Guide to the Papers of Edward Smith Stanley, 13th Earl of Derby (as filmed by the AJCP), 12 April 1813-1851

Summary

Collection number:

M2077

Creator:

Stanley, Edward Smith, 13th Earl of Derby, 1775-1851

Extent:

79 items

Language:

English

Preferred citation:

Acknowledgement of use of this material should refer to the location of the original material and to the Australian Joint Copying Project.

Items from this collection should include references to the location of the original material and to the AJCP nla.obj number, which serves as the online identifier for the digital copy.

Example: M Series: Journal of Capt. James Cook, 18 February 1770, British Library Add. MS 27885 (AJCP ref: http://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-1234)

Availability:

Available

Access conditions:

Available for reference.

Background

Content Summary:

Correspondence and manuscripts.

Subjects include: natural history collections; dispatch of birds and other specimens from Australia, New Zealand, New Guinea and East Indies for Derby's collections; appointment of J. MacGilivray as naturalist on HMS Rattlesnake; Maori disturbances 1843 and fighting against Maoris at Kawati Pah; and John Gould's Birds of Australia.

Correspondents include J. Gray, Sir William Hooker, G.W. Earl, J.W. Willis, Edward Stanley, John Gould and T.M. McDonnell.

Biographical / Historical:

Edward Smith Stanley (1775-1851), Baron Stanley (summoned 1832), 13th Earl of Derby (succeeded 1834). Educated Trinity College, Cambridge. Whig M.P. 1796-1832. President of Linnean Society 1828-1833. President of Zoological Society of London 1831-1851. Established extensive menagerie and museum at his home at Knowsley. His natural history collections formed the basis of the Liverpool Museum, opened in 1860.

Related

Existence and Location of Copies:

The original AJCP microfilm of the records filmed from this collection is available at the National Library of Australia [https://nla.gov.au/nla.cat-vn774440] as well as other institutions holding AJCP microfilm.

Existence and Location of Originals:

Liverpool Record Office, Central Library, William Brown Street, Liverpool.

Collection reference: 920 DER. For further information, see Liverpool Record Office and Local Studies catalogue (http://archive.liverpool.gov.uk/calmview/default.aspx).

Conditions Governing Access:

Available for Access.

Conditions Governing Use:

Many of the records digitised as part of the AJCP are still in copyright. Readers wishing to publish or reproduce documents should seek permission, in the first instance, from the owner of the original material.

Preferred citation:

Acknowledgement of use of this material should refer to the location of the original material and to the Australian Joint Copying Project.

Items from this collection should include references to the location of the original material and to the AJCP nla.obj number, which serves as the online identifier for the digital copy.

Example: M Series: Journal of Capt. James Cook, 18 February 1770, British Library Add. MS 27885 (AJCP ref: http://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-1234)

Location of this collection:

National Library of Australia

Parkes Place

Canberra ACT 2600, Australia

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