charles Robert Darwin (1809-1882), naturalist: letter to his son George Darwin, with ms of The Persistence of Forms of Life in the Depths of the Sea 1871 (MS DAR 185:152)
- Erasmus Darwin (1731-1802), physician, botanist and poet: memoirs of a journey to Edinburgh from Elston 1753 (MS DAR 267/70)
- William Erasmus Darwin (1839-1914), subject of a study in child psychology: letters to his father, Charles Darwin (1809-1882) 1862-1882 (MS DAR 275)
- William Kemp (1788-1864), engineer and businessman: corresp, incl letters from Charles Darwin (1809-1882), naturalist, and Robert Chambers (1802-1871), publisher 1840-1861 (MS Add.10252)
- Thomas Martyn (1735-1825), botanist: corresp with Elizabeth and Ellis Wade 1791-1825 (MS Add.10259)
- Sir Isaac Newton (1642-1727), Knight, natural philosopher: letter to William Wright 1712 (MS Add.10235)
- Edward Adrian Wilson (1872-1912), naturalist and Antarctic Explorer: ms copies of the Discovery diaries vols 2-6 made by his father Edward Thomas Wilson (1832-1918) 1903 (MS 2293)
- Brian Sissons (1926-2018), earth scientist: research papers 1945-2018 (Coll-1875)
- William Herrod-Hempsall (fl 1930-1939), author and photographer: photographic glass plates rel to his research into bees and bee-keeping c1930-1939 (DX2269)
- Open Spaces Society: additional records comprising county, administrative and subject files c1960-2009 (DX2274)
- Our Country Lives: What the Countryside Means to Me, oral history project: recordings, transcripts and photographs 2016-2017 (DX2235)
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