| Description | File un-labelled and used to keep loose papers together - not an original Burton file. Contains an assortment of correspondence, typescripts and manuscripts found loose, not readily identifiable to subject. Some appear to relate to an exhibit at the Geological Museum on 'The Story of the Earth' and an exhibit at BM(NH) on 'Life Processes and Behaviour'. Also a manuscript on transport in animals.
Copies of letter to Dr P.J. Olney, Zoological Society of London, 1980, about Burton's Caspian expedition, etc.; copies of letters to Squadron Leader W.B. Underwood, Ministry of Defence, 1979, requesting an RAF flight to Hong Kong en route to Australia; letter to Mrs M. Channer, Chesham, Bucks, 1979, acknowledging receipt of a non-BTO bird ring.; Letter from 'Colin', Isle of Wight, 1977, relating to various Burton projects; 2 letters from Stanley Cramp, BWP, 1979, about illustrations being done for BWP; two letters from P.J. Olney, BWP, 1979, about Kozlova translations; copy of a letter to the Ibis editor from J.E. Cooper, Royal College of Surgeons, 1979 about a manuscript submitted;
letter from Paul Schwartz, Venezuela, 1979 about seasonal movements; carbon copy typescript and manuscript entitled 'Comparative feeding ecology of Artamus spp'; letter from Ian Bullock, Anglesey, 1979, offering a Chough specimen'; letter from Jon Fjeldsa, Zoologisk Museum, Copenhagen, 1979 telling Burton about his projects; carbon copy of a financial statement for fares and accommodation for Artamus project; letter from W.C.A.Bokermann, Zoological Park, Sao Paulo, 1978, requesting a reprint;
one sheet of manuscript entitled 'Feeding ecology of Artamus'; two letters from Mark Leighton, Indonesia, 1978, requesting information on NHM hornbill collections; letter from Tring Meat Supplies, Ltd, 1978, about the use of their refrigeration; letter from Michael J. Thompson, Macclesfield, 1978, about his project on Kingfishers; letter from Keith Whetstone, BMNH, n.d., acknowledging help; letter from Walter Bock, 1978, about a poor book on feeding apparatus in some picarian … birds; letter from Richard Farmer, Trinity College, Oxford, 1978, requesting support for application to join BOU; letter from someone at University of Wisconsin, Madison, 1978, about his own projects and requesting exchange of reprints;
letter from Academic Press, London, 1978, asking Burton to do artwork; letter from Elizabeth P. Mallory, Dartmouth College, New Hampshire requesting reprint; letter from Dean Amadon, AMNH, NY, 1978, commenting on Burton's research; Letter from Steve [Norris], 1978, personal.; Letter from Colin R. Tubbs, Nature Conservancy Council, 1979, about Barn Owls; two letters from Richard Farmer, Oxford Ornithological Society, 1979, asking Burton to speak; letter from National Parks & Wildlife, Sarawak, 1979, requesting list of species netted or sighted by Burton when there;
Two letters from Clive Mann, London, 1979, about loans; letter from Lucas Chin, Sarawak Museum, 1979, asking for a contribution for Sarawak Museum Journal; letter to Richard Farmer, Oxford Ornithological Society, 1979, about speaking to them; letters to and from Jo M. Forshaw, Australia, 1979, about accommodation for a visit to Tring; letter from Clive Mann, London, 1979, asking for a reference for a scholarship to do a PhD in Canberra.; letter to and from Dr Wilhelm Moller, Anat. Inst., Giessen, Germany, 1969, about a paper he is writing; letter to Robert Hudson, BTO, 1979, asking to insert a note in Ringer's Bulletin;
letter to Patrick E. Osborne, Oxford, 1979, asking when he's due to visit Tring; typescript and memos, 1979, relating to a note on feeding actions of Golden & Lesser Golden Plovers submitted for publication to British Birds; letter to Lucas Chin, Sarawak Museum, about hornbill holdings; letters from M.D.Gallagher, BFPO, 1976 about a symposium on the Zaire River Expedition; letter to Roger Lovegrove, Powys, 1980, about ringing by P J K BURTON in Wales; letter to Sir Michael Leighton, Shrewsbury, 1980, about ringing of Little Owls on his land in Shropshire; letter to Bruce Campbell, Oxford, 1980, about article writing by Burton; postcard from Bruce Campbell, Oxford, 1980, acknowledging help; photocopies (two sheets) of drawings of Pseudonestor and Heterorhyncus;
