Alexander Stuart Watt: Notebooks and Papers
Scope and Contents
The collection is comprised of Watt's botany notebooks, notes and drafts (mainly related to Breckland), Watt's work in nature conservancy (mainly in Breckland), a very small selection of correspondence with an index of correspondents, a section of Watt's photographs (again, primarily of Breckland), and a number of Watt's Breckland maps.
Dates
- Creation: 1915-1980 (Circa)
Creator
Conditions Governing Access
Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
Extent
6 archive box(es) (6 boxes)
Language of Materials
English
Other Finding Aids
This is an abbreviated record. A hard copy of the full catalogue is available in the Manuscripts Reading Room. A full online catalogue, created by NCUACS, is available on the National Archives website at http://tinyurl.com/alexanderwatt
Immediate Source of Acquisition
The papers were received in April 1992 from Dr Oliver Rackham of the Cambridge University Botany Department via Cambridge University Library
Subject
- Department of the Environment (Organization)
- Forestry Commission (Organization)
- Natural Environment Research Council (Organization)
- Godwin, Sir Harry, 1901-1985 (Knight, botanist) (Person)
- Lethbridge, Thomas Charles, 1901-1971 (archaeologist and parapsychologist) (Person)
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Repository Details
Part of the Cambridge University Library Repository
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