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Expand 230 - Bird Section and Vertebrata Correspondence230 - Bird Section and Vertebrata Correspondence
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Expand 1 - Walters, Michael P: Papers and Correspondence1 - Walters, Michael P: Papers and Correspondence
Collapse 2 - Harrison, Colin J O: Papers and Correspondence2 - Harrison, Colin J O: Papers and Correspondence
1 - External Correspondence: Abdulali, Humayan, Bombay, India
2 - External Correspondence: Ali, Salim
3 - External Correspondence: Auber, Lewis
4 - External Correspondence: Auger, Harold
5 - External Correspondence: Baird, Robert F. Monash University, Australia
6 - External Correspondence: Becking, Dr Jan H., Netherlands
7 - External Correspondence: Beckmann, W.
8 - Correspondence: Bedser, Anne (Natural History Museum staff)
9 - External Correspondence: Bell, Lt.Col. Harry L., Australia & Papua New Guinea
10 - External Correspondence: Wilson Houlder & Co., solicitors
11 - External Correspondence: Bishop, A.
12 - External Correspondence: Blackburn, Frank V.
13 - External Correspondence: Blair, Hugh M.S.
14 - External Correspondence: Bourne, Dr W.R.P. University of Aberdeen
15 - External Correspondence: Bradly, Christine
16 - External Correspondence: Brinklow, E.
17 - External Correspondence: British Broadcasting Corporation
18 - External Correspondence: Britton, Peter L., Kenya
19 - External Correspondence: Burgess, P. D.
20 - External Correspondence: Bush, Tony E.
21 - External Correspondence: Calaby, John,
22 - External Correspondence: Clark, George A., University of Connecticut
23 - External Correspondence: Claugher, Don, BMNH
24 - External Correspondence: Coleman, A P (Natural History Museum staff)
25 - External Correspondence: Crook, John H., University of Bristol
26 - External Correspondence: Crown Agents (A. Pringle)
27 - External Correspondence: Cutler, Scott, San Francisco University
28 - External Correspondence: Daneel, A.B.
29 - External Correspondence: Davie, Mrs I
30 - External Correspondence: Davies, Mrs R
31 - External Correspondence: Davies, Dr Stephen J.J.F., CSIRO, Western Australia
32 - External Correspondence: Department of the Environment (D.J. Paddon)
33 - External Correspondence: Dickerman, Dr Robert W. Cornell University (Associate AMNH)
34 - External Correspondence: Gonzalez, Luis Mariano, Min. of Ag., Spain
35 - External Correspondence: Gresham’s School, Holt, Norfolk (R.J. Purdy)
36 - External Correspondence: Hansell, Dr M.H., University of Glasgow
37 - External Correspondence: Henderson, M.H., Western Australian Museum
38 - External Correspondence: Heron, Bro. Matthew, Papua New Guinea
39 - External Correspondence: Ingels, Dr Johan, Belgium
40 - External Correspondence: Jackson, Stephen
41 - External Correspondence: Kinnaird, Douglas W
42 - External Correspondence: Langham, Nigel University of the South Pacific, Fiji
43 - External Correspondence: Levi, Peter J.
44 - External Correspondence: McEvey, Allan R., National Museum of Victoria, Australia
45 - External Correspondence: McNeile, J H
46 - External Correspondence: Malin, A.Goran, Sweden
47 - External Correspondence: Manning, Peter B.
48 - External Correspondence: Meade-Waldo, Mrs Margaret
49 - External Correspondence: Mobbs, Anthony J
50 - External Correspondence: Morton, Briadier Peter S.
51 - External Correspondence: Moss, Mrs P.
52 - External Correspondence: Meteorological Office, Bracknell
53 - External Correspondence: Nature Conservancy Council (W H N Wilkinson)
54 - External Correspondence: Nature Conservancy Council (Dr D R Langslow)
55 - External Correspondence: North Gloucestershire Naturalists’ Society (Constance Williams)
56 - External Correspondence: Parker, Shane
57 - External Correspondence: Parkes, Kenneth C., Carnegie Museum, Pennsylvania
58 - External Correspondence: Penner, M.
