Papers of Henry Neville Southern, comprising journals, notebooks, notes, cuttings, data, reprints of papers, cassette tape, maps, photographs, and glass negatives relating to birds, livestock and wildlife, 1924-1990.
Dates
- Creation: 1924-1990
Extent
1.86 Linear metres (27 boxes)
Language of Materials
- English
Conditions Governing Access
Some material is closed.
Preferred Citation
Oxford, Bodleian Libraries [followed by shelfmark, e.g. MS. 15483/1].
Full range of shelfmarks:
MSS. 15483/1-27
Collection ID (for staff)
CMD ID 15483
Abstract
Papers of Henry Neville Southern (1908-1986), ornithologist, 1924-1990.
Biographical / Historical
Henry Neville 'Mick' Southern (1908-1986), ornithologist, was Senior Research Officer at the Department of Zoological Field Studies in Oxford and editor of The Handbook of British Mammals (1964), the journal Bird Study (1954–1960) and the Journal of Animal Ecology (1968–1975). He was Vice-President of the British Ornithologists' Union, 1965-1967; President of The Mammal Society, 1974-1980; and President of the British Ecological Society, 1968-1970.
Obituaries of Henry Southern were published in the Journal of Animal Ecology (1987), vol. 56, 715–717 and Ibis (1987), vol. 129, 281-282.
Arrangement
Arranged as received from the Alexander Library of Ornithology with the exception of:
- Brown spring back album, 'The vegetation of May Island 1936', which was moved from MS. 15483/20 (former reference Series II, Box 7) to MS. 15483/16 (former reference: Series II, Box 3)
- Red notebook containing: bird notes, notes on colour-ringed birds, and a note 'from Wytham Woods', which was moved from MS. 15483/20 (former reference: Series II, Box 7) to MS. 15483/8 (former reference: Series I, Box 10)
- Cassette tape of tawny owl noises recorded by Graham Hirons which was moved from MS. 15483/12 (former reference Series I, Box 14) and boxed separately as MS. 15483/27 (= Closed)
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Transferred from the Alexander Library of Ornithology, 2018.
- Title
- Catalogue of the archive of Henry Neville Southern, 1818-1990, n.d.
- Status
- Published
- Author
- Jen Patterson
- Date
- 2019
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Repository Details
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