letter to Dr J T R Sharrock, British Birds, 1980, to accompany submission of a note on a Little Owl raiding a starling's nest; letter to J J Desai, University Ahmedabad, India, 1980 about purchasing a Burton publication; memo from BMNH, 1974, about the cost of erecting his garage in Berkhamsted; letter to Dr M.G. Ridpath, CSIRO, Australia, 1980, acknowledging help in Australia with Artamus; letter to Cliff & Dawn Frith, Queensland, 1980, acknowledging help in Australia; letter to John McKean, CSIRO, Australia, 1980, acknowledging help in Australia (Artamus); note from Julian Baumel, Creighton University, Nebraska, with an announcement, 1979, about Nomina Anatomica Avium; letter from Ronald Peal, British Ornithologists' Club, 1979, asking Burton's opinion on a paper in Bulletin Vol.2; two letters from Roger A. Broad, RSPB, Scotland, 1979, about a non-BTO ring;
Letter from Ken Simmons, BWP, 1980, about wader feeding; letter from AMNH, NY, 1979, about Chapman Fund report (financial) required; letters to and from Bruce Cambell, Oxford, 1979, about checking articles for A New Dictionary of Birds; letter from Handley T. Laycock, South Africa, 1979, about Amblyospiza dissections; Letter from Clive Mann, London, 1979, to accompany completed M.Sc thesis; copy of a letter to Dr J.G. Sheals from W.A. Ely, Clifton Park Museum, Rotherham, 1979, relating to the return of a loan and request for identification of chicks; letter to Dr Murray F. Elliott, Parks & Wildlife, Darwin, Australia, 1979, requesting permission to collect; letter to Dr Karsten Laursen, Vildbiologisk Station, Denmark, 1979, detailing how to purchase his publication;
letter to Oliver Shepard; Transglobe Expedition, 1979, about ornithological projects in South Africa; letter to Dr T.M. Crowe, Percy Fitzpatrick Inst., South Africa, 1979, about Transglobe Expedition visit to South Africa; letter from Peter Morgan, Merseyside County Museums, Liverpool, 1974, relating to ex BM specimens in Liverpool Museum; letter to Derek Holmes, Jakarta, Indonesia, 1979, acknowledging advice on a forthcoming trip to Indonesia; letter to Dr Anthony S. Cheke, EGI, Oxford, 1979, about a review Burton is writing; batch of typescript on myology (pp. 17-52 & bibliography 5p) with a letter from 'Jim' at Northwest Center for Medical Education, Gary, Indiana, n.d.; Letters to and from Bureau of Customs, Australia, 1979, about the export of Greater Knot Calidris tenuirostris specimens from Australia to the BM(NH) collection; Copy of letter to Operation Drake H.Q. in London, 1979 about possible co-operation during P J K BURTON's Artamus study; Letter to Miss Sarah Jennings, Aylesbury Junior Young Farmers' Club, 1979, about a talk to them;
Copy of letter to Dr Bruce Campbell, Oxford, 1979 about articles being written by P J K BURTON; Copy of letter to Dr Michael G. Ridpath, CSIRO, Australia, 1979, about P J K BURTON's trip to Australia to study Artamus and the collection of Great Knot specimens; Letters to and from Andrew W. McPherson, Isles of Scilly, 1979 about the Operation Drake visit to Sulawesi; Letter from Russell Marris, Devon, 1979, accompanying bird remains from Canada; Letter to and from K.V. Taylor, Sheffield, 1979, about Curlew incubation; Letter to Derek Holmes, Jakarta, 1979, about plans for P J K BURTON's visit to Sulawesi to study Artamus; Copies of letters to Dr Richard A. Carver, PNG &Australia, 1979, about plans to visit to study Artamus; Letter from Clive Mann, London, 1999, concerning Clive's thesis; Copy of Memo to Keeper, 1979, about his proposed trip to Australia to research Artamus; Copy of a letter to Murray Elliott, Northern Territories Parks & Wildlife Commission, Australia, 1979, about P J K BURTON's visit to study Greater Knot Calidris tenuirostris requesting permission to collect specimens; Copy of letter to Peter Holmes, Ruislip, Middx., 1979, acknowledging specimens [?presented] and telling of visit to Sulawesi to study Artamus;
