Wildlife conservation
Subject
Subject Source: UK Archival Thesaurus
Found in 3 Collections and/or Records:
Fonds
Archives of the Department of Zoology, 1882 - 2016
Fonds
Reference Code: GBR/0265/UA/ZOO
Scope and Contents
The records of the Department of Zoology have come to the University Archives in two tranches: i) account books,1882-1956, which are stray survivals and ii) much fuller departmental records from the 1960s onwards, produced in the main by the Head of Department and Departmental Administrator. The latter cover every aspect of departmental activity. Teaching and research shifts towards Ecology and Conservation, and securing the funding to support them, are a particular feature of the records...
Dates:
1882 - 2016
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Management Group:
The University Archives are generally freely available to the holder of a reader's ticket for the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library, West Road, Cambridge CB3 9DR. Restrictions on access are imposed on certain categories of sensitive record: financial, governmental and personal, by order of the originating body or under data protection legislation. Access information, including opening hours and how to obtain a reader's ticket, appears as part of the Library's web site (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
Fonds
'The Raj: India, 1890-1920: a story in photographs': typescript by Norah Burke with photographs
Fonds
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 71
Scope and Contents
A collection of 126 family photographs, with an undated linking narrative illustrating personal matters and giving an account of the Raj. The typescript describes the association of the author's family with India from the 1890s, when her grandparents, the Wrenches, were in the country, up to her father's retirement. The final chapter, 'The end of 300 years in India' reflects on Indian independence.The photographs were taken by Redmond, Aileen and Hubert Burke, and others. Some are...
Dates:
1890 - 1971
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
Fonds
Uganda National Parks: research material gathered by Lee Alexander Risby
Fonds
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 399
Content Description
Administrative papers, interview transcripts, official publications, maps, photographs and slides relating to the history of Ugandan national parks and Queen Elizabeth II Park in particular. Collected while writing the Cambridge PhD thesis, 'Defining landscapes, power and participation : an examination of a national park planning process for Queen Elizabeth National Park, Uganda' (Department of Geography, 2002, PhD 25995).
Dates:
1908 - 2001
Found in:
Cambridge University Library