E. P. Ramsay papers, being mainly correspondence relating to natural history, 1860-1912
E. P. Ramsay papers, being mainly correspondence relating to natural history, 1860-1912
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Author / Creator
Date
1860-1912
Call Numbers
MLMSS 563
Record Identifier
Reference Code
Formats
Physical Description
Contents
7 volumes
Textual Records - (manuscript)
Textual Records - (typescript)
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Level of description
Collection
Access and use
Issue Copy
Microfilm : CY 2320, frames 1-345 (MLMSS 563/1-2).
Microfilm : CY 2321, frames 1-424 (MLMSS 563/3).
Microfilm : CY 2687, frames 1-386 (MLMSS 563/4).
Microfilm : CY 2688, frames 1-312 (MLMSS 563/5).
Microfilm : CY 4083, frames 17-121 (MLMSS 563/6-7).
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Scope and Contents
Contents
Letters and papers dealing with natural history:
VOLUME 1 (issue CY 2320)
SERIES 01
A. Sir William Thomas Denison, from India and England, 1860-1867 (manuscript and typescript).
SERIES 02
B. Letters received from the Scott family, 1861-1884, mainly Harriet and Helena Scott. Letters relate to watercolour illustrations of bird...
Alternative Titles
Full title
E. P. Ramsay papers, being mainly correspondence relating to natural history, 1860-1912
Authors, Artists and Contributors
Author / Creator
Author / Artists
Bennett, Kenrick Harold, 1840?-1891
Broadbent, Kendall, 1837-1911
Castelnau, Francis, comte de, 1812-1880
Denison, William, Sir, 1804-1871
Diggles, Silvester, 1817-1880
French, Charles, 1842-1933
MacGillivray, John William, 1853-
Scott, A. W. (Alexander Walker), 1800-1883
Scott, Harriet, 1830-1907
Forde, Helena, 1832-1910
White, Samuel, 1835-1880
Wilcox, James Fowler
Woolls, William, 1814-1893
Contextual Information
Source
Purchased from J.S.P. Ramsay in 1961
A selection of letters from this collection has been digitised as part of the Nelson Meers Foundation Benefaction, 2002.
Administrative / Biographical history
E. P. Ramsay (1842-1916), zoologist, was curator of the Australian Museum, 1874-1894. He achieved international recognition in various fields, particularly ornithology.
Identifiers
Primary Identifiers
Call Numbers
MLMSS 563
Record Identifier
9NaARQmY
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/9NaARQmY
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Reference code
422070
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