59 - External Correspondence: Peterborough Museum
60 - External Correspondence: Phillips Countryside Museum, Wiltshire (A.G. Phillips)
61 - External Correspondence: Phillipps, J.V.
62 - External Correspondence: Pitt Rivers Museum, University of Oxford
63 - External Correspondence: Porter, Richard (RSPB)
64 - External Correspondence: Raby, Julian
65 - External Correspondence: Randall, Don M, Canada
66 - External Correspondence: Ratcliffe, Dr Derek, NCC, Monks Wood
67 - External Correspondence: Rhoades, F.K.S.
68 - External Correspondence: Rich, Pat, Monash University, Australia
69 - External Correspondence: Roselaar, C S
70 - External Correspondence: Royal Society
71 - External Correspondence: Royal Society for the Protection of Birds (Peter Robinson)
72 - External Correspondence: Russell, John A.
73 - External Correspondence: Scherrer, Anne, Geneva Mus.d’Hist.Nat.
74 - External Correspondence: Schodde, Dick
75 - External Correspondence: Seel, David, NERC
76 - External Correspondence: Serle, William
77 - External Correspondence: Shurmer, M.C.
78 - External Correspondence: Sibley, Charles G., Peabody Museum, USA .
79 - External Correspondence: Smith, E.
80 - External Correspondence: Smith, George
81 - External Correspondence: Smith, P.D.
82 - External Correspondence: Spalding Gentlemen’s Society (John Redshaw)
83 - External Correspondence: Steinbacher, Prof. Dr.G., Germany
84 - External Correspondence: Stewart, Peter, Cyprus Ornithological Society
85 - External Correspondence: Stirling, R. W.
86 - External Correspondence: Storr, Glen, Western Australian Museum
87 - External Correspondence: Thomas, Rene, France
88 - External Correspondence: Thompson, H A F., Australia
89 - External Correspondence: Thompson, M.A.
90 - External Correspondence: Thomson, A.Landsborough
91 - External Correspondence: Traylor, Melvin A., Chicago Natural History Museum
92 - External Correspondence: Tullett, S .G., University of Bath
93 - External Correspondence: Turrant, R.J.
94 - External Correspondence: Tweedie, C.M.
95 - External Correspondence: van Koolwijk, Inst.Tax.Zool., Amsterdam
96 - External Correspondence: Vaurie, Charles, American Museum of Natural History, NY
97 - External Correspondence: Venables, Edmond
98 - External Correspondence: Violani, Dr Carlo, Univ. di Pavia
99 - External Correspondence: Voisin, J.F., Ecole Normale Superieur, Paris
100 - External Correspondence: Wallis, F.R.
101 - External Correspondence: Wattel, Dr Jan, Inst.Tax.Zool., Amsterdam
102 - External Correspondence: Westall, A.W., Larkmead School
103 - External Correspondence: White, Roger
104 - External Correspondence: Wolters, H.E., Mus. Alex. Koenig, Bonn, Germany
105 - External Correspondence: Wynne-Edwards, Vero C., Univ. Aberdeen
106 - Subject File: Original pen and ink drawings of feather patterns for Harrison's thesis, 'Variation and apparent evolution of pattern on feathers', includes a roll of film of the drawings
107 - Subject File: Typescript entitled 'Variation and apparent evolution in patterns on feathers', a draft typescript of Harrison's thesis
108 - Subject File: Notebook, into which are pasted [original] pen and ink diagrams of feathers with typed captions
109 - Subject File: Doctor of Philosophy certificate from University of Reading
110 - Subject File: 'Labelled Lloyds Bank' file
111 - Subject File: Three sheets of colour page proofs for 'Nests & Eggs'
112 - Subject File: Envelope of page proofs from 'Eggs & nestlings of North America'
113 - Subject File: Colour photograph of eggs
114 - Subject File: Typescript and drawings for the 'next edition' of 'Collins Field Guide of eggs and nestlings' and for 'The Breeding Birds of Arabia, their nests, eggs and nestlings' (not published)
115 - Subject File: Copies of Home Office licence applications
116 - Subject File: Allopreening as agonistic behaviour by C.J.O. Harrison', later published in a revised version in Behaviour 1965
117 - Subject File: Typescript for a proposed book on Indian birds never published.
