Guide to the Natural History Museum: Collections of the Sub-Department of Ornithology Library (as filmed by the AJCP), 1908-1986

Summary

Collection number:

M2339 - M2342

Creator:

British Museum (Natural History). Sub-department of Ornithology Library

Extent:

17 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, official documents, notes, press cuttings, minutes and memoranda concerning birds in Australia, New Zealand and New Guinea, Plumage (Prohibition) Bill 1914 and importation of plumage.

Biographical / Historical:

The Museum at Tring was built at the end of the last century to house the large zoological collections and library of Lionel Walter, 2nd Baron Rothschild. He bequeathed his museum to the nation in 1938 and it now forms an annex to the British Museum (Natural History). In 1971 the Natural History Museum's Sub-department of Ornithology and national bird collections were transferred from South Kensington to Tring.

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-vn776535] as well as other institutions holding AJCP microfilm.

Existence and Location of Originals:

Natural History Museum, Hertfordshire, England.

For more information see: Library and Archives at the Natural History Museum (http://www.nhm.ac.uk/our-science/departments-and-staff/library-and-archives.html).

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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