Photocopy of letter from Council for National Academic Awards, 1979, about research degree of Mrs R. Rynn. [should be S. Rynn?]; Letter from Barrie Heather, New Zealand, 1979, acknowledging note on P.fulva on rooftops submitted to Notornis; Letters to and from Dr V.C. Soni, Saurashtra University, India, 1979 asking for training on feeding apparatus; Letter from Gujarat University, India, 1978, asking for a review of a publication; Letter to Tunnel Cement Ltd., Pitstone, Beds., 1979, acknowledging permission for visits to their quarries; Letter from Prof. A S King, University of Liverpool, 1974 relating to P J K BURTON's attendance at ICAAN meeting; Letters to and from Registrar, University of West Indies, n.d. concerning C.F.Mann scholarship application; Copy of letter to Registrar, Australian National University, n.d. concerning C.F. Mann scholarship application; Letters to and from Registrar, University of Swaziland, n.d., concerning C.F. Mann scholarship application; Handwritten list of outstanding skeleton and spirit loans, 13 July 1979;
Letter to Dr Snow from T.P. Finnegan, Royal Army Medical College, 1979, on possible collecting by Army Mountaineering Association expedition to West Nepal; Draft letter by P J K BURTON, 1979, concerning Blackbird and Fieldfare data to be sent to 20 people; Copies of a note by P J K BURTON and letter to Notornis, 1979, on Golden Plovers settling on roofs; Two letters from Stanley Cramp, BWP, 1979, about Actitis; Letter to Clifford Frith, Australia, 1979, re P J K BURTON's intended visit to Australia to study Artamus; Internal memo - financial estimates for 1980-81 with forward look to Transglobe Expedition of 1982; Letter to and from Bernard King, Cornwall, 1979, about wader feeding; Data slip for Raven found 22 April 1973 by D.C. Seel, presumably submitted with specimen; Letter to ICJG and P J K BURTON from C. Shepheard-Walwyn, London (for Scolar Press) 1979, regarding introduction to facsimile reprint of Perrott required; Letter from Frank M. Chapman Memorial Fund, AMNH, NY, 1979, regarding postponement of Artamus research; unidentified colour photos; Burton anticipated job description for remainder of 1980';
draft letter to Roy D. Mackay, PNG apologising for not visiting; one sheet drawings of wader parts; 3 handwritten sheets of birds of prey skeleton measurements; batch of manuscript notes on feeding of various species entitled 'Part 4: Systematic Review'; internal memo, 1978, requesting permission to write species notes for a book of bird paintings by Aubrey Williams; four handwritten sheets entitled 'Inventory of alcohol collection in bird department of Zoological Museum, Amsterdam'.; small envelope containing a photocopy of a 3 page typescript on Panama from Janet Barber, Wildlife, London, 1973; letter from BOAC, 1969, to confirm accommodation in Johannesburg. (a letter elsewhere mentions 'a collecting trip in Africa September/October 1969'.);
letter from Portuguese information & travel office in London, 1969, seemingly relating to travel to Mozambique; internal memos and notes, 1972, relating to exhibits for the official opening of Tring building.; transit envelope containing a variety of letters (incl. 1967), notes and drawings of waders; one typescript sheet of measurements of Huia Heteralocha, etc.; colour transparency of an oriental bird painting; 12 photographs of Museum bird skulls with negatives; reply letter from Karl-L. Schuchmann, Mus. Alex. Koenig, Bonn, 1984, about Hummingbirds; letter from Harman, Phasmid Study Group, Essex, 1983, sent to P J K BURTON with some insects;
letter from Cavendish Rare Books, 1984, offering a copy of Ice-bound on Kolguev; letter from 'Pip & Eve', Marlow, Bucks, 1983, about Siskins, etc.; letter to Daniel Freeman from William H. Phelps, Venezuela, 1983 and a reply to Phelps from P J K BURTON who hopes to visit Venezuela and collect; internal memo to Ornithology staff, 1984, about private property in the Museum; letters to and from Karl-L. Schuchmann, Museum Alexander Koenig, Bonn, 1984, requesting information about P J K BURTON's research on Hummingbirds; letter from Elizabeth Gunn, 1984, acknowledging P J K BURTON's help with her 'flamingo project'; handwritten list of species (5 sheets) entitled 'Requested', significance unknown; letter from G.D. White, Isle of Wight, n.d., with two colour photographs of a mounted eagle in a case. |