Miscellaneous papers, 1935-Aug 2015
File
MS. 15665/7
Held in our offsite storage facility
Comprises:
- Order of service for the funeral of Elizabeth Lack, Aug 2015
- Letter from Professor John L. Harper, University College of North Wales, to David Lack regarding a paper on predation and vegetational diversity, Apr 1970
- Photograph of a land iguana, with an accompanying letter from Peter Boag explaining it was used in the Cambridge University Press reprint of Darwin's Finches, Jul 1984
- Correspondence relating to the accounts of the 14th International Ornithological Congress, and correspondence and organising committee minutes of the 16th International Ornithological Congress, Nov 1966-Aug 1971
- 'B.T.O Woodland Bird Enquiry' by David Lack and L.S.V. Venables, the results of a pre-World War Two British Trust for Ornithology survey. Comprises: a description of participating woods; data from Bagley Wood, Oxford and Green Walk, Royston; two more detailed sets of counts which could not be published in full (the rest are in an appendix to the published paper); and notes by David Lack on methods, 1935-Jun 1938
- Appendices and tables used in preparing 'The numbers of bird species on islands', 1969
- 'The food of the swift': data sheets containing complete lists of meals, with correspondence of David Lack and D.F. Owen, 1944-May 1955
- Assorted typescripts and manuscripts, including: 'The mortality rate of the alpine swift' by David Lack and H. Arn, n.d. [c.1940s-c.1960s]; 'The age of the starling' by David Lack and A. Schifferli (translation of a paper in Ornithologischer Beobachter), 1948; 'Report on the state of Galapagos fauna' by David Lack, [1936]; 'Observations on communical display of blackbird' by H.L. Lack and David Lack, 1946
Dates
- Creation: 1935-Aug 2015
Extent
1 box
Language of Materials
- English
Shelfmark
MS. 15665/7
Former reference:
Lack, David Lambert 3
Repository Details
Part of the Bodleian Libraries Repository
Contact:
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Weston Library
Broad Street
Oxford OX1 3BG United Kingdom
specialcollections.enquiries@bodleian.ox.ac.uk