118 - Subject File: Original drawings, proofs and photographs of birds and bones
119 - Subject File: Labelled 'Magnet' containing a copy of typescript and a page of original drawings for a paper on wheatears
120 - Subject File: Original drawings of bird bones
121 - Subject File: Book proof of 'Birds' Nests and Eggs, Instructions to Young Ornithologists V'. Most annotations (mainly spelling and grammatical corrections) are by J D Macdonald
122 - Subject File: Labelled 'Distribution and ecology' containing 8 sheets of typescript in tabular format listing British species
123 - Subject File: Minutes and other papers of The Otter Trust and The Pheasant Trust of which Harrison was a Council Member.
124 - Subject File: Palaeontological notes
125 - Subject File: Assorted notes and letters including a handwritten page which is autobiographical in nature
126 - Subject File: Letters relating to Harrison's committee work, some private letters, and a letter from the NHM Director on Colin’s retirement
127 - Subject File: Letters of tribute received by Mrs Barbara Harrison after her husband’s death
128 - Subject File: Typescript lists of Harrison's publications and memberships, one prepared by Harrison himself with a photocopy of a finished version prepared by Peter Castell in [1999] and another prepared after his death
129 - Subject File: Retirement tributes, i.e. cards, drawings [by Peter Green] and signatures (15 pages) compiled by NHM staff on the occasion of Colin’s retirement
130 - Subject File: Internal memoranda
131 - Subject File: Correspondence and research notes on fossil birds
Expand 3 - Knox, Alan G: Papers and Correspondence3 - Knox, Alan G: Papers and Correspondence
Expand 4 - Snow, David W: Papers and Correspondence4 - Snow, David W: Papers and Correspondence
Expand 5 - Cowles, Graham S: Papers and Correspondence5 - Cowles, Graham S: Papers and Correspondence
Expand 6 - Galbraith, Ian C J: Papers and Correspondence6 - Galbraith, Ian C J: Papers and Correspondence
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Expand 8 - Goodwin, Derek: Papers and Correspondence8 - Goodwin, Derek: Papers and Correspondence
Expand 9 - Bird Section Papers, including Expeditions9 - Bird Section Papers, including Expeditions
Expand 10 - Bishop, Iain R: Papers and Correspondence10 - Bishop, Iain R: Papers and Correspondence
11 - Two films of Charles Godfrey Bird and Edward Bird's expeditions to Jan Mayen Island [the Arctic] and the Cyclades
12 - Correspondence between Walter Rothschild and Ernst Hartert, and a sketchbook of birds by Claudia Hartert
Expand 13 - Correspondence of Richard Meinertzhagen (1878-1967), ornithologist and donor13 - Correspondence of Richard Meinertzhagen (1878-1967), ornithologist and donor
Expand 14 - Prys-Jones, Robert: Papers and Correspondence14 - Prys-Jones, Robert: Papers and Correspondence
Expand 15 - International Bird Protection, including Importation of Plumage (Prohibition) Act, 1921: Papers and Correspondence15 - International Bird Protection, including Importation of Plumage (Prohibition) Act, 1921: Papers and Correspondence
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Expand 257 - Coelenterata Section Research papers257 - Coelenterata Section Research papers
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Expand 259 - Parasitic Worms Section Correspondence and Papers259 - Parasitic Worms Section Correspondence and Papers
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Expand 262 - Invertebrate Section Visitor Books262 - Invertebrate Section Visitor Books
Expand 263 - Sponge Section Photographs and Artwork for Publication263 - Sponge Section Photographs and Artwork for Publication
Expand 264 - Echinodermata and Protochordata Section Correspondence and Papers264 - Echinodermata and Protochordata Section Correspondence and Papers
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Expand 269 - Biometrics and Computing Section269 - Biometrics and Computing Section
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Expand 272 - Zoology Library Catalogues and Related Material272 - Zoology Library Catalogues and Related Material
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