Some items are about Barbara Weir, some make reference to her work and some are written by others in her field of work. The file includes the following:
Cutting concerning B W on a ‘Brazilian jungle expedition’, 1967;
Article, 1969, entitled ‘Expedition to Argentina 1967’ [B W was a member of the expedition];
Cutting entitled ‘Studying Antics of Mrs Coypu’, with a photograph of B W, 1970;
Cuttings re B W’s trip to Buenos Aires to study walrus-faced rats (tuco tuco), in connection with diabetes research, 1970 and 1971;
Articles on hystricomorph rodents by various including W H Tam, Christine Roberts, W H P Lewis, I W Rowlands, N D Carter, B J Mulligan, W V Holt, M R Hill, J S Perry, B A Young, D R Patil, W E Gutteridge, B Cover, Maria Gaborak, and Ann Silver, 1970-80;
Handwritten note concerning two media appearances by B W: November 1972, seven minutes on Blue Peter with a plains viscacha, a mountain viscacha and a chinchilla; April 1973, five minutes on Nature's World (radio) about porcupines.