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Birds

 Subject
Subject Source: UK Archival Thesaurus

Found in 6 Collections and/or Records:

 File

G cruise 1958, 1958

 File
Reference Code: GBR/3437/WDTR/3/2/6
Scope and Contents

This file records Lord Taylour's travels through Greece and Italy in 1957. Locations comprise Corinth, Epidaurus, Delos, Mykonos, Rhodes, Lindos, Priene, MIletus, Pergamom, Constantinople, Bosphorus and Mytilene. The subject matter is varied, showing views of ancient and historical sites, such as castles and temple ruins, mosques, harbours, streets and synoptic perspectives, and even a pelican posing for a photo in a Mykonos street.

Dates: 1958
Found in: University of Cambridge: Faculty of Classics Archives / Taylour: The Papers of Lord William Desmond Taylour (1904-1989), archaeologist / W. D. Taylour Photographic material / 35 mm Positive Print Transparencies (Slides)
 Item

Mammals-58 Note, 1809-01-01 - 1882-04-30

 Item
Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS DAR 83: 61r
Scope and Contents

Dom[estic] & wild Quadrupeds


Note; by Charles Robert Darwin


(Note)

Dates: 1809-01-01 - 1882-04-30
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Some material in the Darwin archive is not available because it is unfit for production and access to some very fragile material may only be possible with support from specialist conservation staff. Please see descriptions for further details.
Found in: Cambridge University Library / Darwin Archive / 'Descent of man': portfolios / 'Descent of man': first edition, 1871, and 'Insectivorous Plants' / 'Descent of man' first edition: material relating to mammals
 Item

'Notes on the Birds of the Trebizond Area of Turkey' by M. Q. Smith, 1960

 Item
Reference Code: GBR/1058/COL/11/19/SmithMQ/2
Scope and Contents

Offprint from Ibis, 102.

Dates: Publication: 1960
Found in: Pembroke College Library and Archive / Pembroke College Archive / Pembrochiana / S / Michael Quinton Smith (m. 1954)
 Item

NS I Chap 3-143 Note, 1809-01-01 - 1882-04-30

 Item
Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS DAR 49: 162r
Scope and Contents

Note; by Charles Robert Darwin


(Note)

Dates: 1809-01-01 - 1882-04-30
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Some material in the Darwin archive is not available because it is unfit for production and access to some very fragile material may only be possible with support from specialist conservation staff. Please see descriptions for further details.
Found in: Cambridge University Library / Darwin Archive / 'Origin of Species': portfolios I / Materials for chapter 3: 'On...organic beings occasionally crossing' / Notes on Fertilisation of Flowers Part 3A (1860-1872) DAR 49
 Series

Papers relating to plants and wildlife in the garden, 1950 - 1976

 Series
Reference Code: GBR/0265/UA/BG 47
Scope and Contents

Cover, among other things, importation of plants, Elizabethan herb garden, snowdrops, scented garden, roses, chronological border, rock garden, floral decoration and water fowl.

Dates: 1950 - 1976
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Among the archives of the Botanic Garden, personal records are closed to scholars for 80 years from the date of creation under data protection legislation. Restrictions are clearly indicated in catalogue entries.
Found in: Cambridge University Library / Cambridge University Archives / Teaching, learning and research records / Archives of the Botanic Garden
 Fonds

William Lewin: Paintings of British Birds' Eggs

 Fonds
Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.6300
Scope and Contents

A series of paintings of the eggs of British birds made from the specimens in the Portland museum, 97 folios. There is an index at fo. 91.

Dates: 1789-1798 (Circa)
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).
Found in: Cambridge University Library

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