Zoology
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Scope Note: Created For = NAHSTE
Found in 8 Collections and/or Records:
24 drawings of quadrupeds, birds, fishes, reptiles and insects by James Tait Black
Fonds
Identifier: Coll-1317
Scope and Contents
24 pen and ink drawings of quadrupeds, birds, fish, reptiles and insects by James Tait Black. There are two suites of work (1840 and 1841) with the same title but with a different set of 12 illustrations. The bindings of the two sets are in very poor condition. The illustrations from the 1840 suite, one of which is coloured, are:
The elephant
The tiger
The...
Dates:
1840-1841
Diaries of Edwin Maybury, zoology student at the University of Edinburgh
Fonds — Box CLX-A-1605
Identifier: Coll-2112
Scope and Contents
This fonds consists of five diaries written by Edwin Maybury of Nuneaton, Warwickshire covering the time period 1947-1951, when he was a student at the University of Edinburgh reading zoology. In his diaries, Edwin writes introspectively about himself, talks about his daily life as a student in Edinburgh, and records his experience of different lectures and practical courses. For example, in his 1947 diary he mentions on p. 291 a lecture he attended given by "Dr Auerbach", that is to say Dr...
Dates:
1947-1951
Entomology book by William E. Sharp: 'Collecting Days, No.3'
Item
Identifier: Coll-1907
Scope and Contents
Book on entomology entitled 'Collecting days, no 3', by William E Sharp, created between 1909 and 1918.
Dates:
1909-1918
Papers and other material relating to C. Wyville Thomson
Fonds
Identifier: Coll-1327
Scope and Contents
The material in the collection consists of:
- at E94.90: a letter from Charles Wyville Thomson written on 2 June 1850 at the home of the Reverend Ainslie and addressed to 'My Dear Sir' - it refers to how he had met with a kind reception from Mr. and Mrs. Ainslie who 'pressed him to dine with them and to take a bed at their home', and how the following day they were to take him to Sir David Brewster's -...
Dates:
1841-1874
Papers of Dr. John Walker
Fonds
Identifier: Coll-205
Scope and Contents
[to be completed]
Dates:
1731-1803
Papers of Michael L. Ryder
Fonds
Identifier: Coll-1702
Scope and Contents
Papers are sorted in box files by subject, on the following topics:- Ryder's book 'Sheep and Man', including original illustrations and correspondence (15 box files); textiles and weaving (3 box files);
- Sheep and wool in the Mediterranean, Central Europe and the Middle East (3 box files);
- Skin biology, wool and other animal hair, wool colour (7 box files);
- St Kilda, Orkney and Shetland sheep (2 box files);
- Archaeological textiles, clothing, rugs and...
Dates:
c.1950s-2000s
Papers of Professor James Hartley Ashworth (1874-1936)
Fonds — Multiple Containers
Identifier: Coll-285
Scope and Contents
The collection consists of papers, notebooks of courses taken at Owens College, Manchester, 1892-1895, and diaries of visits to, for example Australia for meetings of the British Association, June-October 1914, and to Canada, USA, Cuba and Panama.
Dates:
1892-1914
Papers of William Speirs Bruce
Fonds
Identifier: Coll-72
Scope and Contents
The Papers of William Speirs Bruce consist of a substantial number of manuscripts and ephemera including pamphlets; notes and notebooks; annotated typescripts; annotated offprints; picture postcards; photographs; examination papers; sketch maps; diaries; press cuttings; correspondence; lists of specimens; book catalogues; soundings; lecture engagements; lectures; and, maps. The Papers handle a wide variety of subjects including the 'Balaena', fish and fisheries, Franz Josef Land, the...
Dates:
1892-1923