| Description | Correspondence between John Ellerman and M A C Hinton about Chasens list of Malay Mammals, Ellerman's rodent books, gifts given, Tring, translations of papers, illustrations by Terzi, enquiries and collections. Correspondence about Ellerman's activities. Corrections for rodents book. Correspondence from Tchernavin about Ognev's translation. Correspondence from C S Webb on collections from Madagascar. Correspondence about the purchase of an xray machine and corrections to proofs. Notes on Ellerman's 'Families & Genera of Living Rodents vol III'. Correspondence with Miriam Rothschild about skins. Correspondence about re-location of the rodent skin and skulls collection during wartime. Illustrations of rodent skulls. Article 'Notes on some Asiatic Rodents in the British Museum' (reprinted from Proc. ZooL. Soc., Vol.117, Part I. pp.259-271, 1947) and 'Further Notes on Two little-known Indian Murine Genera, and Preliminary Diagnosis of a new Species of Rattus (Subgenus Cremnomys) from the Eastern Ghats' (from the Annals and Magazine of Natural History. Ser. 11, vol. xiii. p. 204, Mar 1946) by Ellerman. Index from volume of rodent book. Newspaper cuttings about Ellerman and his wife: 'Dr Johnson of the Rats (Time, 30 Aug 1948), 'Wife of richest man runs farm', 'Rich man No. 1 writes a book on rodents' (Daily Express, 16 Aug 1948), 'Britain's richest recluse' (Daily Express, 12 May 1961), 'The reluctant millionaire' (Express, 12 May 1961) |